Archive for November, 2012
Does Yankees’ Stephen Drew Chase Prove Derek »
Regarding Derek Jeter and his readiness for next season, what we may have here with the New York Yankees is a failure to communicate.General manager Brian Cashman told the New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand that Jeter is expected to be ready for opening day. However, manager Joe Girardi said to the New York Post's Dan Martin that the Yankees [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Bold Moves They Need to Make »
During the 2012 Yankee playoff defeat to the Detroit Tigers, it became evident Brian Cashman needs to make major changes entering the 2013 season. Under the bright spotlight of playoff baseball, the Yankees advanced age and lack of dependable performers was exposed with nowhere left to hide.Here are five bold moves [...]
Yankees Should Proceed with Caution on Free Agent »
CBSSports.com’s Jon Heyman reported Thursday that free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew was drawing attention from a few American League teams, including the New York Yankees. Drew struggled last season. He suffered an ankle injury in July 2011 that cost him the last half of that season as well as the first half of 2012. In 40 games with the [...]
MLB Free Agency: How the Yankees Re-Signing Hiroki »
So much for California teams having the edge.After weeks of wondering where Hiroki Kuroda would end up, he chose to come back to the Bronx for one more season, as he signed a one-year deal worth $15 million, according to Buster Olney of ESPN. Sources: The Yankees have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Hiroki Kuroda.— Buster Olney [...]
5 Reasons Hiroki Kuroda Will Be Just as Great for the »
The New York Yankees have agreed to terms with right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a one-year deal, according to ESPN.com. Sources reportedly told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney the deal is worth $15 million plus incentives. The incentives are said to be worth less than $1 million. The money makes sense; Kuroda had turned down the Yankees’ [...]
Hiroki Kuroda to Remain with the New York Yankees and »
Any signs of panic in Yankees Universe concerning the outlook for the 2013 season can be eased for the time being.According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the New York Yankees have signed Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year, $15 million contract. The contract includes incentives for just under $1 millionKuroda was a success in his first [...]
New York Yankees Make Wise Move in Re-Signing Hiroki »
ESPN’s Buster Olney tweeted this evening that the New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. Olney went on to tweet that the deal was for $15 million, with possible incentives totaling less than $1 million. His signing takes one of the better available arms off the market and [...]
Will $400-500 Million YES Network Sale Bring Back »
New York Yankees principal owner Hal Steinbrenner has publicly stated his intention to get the team's payroll under the $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2014. He's all but declared it a mandate.“I’m looking at it as a goal, but my goals are normally considered a requirement,” Steinbrenner said to reporters, including The New [...]
Would Yankees Trading Curtis Granderson Open Up »
Does anybody else get the feeling that the New York Yankees are being too quiet this offseason?Me too, and I don't trust it. The Yankees being quiet during the offseason is sort of like an electric guitar being quiet in a garage. Sooner or later, that thing is going to go off and the neighbors are going to be none too happy about it.Case in point, [...]
Rupert Murdoch and the Yankees: A Marriage Made in »
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to be in a buying mood, according to a New York Times report on Monday. Amy Chozick reported that Murdoch’s News Corporation, after spending more than a year dealing with the fallout from a phone-hacking scandal in Great Britain, may be after a 49-percent stake in New York’s YES Network. That, in [...]