Archive for December, 2012
Yankees Rumors: How Signing Kevin Youkilis Would Help »
In what has been a very quiet offseason for the New York Yankees, Brian Cashman offered a one-year, $12 million deal to long-time Red Sox star and Yankee-killer Kevin Youkilis. In years past, this wouldn't have been much of a surprise at all (see Johnny Damon, 2005). However, things have changed drastically in New York's offseason mindset over the [...]
MLB Free Agency 2013: Yankees ‘Quietly Checking »
Yankee fans, take this with a grain of salt.Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported on Twitter that the New York Yankees have checked in on free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton. The #Yankees, but not GM Brian Cashman, quietly running background check on Josh Hamilton, rival GM says— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 7, 2012 Up until now, [...]
New York Yankees: How Well Did Brian Cashman Do at the »
The MLB Winter Meetings have come and gone, but New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman departed Nashville empty-handed.There were plenty of rumors coming out of the Winter Meetings with the Bombers being linked to several players, but no deals were made.Let's take a look at some of those rumors, as well as the players the Yanks missed [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Putting Granderson, Hughes, »
The winter offseason for the New York Yankees has gotten off to a much different start than usual.With the exception of re-signing Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, the Yankees have been relatively quiet.In fact, during this week's annual baseball winter meetings, the Yankees were not involved in one single free-agent move while in [...]
New York Yankees Make an Offer to 3rd Baseman Kevin »
The age of the New York Yankees and their thin minor league system may be creating some very strange bedfellows.According to Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com, the New York Yankees have offered former Boston Red Sox star and Chicago White Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis a one-year $12 million contract.As of this writing, Youkilis has not agreed [...]
Yankees’ Issue Isn’t Age, It’s Many »
As the dust begins to settle from the MLB winter meetings and it appears the Yankees may come out without any big-name signings, the questions worth asking are: Do you as a Yankee fan really care? Are you upset with players that have left and have not yet been replaced?Well, maybe it's time to start creating a list of those who have gone and those [...]
MLB Free Agents 2013: New York Yankees Having Trouble »
It's been an up-and-down kind of offseason for the New York Yankees.They kicked it off by re-signing Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.While none of those three players are under the age of 37, the Yankees really need all three to have a shot at winning the division in 2013.That, however, won't solve all problems for New York.They [...]
MLB Free Agency 2013: Yankees Offer Kevin Youkilis »
I honestly never thought Kevin Youkilis would ever wear pinstripes.And yet, in 2013, there's a possibility he could be donning them in the Bronx.During the winter meetings on Wednesday, the New York Yankees met with Youkilis' agent, Joe Bick, to discuss a potential deal.On Thursday, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, the Bombers officially made [...]
Predicting the Best-Case Scenario for Alex »
There is an old saying that states, “If it were not for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” The way Alex Rodriguez’s life has gone since October, I’m sure he would be just fine with not having any luck at all. As was widely reported on Monday, A-Rod will undergo the second hip surgery of his career. The surgery [...]
6 Yankees Who Are Due to Regress in 2013 »
The New York Yankees won the American League East with a 95-67 record in 2012. But they did so with an aging core of players and have already lost a couple of key free agents this offseason. Catcher Russell Martin left for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Infielder Eric Chavez signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Right fielder Nick Swisher is almost [...]