Archive for April, 2014
An Early Breakdown of the Yankees’ Best Trade »
The New York Yankees went all in this offseason, spending more than $500 million in an attempt to build a championship caliber team for 2014. While Masahiro Tanaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann have all made a huge difference in this early season, the Bronx Bombers still have a few holes to fill on their roster. The [...]
Early Grades for All of New York Yankees’ »
The New York Yankees were very active this offseason, and the team's newest players have all had varying levels of success through the season's first 26 games. To be fair, though, none of the acquisitions have been downright bad. In fact, general manager Brian Cashman actually did a great job of bringing in talent that was capable of [...]
MLB Picks: Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees »
New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia is 8-0 with a 1.36 ERA in his last nine outings against the Seattle Mariners, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks on Tuesday when the two teams face off at Yankee Stadium. Sports bettors will find that the Yankees are minus-175 home favorites in the pro baseball odds, with the [...]
Early Returns Show Rebuilt Yankees Roster Is Money »
One imagines that, like most adolescents, Brian Cashman was told as a young man not to spend all his money in one place. This past offseason, the New York Yankees general manager applied that advice. Despite being the biggest decision-maker in the Yankees organization (non-Steinbrenner division) and having exorbitant financial [...]
Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka Has 3rd-Most Strikeouts »
After recording 11 strikeouts Sunday night against the Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has fanned 46 batters through his first five major league starts, the third-highest figure in baseball history, per ESPN Stats & Info. Herb Score has the record of 50 strikeouts in his first five starts, which he [...]
B/R’s Scott Miller: Jeff Samardzija Is Best Fit »
The New York Yankees' pitching rotation took a huge hit with the loss of Ivan Nova. The Yankees starter will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery after beginning the season as the anchor in the middle of a vastly improved pitching rotation. With the third spot in the Yankees rotation now a huge question mark, who are some possible [...]
New York Yankees: Stock Up, Stock Down for Top 10 »
Since the start of the 2014 season, we've taken a look at the weekly progress and stocks of the New York Yankees' top-10 prospects. With April baseball nearly completed, this report provides the one-month stock updates of some of the Bombers' young organizational talent before heading into May. Although only six of the 10 prospects have seen [...]
Masahiro Tanaka Won’t Be Solved by MLB Hitters »
Listen, nobody really knew how Masahiro Tanaka was going to fare against MLB hitters upon his arrival from Japan. The New York Yankees made a $175 million leap of faith in his ability to perform well, but it was just that: a leap of faith. One month in, we can say this: Well played, Yankees. Tanaka hasn't just fared well against MLB hitters. [...]
5 Things We’ve Learned About the New York »
The New York Yankees have fought their way to a 13-9 record through their first 22 games of the season. The Yankees have been playing much better baseball recently, as they have won eight of their last 11 games to move atop the standings in the AL East. They’ve only lost two series this season and are 5-2 against the Boston Red [...]
Michael Pineda’s 10-Game Suspension Puts »
Major League Baseball levied a 10-game suspension on New York Yankees starter Michael Pineda for using pine tar while pitching Wednesday, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, sapping one of baseball's best rotations of a potentially dominant starter. After his ejection Wednesday evening, Pineda's punishment was inevitable. For the Yankees, the same [...]