Archive for March, 2016
Masahiro Tanaka Announced as Yankees’ Starter »
For the second straight year, the New York Yankees will call upon Masahiro Tanaka to be their Opening Day starter. On Thursday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi announced the news in an interview with YES Network (via Wallace Matthews of ESPN.com). Tanaka will take the mound for the Yankees in their season opener on Monday at Yankee Stadium [...]
Bryan Mitchell Injury: Updates on Yankees RP’s »
New York Yankees relief pitcher Bryan Mitchell is dealing with a toe injury that required surgery. It is uncertain when he will be able to return to action. Continue for updates. Mitchell Undergoes Surgery Tuesday, April 5 Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters Mitchell had surgery on Monday and will miss at least four months [...]
Andrew Miller’s Injury Is Bad Break for »
The New York Yankees bullpen had a biblical feel to it at the start of spring training. We knew it was general manager Brian Cashman's creation, but it seemed as if a higher power put it together. In reality, it was a serious off-field problem and a failed trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers that allowed the Yankees and Cashman to pull [...]
Will Alex Rodriguez Surpass Babe Ruth’s 714 Home »
The New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez enters the 2016 season with 687 home runs, putting him just 27 homers behind Babe Ruth.Does A-Rod have what it takes to pass the Babe this season? Where would that put him among the all-time greats?Watch Scott Miller break down A-Rod's chances of passing Ruth on the all-time home run list this season.Read more [...]
Alex Rodriguez to Retire After 2017 Season: Latest »
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's Major League Baseball career will likely come to an end after the 2017 season. Speaking to ESPN.com's Andrew Marchand on Wednesday, Rodriguez said: "I won't play after next year. I've really enjoyed my time. For me, it is time for me to go home and be dad." Although shortly after that he [...]
Alex Rodriguez Reportedly Dating Google »
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Alex Rodriguez has a new lady in his life.Typical? Perhaps.What isn't, however, is the woman in question.According to Emily Smith of Page Six, the New York Yankees superstar is currently dating Anne Wojcicki, a Yale graduate and co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, a genetic research firm. She's also the [...]
Nathan Eovaldi and His 100 MPH Fastball on Cusp of »
Nathan Eovaldi was just one inning into his second start of spring training, but New York Yankees television analyst John Flaherty was impressed. "He looks locked in already," Flaherty said on the YES broadcast Wednesday night. An inning later, Flaherty was bemoaning Eovaldi's high pitch count, which would force him from the game after just two [...]
Can the New York Yankees’ Bullpen Hold Up »
For a manager, navigating a bullpen through a baseball season is like driving your car down an unkempt road. You try to avoid the damage, but you eventually resign yourself to the understanding that you’ll hit a pothole. Over the course of a 162-game season, no team’s bullpen looks the same from month to month. There are injuries that [...]
Hal Steinbrenner Comments on Possibility of Selling »
The Steinbrenner family has been synonymous with the New York Yankees since 1973, something managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner does not see changing anytime soon. In an interview this week with ESPN.com's Wallace Matthews, Steinbrenner said he expects the Yankees to remain in the family for many generations to come: I [...]
Yankees Linchpin Mark Teixeira Has Path to Big »
For the last seven years, Mark Teixeira has been paid large sums of money to play ball for the New York Yankees. It's good work if you can get it, and the stars are aligned in such a way that 2016 might not be the end of the road. Teixeira is coming off a renaissance season in 2015, as he finished with a .906 OPS and 31 home runs in only 111 [...]