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New York Yankees Draft Shortstop Chris »
The Yankees made a controversial choice in the first round of the amateur draft last night when they drafted shortstop Chris “Cito” Culver at 32nd overall. The reason why the pick was controversial is because he was not recognized as the best player available left on the draft board. He was also not expected to be a first round draft [...]
Where the 2010 Yankees Were Drafted »
The amateur draft starts today, and the Yankees get their first shot at 32nd overall, last in the first round. They don’t get any supplemental picks ,and will pick again at the end of the 2nd and 3rd rounds, 82nd and 112th overall. In honor of the draft, I thought it would be a good idea to look at the Yankees roster and see where each [...]
Keep Your Faith in Mark Teixeira »
When the Yankees signed Mark Teixeira about a year and a half ago one of the first things we were told about him was that he is a very slow starter, and then he showed it by putting up a .738 OPS last April. Then we saw him rebound by putting up a 1.138 OPS in May, and we never looked back. So this season when Teixeira only managed a .559 OPS in [...]
New York Yankees Notes: Mariano Rivera, Randy Winn, »
The Yankees lost to the Blue Jays 3-2 yesterday in the 14th inning. Chad Gaudin was on the mound when they lost, with Mariano Rivera fully rested and waiting in the bullpen. I’ll never understand why you would ever use such an inferior reliever with Mo waiting. Play for the win, not the statistic. I get it that the idea is that you want to [...]
Phil Hughes Has a Better Cutter Than Mariano Rivera »
After failing in his first attempt in the rotation in 2008, Phil Hughes spent most of last season in the bullpen before he got another chance. Well, Hughes certainly learned a thing or two while he was there. We always knew that Hughes had a good fastball, but before last year he never threw a cutter. He must have had Mariano Rivera help him with [...]
Yankees Notes: Blue Jays, Burnett, Eiland, Laird, »
The Yankees got their first taste of the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday and lost 6-1. Here are some notes: The Blue Jays have been better than expected this season and Brett Cecil and Jose Bautista showed them why. Cecil went 8 strong innings and Bautista homered twice. We’ve seen bad AJ Burnett a lot lately. In his last 6 starts, he is 2-3 [...]
Taking a Look at OPS+ »
Even though I almost always have more pressing things I should be attending to, I can’t help myself from looking through baseball-reference.com’s Yankees page. For today, I thought it would be interesting to see who the Yankees’ best hitters have been. Not defense, not baserunning—just swinging the bat. One of [...]
With Nick Johnson’s Return in Doubt, Keep an Eye »
According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated , the Yankees are not confident that 1B/DH Nick Johnson will return at all this season and that they may look to trade for a replacement. Johnson went on the DL almost a month ago with an inflamed wrist. The initial diagnosis was that Johnson would miss at least a month and then possibly need surgery [...]
2010 Staten Island Yankees Roster Preview »
The Staten Island Yankees have not yet released a 2010 roster mostly because many of the players that will end up on that team have not been drafted yet. That doesn’t mean that we can’t take an educated guess as to whom is going to be on the team and Robert Pimpsner of Baseball Digest, entering his 8th season on the beat, has done just [...]
Curtis Granderson Has Come Back Strong »
Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson needed about a month to return after suffering a groin injury on May 1st. That time off seemed to suit Granderson just fine as he doesn’t seem to be experiencing any difficulties at all since returning and has been red hot. In his last seven games, including one pinch hitting appearance, Granderson has [...]