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New York Yankees’ Bench Seems Set with Five More »
The Yankees cut five more players from the big league camp yesterday: outfielder Greg Golson, righties Mark Melancon and Jonathan Albaladejo, and infielders Juan Miranda and Kevin Russo, according to Marc Carig of The Star-Ledger. The cuts of Miranda and Russo have pretty much cemented the Opening Day bench, ensuring a spot for Ramiro [...]
Chad Gaudin Released By New York Yankees »
According to Marc Carig of The Star-Ledger, the Yankees have released righty Chad Gaudin just two days after they put him on waivers. Since his contract was non-guaranteed, the Yankees only owe him 25 percent, or about $737,500, out of the $2.95 million he would have been owed had he made the team. This doesn’t necessarily mean that his days [...]
Dare I Get Excited About Christian Garcia? »
The Yankees drafted Christian Garcia in 2004 and by the end of that summer the third round pick was already making a name for himself thanks to a mid-90’s fastball and the makings of a nasty curveball. He started out quickly out of the gate, his stuff was raw, but he showed a lot of promise. In 2004 he was able to harness it while putting [...]
New York Yankees: The Legend of Freddy Sez »
Anyone who has ever been to any single game at Yankee Stadium knows the scene: It’s a musty May night, and the game has been moving along swiftly, maybe a run here and there. Around the fifth inning, about the same time as the Great New York Subway Race and the YMCA, you start to hear a metal pan being hit across the stadium. That pan [...]
Hit and Run: Josh Beckett a Yankee? Plus Edwar Ramirez »
With Phil Hughes likely the team’s fifth starter and Curtis Granderson firmly in place as the team’s center fielder, the Yankees are just about set for the season. Now we just have to find out who the utility infielder is, exactly how the bullpen is going to be set up, and wait... Until then, here are some news items to hold you [...]
Rafael DePaula Could Sign with the Yankees Soon »
According to Blake Bentley of MLB Trades Rumors, 17-year-old right-handed pitcher Rafael DePaula is expected to sign with a major league team soon with the Yankees and the Mariners listed as the most likely landing spots for the Dominican pitcher. Rumors have connected to Yankees to DePaula for about a month now , but he threw in front of teams [...]
Phil Hughes: New York Yankees Have “All But »
The Yankees have yet to make an official announcement, but according to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, in the next couple of days they will announce that the winner of the fifth spot in the rotation will be Phil Hughes: There are still meetings this week, still final statements that could be offered, still an injury that can change minds and [...]
Morning Hits: Past Trades and Former Yankees »
As Yankee bloggers we all bow down to River Ave Blues and they had another great couple of articles over the past two days going over Brian Cashman’s best and worst trades as the Yankees GM. Cashman’s best trades: 3. Nick Swisher 2. Bobby Abreu 1. Alex Rodriguez Cashman’s worst trades: 5. Ramon Ramirez 4. Nick Johnson, Randy [...]
Curtis Granderson Named New York Yankees’ »
The Yankees are expected to announce this morning that Curtis Granderson will indeed become their starting center fielder and will not play much left field, if at all, according to Joel Sherman of the NY Post. Granderson roamed center field in all his years with the Detroit Tigers, but there was speculation that the Yankees would move him to left [...]
New York Yankees: Morning Hits: Carl Crawford, Utility »
In case you missed it, the biggest news of the morning is the Yankees decision to waive Chad Gaudin, thus eliminating him from the fifth starter competition and probably from the team altogether. Here are some other news items of note: Jon Heyman wrote a column on Carl Crawford and he had a quote that the Yankees “absolutely love [...]