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New York Yankees: What If Betances and Banuelos Never »
For a few years now, the top pitching prospects of the Yankees have been known as the "Killer B's."It started out as Manny Banuelos, Dellin Betances and Andrew Brackman and everyone was speculating as to when they would be called up and help the Yankees.Brackman never got it going in the minor leagues, dealing with both injuries and inconsistency [...]
New York Yankees: What to Make of Steinbrenners »
For those who are just waking up, haven't read a newspaper or turned on a TV or the radio, it's been an eventful Thursday morning.Here's what the situation is.Michael O'Keefe and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News reported that the Steinbrenners were considering selling the New York Yankees very soon.After that story broke, Yankees principal [...]
New York Yankees: Are Reports of Steinbrenner Family »
UPDATE (9:13 a.m.): After the news of the possibility of the Steinbrenner family selling the team in the future, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner issued a statement stating that the rumors are not true."I just read the Daily News story. It is complete fiction. Me and my family have no intention to sell the Yankees & expect it to be in the [...]
New York Yankees: Andy Pettitte Dominates Again in 8-3 »
Looking for their first series win in over a week, the New York Yankees turned to Andy Pettitte to get the job done.Fresh off of his eight-inning shutout performance over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night, Pettitte faced another young and weak-hitting lineup in the Kansas City Royals.For the second straight start, Pettitte was absolutely [...]
New York Yankees: 5 Reasons the Bombers Should Stay »
Over the last month, I've had to sit back and watch different B/R writers try to convince everyone why the New York Yankees should go for Cole Hamels.Hamels will be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season and it's not known yet whether the Phillies will sign him to a long-term extension, trade him, or wait until the winter.A lot of different [...]
New York Yankees: Could Joe Girardi Be on Hot Seat If »
It's never fair to put a manager on the hot seat when it's only the month of May.However, the Yankees' struggles have continued to get worse, and on Monday night, it didn't get any better for them at home.After the Cincinnati Reds took two out of three from the Yankees over the weekend, the Yankees kicked off their series with the Kansas City [...]
New York Yankees: Could the Bombers Sneak into the Roy »
The New York Yankees are currently in the middle of a little slump.They haven't won a series since they last took two out of three against the Mariners over a week ago, and they dropped five out of six this past week.Normally, the middle of May wouldn't be a time to panic, but given the fact that now the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays are [...]
New York Yankees: Andy Pettitte Dominant over Reds to »
The Yankees needed a jolt heading into Friday night, They had lost three in a row and their offense had looked non-existent. Enter Andy Pettitte, who was making his second start of the 2012 season against the Cincinnati Reds and looking for his first win of the season. All the Yankees needed was a decent start. Instead, they got a brilliant and [...]
New York Yankees: Andy Pettitte Needs to Be Stopper »
When the Yankees come home from their four-game road trip, they are looking for a little help.They just dropped three in a row, two of which came at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, and currently sit in fourth place in the A.L. East.The Yankees need a little pick-me-up when they arrive in the Bronx on Friday [...]
7 Reasons the New York Yankees Should Revisit Trading »
If you have been a veteran of this website like I have, you will remember this song and dance of almost two years ago.There were two really big pitching targets that were on the market—one via free agency and one via trade.The New York Yankees were linked to both of them, but didn't get either of them.The first was Cliff Lee, who the Yankees [...]