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Yankees Trade Rumors: Latest Information on »
For the first time in a long time, the New York Yankees are having major issues scoring runs. They are 13th in the American League in runs scored per game. Their 3.86 per game average is well below the league average of 4.36, per Baseball Reference. The anemic offense has put a huge strain on the pitching staff, but remarkably, the team still [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Michael Young, Phil Hughes and »
It's difficult to imagine that a team could endure worse luck than what the New York Yankees have gone through this season. Key players such as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira have missed large chunks of the season, but the Yanks have somehow found a way to remain in the thick of the American League wild-card [...]
New York Yankees Grades for Every Player in July »
In an up and down month of July, the New York Yankees have failed to gain any ground in the ultra-competitive American League East. New York started the month by winning six straight and nine of its first 12 games. However, the offense has stumbled lately, and the Yankees are just 13-12 for the month. In seven games, they have failed to score more [...]
What Bud Selig’s New A-Rod Suspension Plan Would »
According to an Associated Press source (via HardballTalk), Alex Rodriguez may not be able to skirt the long arm of baseball's law, even for a few weeks during the appeals process. The notion of Bud Selig suspending Rodriguez imminently under the collective bargaining agreement rather than the drug rules is the latest bombshell in the Biogenesis [...]
Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman Isn’t Always »
Over the last several years, we've seen an emboldened Brian Cashman: A man who is more than happy to let the media know about the operational decisions he makes and those he does not. With the Yankees, quite like some other organizations, it's possible in some instances that the team's owner may request a player personnel decision be made. Thus, [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: Fact or Fiction for Latest »
The New York Yankees are one of the teams mentioned most in the 2013 MLB trade deadline chatter, and with the franchise struggling to get into postseason contention, the rumors are naturally swirling around the perennial winners. All of the following trade scenarios have been reportedly tied to the Yankees, and New York must pull the trigger on at [...]
Creative Trade Idea for the Yankees to Get Younger at »
The 2013 MLB trade deadline passes tomorrow at 4 p.m. ET and a lot is still to be uncovered across the league. The New York Yankees find themselves in the indecisive position of wanting to be buyers when in reality they should be sellers. It is not the Yankee way to be sellers at the deadline despite their position in the standings. The Yankees [...]
Yankees Trade Rumors: New York Must Get Whatever It »
The New York Yankees need to do whatever it takes to get starting pitcher Phil Hughes out of the organization, even if it means giving him up for next to nothing. The problem for general manager Brian Cashman is that whenever his phone rings, the general manager on the other side doesn’t want to talk about Hughes. Ken Rosenthal of Fox [...]
New York Yankees Trade Rumors: Last-Minute Buzz Ahead »
The MLB trade deadline is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET on July 31, and a plethora of trades could go down before all is said and done. One such team that appears to be in "buy" mode is the New York Yankees. General manager Brian Cashman already made a splash by acquiring outfielder Alfonso Soriano (even if it wasn't his call), and more moves appear to [...]
Imagining Alex Rodriguez’s Potential 2015 MLB »
Fast forward to Monday April 6, 2015. On a cool, breezy spring morning, there's a buzz in the air around Marlins Park in Miami for the first time since the infamous dud that was the 2011-2012 free agent flop and subsequent hoodwink by Jeffrey Loria. As a sold out crowd enters through the turnstiles, the Marlins are baseball's biggest story.Coming [...]