‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Potential Jurickson Profar Trade Ideas with Elvis »
By signing Elvis Andrus to a contract extension that could keep him in Texas through at least 2018, the Rangers ensured that Jurickson Profar, Baseball Prospectus’ top-rated prospect in the game, will not be manning the shortstop position for them barring an injury. The 20-year-old could easily slide over to second base and form a very [...]
The New Yorker’s April Cover Tools on the »
The New Yorker has taken time out of its busy schedule of writing in-depth economic and political editorials and has set aside space for some visual commentary on the Yankees injury-riddled 2013 roster. The picture that will run on the cover of the publication’s April 2013 edition is the artwork of Mark Ulriksen, a New York painter with a [...]
NY Yankees: Handicapping Yankees’ 2013 WS Odds »
For the New York Yankees, the 2013 season is currently looking grim. Only three players from the 2012 Opening Day lineup are back on the same day in 2013—Robinson Cano, Brett Gardner and CC Sabathia. Granted, baseball is a business, and that's just the nature of the business. Change comes year after year.With that being said, a change like [...]
New York Yankees: Will Posey/Verlander Deals Impact »
On Monday, the 2013 season will officially kick off for the New York Yankees.Once it begins, it's another day that the Yankees have yet to lock up Robinson Cano long term.With one year left on his current contract, the Yankees want to keep their best hitter around past 2013.During spring training, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com has confirmed that the [...]
Why the Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry Has Lost Its Flare »
The Red Sox and Yankees will face off at 1:05 p.m. this Monday afternoon. The “greatest rivalry in sports,” will be renewed for the first time in 2013—but then again is it still a rivalry? Sure it is. Rivalries of 100 or so years don’t just fizzle out, but they do fluctuate in intensity. In its prime, the Red Sox-Yankees [...]
2013 MLB Bold Predictions: Yankees, Year-End Awards, »
Just after the Super Bowl, my friend Jim asks me if I am going to put together a "Bleach Piece," as he calls it, for Major League Baseball. At the time we were bantering about the expectations for MLB team wins for the 2013 season.The Yankees were expected to win about 86 games, which would be their lowest number since the beginning of the Jeter [...]
New York Yankees: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios for »
For the first time in a long time, the only piece of the New York Yankees' roster that seems to be set in stone is their starting pitching.Normally, their lineup is star-studded and it is the pitching that is in flux. However, a mix of injuries and departures has rendered the Yankees offense anemic, and it will be up to their rotation to carry the [...]
New York Yankees: With Ramon Hernandez DFA by Rockies, »
I've never been comfortable with the Yankees' current catching situation.Especially because the Yankees lost their previous one, who was looking for more money, to free agency.And then, I got an idea for a potential starter.On Tuesday, I had first mentioned the idea of Ramon Hernandez for the Yankees.That was after it was announced that Yorvit [...]
New York Yankees: Grading Each Position Player’s »
With their final official spring game under their belt, the New York Yankees are heading into Opening Day with a roster full of uncertainty. Even more pressing are the injuries to major players and the heavy reliance on old players past their primes. Nonetheless,like all of the other teams across major league baseball, it’s time to grade [...]
New York Yankees’ Catcher Platoon Is About Money »
It was reported two days ago that Russell Martin actually wanted back in pinstripes for the 2013 season. Wow! The catching situation that many Yankees fans have been complaining about for 2013 shouldn't have been, so the story goes. Yet, if you're looking for the reasons why the Yankees let Martin go, a quick look at the numbers and a [...]