‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Should Ichiro Suzuki Bat Leadoff for the Yankees in »
When Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the Yankees on July 23, it seemed like he had New York in the palm of his hands. The deal made perfect sense because of Brett Gardner's injury. In addition, Suzuki was made aware of some conditions he would have to accept that included sitting against lefties, and batting lower in the lineup. Since joining the [...]
New York Yankees: Can the Bronx Bombers Hold onto 1st »
The Yankees enter a new week with a five-game lead over the surging Tampa Bay Rays. At times, it seems like the Yankees season couldn't go any better, but at the same time it feels like it couldn't be unluckier.The Yankees have been plagued with the injury bug this season. Key players such as CC Sabathia, Andy Pettitte, Nick Swisher, [...]
New York Yankees: Nick Swisher Is Getting Hot at the »
As the 2012 regular season is getting closer toward its end, the New York Yankees have recently been without two of their most important bats.Alex Rodriguez, who has been out since July with a broken hand, and Mark Teixeira, who has been dealing with a nagging wrist injury that has kept him out of the games against the Boston Red Sox.Despite not [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees Back on Top…Again »
Wow! What an exciting time for baseball, as these last 6 weeks will be about as competitive as ever.The New York Yankees are back on the top again this week because despite all their injuries, most recently to ace CC Sabathia, this team is still winning. The Bronx Bombers went 3-1 vs. the Texas Rangers this [...]
October in August: Why This Week’s »
The first-place Texas Rangers, who have reached the World Series in each of the past two seasons, haven't played quite as well as in the previous two seasons.Still, they added some rotation depth at the trading deadline with Ryan Dempster, and they seemed to have weathered a major slump from Josh Hamilton. On August 13th they were 67-46, had won [...]
6 Reasons Asdrubal Cabrera Should Replace Derek Jeter »
For a guy who was supposed to be washed up as recently as last season, Derek Jeter is having a solid year in 2012. The New York Yankees' ageless shortstop is hitting .320 with an MLB-high 159 hits.It's not all roses, though. Jeter is essentially just a singles hitter at this point in his career, and he rates as the worst defensive shortstop in [...]
9 Updated Reasons to Dislike the Yankees »
I'm always disgusted when I hear someone say that "they're a New York fan," or that they root for both New York baseball teams. It tells me they're not a hardcore fan of either team, Ask any Mets fan if he roots for the Yankees, and he'd probably tell you he'd rather have a root canal.Ask any Yankees fan if he roots for the Mets and [...]
Yankees Baseball: Freddy Garcia Regains His Form to »
The question in 2011 for the New York Yankees pitching rotation was: Where would they be without Freddy Garcia? The answer, as we found out, was likely on the outside of the playoffs looking in.Instead, that Yankees team won the American League East division crown. Fast forward to the second half of the 2012 baseball season, and the Yankees are [...]
5 Things the New York Yankees Must Do to Clinch the AL »
The New York Yankees currently sit atop the American League East with a comfortable lead and only one month and a half left in the MLB season.But as the past few years in baseball have taught us, no lead is safe no matter how big and how late into the season it might be.The Yankees still need to play out the remainder of their schedule to finish [...]
Grading the New York Yankees’ Entire 2012 »
After signing C Luis Torrens ($1.3 million), OF Alexander Palma ($800k) and SS Yancarlos Baez ($650k), the Yankees had approximately $150k of their bonus pool left to spend, which they used to land LHP Corby McCoy. The Yankees also utilized a unique exemption under the new international regulations, as they’re allowed to sign up to six [...]