‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Eduardo Nunez: Why the New York Yankees Need to Trade »
The New York Yankees need to trade Eduardo Nunez as soon as possible. Nunez has already shown himself to be a legitimate major league hitter with good speed. He was 15-for-51 with six steals this year before being sent down to Triple-A, but he wasn't helping the team. He was a defensive nightmare at every position he played. In just 20 games in [...]
Mark Teixeira and 5 Yankees Who Need to Step Up Just »
The New York Yankees of 2012 have begun the season performing their finest Jekyll-and-Hyde act. There have been strings of victories characterized by impressive power displays and fine pitching, and there have been inexplicable runs of losses featuring horrible hitting with runners in scoring position and short disappointing starts by their [...]
New York Yankees Free Agents: Why Nick Swisher Should »
2014. That’s the year Hal Steinbrenner said the New York Yankees payroll will drop to $189 million, and unless Nick Swisher takes a pay cut, he’s not going to figure into their plans for the future. Some fans might not want him to return, but others do. I’m of the opinion that we might as well bring him back if there are no [...]
New York Yankees: Aging Lineup Will Continue to »
Despite the obvious bonanza of talent up and down the Yankee lineup, one would be hard pressed to not recognize the aging parts. Four of the current everyday players for the Yankees (Jeter, Rodriguez, Jones, and Ibanez) are over the age of 35, meaning that, on any given day, almost half the lineup could fit into that geriatric equation. With [...]
New York Yankees: It May Look Bad, but It’s »
The New York Yankees have gotten off to a pretty rough start over the first 38 games of the 2012 season.After dropping Thursday night's game to the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees are now 20-18 and fourth in the competitive AL East.The standings are very off from what many "experts" predicted, as the Baltimore Orioles currently lead. The Tampa Bay [...]
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 [...]
Is Mark Teixeira Having a Slow Start or Is His Career »
I have seen Mark Teixeira play since his rookie season with the Texas Rangers in 2003.I lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area back then and Tex, as he was nicknamed, had a promising first season, batting .259 with 26 home runs and 84 RBI.He started slowly, batting just .237 with five homers and 25 RBI through May. That's when he got the reputation [...]
Ben Gibbard, Dick Manitoba & Real Fans Hate the »
Craig Calcaterra of HardballTalk reported that Rolling Stone asked some rock stars to reveal their favorite ballpark. Dodger Stadium and Wrigley Field were the winners. Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie, who sang the National Anthem before the third game of the 2010 NLCS in San Francisco, said that PNC Park in Pittsburgh is his favorite. [...]
New York Yankees: Where Would the Bombers Be Without »
No Mariano Rivera, David Robertson or Joba Chamberlain for the New York Yankees would normally doom the back-end of their bullpen. But thanks to Hal Steinbrenner, the Yanks aren't as bad off as they could've been.That's because Steinbrenner was the one who pushed to sign Rafael Soriano going into last season, a move that was against the will of [...]
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 [...]