‘NY Yankees’ Archives
New York Yankees: Dellin Betances Dazzles in Debut, »
Spring training is the time of year when teams look to find answers for their biggest questions. Few teams enter camp with the majority of their players locked in. The New York Yankees are one of those few. Despite two openings in their starting rotation, the Yankees have a fairly clear idea of who will make up their everyday lineup and [...]
MLB: Spring Training Games Offer New Beginnings »
Spring training games offer much for the baseball world. They offer knowledge; they offer glimpses of the upcoming season; they offer looks at minor league up-and-comers; and they offer first looks at those recovering from injury. Spring training games are not your average games—they do not feature a team's starters all the way [...]
New York Yankees: Bartolo Colon Nothing Special in »
Most of the questions the New York Yankees have this spring training surround their starting rotation. Will A.J. Burnett show signs of bouncing back, and who will win the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation? One of the pitchers trying to win one of the spots in the Yankees’ rotation is Bartolo Colon. Colon, who didn’t pitch in a [...]
Spring Training 2011: Alex Rodriguez and 25 Aging »
All major league teams are now full bore in camp and the countdown until March 31st can't end quick enough. With teams going through their full workouts and games starting last weekend, who are the "old timers" that came into camp maybe a little more fit than last year?Bleacher Report will look at these aging stars and see if they can regain or [...]
Yankees Have No Choice but to Put Faith in A.J. »
It was the snapshot that summed up a season: A.J. Burnett standing on the mound in disbelief, his hands on top of his head, while a pumped up Bengie Molina carried his impressive gut around the base-paths at Yankee Stadium.The Texas catcher's three-run homer in Game Four of the ALCS neatly accomplished two feats—it effectively ended the [...]
2011 Fantasy Projections No. 58: New York »
Our 2011 fantasy baseball projections will be released one-by-one until the top 100 players have been revealed. These rankings consider past achievements, current performance and expected future results based on standard 5×5 H2H settings. Despite posting a sub-3.40 ERA for the fifth consecutive season in 2010, CC Sabathia’s [...]
New York Yankees Should Skip Trading and Hold on To »
If anything can be taken from the first two days of spring training, it's this: The Yankees have a great farm system. The Yankees are choc-full of talent ranging from starting pitchers to catchers. At nearly every position there are legitimate prospects that should be making their ways to the Bronx over the next couple of [...]
Yankees Prospects Shine in Spring Training: Is It »
The New York Yankees faced off against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday and allowed some of their developing prospects get some playing time.Among the crop of prospects were Ivan Nova, Dellin Betances and Jesus Montero.Nova and Betances are two pitchers looking for a shot to pitch in the Major League rotation for the Yankees. The Yankees have [...]
Ivan Nova and Dellin Betances Impress in New York »
Strong pitching and a two-run homer from Curtis Granderson helped push the New York Yankees past the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in their second Grapefruit League contest of the spring.The pitching staff was led by Ivan Nova, who started the game and worked two scoreless innings in his initial bid to win a spot at the back end of New York's [...]
Yankees Pitching Prospect Preview, Part 1 of 5: »
Hector Noesi is just 24 years old, but he has experience in the Yankees system. The club signed the big 6'2" right-hander when he was just 17 years old, out of his hometown Esperanza, Dominican Republic in 2004. His pro career didn't officially begin until 2006, when he hurled just seven innings in five games. He put up a very low ERA of 1.29 in [...]