‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Brian Cashman’s Wasted Winter Leaves New York »
COURTESY OF YANKEES 'N MORE The holidays, and 2010 along with them, are over. We head into the second day of the first work week of 2011, and Brian Cashman, well, he continues to do what he's done all winter...NOTHING. Well, that's not exactly true. Cashman did manage to wake up long enough to sign a lefty specialist, who has never [...]
The 2011 New York Yankees: What Needs To Be Done to »
The big story of the off season is how the Yankees, for the first time in years, didn't get their man or really any man for that matter. Cliff Lee chose elsewhere, they didn't jump for Greinke, no big bats where added. Instead, they made a few gambles by picking up players who are attempting to come back from injuries. The only [...]
New York Yankees’ Waiting Game Continues with »
At the end of 2010 season, New York Yankees ace Andy Pettitte used the word retirement when speaking to Yankees GM Brian Cashman about whether he would return to the team in 2011. For the last two seasons, Pettitte made it pretty clear that his intentions were to return for another season but the final decision would be made with his [...]
MLB Rumors: Soria Won’t Block Trade to New York »
The Yankees have been searching for ways to upgrade their pitching staff since missing out on Cliff Lee, but the free agent market was shallow this offseason and they are unwilling to pay closer money for set-up men, meaning their options are very limited. But maybe they’re only willing to overpay for the available set-up men, and if one [...]
MLB Rumors: New York Yankees Interested in Bartolo »
The Yankees are reportedly interested in signing free agent starter Bartolo Colon according to the Spanish AP (H/T to MLB Trade Rumors for the translation). Without any big names on the free agent market, the Yankees seem to be looking at pitchers who are higher risk/higher reward types. This will keep costs down while providing more time for [...]
New York Yankees: 10 Reasons Andy Pettitte Holds AL »
When Andy Pettitte walked off the mound and headed towards the dugout after recording the final out of the seventh inning of Game 3 of the ALCS, he may have been wondering if he had just thrown the final pitch of his major league career. If you're a Yankees fan, you're probably thinking something along the lines of, "He better not have!" or [...]
Red Sox-Yankees: The Internet, NESN and What Being a »
Being of Generation Y—loosely defined as the segment of the population who saw Jenny McCarthy's botox-ravaged face on New Year's Eve and wondered where the last 15 years went—I've become quite Internet savvy.That means I can filter out much of what doesn't interest me and gravitate toward content that sits on my Mount Rushmore of [...]
MLB Free Agency: Top 5 Foreign-Born Player »
The MLB has benefited greatly off of imported talent. A recent wave of Japanese and South American players have taken the game by storm. Today, about 27% of MLB consists of foreign-born players. Great talents like Hideki Matsui and Ichiro were established already in Japan. They still were able to make an even bigger name [...]
New York Yankees: Are Don Mattingly & Tino »
On January 5, Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame class for 2011 will be announced on a live MLB Network simulcast at MLB.com. Among the distinguished list of candidates are two former New York Yankee first basemen who will always occupy a special place in the hearts of Bronx Bomber fans. Don Mattingly, one of the most popular players [...]
Dave Eiland, AJ Burnett’s Ex-Pitching Guru, »
It's been quite a few weeks since former Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland was removed from the team's equation for 2011, and Cubs coach Larry Rothschild was hired to replace him. The many ways in which Rothschild is a major upgrade for the Yankees this coming season (and the obvious and equal number of ways Eiland's departure was necessary) will [...]