‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Jayson Werth Hires Scott Boras »
Via Jim Salisbury on Twitter: "I just spoke to Scott Boras. He is Jayson Werth‘s new representative." This has been rumored for awhile now, but this looks official. This will almost definitely drive the price for Werth up. It also means that there will be a ton of misinformation leaked about this via Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman [...]
Joe Torre, Don Mattingly Among Those To Honor George »
Joe Torre and Don Mattingly are returning to Yankee Stadium for one night. The former manager and former player will be in attendance tonight when the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. Their current team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, have an off-day which will allow the pair to take part in the pregame ceremonies when the Yankees will unveil a [...]
Heyman: If Joe Girardi Leaves, Bobby Valentine is a »
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Joe Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees rather than go to the home state Cubs (he’s from Peoria and went to Northwestern). But if he leaves, Bobby Valentine likely would be one candidate to replace him in the Bronx. Like Heyman said, Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees. But these are the [...]
Yankees-Rays: Who’s on the Mound for Game One, »
Tonight marks the first of four games, between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx. Rookie pitcher Ivan Nova takes the mound for the pinstripes, as the Rays counter with Matt Garza in a rematch from last week’s slug-fest. Nova is only making his sixth big-league start, but second in two weeks against the Rays. In their [...]
New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays Battle One Last »
Don't tell Joe Girardi, but the Yankees haven't clinched anything yet. The sputtering Bombers, who have lost nine of their last 13, somehow still have the best record in baseball. But their lead entering their final four-game series with the second-place Rays is just half a game, so the American League East title and homefield advantage could very [...]
New York Yankees Rumors: If Yu Darvish Is Posted, »
Via Hardball Talk: FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal heard from a source Saturday that right-hander Yu Darvish is likely to be “posted” this winter, meaning teams in Major League Baseball will have a crack at luring him away from the Nippon Ham Fighters. Darvish is only 24 and widely considered one of the top pitchers in [...]
Weekend Baseball Roundup »
I am back from a long weekend, which explains my lack of posts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It also explains why I woke up at 11:00 this morning for the first time since college. Speaking of college, I attended three football games in a 24-hour span. I saw the UMass – Michigan game in Ann Arbor, we then made the hour drive to East [...]
Yankees-Rays: Why This Series Will Still Leave the AL »
Ending a horrid 3-6 road trip, the New York Yankees are glad to be back home. Home or not though, starting with a 4-game series against the second-place Tampa Bay Rays, the next two weeks will challenge the Yankees in every possible way. The Yankees come into the week with a 90-59 record, just a half-game ahead of the Rays, who sit at 89-59. The [...]
Joe Torre Makes His Triumphant Return to the Bronx »
Via the NY Post: Joe Torre and Don Mattingly will attend the unveiling of George Steinbrenner’s monument in Monument Park, according to multiple people with knowledge of the names who will be on hand at Yankee Stadium. The Steinbrenner family invited people with ties to The Boss, and Torre and Mattingly responded by telling the [...]
Mark Teixeira: This Has Been Toughest Stretch of My »
via the NY Daily News: And so, as Swisher returns to the lineup, Girardi sits down , who painted anything but a painless picture of the thumb and toe injuries he’s been playing with the past few weeks. “I’ve been playing with a lot of pain the last two or three weeks and maybe this is going to help,” Teixeira said. [...]