‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Yankees-Phillies: CC Sabathia and Company Patiently »
The Yankees made the right move by not moving against their longtime foe, Roy Halladay. The former Blue Jays ace and now Phillies pitcher was dealing, but at the wrong spots. The Yankees took the bad pitches and were able to get ahead in the count and ahead in the game. The Yankees chose to wait for their perfect pitch, and it paid off. [...]
The Best of the Best: Yankees Mount Rushmore »
In honor of the year Robinson Cano is having (.368 Batting Average, 13 Home Runs, 47 RBI), it got me thinking that if Cano keeps this pace up, where will it rank amongst the greatest Yankee seasons of all-time? We still got a long ways to go, and there's still a lot of baseball to be played, so I will re-address that question towards the end of [...]
New York Yankees Twin Towers, Betances and Brackman, »
Andrew Brackman and Dellin Betances stand at 6-foot-10 and 6-foot-8 respectively, and it is their size and their high ceilings that have earned them the nickname the “Twin Towers.” Entering the 2009 season, they were among the elite starting pitching prospects in the Yankees system, but by the end of that season Brackman had been [...]
Yankees Draft Profiles: Rounds 1-39 »
We here at Bronx Baseball Daily are running through the draft picks. All 50 players that the Yankees drafted will be profiled. It’s been a long process, but so far we have gone through and profiled every player from rounds 1-39. It’s a lot to take in at once, so I have provided this handy post with links to each player we’ve [...]
Yankees Notes: A-Rod, Mitre, Logan, JB Cox, Winfree »
The CC Sabathia-Roy Halladay faceoff didn’t end up being the pitcher’s duel it was billed to be. The Yankees tagged Halladay for three home runs and Sabathia struggled with consistency as the Yanks won 8-3 to stay in first place. Here are some notes: CC Sabathia has struggled this season but still has a 7-3 record and a 4.00 ERA. [...]
Pitching Preview: Champion New York Yankees vs. »
Pitching Preview: Champs vs. Phillies Game 3 will be looking at a pair of veterans on Thursday’s match-up, in this 2009 World Series revival between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees . Game 3: Southpaws Andy Pettitte vs. Jamie Moyer , is a battle of the veterans. They are two of only three active pitchers to throw [...]
Top MLB Mid-Season Stories (Part 1) »
With the All-Star break about a month away, there are many stories that are a number of surprising stories this season, as well as some stories that everyone saw coming. There are teams that we knew would do good, and be where they are, and then there are teams that are a bit surprising and came out of no where. This is Part 1 of a two-part [...]
6/15 Yankees Minor League Report »
==== ==== ==== ==== (Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (38-28) beat Indianapolis (35-31) 4-1 : Box Score - Recap Batting: Reid Gorecki LF: 1-for-3, HR (2), 4 RBI (16), R Colin Curtis CF: 1-for-4 Eduardo Nunez SS: 1-for-4 Juan Miranda DH: 0-for-4 Jorge Vazquez 1B: 1-for-4 Jesus Montero C: 0-for-3 - down to .236 Matthew [...]
Phillies-Yankees: Yankees Win Series Rematch Opener »
During his 12 years in Toronto, Roy Halladay was usually lights out against the Yankees. Now with Philadelphia, Halladay was looking to continue his dominance of New York Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium.The Yankees roughed up Halladay for six runs, including three home runs, and topped Philadelphia, 8-3, in the opener of a three-game series [...]
The New York Yankees: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, »
This is the latest installment of the 2010 New York Yankee progress, honoring the epic Clint Eastwood movie of the same name. According to the astute readers of imdb.com, the Baseball-Reference of the movie and T.V. industry, "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo " is ranked as the No. 4 movie of all time . What is more important is that the Yankees [...]