‘NY Yankees’ Archives
New York Yankees: Few Questions Remain for Yanks As »
After missing the postseason last year, the Yankees clinched early this year. As a result, they've been able to get everyone rested and set up the rotation for the playoffs. We know what the starting lineup will be. We know that the Yankees will choose the long season and start Sabathia, Pettitte, and then Burnett. There are still a few questions [...]
Hurt Or Not: David Robertson Needs to Be On Yankees »
There is quite a lot of talk lately about David Robertson and his recent elbow issues. Will he be on the postseason roster? How is he feeling regarding his prior elbow pain? How will his elbow be if he has to throw two days in a row? Answers are: Yes, doesn't matter, and doesn't matter. Why doesn't it matter if Robertson is healthy? Because, if [...]
The Enigma That Is Alex Rodriguez »
A .320 batting average, three home runs, five doubles, eight runs batted in, and two stolen bases in 11 games. Do those numbers look good? They should. To make it easier, those numbers would project to be 44 home runs, 73 doubles, 118 runs batted in, and 29 stolen bases in 162 games. Those numbers belonged to Alex Rodriguez during the 2004 [...]
Random Thoughts from River Avenue: Nick »
I'm traditionally very cautious when it comes to joining social networking sites. I was once, and possibly still am, a member of Friendster, which was basically modern social networking's caveman to Facebook's fully-evolved human. I like to think being on the ground floor for this stuff makes me a groundbreaking Jackie Robinson-type (minus the [...]
MLB Payroll Versus Performance: Yankees Walk a »
Recently, I came across a very interesting graph showing the overall increase or decrease of a baseball team's wins compared to money the team spent. Each team's ranking as far as team payroll is contrasted with the overall record up to this point in the 2009 regular season. The New York Yankees spent the most and have the most wins, so they [...]
Around the Web: Matt Kemp Love »
Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Mike took on the same Paul Oberjuerge piece that I did...True Blue L.A...and so did Eric Stephen.Los Angeles Times: T.J. Simers writes that the Dodgers have a dynamic duo in Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp. You know they must be good if they motivated Simers to write a positive article. In fact, that might be the most [...]
AJ Burnett Is Key to The Yankees’ Postseason »
As I watched Tuesday night's game, the biggest positive impact was that AJ Burnett appears to back on the upswing. Over his last 24.2 innings, he has allowed only 18 hits, four ERs, 10 BBs and recorded 27 Ks. His ERA over that stretch is 1.46, and his WHIP is 1.14. The patently inconsistent pitcher had a terrible August and early September, but [...]
The Staten Island Yankee Quartet »
The recent Yankees draft strategy has been to take guys who are signability cases. While this is definitely the right move for a team with the financial resources, there is a downside to this plan. While other teams have their top picks playing in short season leagues, the Yankees are still negotiating. By the time the Yankees get all of their top [...]
Did the New York Yankees Get a Positive Return on »
By Ryan of The Sportmeisters Even in the recession America is facing today, the biggest financial powerhouses in baseball, the New York Yankees, still found a way to spend near $500 million dollars to three players—pitchers CC Sabathia (seven years, $161 million) and AJ Burnett (five years, $82 million), and 1B Mark Teixeira (eight years, $180 [...]
Rich Harden: Free Agent at the End of the Season »
Over the course of his career, Rich Harden has been a maddeningly frustrating pitcher. At times, Harden looks like the best pitcher on the planet because he has the stuff to be one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball.But every year it seems as though Harden's progression is set back by injuries. Since 2005, Harden has spent ample time [...]