Derek Jeter's 2013 debut is on the horizon. According to an ESPN report, the New York Yankees' star shortstop will play against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
While the team can sorely use his bat, the merits of rushing or advancing Jeter's rehab schedule to rejoin the team Thursday seem short-sighted, rushed and impractical. Instead of clamoring for more offense against the Royals and the lowly Minnesota Twins (the team the Bronx Bombers play next), the Yankees could easily allow Jeter more time to find his timing at the plate, in the field ...
Phil Hughes has been considered one of the New York Yankees' most promising pitchers since long before his Major League debut in 2007, but his potential has largely gone unfulfilled. With that in mind, Hughes' days as a Yankee may soon be numbered.According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Yankees are shopping both Hughes and reliever Joba Chamberlain, which means that the Yankee organization is ready to move on to a new era from a pitching perspective.Hughes has shown flashes of brilliance and supported his status as a 2004 ...
The volatile marriage between Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees is going to reach another crossroads very soon, at least if you believe that Major League Baseball has enough bullets in the chamber to finally make this Biogenesis scandal go away once and for all. According to the New York Daily News, Rodriguez will be interviewed by baseball officials on Friday about his connection to Anthony Bosch, the founder of the Biogenesis clinic and alleged performance-enhancing drug distributor. Rodriguez is one of roughly 20 current big leaguers who MLB is looking ...
The New York Yankees are currently on the longest roller coaster ride there is. Its name is the first half of the regular season.The Yankees are currently six games over .500 and have been playing at a .500 level since the start of May.Despite the inconsistent play the Yankees are still very much in the thick of both the division and wild card races.That simply means with the trade deadline three weeks away the Yankees should be very active in filling the holes that have held them back.The Yankees are ...
Alex Rodriguez had another bad day on Tuesday—and I'm not even talking about the Biogenesis scandal yet.A-Rod suited up for the Tampa Yankees on Tuesday but once again struggled to make contact at the plate during his rehab stint.The New York Yankees desperately need a third baseman and a solid right-handed bat in the lineup, but at the rate he's going, A-Rod won't be able to deliver for a while.Let's take a look at Rodriguez's latest rehab start. GradeRodriguez struggled at the dish yet again, going 0-for-3 with a pair of ...
Derek Jeter has been able to do nothing but watch this year, and what he's seen hasn't been pretty.As the veteran shortstop has been busy rehabbing a fractured left ankle that he suffered last October, the New York Yankees have been one of the most ineffective offensive teams in the American League. If their current pace holds, the Bombers are going to have their worst offensive season in over two decades.Yankees fans can rest assured. The Captain will have something to say about that when he returns, and he won't ...
The New York Yankees have won CC Sabathia's last four starts against the Kansas City Royals, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Tuesday as the two teams continue a four-game series at Yankee Stadium.Courtesy of SBR Forum, the Yankees are minus-132 home favorites in the pro-baseball odds, with the betting total sitting at 7.5 in the market.Let's take a closer look at this American League matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction along the way.Begin Slideshow
The 2013 MLB All-Star Game will be held at Citi Field in New York this season, and while David Wright has been given the keys to the game as honorary ambassador for the Mets, it's one of his teammates, Matt Harvey, who should be the first guy with the ball. Across town, Mariano Rivera is halfway through his year-long retirement tour to end an illustrious Hall of Fame career, and despite coming out and stating he doesn't want to start the All-Star Game, well…tough. It makes too much sense for ...
The New York Yankees, despite a plethora of injuries and ragtag group of over-the-hill veterans, are still in the thick of the American League East playoff picture. Shocking as this may be, it's what we've come to expect from the Yankees. The team wins—period.General manager Brian Cashman will be faced with a difficult decision come this July 31 trade deadline, though. Cashman could choose to go for it all by selling the farm away for proven talent, he could choose to sell-off whatever veterans he can to recoup prospects or ...
All Derek Jeter wants to do is play shortstop for the New York Yankees.If Jeter had his way, it would have been him, and not Luis Cruz, starting at shortstop for the team when it took the field against Kansas City on Monday night, as he told ESPN New York's Ian Begley before the team's Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, prepared to take on the Rochester Red Wings:
I'm trying to push to get there today, but I don't think I can make it today. So, it's whenever they say. Really, ...