The New York Yankees' patchwork roster has somehow managed to stay at, or near, the top of the AL East despite continued injury setbacks. Now, as some of the bigger name stars get close to their returns to the Bronx, it is time for the team to use its newfound abundance of talent as leverage in deals in an attempt to get younger and lower its payroll.Here's a look at a few possible trades the Bombers could make that would offer win-win results.All stats via mlb.com.Begin Slideshow
New York Yankees ace CC Sabathia is hurting the team, and he knows it. As the team's ace, he is expected to give his team the chance to win every time he toes the rubber. If he can't do this, can the Yankees still win?Sabathia has been awful of late. He's 0-2 in May with a 4.85 ERA over 29.2 innings. He's allowed five home runs in five starts. His most recent poor performance—a seven-run walloping put on him by the Tampa Bay Rays on May 26—led to Sabathia making ...
It’s been another week and another injury again for the New York Yankees. After just getting back from the disabled list, Curtis Granderson once again was hit by a pitch and broke a bone in his left hand. It’s been a tough season for the Yankees, who have been winning games with a patchwork squad put together by GM Brian Cashman. The current Yankees team is a mix of veteran journeymen who were picked up as stopgaps and younger players who have been called up seemingly because there were no other ...
New York sports fans are lucky to have some of the biggest rivalries in all of sports. The rivalries between the Yankees and Mets, Giants and Jets, Islanders and Rangers and Knicks and Nets are some of the most exciting that the four major sports have to offer.Unfortunately for Yankees and Mets fans, the rivalry between these two teams seems to be taking a backseat to the others. Each rivalry offers fans something different, but it's easy to see that the two baseball clubs are not bringing as much excitement ...
When New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira hit the disabled list this March with a torn tendon sheath in his wrist, he was part of a steady stream of injuries that robbed the club’s early season roster of much of its top talent.After a lengthy rehab, the injury—which similarly cost Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista 70 games last season—is mostly healed. Teixeira is expected to take the field for minor league rehab games beginning sometime this week. Barring further setbacks, he should re-join the big club in early ...
The New York Yankees have three picks in the first round of the 2013 first-year player draft on June 6, as the departures of both Nick Swisher (Cleveland Indians) and Rafael Soriano (Washington Nationals) netted them picks 32 and 33 to go along with their initial selection at No. 26.General manager Brian Cashman is notorious for taking pitchers in the first round. In recent memory, Phil Hughes (2004), Ian Kennedy (2006) and Joba Chamberlain (2006) have all been drafted by Cashman and groomed in the Yankees' system.Expect Cashman to do ...
The New York Yankees continue to shock the baseball world with a great start to the 2013 campaign, and in that start, the Bombers are proving to themselves that it doesn't take a team loaded with $100 million players to win.After another victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, the Bombers improved their record to 30-18 on the season and remain on top of the American League East division for another day.And, in what was a microcosm of the Yanks' season thus far, it was Lyle Overbay who ...
The sports memorabilia world is still buzzing over an auction result that can rightly be considered an upset. For the first time ever, a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card sold for more money than the famed T206 Honus Wagner. It happened at Robert Edward Auctions (REA), where one of only about 10 known examples of the Ruth card sold for a record price of $450,300. That was nearly $48,000 more than a 1909 T206 Wagner, which was offered in the same grade and was once the subject of an ...
The New York Yankees had just welcomed outfielder Curtis Granderson back into the lineup after an injury forced him out of action for the early part of the 2013 season, but on Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, the 32-year-old had another medical scare. UPDATE: Wednesday, May 29, at 4:27 p.m ET by Eric BallA pin has been inserted into Granderson's hand and he is projected to miss at least four weeks according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com:---End of update--- UPDATE: Saturday, May 25, at 1 p.m ET by Michael CahillMLB.com's ...
Baseball, and especially New York Yankees baseball, can be unpredictable at times. From the emergence of unlikely heroes, such as Aaron Boone in the 2003 ALCS, to the out-of-nowhere dominance of previously unknown prospects such as Joba Chamberlain in the closing month of the 2007 season, one never knows where the Yankees will find their magic. This season has been different than most for this generation of Yankees. They entered the season as an underdog, a postseason afterthought. However, a plethora of unexpected performances has given the team early success. Given their ...