New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman would seem to be the Rodney Dangerfield of Major League Baseball, despite all of the wins and all of the rings he's achieved in over a decade with the team. Anybody can win with that payroll, right?Missing the playoffs even once should be a fireable offense when you can simply buy your way to a winning team. Yes, New York can spend its way through a lot of its issues, even in a season where they were resolved to cut back. But Cashman has ...
After a spring training riddled with injuries and speculation about how poorly the New York Yankees would play this year, the team has surprised many and sits in first place heading into Memorial Day weekend. The pitching has allowed the fewest runs in the American League, and offensive additions like Vernon Wells, Travis Hafner and Lyle Overbay have provided a spark. While injuries remain, the hysteria has subsided and trade rumors are less prevalent as the team has gotten into a groove. Here are the latest rumors from the Bronx. Robinson ...
Robinson Cano is currently the most dangerous and talented second baseman in Major League Baseball.There are others in the conversation—Dustin Pedroia, Ian Kinsler, Brandon Phillips—however, none of them bring the complete combination of tools to the equation that Cano does, and none of them are asked to be the main component of their respective offenses. Cano is a special talent—a generational talent, really—and that he has continued to produce in a 2013 New York Yankees lineup that could easily be assembled for an old-timers game makes his year-to-date totals that ...
Mariano Rivera has many awards in his collection, but he doesn't have an American League Cy Young Award yet.Maybe you missed it tacked onto the end there, but the key word in that lead-in would be "yet." He still has this year to win one, and his chances are looking pretty good.The longtime New York Yankees closer is proving all over again that there's nothing he can't do. And while the stars aren't perfectly aligned for Rivera to walk away with a Cy Young at the end of the year, there's ...
The announcement in the New York Times of a Major League Soccer team owned by Manchester City of the English Premier League and the New York Yankees made headlines on Tuesday afternoon, raising the stakes for soccer and sports in an already crowded New York sports business landscape.While the involvement of Yankees ownership is intriguing from a business standpoint for both the baseball and soccer club, the investment should only lead to success for both sides. From the Yankee perspective, there's little that should cause fans to worry about a ...
During a young season in which five different players have made their major league debut for the team, it isn't easy to determine which player on the New York Yankees is deserving of more playing time. Because frankly, the Bronx Bombers are fortunate to be fielding any sort of team at this point. But 44 games into the campaign, it may be possible to begin deciphering which former no-names possess a future role with the club, and which can be forgotten.And David Adams shouldn't be forgotten. The sample size is minuscule. Heck, it ...
CC Sabathia went 0-2 with a 6.38 ERA in three starts at Oriole Park at Camden Yards last season, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks on Monday, as the New York Yankees take on the Baltimore Orioles.Sports bettors will find that the Yankees are -135 road favorites in the pro baseball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 8.5 in the market.Let's take a closer look at this American League East matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction on the ...
Although rain postponed the New York Yankees’ final game against Toronto this weekend, the Bombers were still able to get behind David Phelps on Saturday. The Yankees were able to win five of their eight games last week. Curtis Granderson’s return was a first step in New York getting their roster back to normal, after it has been riddled with injuries since before spring training. This week also brings a change from last week in the order of our list. With some of these young players injured and another coming ...
Havng played a little over a quarter of the MLB regular season, the New York Yankees can consider themselves big winners.Despite all the preseason talk of the end of the Yankee era, the Yanks are once again in familiar territory in the AL East—first place.The Yankees are 27-16 on the season and own a half-game lead on the rival Boston Red Sox for the lead in the AL East while trailing only the Texas Rangers for the top record in the American League.The Yanks have achieved that spot despite more injuries and ...
According to a report from Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the New York Yankees have acquired infielder Reid Brignac from the Colorado Rockies. Brignac, a utility infielder, was designated for assignment by the Rockies earlier in the week. According to NBC Sports, Heyman later tweeted that the Rockies will receive $75,000 in return. Brignac has been in the majors for six seasons, five in Tampa Bay. In his first season in Colorado, he hit .250 with a .294 OBP, with one home run and six RBI.Brignac's best quality is that he is a ...