Hideki Matsui is one of the most beloved New York Yankees stars of the past decade, and the team has chosen to honor him with a one-day contract so he can retire in pinstripes, reports George King of the New York Post.Even though Matsui officially announced the end of his career in December, he still plans on retiring as a Yankee later this summer. King continues on to say that the Yankees have a Bobblehead Day planned for Matsui on July 28 at Yankee Stadium, a likely time for his retirement ...
For the New York Yankees, it was another week of winning, but it came with a price. Catcher Francisco Cervelli and starter Ivan Nova have both joined Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez on the disabled list. The New York front office responded by calling up Vidal Nuno and Austin Romine from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Unfortunately for top catching prospect Gary Sanchez, this didn’t mean a call-up from Tampa. Nonetheless, the prospects in this Yankee farm system continue to wait for their turn in this season ridden by injuries in the Bronx. Let’s ...
Going into the season, there were so many predictions of doom and gloom for the New York Yankees. Some of them were warranted, given all the injuries and age on the squad and a disastrous offseason. Some, however, were just ridiculous, completely ignoring the strengths the Bronx Bombers still had.They were ready to explode after a 1-4 start in which they looked completely anemic in every way. But after a 13-5 stretch since, they're starting to calm a bit.That's right, your New York Yankees are 14-9—only 2.5 games behind the ...
New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis has been out since last Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays (in Toronto) with a sore lower back. There were no initial plans to place him on the 15-day disabled list, though that could now become an option.Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that manager Joe Girardi would consider placing Youkilis on the DL if he does not play by this Saturday's home game against the Blue Jays. Youkilis took swings in the batting cage Thursday, but the results did not warrant a comeback ...
Robinson Cano provided the offensive fireworks early with a three-run homer in the third inning, while Hiroki Kuroda settled down after allowing three runs and six hits in the first two innings for the New York Yankees to defeat the division rival Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Thursday night in the Bronx. After a slow start to the season, Cano—whose third-inning blast gave the Yankees a 4-3 lead—is now hitting .322 with seven homers and 17 RBI in the middle of the lineup. The Yankees are playing much better and got exactly ...
The careers of Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are presumably on their tail ends, and it's time for the New York Yankees to start working on establishing future plans at shortstop and third base.Jeter, still on the shelf nursing an ankle injury he sustained in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers last season, is signed through 2013 but holds a player option for 2014. While there's no indication that this will be his last contract, he will be 40 years old by the time the 2014 season ends.Rodriguez ...
The New York Yankees are 3-0 as home favorites of -125 to -150 this season, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Thursday, as they open up a four-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.Sports bettors will find that the Yankees are -142 favorites in the pro baseball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total stands 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 along the way.Begin ...
The New York Yankees' future appears to be bright due to a trio of highly-rated outfield prospects in the minor leagues, but one of them is in serious trouble as Mason Williams was reportedly arrested Thursday morning on a misdemeanor DUI charge. According to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, Williams was arrested in Tampa as the prospect plays for the Yankees' High-A affiliate, the Tampa Yankees.Williams is 21 years of age, so he is old enough to drink legally, but he obviously exercised bad judgment in allegedly getting behind ...
With the amount of age and injuries the New York Yankees have suffered the last few months on offense, it seemed that they had to become more reliant on old school baseball—defense, bunting, base-stealing and of course, pitching—rather than their typical and traditional high-octane power approach. In fact, going into the 2013 season, it looked as if pitching would indeed be their calling card. So far, it's been good enough to get the Yankees to an 11-8 start. CC Sabathia, Andy Pettitte, Hiroki Kuroda have all delivered the innings and quality ...
Due to injuries and free-agent defections to the everyday lineup, the New York Yankees are heading into the 2013 season with the strength of the team residing in their pitching staff.While the offense has been a pleasant surprise, thanks to high-level contributions from Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells and Francisco Cervelli, the Yankees will need to lean on pitching to guide them through the rigors of a 162-game season.Despite scoring 93 runs in 19 games, the numbers can be misleading. Outside of a few high-impact run scoring games in Cleveland, the ...