The New York Yankees are still searching for their first win of the 2013 season, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Thursday night as they prepare to close out a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.Sports bettors will find that the Yankees are minus-125 home favorites in the pro baseball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at eight in the betting market.Let's take a closer look at this American League East matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up ...
For nearly the past two decades, the New York Yankees have enjoyed an extended run of dominance, including five world championships to go along with 17 playoff appearances in 18 years. Those were prosperous summers for the franchise back then, but there is a chill in the air as the Yankees begin their 2013 season.Winter is now coming to the Bronx.The cold began to creep in last October, when the Yanks lost Derek Jeter to a broken ankle during their embarrassing sweep at the hands of the Detroit Tigers in the ...
Just days into the regular season, there is no better time to predict the future of every current player on the New York Yankees active roster. Speculation is tough at this point. However, past tendencies and unexpected circumstances have made it easier to suggest what could result from an atypical baseball season in the Bronx. For the Yankees, the offseason has been brutal. Several key losses to free agency were only magnified with a heap of unexpected injuries. Now, the team has been forced to adjust. A different playing style can be expected from ...
The injuries for the New York Yankees continue to mount.Already without stars Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees will add starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to their list of injured players after Wednesday night's game.UPDATE: Friday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m. ET by Michael CahillAccording to Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York, Kuroda threw a bullpen session Friday morning. Matthews writes: New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda threw 36 pitches in a bullpen session Friday morning and, barring a setback, is expected to make his next scheduled start on Monday against ...
If the narratives are proven true about the 2013 New York Yankees, it's unlikely that a marginal trade acquisition in July will improve their chances enough to crash the postseason party.That doesn't mean the team won't try to improve throughout the year.Four members of the current 25-man roster weren't with the organization a month ago. In Brennan Boesch, Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay and Ben Francisco, New York overhauled nearly 20 percent of its team in a matter of weeks.What some would call desperation, others would call ingenuity. It remains to ...
New York Yankees free agent second baseman Robinson Cano has fired Scott Boras, arguably baseball's best agent. Boras is notorious for taking big-name MLB stars to free agency and landing them the contract of their dreams. Instead of following the trend, Cano, who is in the final year of a $57 million contract, has signed with Roc Nation. (via Buster Olney of ESPN.com)Roc Nation is an entertainment company founded by Jay-Z, a lifelong New Yorker and Yankees fan, and currently has an ownership share with the Brooklyn Nets. By signing ...
The New York Yankees' payroll is also going to be a topic of conversation because of how much money is spent to put a product on the field. However, this season is different due to all the money being invested for what is clearly an inferior product. According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com), the Yankees enter this season with the highest payroll in Major League Baseball history at $230.4 million.That news has to be shocking to a lot of fans and analysts, as all offseason we kept hearing about how ...
Robinson Cano is a free agent after the 2013 season (as I'm sure you all know) and will now be seeking new representation after firing Scott Boras early Tuesday morning (via Buster Olney of ESPN.com).Cano will undoubtedly be the best free agent available next season and will cost teams a pretty penny to sign. Boras, the king of negotiating such deals, will no longer be a part of the process.So what does this mean for the New York Yankees?In my opinion, it means the Yankees now have a much better ...
All signs pointed to a bounce-back season for New York Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira until a wrist injury sidelined him prior to the World Baseball Classic. Now speculation as to when he will return to the "Bombers" is wide-ranging.2012 was a disappointment for "Tex" as he suffered through his least productive campaign in the Bronx. In his first three seasons as a Yankee he had averaged 37 HR and 113 RBI. Last year those numbers dropped to 24 and 84 respectively. In addition, he had established himself as a stabilizing ...
Opening Day for the New York Yankees was, let's be honest, awful. Many Yankees fans held unwavering optimism heading into Monday's game against the Red Sox but could not turn a blind eye to what they saw on the field. Although many of the "experts" said the Yankees would be bad, maybe the typical Yankee fan thought they meant "worse than usual."What fans saw, rather, was an uninspired club that could not produce runs (as predicted), and a CC Sabathia that looked out of sorts (not predicted). If the Yankees ...