It's been an eventful couple of days for the New York Yankees.The Yankees traded for Vernon Wells and will use him as the team's left fielder at the start of the 2013 season.And on Tuesday, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com had reported that the Yankees also signed the newly-released Lyle Overbay to a minor-league deal.
That didn't take long: Lyle Overbay is a Yankee wp.me/p1rXvG-8Xus— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) March 26, 2013
Overbay was released from the Boston Red Sox in the morning on Tuesday and, by the middle of the afternoon, he was already ...
Spring training is baseball's timeless tradition that allows major league clubs the opportunity to learn about themselves, and this year has certainly taught the New York Yankees more than they expected.Manager Joe Girardi and GM Brian Cashman have been kept busy with constant personnel issues. From the evaluation of upcoming talents like Ronnier Mustelier to determining which veteran players are ready to re-establish themselves in the everyday lineup, 2013 already has been one of the most active for Yankees management.Only time will tell if all the pieces to the puzzle ...
It's almost here. Opening Day. The day baseball fans wait for all winter, when every team (or almost every team, sorry 2013 Astros) has a chance to win and the time has finally come to play the games.Unfortunately for Yankee fans, 2013 brings more apprehension than hope for many, with the injuries and heavy competition the team will face. But on April 1, when the team takes the field in the Bronx to play the Red Sox, they'll be defending American League East champions.Here's what's coming up for the Yankees ...
What are the odds of longtime New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter retiring after 2013?Right now, I'd have to say about equivalent to those of an asteroid made of cotton candy colliding with the earth, which I presume are pretty close to zero.But by the end of the 2013 season? Yeah, I can see the odds taking a hike. Even ballplayers as indestructible as Jeter can't hold off retirement forever, and it could be a realistic option after this season's 162 games are safely in the books.Like that, I just ...
The Yankees search for veteran help continues.After trading for Vernon Wells, who will be the team's starting left fielder at the start of 2013, they are now looking at a potential first basemen.According to Andrew Marchand of ESPN, the Yankees are looking into Lyle Overbay.Sources: Yankees looking at Lyle Overbay espn.go.com/blog/new-york/…— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) March 26, 2013
The 36-year-old Overbay was released from the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday and is now free to sign anywhere he chooses.With Mark Teixeira on the disabled list until at least the end of May, ...
It's never fun when the injury bug hits your team early on in the season.For the New York Yankees, it's bitten them to the point where they have had to alter the roster drastically.The Yankees are in major need of offense for 2013.It's the reason why they have traded for Vernon Wells and have picked up $13 million of the remaining $42 million left on his contract.He'll be the starting left fielder until Curtis Granderson returns from the disabled list.One position that the Yankees could still look to improve on ...
Derek Jeter almost assuredly won't be ready for Opening Day, according to the New York Daily News, but this isn't a huge setback.The New York Yankees will likely put their captain on the disabled list to start the season, allowing him to come back as soon as April 6. The soreness in his repaired ankle simply made it impossible for him to play shortstop on a normal basis, but he's not far off.The Yankees were very conservative with the rehab from the fractured ankle suffered in 2012's playoff run. The ...
It's one thing for your club's power hitters to go down to injury in spring training. It's quite another for your shortstop and captain to find out recently that he will not be starting the season with the team (per Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com). In fact, he may never be the same player ever again. It's been one calamitous development after another this off season for the New York Yankees, with unbelievable negativity and doom surrounding the start of the season, now just one week away. A lot of the usual ...
With a week remaining before opening day, the sharks are circling around the New York Yankees.Already projected for their worst season in nearly two decades, New York set the Internet ablaze by trading for Vernon Wells on Sunday. Yes, the same Vernon Wells that has a .258 OBP over the last two years.Ready or not, the season is about to start for the defending American League East champions. Injuries and age have piled up for Brian Cashman's roster, but the 40-man roster will provide some individual standouts over the next ...
The New York Yankees neared the acquisition of outfielder Vernon Wells from the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night (via Yahoo Sports). The Angels will pay $29 million of the $42 million owed to Wells for the last two seasons of his contract. The piling injuries looks to have pushed the Yankees to the point of desperation, and in their desperation they turned to a player they fully didn't understand. Wells came to a similarly desperate Angels team in 2011 as a massive salary dump by the Toronto Blue Jays when Anaheim missed out ...