The relationship between the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez is at the point of no return now.Four years ago, A-Rod was outed for taking performance enhancing drugs while he was with the Texas Rangers, but said he had been clean while as a member of the Yankees.Four years later, the Yankees third basemen is now tied to allegations that he had been receiving PEDs from a Miami doctor while as a member of his current team.The Bombers are absolutely fed up with a guy they are paying MVP-type money, but are ...
The New York Yankees spent on a much smaller scale this offseason than what fans are used to, and there's a good possibility that they could be gearing up for a huge free-agent class next offseason.While general manager Brian Cashman will be looking to improve in all areas, the starting pitching could potentially need a huge boost.Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes will all be free agents following the 2013 season. Kuroda may decide to go back to Japan, Pettitte may retire and Hughes may find himself with bigger ...
It's a strange time to be a New York Yankees fan. The team is currently in a transition with a goal of lowering payroll to $189 million, and while they still have several high-priced players on the roster, those same players are either aging badly or not playing at all. As a result, the baseball world isn't giving the Yanks much of a chance—but that's okay. This will enable the Yanks to fly under the radar in a way, thus allowing Bombers fans to throw it back in the face ...
Ironically, Curtis Granderson's recent emergence into one of baseball's most prestigious power threats is one reason why the New York Yankees should deal him right now. After coming to the Bronx in a trade with the Detroit Tigers in 2009, Granderson has made significant improvements in his overall game. Tiring work with Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long to shorten his swing has helped the outfielder develop into a more consistent and more powerful hitter. As a result, the home run totals, run production and success against left-handed pitchers have all increased. Now, after back-to-back ...
It seems as though the Yankees empire of the 1990s and 2000s is drawing to a close. Their "core four" has lost a member to retirement while the remaining three are not far behind. Their only real stars in their prime are Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson, both of whom are over 30 years old as well. What's more troubling than the aging roster is the lack of young talent ready to come in. Even as recently as the late 2000s, the Yankees always seemed to have at least one big-time ...
By any reasonable set of standards, the 2012 season was just another wildly successful campaign for the New York Yankees. They won 95 games and their third AL East title in the last four years, and then advanced to the American League Championship Series.By Yankees standards, on the other hand, 2012 wasn't so great. They failed to win the World Series, getting swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS. The series saw them collect only six runs and 22 hits. It also saw Derek Jeter's apparent ...
Baseball is back, as pitchers and catchers are officially reporting to their team’s respective spring training facility in either Arizona or Florida.The New York Yankees spring home is in Tampa, Florida, and the normally-anticipated media circus that comes with life in the pinstripes should be at an all-time high.Why?There are too many unanswered questions about this team, not to mention the four other AL East teams surrounding them, as they head into the 2013 MLB season.Fans will be looking to get a lot answers this spring, but here are the four questions that caused ...
This will be it. This will be the year when the New York Yankees are finally undone by their age. Their collective geezerness will finally get the better of them.They won't just miss the postseason. They'll miss it by a mile. Having gotten the gist, they'll then blow up their roster and move on with a full rebuild that they've been avoiding for years. The rest of baseball will celebrate the demise of the Evil Empire. There will be Ewoks and everything....But we say this every spring, don't we? We do ...
Spring training has officially begun for the New York Yankees.On Tuesday, pitchers and catchers reported down to Tampa, Fl to get prepared for the 2013 season.Over the next month and a half, we will see coverage of the Yankees during their time in Tampa on the YES Network, MLB Network and ESPN.There will be some new names and faces that will be wearing the pinstripes and some will even be looking to make the roster.Some of the new names were brought in on minor league deals with invitations to spring training ...
The New York Yankees have chosen to fill their designated hitter slot in the lineup with a combination of several low cost options in 2013, and who gets the bulk of at-bats will likely be decided in spring training.General manager Brian Cashman brought in two left-handed bats—Travis Hafner and Dan Johnson—as well as two right-handed bats—Juan Rivera and Matt Diaz—to compete for at-bats.A platoon of one left-handed hitter and one right-handed hitter seems like the most likely scenario at this point, as either right-handed bat will also be the fourth ...