There is an old saying that states, “If it were not for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” The way Alex Rodriguez’s life has gone since October, I’m sure he would be just fine with not having any luck at all. As was widely reported on Monday, A-Rod will undergo the second hip surgery of his career. The surgery will take place in January and is expected to keep A-Rod out of the New York Yankees lineup until June at the earliest, if not longer. Brian Cashman told Newsday, ...
The New York Yankees won the American League East with a 95-67 record in 2012. But they did so with an aging core of players and have already lost a couple of key free agents this offseason. Catcher Russell Martin left for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Infielder Eric Chavez signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Right fielder Nick Swisher is almost certainly signing somewhere else. On the injury front, young Manny Banuelos will miss the entire 2013 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The rotation’s ace, CC Sabathia, is coming back from ...
The New York Yankees' main focus has become third base.That became a glaring need following news that Alex Rodriguez needs surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip, which will keep him out anywhere between four and six months.Yankees GM Brian Cashman has been scouring the free agent market for a third baseman, and two potential options went off the market Wednesday.Jeff Keppinger signed a three-year, $12 million deal with the Chicago White Sox, and former Yankee Eric Chavez signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks.Both ...
The Alex Rodriguez injury really changed the New York Yankees' winter plans.After it came out that he needs surgery to fix a torn labrum in his hip, we've all been wondering what the Yankees will do to fill his spot in the field.Two of the potential options that the Yankees could have looked at for 2013 went off the board and signed with other teams on Wednesday.First, it was former Rays infielder Jeff Keppinger, who signed a three-year, $12 million deal with the Chicago White Sox.
Keppinger got $12M, 3 yrs ...
With Russell Martin signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates last week, veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski has been suggested as a possible replacement behind the dish for the New York Yankees.Yeah...that's a bad idea. The appeal isn't hard to see to be sure, but putting Pierzynski in pinstripes would be alike trying to smash a square peg through a round hole with a sledgehammer. But first things first. There's more than just speculation going on here. There are actual rumors (which are always fun) linking the possibly former Chicago White Sox catcher to the ...
*****UPDATE (10:10 p.m.):**************According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN, the Chicago Cubs have landed Nate Schierholtz on a one-year deal worth $2.5 million.
Nate Schierholtz has agreed on 1 year deal with Cubs, source says— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) December 6, 2012
In the deal, there is $500k worth of incentives, making the deal worth potentially $3 million when the season is over.Cross another potential name the Yankees were in on off the list.***************************************** Right now, Nashville seems to be the center of all the MLB hot stove action.While the annual Baseball Winter Meetings have ...
With the MLB Winter Meetings in full swing, the prospects of another quiet offseason aren’t far off. Even with the loss of Nick Swisher, and also with Alex Rodriguez having hip surgery, it doesn’t look as though the Yankees and Brian Cashman are going to surprise anyone with any big moves this offseason. Cashman’s hands are tied with the Steinbrenner cost cutting mandate. Also, the re-signings of Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Hiroki Kuroda all points toward the Yankees now focusing on signing position players. It has been speculated that ...
A couple of amusing pieces came out of the winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn., regarding the New York Yankees’ lack of activity at said meetings. David Lennon of Newsday wrote Tuesday how strange it was to see the Yankees “rummaging through the bargain bin” as the team tries to fill holes in the outfield and left side of the infield. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com was more succinct. The lede to his Wednesday morning column read, “Where the hell are the Yankees?” This is the new world in which the New ...
It's December—the season of office holiday obligations parties, the realization that the Jets are a mess and the Yankees making the biggest splash at baseball's winter meetings. Well, at least two out of three are true this year. It's almost eerie how quiet the Yankees have been, and will presumably continue to be during this free-agent signing period normally dominated by the team from the Bronx.The 2012 Yankees are led by George Steinbrenner's much more cost-conscious, spreadsheet-balancing sons. Hank and Hal have stressed the importance of reducing the franchise's salary by ...
We all wondered what the Yankees would do to fill the void at their catcher spot.New York's catcher of the last two seasons, Russell Martin, signed a two-year, $17 million deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates this past Friday.Former Texas Rangers catcher Mike Napoli, another name that was linked to the Yankees, signed a three-year, $39 million deal with the Boston Red Sox this week.That leaves one more big name on the free-agent market, and according to Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, the Yankees are currently negotiating with former White ...