Infielder Stephen Drew is testing the free agency waters.According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the New York Yankees are interested in the former Arizona Diamondback and Oakland Athletic.The 30-year-old shortstop might no longer be an solid offensive player. He might have missed a lot of time over the past few seasons due to ankle injuries. True, he is not a long term solution, but he could be a solid fit for the Yankees.According to the Twitter feed of ESPN's Buster Olney, Stephen Drew has no interest ...
What a bad time for the New York Yankees to decide they don't want to fall off their own fiscal cliff. To avoid a luxury tax in 2014, which may cost them $50 million, the Steinbrenner family is insisting that general manager Brian Cashman bring payroll down into the $189 million range.That would be great if the Yankees had a core of players just reaching their peak or a farm system ready to shuttle three or four Major League-ready players to the Bronx. Instead, the Yankees keep getting older and breaking ...
It's day two of the MLB Winter Meetings, and the stove is heating up. The rumors are starting to get hot and heavy. After the news of Alex Rodriguez's hip surgery, the Yankees are now starting to get into the mix.As most Yankees fans already know, the most significant news to come out of Yankees camp this week has been the loss of Alex Rodriguez for four to six months due to hip surgery. The Yankees now find themselves in the position of trying to replace the offensive output of not ...
Every year, it seems Alex Rodriguez finds his way into the news, and mostly the last few seasons it has seldom been for positive reasons.Every year, it also seems Alex Rodriguez finds his way onto the disabled list, and in 2013 he will get a head start when he undergoes hip surgery in January, which will sideline him for four to six months.This is yet another injury A-Rod has suffered that will undoubtedly further his decline. Reports say he was dealing with this one during the postseason, which could explain ...
Free agency is a double-edged sword for major league teams. On the one hand they make it possible for a team to make major improvements from one season to the next without having to trade top prospects, but on the other hand the top free agents tend to be very expensive and are often paid more for past performance than for potential future performance. This offseason, the Yankees are trying to improve a team with several needs but a limited budget, having committed themselves to get their payroll under $189 ...
Josh Hamilton has plenty of options as the top prize of the 2013 Major League Baseball free agent class, but the New York Yankees could be the perfect fit. Josh Hamilton is one of the best left handed power hitters in MLB, but there are few teams willing to take the risk of signing him long term. According to tweets from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Texas Rangers have been the most aggressive team in the Hamilton sweepstakes. He also noted the Milwaukee Brewers are on Hamilton’s periphery. Both ...
Alex Rodriguez will miss four to six months recovering from surgery to treat a painful left hip condition, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced yesterday at baseball's Winter Meetings. A-Rod will have surgery next month by Dr. Bryan Kelly.According to George A. King III in the New York Post, Cashman told reporters that the Yankees' third baseman will undergo surgery to "repair a torn labrum, bone impingement and the correction of a cyst." Rodriguez underwent surgery on his right hip in 2009.Labral tears of the hip and impingement of the ...
The revelation on Monday that third baseman Alex Rodriguez would need surgery to repair damage to his left hip and will miss at least the first two months of the 2013 season complicates things for the New York Yankees in many ways. For starters, the only thing worse than having to pay an aging superstar $28 million (per Cot’s Baseball Contracts) to play next season is having to pay said aging superstar $28 million not to play. General manager Brian Cashman is taking an optimistic approach to Rodriguez’s situation. “The ...
By now, we have all heard the news on Alex Rodriguez's latest injury.Buster Olney of ESPN broke the news that A-Rod will need surgery on his left hip to replace a torn labrum.
"NYY just announced Alex Rodriguez will undergo a left hip arthroscopy to repair a torn labrum, bone impingement and the correction of a cyst"—Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 3, 2012
Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports announced that with the surgery, the 36-year-old will miss anywhere from four to six months.
"#Yankees announce that Alex Rodriguez will undergo left hip arthroscopy ...
With serious injuries sustained by the left side of the New York Yankees infield, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: The Yankees are old.This isn't news by any means, as the Yankees have ranked near the tops of the MLB in terms of collective team age for a number of seasons now. New York owns the second-oldest roster in the MLB, according to ESPN.Most of all, Alex Rodriquez' injury brings to the forefront a problem that New York has needed to address for years now, and that's attempting to get ...