There are two types of baseball fans. There are those who love the New York Yankees. Then there is everybody else, the overwhelming majority of whom positively loathe the Yankees, their fans and pretty much everything they stand for. Some of that ill will doubtlessly extends from the franchise’s overwhelming success. The Yankees’ 27 World Series titles are far and away the most in the history of the sport. But that engenders hatred for other reasons, too. The fans bring a lot of that on by wielding the phrase “27 ...
The American League East has changed drastically over the course of the past three days.The Toronto Blue Jays are now a legitimate threat to every team in the American League after acquiring Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle, among others. On top of the that, the Jays signed outfielder Melky Cabrera to a two-year contract Friday afternoon.Even before the Blue Jays' roster overhaul, the AL East was still a very competitive division. The New York Yankees were a perennial playoff team, the Tampa Bay Rays were a team that ...
An All-Star second baseman playing in the AL East is reportedly ready to sign a contract extension with his team. So Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees signed up for a long-term business relationship, right?Actually, it's the Boston Red Sox who could soon lock up their second baseman for multiple years. According to ESPN Boston's Joe McDonald, the Red Sox have opened talks with Dustin Pedroia regarding a contract extension. Pedroia is under contract through 2014 with a team option for 2015.In light of this news, Cano and his agent, Scott ...
With Nick Swisher declining the Yankees’ qualifying offer of $13.3 million, the organization faces a decision on whether or not to make a substantial offer for the veteran right fielder.Throughout the regular season, rumors swirled that suggested Swisher would seek “Jayson Werth money” (7 years, $126 million) in the offseason. Well, here we are in the middle of November, and with other potential suitors looming, it’s time for Cashman to analyze the pros and cons of the aging switch hitter.Here are three reasons why the brass should pass.Begin Slideshow
Many fans of the New York Yankees are restless right now. There’s not enough happening.The front office isn’t doing enough to recover from the debacle that was the 2012 American League Championship Series, in which the Yankees were swept by the Detroit Tigers. There are free agents out there that haven’t been signed. And what’s the deal with this $189 million payroll thing?We’re the Yankees, for crying out loud! We don’t work on a budget. We go out, get who we want and damn the cost. This is what is ...
It is not even a month into the MLB offseason, and we have already seen moves being made.The Detroit Tigers signed veteran outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million deal.Hunter is in the twilight of his career but is still producing. He had a career-high last season in batting average (.313) and hit 16 HRs, while driving in 92 runs.The bigger news this offseason was the blockbuster trade that sent Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson and others from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays.This deal could ...
'Tis the holiday season, and all through the House of Steinbrenner, the Yankees are making plans for how to retool their division winning team to prepare for a World Series run in 2013.Brian Cashman is planning for a conservative winter; he's not necessarily giving Yankee fans coal for the holidays, but they shouldn't be expecting a pony either.The team has plans to get its payroll under the luxury tax threshold of $189 million before the 2014 season, so with three players (Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira) already due ...
The time is now. It has been well overdue, but the time has finally come for the New York Yankees and their fans to realize that the days of 40-plus homeruns and 130-plus RBI's from Alex Rodriguez are long gone. It is also time to forget how much money he is still owed and how long he will still be wearing pinstripes. Despite joining the majority of the Yankees in a collective slump during the entire 2012 MLB playoffs, A-Rod found himself at the forefront of all the criticism. His benching in ...
In the short time that the winter offseason has begun for baseball, the New York Yankees have been quiet.Whether that type of quiet will be a trend for the rest of the winter or that Yankees GM Brian Cashman is slowly game-planning on how he will approach it actually remains to be seen.However, according to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, the Yankees and Cashman did turn down an opportunity to make an early splash.Feinsand said that the Miami Marlins made all other 29 teams well aware at ...
How many players can have as poor of a season as Russell Martin and still have a chance of being paid? Especially considering he turned down a three-year extension worth about $20 million from the New York Yankees last offseasonMartin hit just .211, had a .311 OBP and a 92 OPS+, which are below-average numbers. His numbers were even worse until he had a red-hot month during September/October.Still, he managed to set a career-high in home runs with 21 and delivered several clutch hits over the course of the season, ...