The New York Yankees know right field is on their list of things to do this winter.They might already have an in-house option before free agency kicks off.According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Ichiro Suzuki is looking to come back and play for the Bombers in 2013.Sherman said a friend close to the Japanese star said that he loved playing in a professional and winning atmosphere.In Sherman's story, he said that a one-year deal worth $5.8 million with an option for 2014 might be able to get ...
Few would argue the point that the Yankees are the most successful franchise in the history of American professional sports. In the past century, they’ve won 27 World Championships and 40 American League Pennants, while making the postseason 51 times. But where there are legendary victories, unfathomable comebacks and series-clinching home runs, there are also epic defeats—games where someone else came out on top, and the Yankees and their fans were left in stunned disbelief, wondering what went wrong.The following are the worst of the worst—ten gut-wrenching losses whose memories ...
Presently, the left side of the New York Yankees infield consists of two giant question marks.At third base, there's some uncertainty as to whether veteran slugger Alex Rodriguez will be back in 2013 after his bat went missing in the postseason. Even if he is back in New York next season, the Yankees have no idea what to expect out of A-Rod at his age.The Yankees have long since grown accustomed to penciling Derek Jeter's name in at shortstop, but he'll be spending his offseason rehabbing a broken ankle. Complicating ...
The New York Yankees' 2012 season came to an abrupt end when the team was knocked off by the suddenly hot Detroit Tigers in the ALCS.The offense struggled, and the pitching couldn't hold up against a tough lineup that seemed to click at just the right time.Where do the Yankees go now? Derek Jeter's injury leaves a cloud of uncertainty over the franchise as it transitions into what could be a new era of Yankees baseball.The offseason will undoubtedly center around the team's big names. General manager Brian Cashman is ...
As the New York Yankees enter another long offseason without a World Series title, fans and the media will clamor for Brian Cashman to make trades to put the team over the top. But it's important to keep in mind that not all trades improve the team, and trading prospects for established veterans does not always work out.Here are five of the worst trades the Yankees have made, as a reminder that sometimes the best moves are the ones not made.5. Yankees trade Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera and Randy Choate ...
In spring training, the majority of the baseball landscape would co-sign for a season that ended in the American League Championship Series. To be one of the four remaining teams in the league is without a doubt a dubious distinction. But when a season that had so much promise became a traveling circus in a New York minute, we all knew something wasn’t right. After claiming the best record in the American League, the wheels fell from off their hinges for the New York Yankees. Seemingly overnight, they went from ...
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi declared Alex Rodriguez his starting third basemen for the 2013 season without any competition to worry about."I expect Alex to be our every-day third baseman," Girardi said during his end-of-the-year news conference. "What is he going to have to show me? That he is healthy and ready to go."That's the bottom line -- that he has no concerns and we have no concerns about putting him out there every day."This comes with little surprise to me.There is so much not being said about how ...
Sometimes, life can be truly awesome. But then you see Derek Jeter hit the deck in some serious pain in the 12th inning of a crucial playoff game, and life suddenly becomes the exact opposite of awesome.You can hate the New York Yankees all you want, but hating Jeter is like hating Morgan Freeman. You just can't do it no matter where your loyalties lie.Nobody was having any fun when Jeter went down in a heap in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers. Even ...
As the 2012 World Series kicks off on Wednesday night, we come one step closer to the free agency period.While the world watches the Giants and Tigers play for the championship of the world, 28 other teams are planning out their off-season strategy.For the New York Yankees, they have quite a few things they need to take care of this winter.One of the most important parts of that plan is the starting rotation; something that they will be looking to improve on for the third straight off-season.On Tuesday night, we ...
When the New York Yankees lost star closer Mariano Rivera to a serious knee injury in early May, there was concern that nobody would be able to fill his shoes. As it turned out, that should have been the least of the team's worries, as Rafael Soriano was terrific in the role. Now the Yankees have to worry about losing him. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports Soriano is likely to decline his player option for next season, allowing him to hit the open market as a free ...