The 2012 playoffs have been a struggle at the plate for the New York Yankees. As a team, the Yankees are hitting just .205 in seven postseason games and have scored just 20 runs. So what are the chances that some of the key Yankees in the batting order can turn things around and put together a great American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers? What this piece will rate is each Yankee’s odds of breaking out with the series shifting to Detroit for Games 3 and 4 (and ...
Lately, everyone is really furious with Nick Swisher.He's currently hitting .153 in the postseason, and his comments about Yankee fans have not sat well with anyone following the first two games of the ALCS.Swisher is playing himself right out of New York, and as an impending free agent after the season, many fans like myself are hoping he doesn't return for 2013.Over the last four years, Swisher has been known as one of the more likeable players on the team who has done well in the regular season, but his ...
For the past eight years, the general consensus among Yankee fans has been to blame, and boo, Alex Rodriguez for anything and everything that goes wrong.Team not hitting? A-Rod’s fault.Lost playoff series? A-Rod.Gas prices too high? War in the Middle East? You get the idea. Now, with the Yankee offense mired in a subterranean slump, teetering two losses from elimination, and with A-Rod 3-for-25 so far in the postseason, the aging third baseman is feeling the pressure once again from fans and media.But Rodriguez is not to blame. First, let’s ...
Nick Swisher probably wasn't going to be with the New York Yankees next year anyway. Set to become a free agent after the season, Swisher reportedly wants "Jayson Werth money," according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman. That means he's looking for a seven-year, $126 million contract.In the past, perhaps the Yankees would have gone for such a deal. But principal owner Hal Steinbrenner aims to have the team's payroll below the $189 million luxury tax threshold for 2012. Giving Swisher $18 million per season for the next seven years doesn't fall in ...
The Yankees may be at a disadvantage going into Detroit down 2-0, but they are a veteran team and have the experience to play well under pressure. The questions is, will they start to hit and get an early lead in Game 3?
Game 3 starting pitcher Phil Hughes, infielder Jayson Nix, and first baseman Mark Teixeira expressed to the media their confidence that the Yankees can come back and make the series with Detroit competitive.
Right-hander Phil Hughes will start the game after pitching well in Game 4 of the divisional series against Baltimore, giving ...
The New York Yankees aren’t going to make it out of Detroit. Not without their championship dreams being shattered, anyway. The Yankees head to Detroit’s Comerica Park down 2-0 in the ALCS against the surging Detroit Tigers. They’ll try to begin a big series comeback in Game 3 on Tuesday, but at this point it may already be too late. Really, it all comes down to the Tigers’ starting pitching vastly outperforming the Yankees’ hitters. Let’s take a look at the two sides. Tigers’ Starters The Tigers’ starters have ...
Some refer to it as the “it” factor, or possessing an indomitable will to win. In the Bronx this postseason, it can be referred to as non-existent. As the New York Yankees fell behind the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in the ALCS during the early evening hours of Sunday night, it was difficult to remember a time when the outlook had been so bleak in New York, and no one knew why. While a botched call on an apparently blatant play at second base certainly affected the course of Game 2, ...
Following Sunday's ALCS Game 2 loss to the Detroit Tigers, the 2012 New York Yankees' postseason has been nearly a complete disaster.The Yankees are now trailing 2-0 in the series to a team that they can't seem to beat when it matters most—in October.Despite all of that, there is still a chance. Yes, Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber, there is still a chance.Here are five reasons why the Yankees can still close out the ALCS.Begin Slideshow
The New York Yankees have put themselves about as far behind the 8-ball as one can be following two consecutive losses to the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in the ALCS.Only three teams have ever rallied from an 0-2 deficit since the League Championship Series went to a seven-game format in 1985 (1985 Royals and Cardinals, 2004 Red Sox).While it's certainly not over, the Tigers are trying to "stick a fork in it" quickly. A fully-rested Justin Verlander is set to start Game 3 in Detroit.Thus far, the Yankees have ...
The Yankees find themselves in a threatening 0-2 hole with Justin Verlander looming tomorrow night on the mound in Detroit; yet in a season of inconsistency, improbability and the unexpected, are you really willing to count the Yankees out now?The 2012 postseason has been one of the worst hitting displays that the New York Yankees have put on over a seven-game stretch of playoff baseball in a very, very long time. This team is not hitting unless it's the ninth inning or unless the player's name is Raul Ibanez.Even worse, the ...