October baseball is quickly approaching, but it's never too early to start looking at the 2013 MLB free-agent market and who the New York Yankees could potentially target. The Yanks will be looking to keep it rather inexpensive for next season as they aim to cut their payroll by 2014. That means short-term contracts with mostly aging players until the Yanks can figure out who stays and who goes in order to hit the goal of $189 million. With most of the team's solutions already on the roster, let's take ...
Ah, October.It just feels right that the New York Yankees are going to have another eventful October. The first question they'll have to answer is who will pitch Game 1 of the playoffs, whether that be in the one-game wild-card playoff or in the divisional series.There are a lot factors to consider. The Yankees can't have someone who pitched a day or two before. They also don't want someone who's having a rough season.Usually, it's the team's ace who goes in Game 1. However, some would argue that the Yankees ...
The Yankees were shooting themselves in the foot all night when they had opportunities with runners in scoring position.And then Raul Ibanez came into the game and changed that with two at-bats.The Yankees had an early opportunity to cut into Boston's 2-0 lead, with runners on first and third and one out in the first inning.Mark Teixeira weakly grounded into a double play to end the threat.The Yankees were able to get on the board in the bottom of the second when Eduardo Nunez ripped the ball towards Jose Iglesias, ...
It has to be October, because the New York Yankees sure looked like a team that could win it all on Monday night at Yankee Stadium.The Bronx Bombers rode the power of a nine-run second inning against Clay Buchholz, hitting four home runs, one by Mark Teixeira, freshly returned from injury. CC Sabathia did his job, going eight innings, allowing just two runs on four hits and striking out seven. The Yankees defeated a depleted Boston Red Sox 10-2. All of this coupled with a Baltimore Orioles loss to the Tampa ...
On Monday night, the New York Yankees were faced with a must-win situation.In their final regular-season series against the Boston Red Sox, they entered tied for first place in the A.L. East with the Baltimore Orioles.One loss in this series could set the Yankees back and cost them home-field advantage in the postseason.At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees took care of business by thrashing the Red Sox 10-2.Meanwhile down in Tampa, the Rays beat the Orioles 5-3, which gave the Yankees a one-game lead in the division.On the mound for Boston ...
The New York Yankees, who have led the American League East for almost the whole season, now find themselves in a tie with the Baltimore Orioles. Although both teams have clinched a playoff spot, starting this season, winning the division is especially important. With the new playoff format, clinching a wild-card berth is not too comforting. The Orioles are new to fighting for a division championship. They have not won the AL East since 1997, which was also the last time they made the playoffs. As for the Yankees, they ...
It's fitting that in a year where the Yankees have blown what once was a comfortable lead in the division that they'll face a team who knows what blowing a division title is all about. The Yankees take on their hated long-time rival, the Boston Red Sox, for the final three games of the season at Yankee Stadium with so much at stake.
The Red Sox squandered a sure posteason berth down the stretch last season and missed out on the playoffs. The Yankees did just clinch a playoff berth with ...
The New York Yankees will be in the Major League Baseball playoffs that kick off later this week, but three more games will decide where they'll be playing and how many guaranteed games they'll have starting out.The Yankees enter play today tied with the Baltimore Orioles atop the division and can clinch the American League East title. They can also find themselves in a one-game playoff to determine the division champion or enter the playoffs as one of the two wild cards.Needless to say, these next three games will have an enormous ...
The New York Yankees are probably going to get Mark Teixeira back on Monday, and not a moment too soon as far as they're concerned.Teixeira is expected to rejoin the Yankees for the first game of their season-ending series against the Boston Red Sox on Monday, as reported by Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News. He last played on September 8 in Baltimore, when he aggravated a left calf strain trying to beat out a crucial double-play ball (you know, this one) in the ninth inning of a ...
Now that the Yankees have clinched the playoffs, we can finally look ahead to October baseball. The team's second-half struggles made this year's pennant race much closer than expected, but the Yanks avoided a major collapse and will be one of 10 teams vying to win the World Series.They have played better down the stretch and are clearly one of the best teams in baseball, but they are not without faults or question marks.Here are five of the biggest questions facing the Yankees in the postseason. The answers will decide ...