Three years ago, the New York Yankees won the World Series by going through the entire postseason with a three-man starting rotation of CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Andy Pettitte. Each made five starts as the Yankees went swept the Minnesota Twins in the Division Series, beat the Los Angeles Angels in six games in the American League Championship Series and knocked off the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies in six games to win the World Series. It’s looking more and more likely that if the Yankees are to succeed this ...
As the regular season winds down, the Yankees have found themselves in a tough spot. After going on a seven-game win streak in late September, the Bombers have been unable to win back-to-back games. A mixture of questionable pitching and streaky hitting has led the Yankees into their final series of the regular season tied for first place in the American League. We know that even if they don’t clinch the American League pennant, the Yankees will still most likely be playing as AL Wild Card. For Joe Girardi’s pitching ...
All right, after 159 games, here's what we know about the Yankees.After Sunday's 9-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Yankees are 92-67 and are in first place of the A.L. East.With that win and a Los Angeles Angels loss, the Yankees clinched a berth into the postseason for 2012.The Yankees will play their final three games of the regular season against the Boston Red Sox, who have lost five in a row and currently are in last place.However, the Yankees aren't alone in first place.The Baltimore Orioles are ...
The MLB postseason begins in a few days and all three American League divisions are still to be decided.If Bud Selig and Major League Baseball wanted to make the end of this season more exciting than last year, they are doing their job. Since the beginning of September, the Orioles have been no more than three games behind the first-place Yankees.As of Sunday, the Yankees and Orioles are tied for first place with three games remaining in the season.However, with the season winding down, the Yankees look like an afterthought ...
The New York Yankees may have already clinched a playoff berth, but Joe Girardi has his fingers crossed for a deep playoff run.The Yankees are playing average ball as of late—having won six of the last 10 games they've played.The Yankees aren't going to advance far if they continue playing the way they are, and that's going to be detrimental to Joe Girardi and have a ripple effect on the entire organization.That's why Girardi needs to advance, but there's more to it than just that. Begin Slideshow
Halfway through the month of July, the New York Yankees looked like they were going to run away with the AL East title. As October baseball officially begins tomorrow, however, that division crown has become anything but a certainty. The Yankees are currently locked in a dog fight with Buck Showalter's Baltimore Orioles for the division and a guaranteed spot in the Divisional Round of the playoffs.Even if the Yankees manage to secure the division title, they have shown that they will still be in trouble when the playoffs begin.Here's why:Begin Slideshow
Nobody expected the New York Yankees to be in this position with three games left in the regular reason. Up 10 games in the American League East near the end of July, the Yankees lost their lead, which evaporated as they tied with the resurgent Baltimore Orioles. The O's have to finish the year in St. Petersburg, Florida, against a Tampa Bay Rays team that refuses to quit. The Yankees finish their year back home in the Bronx against the lifeless Boston Red Sox. The rules of the new postseason format state ...
The first five months of the 2012 season couldn’t have been much worse offensively for New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin. When he woke up on Sept. 1, he was hitting a woeful .198 (66-for-333) with 14 home runs and 36 RBI. His triple-slash line was .198/.301/.366. Martin was never going to be confused with Mike Piazza when it came to his prowess as an offensive catcher. Coming into the season, he was a lifetime .267/.359/.398 hitter with 72 homers and 365 RBI in five seasons with the Los Angeles ...
The New York Yankees have won seven of their last 10 games as they try to shake the Baltimore Orioles for an AL East title. Though the Wild Card would seem to be a safety net, as it has been for the AL East runner-up for several seasons, MLB's new postseason format makes it important to win a division. The wild-card teams have to face each other in a one-game playoff.The Yankees surely don't want any part of that. Additionally, they can still win the top seed in the AL, meaning ...
Ivan Nova is not doing himself any favors in the final month of the regular season.With the New York Yankees battling to win the American League East and just holding off the Baltimore Orioles, Nova had a chance on Thursday night to give the Yankees a two-game cushion.Instead, Nova couldn't pitch out of the fifth inning for a second straight start and got knocked around by the Toronto Blue Jays in a 6-0 rout.The loss dropped Nova's record to 12-8 and his ERA jumped up again to 5.02. His record ...