Last week, we saw one of the biggest and more shocking blockbuster deals in recent baseball history made between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox.Boston sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to Los Angeles in exchange for James Loney and four minor leaguers.With this, the Red Sox shed about $275 million in payroll, while allowing them to have more flexibility to make moves in the future.According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Dodgers originally asked the Yankees about the availability of ...
Unless Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout cool down significantly in the final month of the 2012 season, we're probably not going to see a member of the New York Yankees with the American League MVP award this year.Not that it matters as far as they're concerned. Despite the fact they've been beset by injuries this season, the Yankees have the second-best record in the American League and seem well on their way to the postseason for the 99th time in the last 100 years (or something like that).For this, the ...
It won't be long now before the New York Yankees implement a new rule: Effective immediately, all players must wear bubble wrap under their pinstripes.It's been that kind of a season for the Bombers. Michael Pineda was the first major player to go down, and then went Brett Gardner, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia (twice), Alex Rodriguez and Ivan Nova.Am I missing some names? Yeah, probably. Honestly, you could pick a name out of a hat full of Yankees players, and odds are, that player has spent some time ...
The New York Yankees lost first baseman Mark Teixeira for at least the remainder of their series with the Toronto Blue Jays after Teixeira left Monday night’s 8-7, 11-inning loss with a strained left calf (per ESPNNewYork.com). Good timing for the Yankees, then, that earlier Monday they picked up outfielder-first baseman Steve Pearce from the Houston Astros in exchange for cash considerations (per MLB.com). This will be Pearce’s second stint in the Yankee organization this season. New York signed Pearce to a minor-league deal (per Josh Norris of the Trentonian ...
The fly on the wall in the executive offices at Fenway Park has got to be chuckling her wings off—right above the heads of the Boston Red Sox brass. For in a seemingly magical move, Ben Cherington and the Red Sox made nearly $300 million of crippling debt vanish from its green monster coffers in its trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Someone add Cherington to the 2012 U.S. Presidential race! While times may be tough for Red Sox Nation the next year or so, this executive just plopped this ...
Injuries, slumps, red-hot competitors, trades and waiver acquisitions. The Yankees have seen it all. And we're just talking about the last 30 days. Over the course of 162 games, you're bound to see all kinds of turns and drama though for the great teams, there remain some constants.That's precisely what the Yankees expect each year and what they must rely on here down the stretch.The Yankees suffered a heartbreaking loss last night at the Stadium to Toronto when their normally reliable closer, Rafael Soriano, blew a two-run lead and the ...
The New York Yankees 2012 season has been a blend of great pitching (at times) and powerful hitting (at times) which has carried them to the top of the American League East Division.As the year heads into the final full month of the season, it remains to be seen as to which Yankees squad will carry the day. Will it be the offense with its power-laden lineup, or will it be the pitching with its deep talented bullpen?The team has suffered numerous injuries to the offense, rotation, and bullpen, yet ...
For Michael Pineda, this year hasn’t been exactly ideal. Showing up overweight to spring training, avoiding media, getting hurt and having surgery and then getting a DUI all have added up to a rough summer for the once-prized pitcher. But all is not lost. In fact the only thing Pineda has actually lost is a year of baseball and most likely his driver’s license. He hasn’t lost a game yet for the Yankees, but then again he hasn’t won one either. So what can the young man do to reach ...
The New York Yankees had 35 games remaining in the regular season before they started their game tonight vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. Of the remaining games, 29 of them are against teams in the AL East. The Yankees lead the AL East by 4 games. The Rays are hot and are closing in on the once comfortable lead the Yankees had. The Yanks stumbled on their last road trip going 2-4, getting swept by the White Sox. On the other hand, the Rays are 7-3 in their last 10 games. The ...
While the New York Yankees battled the Toronto Blue Jays in the Bronx, Pedro Feliciano took another step toward getting back to professional baseball.Feliciano was moved up to Double-A for the Trenton Thunder and pitched against the New Britain Rock Cats.Feliciano came in to pitch in the top of the sixth inning and had a solid outing—striking out two and walking one in an inning of work.Feliciano threw 17 pitches; nine of them were for strikes, but in the end, he still didn't allow a run and struck out two ...