It feels like Andy Pettitte has been out of commission about as long as Michael Pineda, but he'll soon be back.According to a report from Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, Pettitte was able to throw 55 pitches on flat ground in Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field on Wednesday. Out since June with a broken left fibula, the New York Yankees' 40-year-old lefty is getting closer to throwing pitches from the mound.After that, the next step may be a simulated game or two before Pettitte is ready for game action. A return ...
The New York Yankees suddenly look vulnerable coming off a three-game sweep in the Second City but they hope that a visit to Cleveland will be the elixir that they need to start rebuilding their once-big lead over the Tampa Bay Rays. New York is 12-9 so far in August and isn’t exactly playing terrible baseball. Just a few days ago, they were finishing off a dominant 5-2 home stand against the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox.But even in a sporting season that lasts six months and features 162 ...
2014.That's the year Derek Jeter's contract is up with the New York Yankees. After that season, Jeter can presumably, and likely will, walk away from the game of baseball. He has a player option for the 2014 season which will likely be picked up, but after that, who knows what'll happen.Of course, Jeter could very well get another contract from the Yankees or, Babe Ruth forbid, sign elsewhere. For the purpose of this article we're assuming that Jeter, at the age of 40, will no longer be with the Yankees.That ...
I'm old enough to remember the four-man rotation and a starting pitcher finishing 15 games or more a season.I remember when no one kept pitch counts and auxiliary scoreboards weren't clocking fastballs like pitchers were qualifying for Daytona.And the funny thing is, I don't remember all the arm troubles that we are seeing today.It's time to stop babying pitchers, the New York Yankees included.They pretty much ruined Joba Chamberlain's career path with the so-called "Joba Rules" and indecision about whether he should be a starter, middle reliever or closer.They have ...
Joe Girardi would like it very much if you shut the hell up. SportsGrid spotted video provided by CSN Chicago of the Yankees' manager losing his cool while answering questions for media members. You can faintly hear a fan in the background heckling Girardi and the Yankees. It sounds something like, "Yankees swept, yes."That's when 'ol man Girardi decided to settle things with this ragamuffin causing a ruckus while he is answering some gosh darn questions. Awkward much?A little context behind the moment. The Yankees had just been swept by the Chicago White ...
Phil Hughes and the New York Yankees have mirrored each other with striking consistency this season. In the month of April, the Yankees scuffled out of the gates the first few weeks, and so did the southern California native Hughes. As the weather started to warm in May, the Yankees started rolling, and so did Phil Hughes. There’s no coincidence that the Yankees' homegrown product and the team’s success go hand-in-hand. The Yankees struggled somewhat from mid-July until early August. Not surprisingly, Hughes battled through two of his worst outings of the ...
The Major League Baseball season to this point has demonstrated a very significant point about the modern game that no one seems to be getting: The role of closer doesn't matter.This whole thing really began during the free-agent frenzy, when teams all over the MLB were tossing money at available closers. At the time, I observed that spending big bucks on a position that is statistically irrelevant is a waste of resources.Then, in early April, Brian Wilson's season came to an abrupt end due to an elbow injury, and Giants ...
It is sad. It is sad that because of Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon’s 50-game suspensions for use of PEDs, every MLB player with an uptick in performance in the twilight of their careers will be the target of suspicion. Now New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has become a target of negative spin. According to the New York Daily News, ESPN rabble-rouser Skip Bayless insinuated Jeter was taking some sort of performance enhancer. You can see the video from ESPN here. From Bayless: “I am shocked by what I ...
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi is normally a mild-mannered guy, but lately the Bombers skipper has shown some instances where he can certainly lose his cool.The latest comes after the Yanks were swept out of Chicago by the White Sox. Girardi was doing a postgame press conference when a heckler began shouting about how the White Sox had just taken the broom to his team.Girardi wasn't pleased about the unwanted interruption, thus spurring on a near confrontation with the rowdy gentleman. The video of the incident can be found ...
With all the pitching the New York Yankees had signed this season, it didn't seem likely we'd see much of David Phelps, but the rookie has certainly gotten an opportunity to prove he belongs in the MLB.Phelps has done much of his work out of the bullpen in 2012, but he's made some spot starts during this season and has clearly been getting better as the year progresses.Not all of his starts have been quality by definition, but Phelps has never failed to keep his team in a game.In his ...