Just over one season ago, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter earned his 3,000th hit. Since that day, when Jeter thwacked an exhilarating home run off Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price, Jeter has climbed 17 spots on the MLB’s all-time hits list. Along the way, Jeter has bypassed greats like Roberto Clemente, Cap Anson, Tony Gwynn, Robin Yount, George Brett, Cal Ripken Jr. and Nap Lajoie. With his first-pitch, first-inning home run Wednesday vs. the Chicago White Sox, Jeter thrust himself into 11th place all time in hits—past Eddie ...
Remember when most fans were split between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners on who got the better deal in the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero swap?Remember when Yankees fans watched Pineda get season-ending surgery before Game 1 and then the answer became pretty clear?Remember when Pineda was arrested for drunk driving while rehabbing in Tampa and the answer became a no-brainer? Unfortunately, I remember all these things. In a powerful attempt to rival Carl Pavano’s claim to having the worst beginning ever to a Yankees pitching career, young Michael ...
The New York Yankees still have a solid hold on a playoff spot, surprising considering their starting rotation woes. Andy Pettitte went down and then so did the big man, CC Sabathia. Most teams would have spiraled out of control with those types of losses, but not the Yankees. New York has seen some great surprises in the form of Freddy Garcia and David Phelps, making the real question as to what this rotation will look like come the end of September. Rotations shrink and playoff rosters are locked in. ...
Pete Rose sees you, Derek Jeter.Jeter isn't looking like a 38-year-old player this season. Typically, 38-year-olds don't hit .326, and they certainly don't lead the league in hits. The New York Yankees' ageless shortstop is doing both at the moment.Jeter already has more hits this season than he had in all of 2011, a year in which he finally crossed the 3,000-hit plateau. That now feels like ancient history, as Jeter is sitting on 3,255 career hits and is quickly moving up the rankings on the list of players with ...
What's old is new again in the Bronx. That's the way the New York Yankees are looking at their player acquisitions these days. On July 23, the Yankees traded for Ichiro Suzuki, and the move has already paid off; Ichiro is hitting .315 as a Yankee.Eight days ago, Derek Lowe came on board to help the Yankees' bullpen. He was released by the Cleveland Indians on August 2. The Yankees signed him to a free-agent deal for the rest of the 2012 season.Lowe is 39 years old and possibly in ...
As the New York Yankees continue through yet another wildly successful regular season campaign, fans have inevitably set their sights on October and all the possibilities that come with it.Although the Bombers have consistently maintained one of the MLB's best records throughout 2012, injuries to key players such as Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez and Andy Pettitte have created serious question marks about whether this team is built for a protracted postseason run.A year ago, the Yankees won 97 games in the regular season, only to be bounced by the Detroit ...
The Yankees have 10 days to acquire a player who would be eligible for the playoff roster. Even though they've turned things around, winning five of seven at home against Texas and Boston, there are still injury concerns surrounding the team. Most notably, CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte are on the disabled list. Sabathia has been sidelined since August 9 with elbow soreness, but insists he will pitch on Friday in Cleveland when he is eligible to return. However, elbow soreness is not a good sign and Joe Girardi has not committed to pitching his ace this ...
On Friday, for the second time this season, CC Sabathia will come off the disabled list to take the mound for the New York Yankees. Is it a sign that his workload is starting to take its toll?Prior to this season, the Yankees ace had gone five consecutive seasons of 33 or more starts and 230 or more innings pitched. Until 2012, Sabathia had pitched less than 30 starts only once in his entire career (2006). To say he has been a dependable workhorse would be the understatement of the ...
Recently, Bleacher Report revealed top under-the-radar hitting prospects for the New York Yankees at each of its eight minor league levels.This week, we will showcase some excellent—yet not so well-known pitching prospects in the Yankees system.With a deep crop of pitching talent that New York boasts (to include Manny Banuelos and Delin Betances), Yankees fans should be nothing less than stoked.Not to mention that the output by many non-drafted free-agent hurlers highlighted below points to a talented scouting department.Note: Stats courtesy of MiLB.com and are current through August 20, 2012. ...
The American League East is viewed today as the most competitive division in all of Major League Baseball. Currently, the New York Yankees hold the division lead by four games ahead of Tampa Bay. But don't worry Baltimore fans, the O's are still in the mix just six games behind NY.If the Yankees want to hold on to their lead, they're going to have to bring out the bats and light up some of the following opposing pitchers.Begin Slideshow