The rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox has long been one the best in all of sports.From the bench clearing brawls to the postseason pressures, these two teams have been through it all.As we enter the final months of the regular season, fans look forward to the entertainment that these matchups bring.With Boston currently sitting fourth in the AL East, however, they've got their work cut out for them if they hope to play deep into October.Will Boston's lack of contention late in the season ...
It's been a week since the trade deadline. Brian Cashman stayed relatively quiet this season, and we're seeing the immediate results of his decisions.The New York Yankees have been on a bit of a slide lately, losing 10 of their last 17. Of course, a lot of this has to do with the flow of the MLB season, as teams are bound to have bad stretches every now and then.A good portion of this also has to do with the insane amount of injuries the Yankees have been dealing with. ...
Looking at the year the New York Yankees top pitching prospects are having, it's just another reminder that developing starting pitching is never guaranteed. Especially for the Bombers. According to Andrew Marchand of ESPN, both Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances have had a disastrous 2012 campaign. Banuelos has recently been shut down for the remainder of the season after only throwing in six games all year. The injury keeping him on the bench is being described as a bone bruise in his left elbow, per Marchand's report. Betances isn't doing ...
When we last heard any news on Andy Pettitte's rehab from a broken fibula, the team had to shut down the 40-year-old's rehab process.After healing faster than expected, Pettitte suffered a setback when he experienced swelling in his ankle, which caused the Yankees to tell him to turn down the dial.The longtime Yankees pitcher felt that he pushed it too hard when they were in Seattle, which may have caused the swelling.On Sunday, Pettitte went for X-rays to determine how his fibula was healing, and according to Peter Botte and ...
When you've stuffed as many stars onto a roster as the New York Yankees have, someone is bound to go unnoticed.That someone is lefty Clay Rapada.The sixth-year reliever came into the Big Apple with low expectations, joining an already-loaded Yankees bullpen. Rapada, who has played for five teams in the past five years, entered the Bronx with a pedestrian career 4.28 ERA and didn't stand to make much of an impact as the 2012 season kicked off.Then, of course, the injury bug slithered into New York, flittering around the 'pen ...
At the start of the season, it was almost unthinkable that Ivan Nova wouldn't get a playoff start for the New York Yankees in 2012, should they make it that far. However, as of late, Nova looks like he might not earn his spot in the postseason rotation. Coming off a 16-win rookie campaign that saw him make a successful playoff start, Nova was expected to be a huge piece of the Yankees machine for 2012, but exactly the opposite has happened. After getting off to a rough start to ...
When I was 12 years old, I felt as if my life was crashing to the ground. During the summer after sixth grade, my family and I were moving 35 minutes away. But in stereotypical childhood exaggeration, 35 minutes might have well been 35 hours in my mind. With my bubbled world about to explode, where was I the day before my first day in my new school? Not surprisingly, I was in my hometown playing wiffle ball with my childhood friend Steve Heck, who passed away suddenly on July ...
What makes the New York Yankees special?There are probably hundreds of different answers to that question, and rightfully so. People can hate on the Yankees all they want (and they do), but nobody can deny that the organization is nothing, if not, special.One thing everyone can agree on no matter which side of the fence they stand on is that the a big part of the general legend of the Yankees is the organization's clutch gene. Yankee teams through the ages have always displayed an uncanny ability to snatch victory ...
Each week, writer Bryan Lienesch puts together the MLB Power Rankings, and in looking over the list, there were certainly a few things that required a bit of follow-up discussion. I had a chance this morning to discuss a few things with him, specifically regarding the New York Yankees.GuysNation Rob: When you come up with your Power Rankings, what are the top two factors you look at each week? Bryan (@bclienesch): Well I think the top two factors have to be a team's record juxtaposed with their strength of schedule ...
The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, but teams can still make trades to improve their teams for playoff pushes until August 31. The only restriction is that the players involved must clear waivers, or else be traded to the team that claimed them.Here are five players who could clear waivers and could interest the Yankees sometime during the next 25 days.Note: Cliff Lee would have been on this list, but he was claimed by the Dodgers off waivers earlier in the week. Even if the Dodgers ...