Starting next season, the MLB Hall of Fame ballot is set to get very crowded. Names like Bonds, Clemens, Sosa and Piazza are set to join the ballot in 2013 while Maddux, Thomas, Johnson, Martinez and Griffey are on tap in subsequent years. Add in holdovers like Bagwell, Raines, McGwire and Palmeiro, and it’s easy to see why there will be plenty of difficult choices on the Hall of Fame ballot in the near future. Despite how crowded the ballot is going to get, no modern HOF class can ever ...
It's time for a crazy trade idea with less than 10 days left until the trade deadline.We know the New York Yankees and their GM Brian Cashman would prefer not to make a deal between now and July 31.But, if an opportunity presents itself to Cashman and the Yankees even he knows he would look into it.There's been quite a few rumors going around that Cliff Lee of the Phillies could be on the block and could be traded, again.He was traded twice at the deadline back in 2009 and ...
Entering play on Saturday, July 21st, the New York Yankees have the best record in baseball, surging of late, winning nine of their previous 13 games. The Bronx Bombers lead Major League Baseball in home runs, are eighth in team batting average and first in OPS (on base + slugging percentage).However, the Yankees are second to last in the American League while batting with runners in scoring position (RISP). Huh?Of all the major sports, baseball is the simplest to quantify and to project team and individual performance. It's a sport that is eminently easy to ...
Philadelphia Phillies star Shane Victorino is exactly the talent that the New York Yankees need to compete for a World Series title.According to CBSSports.com baseball insider Jon Heyman, the Yankees are looking to acquire an outfielder and have spoken to the Phillies about Victorino. Relieving the injury to stud left fielder Brett Gardner has to be a priority for these Yankees.Hayden also mentions the Yankees have talked to the Arizona Diamondbacks about Jason Upton, though trading for Victorino would arguably be the better move. The talks of shopping for outfield talent stem from ...
With all the hustle bustle and hard daily grind that comes with being a New York Yankees fan, it can at times be tough to stop and appreciate just how consistent this team has been the past decade. Per MLB.com stats, Yankees teams from 2002-2011 combined to boast a .650 regular season winning percent (975-524). The Yankees also won the AL East seven times, and earned a spot in the postseason every season minus 2008.And after losing in dramatic fashion to the Florida Marlins in the 2003 World Series, Derek ...
The New York Yankees are rich in history and records. Robinson Cano can soon be on his way to adding his name to the records list.In 1941, "Joltin" Joe DiMaggio hit consecutively in 56 straight games. In 2012, Robinson Cano has hit in 23 games consecutively (counting tonight's game).In my profile bio, you will see that I answered the most unbreakable record in all of sports with Joe D's 56-game hit streak. I truly believe that it's the hardest record to break. To get a hit in 56 straight games is ...
We are less than two weeks away from the trading deadline for baseball.July 31 is the deadline for teams to make a trade without a player having to clear waivers.So far, a few teams have made a couple of moves to fill some needs, like the Phillies dealt Jim Thome to the Orioles and Chad Qualls to the Yankees.Or there was the 10-player deal that took place today between the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros that sent J.A. Happ and Brandon Lyon to Toronto and Francisco Cordero and Ben ...
At this point, it's clear that the New York Yankees made a mistake when they signed Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year contract worth $275 million back in the winter of 2007.There was simply never a chance of him being worth that kind of money and the Yankees should have anticipated A-Rod breaking down once he got into his late-30s, a nightmare that has become a reality over the last two seasons. To say that A-Rod is overpaid is a statement that doesn't require much of an argument. In fact, all one has to ...
New York Yankees management has come under increased scrutiny regarding the way that they have cultivated their young pitchers. Michael Pineda's season-ending injury, prior to the start of this season, prompted many to question why the Yankees haven't produced better starting pitchers over the last 20 years.I decided to go back to 1996, the start of the Yankees great dynasty of the 1990s, to look at Yankees pitchers under the following criteria: a) players who were drafted by the team or signed as amateur free agents while under the age of 25. b) ...
11 years ago, Paul O'Neill hung up his spikes after a very respectable 14 year major league career.The feisty, long-limbed left-hander finished the final nine seasons of his career in the Bronx and Yankees brass has sure not forgotten about "The Warrior's" contributions to those four Yankees World Championship teams from 1996-2000. In fact, with the exception of a brief two week stint in April of 2008, no Yankee has worn O'Neill's No.21 since.But does O'Neill deserve to have his Yankees number officially retired alongside Hall of Famers such as Babe Ruth, ...