New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova hasn't tasted defeat away from the Bronx since June 3, 2011, which is a major statistic when the club is trying to break an eight-game road losing streak to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Tuesday night.The Yankees have been sent out as slight minus-110 road favorites in the MLB betting odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total has settled in at 8.Nova (9-2, 4.03 ERA) has compiled an incredible 12-0 record and 3.17 ERA over his last 16 road ...
One of my favorite times during the baseball season is the trade deadline.Ever since I could remember, I always liked all the action, the rumors and the debates you would hear on which players teams should try to get—especially when people talked about the Yankees in trade rumors.We all know the Yankees' names get brought up in a dozen or so rumors every July, and as we have seen in their history, they've made a lot of deals.Some were good, and some weren't so good.This list is to rank the ...
The New York Yankees currently sit atop the vaunted AL East with a record of 48-30, good enough for a six-game lead over the second place Baltimore Orioles. While on the surface it may seem like it's all smiles in New York, there are issues lurking for the Yankees and a lot of them are with their pitching staff. Last week the Yankees had to put two starting pitchers on the disabled list when C.C. Sabathia strained his groin and Andy Pettitte broke a bone in his left ankle. Sabathia ...
Right-hander Phil Hughes has already experienced quite the roller coaster of a season, and we're not even at the All-Star break yet.Hughes began the season with a 1-3 record and a 7.88 ERA, and it was clear that something wasn't working for him.In his last 12 starts, though, he has been stellar.Over the course of those starts, Hughes is 8-3 and has lowered his ERA to 4.29. He has gone from not pitching more than six innings once to giving the Yankees depth nearly every time he takes the mound.Sunday's ...
The New York Yankees are in need of starting pitching at the moment thanks to injuries to CC Sabathia and, more seriously, Andy Pettitte. The solution to the problem? Cole Hamels, of course. Most Yankees fans will tell you it makes more sense to just wait until free agency after this season to bring Hamels to the Bronx, but there is a major problem with that thought process. Hamels might not be around to sign at the end of the season if he is traded to another team and then ...
The New York Yankees always make at least a little splash before the trade deadline every season, and it looks like Cashman and Co. have started to make moves once again in 2012.The Yankees acquired righty reliever Chad Qualls from the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon for cash (obviously) and a player to be named later.This move for Qualls is nothing more than a way to add a proven, seasoned veteran to the bullpen. Not a bad move no matter how you slice it, really. Simply put, it's a pretty solid ...
The New York Yankees wasted little time in the month of July in trying to improve their team.On Sunday, just after the festivities and ceremonies of the 66th annual Old-Timers' Day game, the Yankees acquired reliever Chad Qualls from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for cash considerations and a player to be named later, according to Mark Hale of the New York Post.
The #Yankees have traded for righty reliever Chad Qualls from the Phillies, The Post has learned. Deal is for PTBNL or cash. Story to come.— Mark Hale ...
Between 1964 and 1976 the New York Yankees endured one of the longest dry spells in team history—12 years without an American League pennant, after winning five in a row and 14 flags in 16 years. Those years, sometimes compared to the decline of the Roman Empire, became known as the "Horace Clarke Era." But although Horace Clarke (nicknamed Hoss) will never be favorably compared to other Yankees second baseman—like Tony Lazzeri, Joe Gordon, Bobby Richardson, Willie Randolph and Robinson Cano—he was a steady ...
Well, June is officially over, folks, and I don't think anyone's more sad to see it go than the New York Yankees. New York definitely found their stride this month, but even with a 20-7 record, the Yanks still had quite a roller-coaster June.Losing CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte isn't good no matter how you slice it, and other pieces of this team are starting to quietly and quickly falter.Looking at you, bullpen.Still, the Yankees were able to make it out of June as the hottest team in baseball, but the ...
We have reached that month for Major League Baseball.It's a time when the rumor mill explodes and is as fast and furious as a New York Minute.We have reached the month of the non-waiver trading deadline, a time that will feature the Yankees a lot.Every player that finds their way into the rumor mill for the trading deadline is always somehow tied to the Yankees in one way or another, whether the rumors are true or just nonsense.Over the last 10 years, the Yankees have been one of the most ...