Over the last month, I've had to sit back and watch different B/R writers try to convince everyone why the New York Yankees should go for Cole Hamels.Hamels will be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season and it's not known yet whether the Phillies will sign him to a long-term extension, trade him, or wait until the winter.A lot of different people feel like the Yankees should obtain Hamels at all costs.Me? Nope. I want no part of the 28-year-old whatsoever.I don't want the Yankees to ...
Derek Jeter is one of the best players to ever play the game for the Yankees. When you are a legend in your sport, you get rewarded with millions of dollars - and a revolving door of hot girlfriends.We have seen Jeter with numerous ladies that we expected - and often hoped - he would finally settle down with. Every time the public has come to expect him to finally have found the 'one,' we get another one of those breakup tabloids.Let's take a look at 11 of the almost ...
The New York Yankees' starting rotation currently ranks 27th in all of baseball (via FanGraphs). They allow a ridiculous 1.62 HR/9 (second highest), they own a 4.93 ERA (fifth highest) and they have been worth just 2.0 WAR as a group.CC Sabathia and his 3.78 ERA has been the only real bright spot.Ivan Nova owns a 5.69 ERA and a WHIP of 1.653, Hiroki Kuroda already has six losses, Phil Hughes allows 2.2 HR/9 and Andy Pettitte has made just two starts this season.At 21-21, the Yankees are now tied ...
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris had one of the greatest seasons any duo in history ever produced. So did Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. When he first arrived on the baseball scene with the Cleveland Indians in 1957, Maris was considered by many to be "the next Mickey Mantle." Mantle was going to be the next Babe Ruth or Joe DiMaggio, or both. In 1941, Williams batted .406/.553/.735 with a league-leading 37 home runs and 120 RBIs. What was good then but has become incredible today is that Williams struck ...
It may be time for the New York Yankees and their fans to start panicking. More than a quarter of the way through the season, the Yankees are in last place in the American League East, five-and-a-half games back of the division leading Baltimore Orioles.The Yankees have had their fair share of problems so far this season. Many of their pitchers have struggled, and their offense has not been up to par. Yankees hitters have not been able to come through in big situations this year.Through this point in the ...
The offense has been fine. There have been some issues with Mark Texeira's batting average but that is about it.The Yankees are tied for second in the majors with 61 home runs.The Yankees also have the fifth-highest batting average, and fourth-highest OPS.The pitching is the problem, only CC Sabathia has an ERA under 4.00 among starters before the advent of Andy Pettitte. Here is my personal opinion on how to improve the rotation's performance and survive the rest of the season.Begin Slideshow
In the everyday scheme of things, famous military theorist Carl von Clausewitz and New York Yankees All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano would not be mentioned in the same breath. But every now and then, two great men are united by one common cause—winning. Clausewitz is the creator of the nine Principles of War. These nine principles are the cornerstone of U.S. military operations. The principles are objective, offensive, mass, economy of force, maneuver, unity of command, security, surprise and simplicity. Cano is the creator of recurring nightmares for opposing big league hurlers. In ...
It's never fair to put a manager on the hot seat when it's only the month of May.However, the Yankees' struggles have continued to get worse, and on Monday night, it didn't get any better for them at home.After the Cincinnati Reds took two out of three from the Yankees over the weekend, the Yankees kicked off their series with the Kansas City Royals, who were 16-24 coming into the game. We're not talking about a juggernaut of a team here—the Royals aren't that good. On Monday, though, the Yankees ...
Mark Teixeira has been able to fly under the radar in regards to his regular and postseason struggles since joining the New York Yankees. But as is the case with most struggling players, eventually everyone starts to notice and then the spotlight is turned squarely on that player. Normally, Tex begins to pick it up in May after a bad April, but he hasn't even done that in 2012. Instead, his struggles continue at the plate and it's left the Yankees and their fans asking how this could be happening. ...
The New York Yankees were forced to make two big DL moves on Monday as injuries struck their Triple-A roster.The Yanks placed their 21-year-old stud pitching prospect Manny Banuelos on the disabled list for the second time this season. The first trip was due to a back issue and this trip is due to a sore left elbow.Banuelos has the potential to be an All-Star at the next level after he matures in the minors. This season he has pitched to a 4.50 ERA and has struck out 22 batters ...