When Jorge Posada retired from the Yankees after the 2011 season, there was a lot of question marks surrounding the designated hitter spot.At first, Jesus Montero was penciled in to be the DH. That was until he was traded to the Mariners in the Michael Pineda deal.The Yankees wanted to go with a temporary solution for the spot. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Vladimir Guerrero all came up as possibilities.But in the end, the Yankees went with Raul Ibanez, signing him to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million back on ...
Jesus Montero says, "I got ya trade right hea!" to the New York Yankees in his first game back in the Bronx with the solo homer seen here. Of course, Montero was the Yanks' prized prospect whom they traded to the Seattle Mariners for Michael Pineda and a throw-in of Jose Campos. Pineda had season-ending surgery, and Campos has just recently gone to the DL after starting off strong and quickly fading into mediocrity is Low-A ball. So while both of the Mariners' trade pieces were sitting at home and rehabbing, Montero ...
Robinson Cano is hitting everything right now for the New York Yankees and is easily one of the hottest hitters in Major League Baseball at the moment. Over his last five games, Cano is 12-for-20 (.600), with two home runs and eight RBI. His latest great game was at the expense of Seattle Mariners starter, Felix Hernandez. King Felix didn't have any more success than his predecessors with Cano picking up three hits against one of the best starters in baseball. On the night, Cano was 4-for-4 with a double and a ...
Just when you thought that nobody in Major League Baseball would ever feel bad for the New York Yankees, especially their injuries, Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik broke the mold. Zduriencik's feelings were in regards to Michael Pineda's injury, according to Mike Mazzeo of ESPN.com: "I feel bad for Brian, and I feel very bad for the Yankees," Zduriencik said prior to Friday night's Yankees-Mariners series opener at Yankee Stadium. "I wish this thing would've been a little different. But again, the fact that (Pineda)'s so young and he's ...
Joe Girardi thinks that he didn’t tip his hand when he used Rafael Soriano to close out the final game of the series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Girardi is an excellent baseball man and can spot talent: Soriano will be given more chances to be the New York Yankees' closer. Forget about Dave Robertson leaving his role as the set up man. Making him the closer would mean that he is taking over a role in which he has no experience. The Yankees would then need a replacement for ...
In a somewhat surprising move, the Yankees have chosen to demote super-utility player Eduardo Nunez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to make room for Eric Chavez, who is coming back from the 7-day disabled list after suffering whiplash and a possible concussion.The Yankees want him to play second base and shortstop regularly in the minors to improve on his horrendous defense.Nunez has made two errors in eight games at third base, one in five games at shortstop and one in one game at second base.His offense and defensive versatility have helped the ...
Last week, Yankees Universe was shaken by the news that Mariano Rivera tore his ACL while shagging fly balls in Kansas City. For the first days after the injury, Yankee fans reminisced about Mo’s greatest moments and wondered whether they would ever see him pitch again. Rivera announced that he would come back, and now the season must go on. The next question was: Who will be the Yankee closer? Manager Joe Girardi has been coy and has still not given a firm response as to whether David Robertson or ...
The New York Yankees haven't been without Mariano Rivera for an extended period of time since he took over the role of closer in 1997, but after suffering a torn ACL, he will be out for the remainder of the season. The Yanks have good replacement options in David Robertson and Rafael Soriano, but the depth at the back end of their bullpen has been severely compromised.Games used to essentially be six-inning affairs as Soriano, Robertson and Rivera could be counted on to shut the opposition down from there, but ...
Imagine. It is 2003. You are a 28-year-old MVP shortstop. You are coming off a season in which your ball club has finished in last place in your division for the third time in as many years. A seven-time All Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, you have 344 home runs, which is just one long ball from tying Cal Ripken Jr’s record for a shortstop. Despite being locked into a contract that can buy you the team you currently play on ($252 million to be exact), you are unhappy ...
The New York Yankees were hoping to get Brett Gardner back this week off the disabled list.But after a setback that forced Gardner to get an MRI, it's been determined that Gardner re-aggravated the muscle in his right elbow and will be out "15-25" days, according to Marc Carig of the Newark-Star Ledger.
RT @BryanHoch: Yankees won't have Brett Gardner backin left field for about 15 to 25 days, best case.— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) May 11, 2012
The Yankees have been going with Dewayne Wise, Andruw Jones and Raul Ibanez out in ...