It looked for a while like starting pitching was going to be a major strength for the New York Yankees in 2012, but things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for the Bombers. Michael Pineda is out for the year with a shoulder injury. Freddy Garcia has been moved to the bullpen due to ineffectiveness. Phil Hughes may be the next to go to the bullpen. It’s still very early in the season, but the Yankees find themselves desperately in need of another starting pitcher. So lo and behold, Andy ...
Derek Jeter may be a five-time world champion, future Hall of Famer and corporate America's most eligible sports bachelor, but it's still very hard to make sense of his blazing .397 start to the season. And yet, that hasn't stopped fantasy owners from scheming to move heaven and earth to land him in trade talks. In the last five full seasons (2007-11), Jeter averaged 11.2 homers, 67.2 RBI, 98.4 runs, 18 steals and a .305 batting average. Compared to this year's numbers (5/15/22/1/.397), Jeter is on pace for 28 homers, 79 RBI, 118 ...
New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was hoping to get his torn ACL repaired sooner rather than later in order to begin rehabilitation and prepare for the 2013 season. Unfortunately, things are not going as planned for the future Hall of Famer. According to George King of the New York Post, doctors found a complication that prevents them from operating on the knee at this time.
“We ran into complications,’’ agent Fernando Cuza told The Post. “I am referring to Dr. Ahmad and [Yankees general manager] Brian Cashman for further information.’’ Neither ...
The legend that is Mariano Rivera was born and raised in the postseason and the 10 greatest moments of his career speak to his incredible dominance in that.After a sluggish start to his career in the 1995 regular season, "Mo" turned it on when the lights shined brightest in October. As it turns out, he was just telling the world what was coming their way for the next 15 years.With a 0.70 ERA in 141 postseason innings, his playoff success is unparalleled. With the greatest ERA-plus in baseball history, he is not ...
On November 15, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587 crashed to the ground in the Belle Harbor neighborhood in Queens, New York killing all 261 people aboard and three on the ground. The fatality total ranked second highest in aviation accidents in US history. Seven days before the tragic events, Yankee closer Mariano Rivera unceremoniously blew the biggest game of his Hall of Fame career in Game 7 of the World Series. If things had gone according to Yankee plan, the team would have been basking in confetti ...
Despite the Yankees’ offensive outburst on Sunday, scoring 10 runs in a win over the Royals, last week was tough on the Bombers. In the six other games they played, the Yanks scored just 13 runs while dropping two out of three to the Orioles and splitting a four-game set against the Royals. The Yankees’ pitching troubles are well known, with the back end of the rotation struggling and Mariano Rivera going down for the year with a torn ACL. But the team’s offense is supposed to perform, and it ...
After the first five games of 2012, New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano's batting average sat at .304. It seemed that he was poised for yet another All-Star season.Oh what a difference a month makes.Six games into May and Cano;s average has plummeted to a mediocre .261. Even more disturbing is the fact that since that fifth game, Cano has had only seven extra-base hits in 23 games. Adding salt to the wounds, he has had at least one strikeout in eight of his last nine contests.He began the ...
We always critique how teams do with bringing in new players.Do they work out for the team, or are they a bust?Every year, the New York Yankees always find themselves in the mix of rumors for more than a dozen players.Some come true, while a lot of them end up just being a rumor and nothing more.With a lot of these players, it's a good thing they were only rumors, because they end up being major busts.Here's a list of 10 players that the Yankees and general manager Brian Cashman ...
The New York Yankees have always been an elite team loaded with charm and excitement.Every generation of Yankees fans has had their share of star players who have thrilled them with phenomenal plays that boggled their minds.Talking with elderly people about the Yankees always fascinates me. Their memories of certain players and certain games tell me things that I've never seen in highlight reels, nor have I read in the history books of baseball.Star players will forever be etched in our memories. Watching the stars of today is exciting, but ...
Yankee fans may be happy to hear that Mariano Rivera plans to return from his torn ACL even though he is 42 years old and already the best reliever of all time.David Robertson and Rafael Soriano are expected to handle the closer's role, but it is interesting to speculate whether Joba Chamberlain would have have been the closer-of-choice during the second half of the 2012 season if he hadn't fractured his ankle jumping on a trampoline during spring training.Until the unfortunate accident that has cost Chamberlain any chance of coming ...