Baseball's offseason is well underway, but the New York Yankees have been unusually quiet. As American League East rivals like the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox bolster up their rosters, the Bombers have stood by idly.
That does not mean the Yankees won't make any moves this winter. They have some serious team needs—they desperately need a shortstop and could use another pitcher—that need to be filled.
With baseball's winter meetings set to begin Dec. 7 in San Diego, the Yankees will have access to every front office official and ...
It's hard to get a handle on the New York Yankees' intentions this offseason. They apparently want to avoid spending major money for a second straight winter, while at the same time, they're also aiming to improve and avoid a third consecutive year without reaching the playoffs.On one hand, there are recent reports linking the Yankees to Max Scherzer, the right-hander who won the 2013 AL Cy Young and arguably is the top talent in free agency, according to John Harper of the New York Daily News.On the other, ...
The American League East is forcing the New York Yankees’ hand.
The Boston Red Sox are making another play to go from worst to first in the division, signing two of the more coveted hitters on the free-agent market in Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez while trying to lure ace pitcher Jon Lester back to the city. The Toronto Blue Jays picked up the best catcher on the market in Russell Martin, just traded for one of the league’s top third basemen in Josh Donaldson and still could re-sign Melky Cabrera, ...
It is Thanksgiving, which means the holiday season is in full swing.
With Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez both going to Boston and a few other free agents already signed, it is clear that baseball's offseason is well underway as well. Rumors are swirling and whispers are making their way across the league about which teams are after certain players.
However, one team has been unusually quiet: the New York Yankees.
It has been two seasons since the Yanks made the playoffs, and their roster is in serious need of some help, so ...
A chill in the air, "Deck the Halls" blaring in every department store and the New York Yankees throwing gobs of cash at a top-tier free agent—those are the signs that tell us winter is on its way.
This year, though, the Yankees are threatening to break with tradition.
On Nov. 3, as the hot stove was just crackling to life, Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News reported that after handing out $450 million in contracts to free agents Masahiro Tanaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran last year, ...
Pass the mashed potatoes, please, while we count our blessings.
Family? Definitely. Friends? Absolutely. Food on the table and a roof over our heads? You bet. Mom's homemade pumpkin pie? Yessir (with whipped cream, please).
And then there are the New York Yankees.
They're thankful for Giancarlo Stanton and his new record-smashing $325 million contract. Because it is Alex Rodriguez's record that he smashed. And now the Yankees no longer are in the humiliating position of paying the largest contract in history to a pinstriped scoundrel.
How do we know this?
Because Yankees president Randy ...
After not making the playoffs for the second year in a row, it is clear the New York Yankees will have to make some moves this winter if they intend to compete in 2015.
It's the Yankees, so you know that is exactly what their intentions are.
This is a talented free-agent class, headlined by players such as Jon Lester, Max Scherzer, James Shields, Pablo Sandoval, Nelson Cruz and Hanley Ramirez. All of these guys are sure to cash in this offseason when the time comes for them to sign a new ...
In many ways, for many reasons, the New York Yankees trading for Troy Tulowitzki makes sense. After all, they're the major-market, deep-pocketed, All-Star-obtaining Yankees, and in 2015, they'll be embarking on their first season sans shortstop, captain and future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter.
How to fill a hole that has been occupied by the face of Major League Baseball and hasn't needed filling in 20 years? If you're the Yankees, it's simple, really: Get the best available player to replace Jeter, of course.
Because make no mistake, for as many concerns ...
The New York Yankees enter the winter months searching for answers at the major league level after missing the postseason for the second straight year. But the picture, and potentially the future, is much brighter in the farm system after several prospects excelled in the Arizona Fall League this past month.
Eight Yankees minor leaguers contributed to the Scottsdale Scorpions of the East Division. And with three position players logging 20 or more games of the 32-game schedule, some of the offseason samples allow us to gauge their progressions ahead of ...
The MLB offseason has started busier than expected, as multiple organizations have already made moves large enough to change the landscape of their 2015 seasons.
The New York Yankees have been mostly inactive, though, as their lone move to acquire Justin Wilson for Francisco Cervelli helped shore up the bullpen. They've yet to make an impact move, but general manager Brian Cashman has money to spend and phone calls to make.
Chances are this won't be a quiet winter in the Bronx.
Two years have gone by since the Yankees have made an ...