Back in the good, old days, whenever a girl said that she was too busy to see me Saturday night and I continued to call her and she remained busy, my mother would say, "What do you need, a building to fall on you?" Does Brian Cashman need a building to fall on him?The New York Yankees desperately need at least one more starting pitcher not named Andy Pettitte. Yesterday, Freddie Garcia should have written his ticket out of the Yankees clubhouse, but knowing how Cashman and Joe Girardi react, ...
New York Yankees top catching prospect J.R. Murphy is in development with the Single-A Tampa Yankees in the Florida State League where he is learning to have more control of the game from the backstop.After missing the end of the 2011 season due to an ankle injury, he appears to have fully recovered and rehabilitated and seems to be stronger than ever.Murphy has solid defensive skills behind the plate, which he discovered after playing mostly in the outfield in high school.He has progressed well through the Gulf Coast and South ...
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the first day I opened my first pack of baseball cards. The pack was 1989 Topps. The first card I pulled was a Randy Johnson baseball card from when he was with the Seattle Mariners. I thought, “Sheesh, this man looks scary…I wouldn’t want to face him on a bad day.” Dante Bichette’s rookie card was also in this pack. It was significant because my dad said rookie cards were a baseball player’s most significant cards. But after looking at Bichette’s ...
Yankees' prospect Jose Campos had been nearly perfect prior to Saturday's start against Hickory.Through four starts (22 innings), Campos owned a 1.23 ERA to go along with 23 strikeouts and a 0.818 WHIP.He had allowed just four runs on the season, three of which were earned.Unfortunately for him, he allowed double that number of runs in just 2.2 innings of work in his most recent start.Through those innings, Campos allowed eight runs on seven hits. He walked three men—he had five total walks prior—and struck out three.Because of the bad ...
It's time for the Yankees to make a change on the team.I know it's only April, but Freddy Garcia needs to go, and needs to go now.His last outing on Saturday against the Detroit Tigers is just another example of why he can't cut it for the Yankees in 2012.On Saturday, 1.2 innings pitched, five hits, six runs, two walks and three strikeouts. Garcia's 2012 record goes to 0-2 and his ERA all the way up to 12.51That just won't cut it. Not in New York. Not on any major ...
You would've thought Freddy Garcia of the New York Yankees would be able to at least last until Andy Pettitte comes back, but he simply doesn't deserve to stay in the rotation after another horrible start against the Detroit Tigers.Garcia went 1.2 innings and allowed six runs on five hits, bumping his ERA to 12.51. The veteran starter looks like a shell of the pitcher Yankee fans saw in 2011.In turn, the Bombers are taxing their bullpen every time Garcia takes the ball and that's a problem even for a ...
Freddy Garcia, who is 0-1 with a 9.75 ERA on the young season, is likely pitching for his spot in the Yankees' rotation on Saturday afternoon against the Tigers.The right-hander, going on an extra day of rest, will be looking to give the Yankees a solid performance after Friday night's 7-6 Yankee victory.Opposing Garcia will be rookie Drew Smyly, who is making his fourth career start.Andy Pettitte will likely be returning very soon, and either Garcia or Phil Hughes will be getting the bump from the rotation.Every start counts for ...
"Batting sixth and playing first base, No. 14, Bill Skowron, No. 14." Skowron stepped into the batter's box against the ace left-hander on the Yankee Stadium mound in the second inning of a scoreless game. There was a runner on second with one. The fans watched with eager anticipation. The pitcher peered in to get the signal from his catcher, nodded assent and delivered. The "Moose" lined a base hit to center field as the crowd let out a groan.Skowron' base hit came at the expense of his good friend ...
At 11-8 they’re not quite on top of the AL East with the first month of the season drawing to a close, but the Yankees are still getting it done. They’re fourth overall in runs scored, third in batting average, second in homers, and third in OPS (behind the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox). Still, 11-8 is not much to write home about and frankly the Yanks’ pitching is, at the moment, in the toilet (and that’s being kind.) Their ERA is at 4.41, near the worst in the ...
In January of this year, the New York Times ran a story that said the Yankees are saving now for a potential free-agency splash next winter. The story highlighted hurlers Matt Cain of the Giants and Cole Hamel of the Phillies as potential targets for the pinstripes. But could the Yankees be loading up the ole piggy bank for the heir apparent to Derek Jeter? Could it be that the Bronx Bombers are eyeballing Starlin Castro, the sweet-swinging shortstop for an annually afflicted Chicago Cubs franchise? At first this ...