After failing to reach the playoffs for the second year in a row, the New York Yankees are bound to have a busy offseason ahead of them.
The hot stove is upon us and players are already starting to fall off big boards and wish lists across Major League Baseball. Thanks to a roster full of question marks and concerns, the Yanks have plenty of work to do if they hope to restore what seemed to be an annual tradition of playing October baseball.
So, just who should they be targeting as ...
Alex Rodriguez is a ghost.
That is how the New York Yankees should treat his return from his season-long suspension after he was linked to performance-enhancing drugs in the Biogenesis scandal. The lower the expectations, the better the Yankees can prepare to compete in 2015.
General manager Brian Cashman seems to understand this. He knows enough to not know what to expect from Rodriguez, even if manager Joe Girardi is excited enough (at least publicly) to give the New York back pages fuel for fire.
An early look at tomorrow's front page. Read ...
For the New York Yankees, rediscovering their identity as perennial postseason contenders may come down to stripping their identity as enormous offseason spenders.
Plates have already begun shifting around Major League Baseball this week, with the general manager meetings underway through Thursday and the heated winter meetings looming just a month away.
With wounds still fresh from a wildly expensive 2014 offseason and a failed regular season, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Yankees opt for a cheaper route to fill remaining holes at third base and shortstop and to ...
Believe it or not, the New York Yankees don’t plan on being big spenders this offseason. At least compared to previous years.
According to Mark Feinsand and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News, the Yankees are not expected to pursue top free-agent pitchers Max Scherzer, Jon Lester and James Shields, as well as free-agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval.
Instead, the team is likely to address its needs by targeting “mid-level free agents” such as Chase Headley and Brandon McCarthy, notes Feinsand and Madden.
Though it’s difficult to discount the Yankees' potential to make ...
New York Yankees relief pitcher David Robertson has turned down the Yankees' qualifying offer ahead of the deadline. However, Robertson might still be in pinstripes again as the two sides reportedly continue to work on a deal.
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Wednesday, Nov. 12
Robertson Seeking Record Deal
Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York reported what he was hearing about David Robertson's hopes for his next contract:
New York Yankees free-agent closer David Robertson turned down the chance to have the highest closer salary for one season in baseball history. Now, he has his eyes on the largest contract ...
Entering the 2014-15 Major League Baseball offseason, the New York Yankees are in a position they've been wholly unfamiliar with for more or less 20 years—on two accounts. First, they're coming off a second straight season without reaching the playoffs for the first time since 1992-93. And second, they're looking for a new shortstop, a position that was occupied by future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter since Opening Day in 1996.
But with the longtime captain's [SPOILER ALERT!] retirement, it's time for the Yankees to address the latter problem with the ...
Teams don't generally get a shot at signing all of their ideal targets, but the New York Yankees would have an unbelievable offseason if they could sign the players necessary to fill their biggest holes.
With Derek Jeter gone, the biggest hole on the team is obviously at shortstop. Brendan Ryan is the only veteran on the roster capable of handling the position, but a youngster like Jose Pirela could also feasibly handle shortstop.
Of course, the Yankees will likely look to the free-agent market to fulfill their need.
But what other holes ...
A highly touted prospect can bring plenty of hope. A young farmhand makes the future appear bright, regardless of how far down the line their big league ETA is. They can also be used as trade bait, a way to immediately improve a major league roster.
It is definitely risky. Does a team hold on to their prospects in hopes they will one day reach their projected potential, or do they opt for the sure-fire, established big league player right away?
It is hard resist dealing away the youngsters. The New York ...
Suspicions: confirmed.
The surprise is minimal—if present at all—that Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs supplied to him by Biogenesis of America founder Anthony Bosch. According to a report by Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald that was published Wednesday morning and cited a Drug Enforcement Administration review of a meeting with the baseball star, Rodriguez made his admissions under the protection of immunity to federal agents and prosecutors last January.
Now, as Rodriguez's time with the New York Yankees and his baseball career overall dwindles to an embarrassing and despicable end, ...
After a second straight season sans playoffs—a scenario that borders on unfathomable in the Bronx—the New York Yankees face yet another winter of important decisions and potential pitfalls. Only this time, there's even more weight and greater risk given the stakes.Having spent nearly half a billion dollars to revamp the roster last offseason after just their second year without a postseason since 1995, the Yankees could go big again this winter in another attempt to avoid going home before October.But one imagines that general manager Brian Cashman and the rest ...