2011 Record: 97-652011 Expected W-L: 101-61With all the Yankees having reported to spring training, this squad looks like to be the roster for the 2012 season. New York has made many moves in the offseason to make sure they stay atop the standings and maybe take some of their success all the way until the end of October.The PitchingMichael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda gives the Yankees some more solid starters behind CC Sabathia. With A.J Burnett now gone from the rotation, the Yankees have Phil Hughes and Freddy Garcia as possible fifth ...
The Yankees won 97 games last season in a very tough AL East. They were able to outlast the Rays and Red Sox and win the division by a comfortable six game margin.Despite a shaky rotation consisting of reclamation projects in Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon, the Yankees were able to make the playoffs after being written off after a quiet off-season.The offense scored 867 runs in 2011, second in the majors behind the Red Sox (875). Jorge Posada's departure remains the only glaring change in the Yankees lineup, but ...
Spring Training is already underway, and every MLB team is looking to see how prospects and veterans are shaping up as we get closer and closer to the regular season.Yesterday, the New York Yankees played its third Spring Training game, the last of a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, and lost by a score of 9-3.Let's take a look and see who was able to perform and who still needs work.Begin Slideshow
Amid the anticipation for the 2012 baseball season, there continues to be chatter about the New York Yankees’ upgraded rotation. In general, I think it’s better to temper expectations, if for no other reason than that you will be pleasantly surprised when your hopes are exceeded. But since it’s Spring Training, let’s let our imaginations get the best of us for a few minutes. Here are 10 bold predictions for the Yankees’ starting rotation.Begin Slideshow
The addition of Hiroki Kuroda to the New York Yankees' starting rotation for 2012 was a big one for the Bombers.
With his experience and past success with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kuroda will be the second in command for the Yanks rotation behind ace CC Sabathia.
Kuroda's importance to this team and their success is pretty apparent for the upcoming season.
Here are five reasons why Kuroda's success is the key to the Yankees' success in 2012.Begin Slideshow
New York Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson had a huge 2011 season, but he thinks that he still has room for improvement.The 2011 season was Granderson's most stellar year in the big leagues coming in second in home runs with 41, he led the league with 136 runs scored and had the most RBI in the American League East with 119.Adding to those numbers for 2011, he got 153 hits, 26 doubles, 10 triples and stole 25 bases with a batting average of .262.After an incredible season like 2011, he ...
If his career ended today, Alex Rodriguez has earned the right to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. And he should be elected in his first year of eligibility. I never thought I would say or write that about A-Rod or any of the other players who padded their career statistics during baseball's steroids era. Didn't we all feel that we were duped into celebrating the accomplishments of cheaters? Although steroids were added to baseball's banned drug list in 1991, it wasn't until 2003 that the owners and players association implemented a joint drug testing program. Using steroids without ...
Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle and Jeter are some of the greatest names in New York Yankees history. However, Terrell, Parker and Clay are the names of some of the forgotten Yankees. This series will focus on the less remembered players to wear pinstripes over the last four decades (1970s-2000s). Today's letter of the day is "L." Estaban Loaiza (2004)Estaban Loaiza was 21-9 with the Chicago White Sox in 2003 and finished second for the AL Cy Young Award. New York had an interest in acquiring Loaiza as the 2004 ...
The Yankees dropped their first game of the spring today against the Phillies in Bright House Park.Fans got their first chance to see the team's biggest offseason acquisition, Michael Pineda, in his start today against Joe Blanton.Pineda, who has already lost about seven or eight pounds, did not disappoint. In his two scoreless innings, Pineda struck out two while allowing just one hit.His changeup has been a work in progress in the early goings of Spring Training, but he reportedly used it quite effectively today.At one point in his two ...
Michael Pineda made his first start for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Phillies.Yes, it is only spring training and not a regular season game in New York, but he was impressive nonetheless.Almost nobody questioned Pineda's pure stuff, but there have been questions about his mental status because of his big move to New York.In the first few days of spring training, Michael Pineda was surprised at the massive amounts of media attention.ESPN New York's Wallace Matthews explained what happened."Michael Pineda's eyes nearly popped out of his head when ...