We have become so accustomed to the New York Yankees spending money that when they fail to get a player signed, it becomes a big deal that fans and analysts like to talk about. That is what has happened now that the team has failed to sign Japanese infielder Hiroyuki Nakajima. According to the official Major League Baseball Twitter feed, the 30-day negotiating window that the Yankees had with Nakajima has expired.While it is bad news that Nakajima will have to wait another year before playing in Major League Baseball, he will ...
Carlos Zambrano was not going to be a part of the Chicago Cubs future. He had a very expensive contract, yet the Cubs were able to deal him.This move could give the Yankees hope that there are teams that would be willing to take A.J. Burnett.To move Zambrano, the Cubs needed to eat a large chunk of his contract. The Yankees would likely need to do the same and pay at least half of Burnett's remaining salary if they want to get anyone decent in return.The fact that a team ...
2012 is upon us, which means that baseball fans have begun to salivate about the start of spring training in roughly six weeks. No major changes or trades have taken place thus far, and that appears to be the correct course. Joe Girardi seems to be happy with the current starting rotation, and he and Brian Cashman appear to want to take time to develop their minor league prospects. The Yankees' pitching staff is a well-balanced mold of experienced veterans, mildly seasoned hurlers and highly-promising and talented prospects. The final ...
In an article written earlier today by Tyler Kepner of the New York Times, he suggested that the reason the Yankees have been so quiet this offseason is because they could be waiting until next winter or perhaps even this season's trade deadline to make a play for free-agent-to-be starters Matt Cain and Cole Hamels.Both pitchers rank among the top starters in the game, and will be headed for a huge payday in 2013, but who makes more sense of the Yankees to go after?Hamels is in the final year ...
With every other option having failed for the New York Yankees this offseason, they now turn their sights to Edwin Jackson—one of the last and most uncertain starters left on the market.Jackson is looking for around the same money that free-agent starters C.J. Wilson and Mark Buehrle got, which is around $15-17 million.Here's why the Yankees need to avoid this deal like a plague.Begin Slideshow
The New York Yankees have a fine left fielder in Brett Gardner. One of the finest defensive outfielders in the game, the speedy Gardner led the league last year with 49 stolen bases. The last time a Yankee led the league in steals was 2002, when Alfonso Soriano accomplished the feat. In 2010 and again in 2011, Gardner was the recipient of the Fielding Bible Award honoring the best defensive left fielder in the game. Gardner usually bats ninth, which gives the Yankees another leadoff hitter once the batting order ...
True baseball fans always begin each season with the belief that their team will prevail. Even after a poor season, fans always keep the faith that things will be great next season. The New York Yankees had a great 2011 season and finished in first place. The postseason didn’t end the way that we had all hoped, but the Yankees gave us an exciting season with a couple of incredible records being set. Spring training will be upon us in about six weeks. The fall and early winter have had ...
When an actor in Hollywood takes on an iconic role, the biggest concern for that person is the possibility of becoming typecast—in other words so identified with that role and character that audiences, and more importantly movie producers, lose the ability to see the actor as any other character. The late Christopher Reeve, who starred in four separate Superman movies in the 1970s and into the 1980s, is perhaps the poster boy for this particular professional affliction. The New York Yankees, as many would agree, have been typecast as the ...
While the calendars have turned to a new year, Brian Cashman and the New York Yankees continue to work on improving the roster they ended 2011 with.We sit roughly seven weeks from the time pitchers and catchers report to spring training and thus far, the Yankees have only focused on retaining their own—extending CC Sabathia's contract, picking up options on Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher, and re-signing Andruw Jones and Freddy Garcia.Ideally, the Yankees would like to upgrade at a number of positions, including the starting rotation.Whether or not they ...
Joe Posnanski, a senior editor at Sports Illustrated, recently confirmed a fact that at one time didn't need confirmation. No one is even close to Babe Ruth when one considers baseball's greatest player. Ruth dominated his era more than any player who ever played the game. He was the greatest offensive threat ever, as well as an outstanding pitcher. Posnanski asks how you can beat a hitter who out homered every team in 1927, led the league in ERA with a 1.75 mark in 1916 when he was a 21-year-old ...