This is not a slap at Derek Jeter. He's a great player. Yes, he's had some clutch hits and amazing playoff moments, but don't fool yourself into thinking that he is more valuable to the Yankees franchise than he actually is.Jeter has always been classy. He'll never publicly bad-mouth a teammate, and he'll never create controversy. In exchange, the press, particularly the New York press, loves him and will always give him a free pass. The myth of Jeter is bigger than the actual body of work.While Derek Jeter, with ...
In their search for a free-agent starting pitcher, the New York Yankees should look no further than World Series Champion right-hander Edwin Jackson.With a couple of their arms leaving due to free agency, the Yankees should look to get younger and cement their starting rotation for the future. They already have a couple of great hurlers at the top end of the rotation, but they need to solidify the remainder of spots.Edwin Jackson would be a great value pickup for New York because he's still relatively young and has improved ...
New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner was the best defender in Major League Baseball this season. Gardner didn't win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Those two statements illustrate numerous flaws in the way Gold Gloves are voted upon. First, the new system, which makes it so that one player at each outfield position gets an award, doesn't make any sense. If there are two really good left fielders and no really good right fielders, why should one left fielder get a raw deal? He shouldn't. Second, by allowing managers ...
Athletes have tremendous focus in their respective fields, whether it's basketball, baseball, football or whatever. It'd take the tunnel vision of a dog with a bowl around its head to not be thrown off by being with these girls.We probably can't have any of the following women. It doesn't mean we can't rank these chicks.The rankings are for the now as you will not see Marilyn Monroe even though she was married to Joe DiMaggio. The list is judging how the women currently look.Let's see the top 10 ex-girlfriends of ...
If you haven’t heard the good news, start spreading it, as CC Sabathia is staying a New York Yankee. All it took was adding another year (with an option of adding a second) and $30 million increase. Sabathia’s new contract, which supersedes the remaining four years and $92 million left on his original contract, is for five years and $122 million. The 31-year-old lefty will earn $25 million in 2016, which is the last guaranteed year of the new contract, but there is a sixth year vesting option for another ...
CC Sabathia was the first player to sign a big deal during the 2011 MLB offseason. Other members of the 2012 free-agent class hope to be able to sign deals that come close in value to Sabathia's five-year, $122 million contract.There will be a number of members of the 2012 MLB free-agent class that could potentially sign deals worth $100 million and even $200 million this winter. This winter, a number of superstars will sign mega-deals and we could see the richest contract, in terms of either total dollar value ...
According to Twitter and other reliable sources, the Yankees did not pick up Andrew Brackman's 2012 option. He was drafted by the Yankees in the first round of the 2007 draft out of NC State, where the pitcher excelled in both baseball and basketball. He was very highly rated on the mound, and fell to the Yankees who held the 30th overall pick because the tall right-hander needed Tommy John Surgery which would cost him all of the 2007 and 2008 season.Even with the injury his agent, Scott Boras, worked ...
Acting swiftly and without any apparent reservations, the Yankees have, in the past week or so, locked up three members of last year's roster, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and C.C. Sabathia.
While there can be no questioning the decision to pick up Cano's incredibly modest $14 million option, and while the team dodged a bullet in the Sabathia negotiations in terms of both dollars and years, bringing back Nick Swisher could rank up there with one of the least sensible decisions of the past half decade or so.
The central question involved here is what picking up Swisher's option ...
The Yankees began the month of November on a very high note when they re-signed CC Sabathia. Sabathia chose not to opt out and got a five-year, $122 million extension with a vesting option for 2017 pending on his shoulder status in 2016. So it's Sabathia and Ivan Nova as the only guaranteed starters for 2012. And I say those two only because who knows if the Yankees decide to trade A.J. Burnett and Phil Hughes this winter. For the second straight off-season in a row, pitching is the ultimate ...
Now that CC Sabathia is locked up after signing an extension with the New York Yankees, the Bombers must begin their search for another starter to deepen their rotation.There won't be any superstars on the market this season that'll help catapult the Yanks rotation to being the best in baseball.However, there are several free agents that could add a ton of credibility to the Yankees rotation.Here are five pitchers the Yankees should target (some more than others) to compliment CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova.Begin Slideshow