The New York Yankees have some financial issues, and it's Brian Cashman's job to deal with these issues. What if CC Sabathia opts out of his contract? Will A.J. Burnett and Jorge Posada remain Yankees after this season? What are the Yankees to do with their your young stud pitcher Ivan Nova? Brian Cashman has some moves to make this offseason, and here are five of them.Begin Slideshow
This article comes from the blog 90% is Half Statistical and to read the other posts of this blog go to http://ninetypercentishalfstatistical.mlblogs.com/The great Mariano Rivera is now the all-time leader in saves. He is the greatest closer baseball has ever seen and that argument starts with the number of games he has saved. Right? Before we get into the meat of this post, let's have some fun with a blind resume.Player A: 1.91 ERA, .913 WHIP, 93 K, 80 IP, 3.0 WARPlayer B: 2.41 ERA, 1.074 WHIP, 208 K, 246.2 IP, ...
Mariano Rivera is the greatest closer of all-time. It’s not even a debate. His consistent greatness is completely unparalleled. He’s notched over 35 saves nine times in his career and has turned in a WHIP of under 1.200 in every season since 1996, including eight seasons with a WHIP under 1.000. Oh, and he has only appeared in less than 45 games once in his career. The following collection represents the five most clutch performances of his illustrious career. Congratulations to the best closer in baseball history as he prepares ...
This article comes from the blog 90% is Half Statistical and to read the other posts of this blog go to http://ninetypercentishalfstatistical.mlblogs.comIn the previous blog post, I talked about how the Phillies' regular season dominance does not guarantee that they will be successful in October. However, is the lack of success among National League teams that finished with the best record mirrored by the American League? Let’s see what the numbers say.Team with the Best Record in the MLB:
Era National League American League
1903-1968 36.4% 63.6%
1969-1993 44% 56%
1995-2010 43.8% ...
Joe Girardi never gives in, which might mean that Joe Girardi is either a slow learner, a non-learner or has succumbed to front office pressure. Last night, CC Sabathia, who averaged 7.1 innings in his first 28 starts, failed to get to the seventh inning for the third time in his last four games. Sabathia is a workhorse. Last season he started 34 times, working 237.2 innings. This season, he has made 32 starts and pitched 230 innings. He thrives on work and can handle it. Like most pitchers, Sabathia ...
"Why can't they understand? I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there, and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth." Roger Maris lived under constant stress and suffocating, unrelenting pressure as he pursued Babe Ruth’s single-season home run mark. Not even Ruth endured such a situation. The distance Maris’ home runs traveled was criticized. He would walk up to the plate, step into the left-handed hitter’s batter box, take a ...
Derek Jeter is a first-ballot hall of famer.He has been one of the best people to step on the field in Yankees history.He has five World Series rings—one fewer than Jordan.His career has been unique in that he is one of three shortstops to reach 3,000 hits.But at the beginning of this season, you thought this might have been a season to throw in the trash. You probably thought (and I was starting to think this myself, at one point), "Well, its been a really great run, but it looks ...
Every year the race for the division title in the A.L East is exciting to the end. Clearly, this year is no different. Following this weekend's series with the Blue Jays, the Yankees finish up with two series against the Rays and one against the Red Sox. The A.L East victor is far from being crowned as much can still happen. However, as it stands the Red Sox are reeling and hanging on to the Wild Card by a thread. They currently hold a three game lead over the Tampa ...
Former New York Giants football player, Frank Gifford (who used Mickey Mantle’s locker when the baseball season ended, usually after Mantle helped lead the New York Yankees to another world championship), opened his mouth and proved the brilliance of Abe Lincoln’s expression: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."'Gifford once asked what Mickey Mantle ever did to help society. Such a question reveals how little he understands about sports and society. Tom Molito, the great videographer (Freebird... the Movie; Billy ...
By now, even younger fans know that Mickey Mantle's 1957 season was underrated until modern statistics revealed that it really was one of his greatest years. Mantle batted .365/.512/.665 and was voted the American League's MVP.But 38-year-old Ted Williams dwarfed Mantle's accomplishments. Williams won the batting title with a .388 average. He led the league in slugging with a .731 mark, topped Mantle in home runs (38 to 34) and had a higher on-base percentage (.526 to .512). It is fascinating that so little has been made of one of ...