I'm sure plenty of you have seen the old stare-down in the Western movies.The music plays in the background. The wind is blowing. The town is all watching outside. Two cowboys are staring each other down with their hands on their pistols.One is going to draw first.This is kind of what we have with the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies.Instead of two cowboys, we have Yankees GM Brian Cashman and Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd.But they do have the whole baseball world watching this situation.We know the Yankees are very ...
As far back as the end of the 2010 MLB season, not five minutes has passed without the baseball world talking about how badly the Yankees need to bolster their rotation.The talk is understandable, of course, as even today, after all the noise and for various reasons, the Yankees can count on one finger the number of completely reliable starters on their staff.With that said, as things stand now, the Yankees will head into camp next spring with somewhere in the range of eight young starters from their system competing for ...
Dear Brian Cashman,With the trade deadline fast approaching I beg you to make smart moves.I beg you not to mortgage the future on some team's "ace" when that pitcher would be at best a number three or four starter in the American League East.I beg you not to overpay for a Japanese pitcher. The Yankees haven't had much success with that in the past and neither have other teams in the American League East.I beg you not to overpay for a pitcher who has made more trips to the disabled list ...
The New York Yankees are three games away from dethroning the first-place Boston Red Sox. With the MLB trade deadline looming and a bullpen full of right-handed pitchers, the Yanks need to pursue lefty relievers to overthrow the boys from Beantown. Damaso Marte is out. Pedro Feliciano is out. Rafael Soriano is out. And it’s no secret that since Andy Pettitte retired, the team’s been hurting for a few more southpaws—a predicament the Bronx Bombers are more than familiar with. Nine of 12 men in New York's active 'pen are ...
In about 65 hours, or roughly 3,900 minutes from now, the Yankees chances to acquire reinforcements for their starting rotation will become that much more difficult as the 4 p.m. EST July 31 MLB Non-Waiver Trade Deadline will have come and gone.After the continued struggles of Phil Hughes and AJ Burnett, coupled with the hit-or-miss outings of Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia, the Yankees are said to be in pursuit of a myriad of pitchers.They range from those thought to be irrelevant but who could ...
"Fat Pussy Toad."Imagine that etched on your tombstone for eternity. For Hideki Irabu one wonders if he could ever escape it as reports out of California today seem to indicate suicide for the former Yankee...A tragic end to a story that began with such promise. There was a time not too long ago when bringing a player over from Japan seemed like a sure thing. The instant success stories of Hideo Nomo and later Ichiro Suzuki fueled this notion, following decades of skepticism about the legitimacy of Japanese baseball. With ...
Rich Harden hasn’t pitched much this season thanks to his usual array of injuries, but he started Thursday night for the Oakland Athletics, and the Yankees were there to check him out, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Harden has been out all season with a strained lat. He returned on July 1st and has been a bit rusty, but promising. He was impressive against the Rays on Thursday night. He went six innings, struck out seven and gave up two runs on just three hits, both runs ...
When I first heard the news today of Hideki Irabu's passing, one of the first things that came to mind was a question: Will the Yankees hold a moment of silence for him before tomorrow's game at the Stadium? As every Yankee fan knows, Irabu's tenure with the team was an unsuccessful one, so much so that when he left, he was forgotten quicker than you could say sayonara. He was rarely mentioned by the Yankees. It was almost as if he never existed.So I was a bit surprised when ...
Now that the mid-point of the season has arrived, why not have some updated scouting reports on each MLB teams' top prospect?These are the players of the future. The Derek Jeter's, the Albert Pujols's and the Ryan Braun's—who is next to become a star like them? This article doesn't include people who are rookies in the 2011 season. Boston Red Sox: Jose IglesiasJose Iglesias is a young Cuban superstar. He has the ability to easily be the top defender of the league, and he is the future shortstop of the Red ...
George A. King of the New York Post reports that the New York Yankees are still keeping a close eye on Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez.King confirms that a Yankees scout was in Denver for the second time in a week on Tuesday night, and not to watch the Rockies beat up on the Atlanta Braves. Just to see if Jimenez could. How Much to Bring Jimenez's Talents to the Bronx?The Rockies have made it clear that it will take a mountain of top prospects to move Jimenez out of the Mile High City.The Rockies have mentioned ...