A little more than halfway through the 2014 MLB season, the New York Yankees have an adequate 46-44 record. After making several big free-agent signings in the offseason, New York was destined for a run at a possible 28th title, but many of these new players have greatly underperformed.
Luckily for the Yanks, a few players have stepped up and kept this team in playoff contention. There have been complaints about the Yankees' pitching, but in reality, their offense has been the disappointment.
Here are some of the studs and ...
As of this moment, the New York Yankees are still in the hunt for October. That's partially owed to the general mediocrity of the AL East, but also to how they've been able to withstand injuries.
The latest could be the one that finally does them in, though. It might turn out to be a severe one, and it's happened to the one guy the Yankees can't afford to lose to a severe injury.
Masahiro Tanaka.
After being rocked for 10 hits and five earned runs by the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night in ...
Masahiro Tanaka is human. After opening his major league career with three months of brilliant outings, the New York Yankees rookie has hit a wall in July. On Tuesday night, the Cleveland Indians touched the AL All-Star up for five runs, 10 hits and the worst outing of his career.
Coupled with allowing nine hits and four earned runs last week in Minnesota, Tanaka has now allowed nine runs over his last two starts. Over 37 innings in the month of June, the 25-year-old allowed a total of nine runs and ...
Nearing the All-Star break, the New York Yankees find themselves in a situation they did not expect to find themselves. Struggling within the AL East due to injuries in their starting rotation, particularly CC Sabathia, the Yankees were expected to make moves.
With some early moves, are the Yankees on the right track?
Ernie Johnson, Cal Ripken Jr. and Ron Darling break down the Yankees' newest acquisition and a tough decision they needed to make.
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Back on June 12, I wrote a piece breaking down the biggest strengths and weaknesses of the New York Yankees' top 10 prospects. Now, nearly a month later, let's see whether the stocks of these players have shifted up or down.
My rankings, based on my own opinion, went as follows:
Gary Sanchez C
Slade Heathcott OF
Mason Williams OF
Eric Jagielo 3B
Tyler Austin 1B/3B/OF
Gregory Bird 1B
Aaron Judge OF
Luis Severino RHP
Peter O'Brien C/1B/3B/OF
Ian Clarkin LHP
With the first half of the minor league season having gone by and the second half already in full swing, it is ...
All is not well in Yankee land, which you can tell from the expenditures even if you haven't witnessed the on-field display.
When the situation is sticky in the Bronx, the front office often turns to quick, expensive fixes—quite simply because it possesses the resources to do so. Through swift injections of talent, the Yankees typically hope to correct what just went wrong.
We saw it after the 2008 season. We saw it more recently this past offseason when there had been talk of a pesky $189 million luxury-tax threshold. Then New ...
As the New York Yankees took the field Sunday afternoon at Target Field vs. the Minnesota Twins, a stark reality faced a team struggling to climb over .500: the depth of legitimate American League contenders. From the Baltimore Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays to the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Royals to a trio of really good teams in the AL West, the Yankees are in for a dogfight in order to reach October.
When the Oakland Athletics essentially stole two potential pitching targets—Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel—from the field in Friday evening's deal with the Chicago Cubs, ...
When CC Sabathia hit the disabled list on May 11, the 33-year-old lefty sported a 5.28 ERA. At that moment, a case could have been made that the former Cy Young winner was hurting the team on a start-by-start basis.
Nearly two months later, his impending return is a major piece to New York's second-half puzzle. If vintage Sabathia can return with a healthy knee and command of a declining fastball, the Yankees can overcome a 41-42 start to make a postseason charge. If not, a $203 million payroll could be ...
No stranger to spending money, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman opened his checkbook on Wednesday to sign some of the top international free agents.
The Yankees brought in a total of nine international prospects in hopes of bolstering the farm system with high-level talent moving forward.
Dionisio Soldevila of ESPN Deportes reported that shortstop Dermis Garcia was in agreement with the Bombers (link in Spanish).
Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com tweeted that third baseman Nelson Gomez, another top international prospect, was also inked on Wednesday. Sanchez was on the pulse of a ...
With July upon us, it is time to look at which members of the New York Yankees may be representing the club at this year's All-Star Game.
It has not been a great season for the Bombers, one plagued by injuries and abysmal offensive production from more than just a few of their hitters. To say past All-Stars Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano, Brian Roberts and CC Sabathia are unworthy of showing their faces at Target Field on July 15 is an understatement.
Despite being under .500, there are some Yankees ...