The 2014 MLB draft will be held from June 5 to June 7, and the New York Yankees will make their first selection in the second round with the No. 55 overall pick.
The Yankees don't have the luxury of picking in Round 1 this year. After signing Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran in free agency, they forfeited their right to select early. Those players were all tied to draft-pick compensation.
General manager Brian Cashman has never shied away from making such decisions. Signing major-league-ready talent is almost always paramount ...
In the eighth week of the 2014 season, the New York Yankees visited the Cubs and White Sox for six games in which they went 3-3.
Around the farm, the Nos. 5 and 8 prospects, Eric Jagielo and Greg Bird, impressed for the High-A Tampa Yankees.
The top prospect, Gary Sanchez, went deep for his fifth time in Double-A Trenton. His teammate, No. 4 prospect Mason Williams, showed glimpses of emerging from his offensive slump and added three stolen bases to highlight his value in the system.
But any Yankee, at the big league level ...
With the Major League season in full swing, teams are beginning to see where they stand amongst the rest of the competition.
Teams who are not satisfied with their current rosters will look to wheel and deal in an attempt to either improve their team or shed some dollars and start over next year. Most of these moves will come in the form of a trade, and most of those trades will come before the July 31 non-waiver deadline.
The New York Yankees, who have dealt with injuries all year, currently have ...
Any fan of the New York Yankees knows there is little to be excited about when it comes to the organization's farm system. Heading into the season, with the exception of catcher Gary Sanchez, the minors offered very little promise for the future.
Well, Peter O'Brien is changing that, and he is making quite a name for himself in the process.
A third baseman, catcher and outfielder, O'Brien was a second-round pick in the 2012 first-year player draft by the Yankees. A native of Miami Gardens, Florida, he attended Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona ...
The New York Yankees have been battling for the top spot in the AL East all season, but the rash of injuries the team has suffered could eventually begin to catch up to them.
Nearly all of the latest Yankees news has something to do with injuries. Players are going down left and right, and the real issue is that they aren't minor injuries. Very important players are scheduled to miss a good deal of time, and that's not conducive to long-term success.
The Bombers will need everyone to get healthy in ...
Masahiro Tanaka tasted something on Tuesday night that's been foreign to him for nearly two years: defeat.
The New York Yankees ace was the losing pitcher in his team's 6-1 defeat to the Chicago Cubs, giving him his first loss in a decision since August 2012, per SportsCenter:
According to ESPN Stats and Info, that streak spanned 34 regular-season starts:
Both CBS Sports' Jon Heyman and MLB Network's Dan Plesac both registered surprise that the Cubs of all teams, who have the worst record in baseball (16-27), were the team to break the ...
Forty-three games into the 2014 season, and the New York Yankees are sitting just above mediocrity with a 23-20 record, giving analysts and fans alike a big enough sample to be able to draw some takeaways from the first quarter of the season.
Surprisingly, the Yanks' middling results are good enough for first place in the American League East, a highly competitive division with all five of its teams within just five games of each other. In an effort to recap the early weeks of the Yankees' season while also looking ...
When spring training ended, New York Yankees infielder Yangervis Solarte looked like a fringe major league player in the right place at the right time. With depth and age concerns at second base, third base and shortstop, Solarte's inclusion on the Opening Day roster was born of necessity, rather than dreams of future production.
Seven weeks later, the Yankees may have stumbled upon a future star. Heading into a series with the Chicago Cubs, Solarte owns a .313/.387/.500 slash line and has been one of the biggest surprises of the 2014 ...
Joel Sherman of the New York Post had the news today that New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia would be out until July. Sabathia had inflammation of his knee that required a draining, but a trip to see Dr. James Andrews was for more than an exam. A procedure on the knee is hoped to help, but the Yankees have to be concerned about the long-term outlook for Sabathia.
Sabathia had an experimental injection of stem cells into the knee and was kept off the knee for a few days, according ...
In Week 7 of the 2014 MLB regular season, several New York Yankees preseason top-10 prospects continued or made debuts from extended spring training (No. 10 Ian Clarkin) or injury (No. 9 Jose Ramirez, No. 2 Slade Heathcott). Some players, like Nos. 5 and 7, Eric Jagielo and Aaron Judge, put together solid weeks that reinforced trust in their positive early-season trends. Others, like the top talent (Gary Sanchez) in the Bombers farm couldn't make it to baseball's two-month mark without experiencing a hiccup.
The High-A Tampa Yankees are riding a ...