Yankee fans and management had been growing uneasy recently, as the state of the starting rotation heading into the final weeks of the season has helped to create as many question as it has answered.
The prospect of heading into the post-season with a starting rotation led by CC Sabathia, followed by Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett, and Javier Vazquez or Ivan Nova was enough to shake the confidence of even the most ardent supporter of the team.
Of course, CC is the indisputable ace of the staff, ...
Via Jim Salisbury on Twitter:
"I just spoke to Scott Boras. He is Jayson Werth‘s new representative."
This has been rumored for awhile now, but this looks official. This will almost definitely drive the price for Werth up. It also means that there will be a ton of misinformation leaked about this via Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman who is practically Scott Boras' media partner.
It also means the Yankees aren't likely to get involved because Brian Cashman doesn't like dealing with Boras.
He did sign Mark Teixeira, who is represented by Boras, ...
Joe Torre and Don Mattingly are returning to Yankee Stadium for one night.
The former manager and former player will be in attendance tonight when the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays.
Their current team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, have an off-day which will allow the pair to take part in the pregame ceremonies when the Yankees will unveil a memorial in Monument Park for George Steinbrenner.
Despite what many believe was a bitter separation, the Yankees have always said Torre was welcome back in Yankee Stadium any time. When the organization ...
Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated:
Joe Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees rather than go to the home state Cubs (he’s from Peoria and went to Northwestern). But if he leaves, Bobby Valentine likely would be one candidate to replace him in the Bronx.
Like Heyman said, Girardi will probably stay with the Yankees. But these are the Yankees and nothing is truly ever set in stone. If the Yankees are embarrassed in the playoffs then the door could open for a manager change.
I don’t think this is any huge ...
Tonight marks the first of four games, between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx.
Rookie pitcher Ivan Nova takes the mound for the pinstripes, as the Rays counter with Matt Garza in a rematch from last week’s slug-fest.
Nova is only making his sixth big-league start, but second in two weeks against the Rays. In their last meeting, Nova kept the Rays at bay for four innings, before imploding in the fifth allowing six runs.
Before that, Nova had only given up ...
Don't tell Joe Girardi, but the Yankees haven't clinched anything yet.
The sputtering Bombers, who have lost nine of their last 13, somehow still have the best record in baseball. But their lead entering their final four-game series with the second-place Rays is just half a game, so the American League East title and homefield advantage could very well be decided this week in the Bronx.
But there could be even more on the line for New York, who lead third-place Boston by just seven games with six head-to-head meetings coming up ...
Via Hardball Talk:
FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal heard from a source Saturday that right-hander Yu Darvish is likely to be “posted” this winter, meaning teams in Major League Baseball will have a crack at luring him away from the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Darvish is only 24 and widely considered one of the top pitchers in Japan. He has won two MVP awards in his first five seasons of professional baseball and became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to be given a contract worth more ...
I am back from a long weekend, which explains my lack of posts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It also explains why I woke up at 11:00 this morning for the first time since college. Speaking of college, I attended three football games in a 24-hour span.
I saw the UMass – Michigan game in Ann Arbor, we then made the hour drive to East Lansing and saw the Notre Dame – Michigan St. game, and then I flew back to New York yesterday morning to see the Patriots – ...
Ending a horrid 3-6 road trip, the New York Yankees are glad to be back home. Home or not though, starting with a 4-game series against the second-place Tampa Bay Rays, the next two weeks will challenge the Yankees in every possible way. The Yankees come into the week with a 90-59 record, just a half-game ahead of the Rays, who sit at 89-59. The series will give both teams a chance to leave with a two or three game division lead, but the Yankees and Rays are so evenly ...
Via the NY Post:
Joe Torre and Don Mattingly will attend the unveiling of George Steinbrenner’s monument in Monument Park, according to multiple people with knowledge of the names who will be on hand at Yankee Stadium.
The Steinbrenner family invited people with ties to The Boss, and Torre and Mattingly responded by telling the Steinbrenners they will attend.
Having Torre and Mattingly on hand is a significant event since they are such big parts of recent Yankee history.
Torre guided the Yankees to World Series titles in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000, and ...