In baseball, momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher. For the New York Yankees, that adage has taken on increased importance this spring as the battle for the No. 5 rotation spot rages on in Tampa, Fla.The top of manager Joe Girardi's rotation—CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Masahiro Tanaka—will earn a combined $61 million during the 2014 season. Ivan Nova, slated to make $3.3 million, could emerge as a top-tier starter from the No. 4 role. Yet in the hotly contested AL East standings, New York's No. ...
After two-and-a-half weeks in Tampa, Fla., the New York Yankees have just about reached the midway point of 2014 spring training.
Thirteen games have already produced a number of good signs for the team's positional players, and considering health is one of those cliche "major question marks" this year, it's a boon that recoveries are smoothly underway with no setbacks thus far.
And as someone like Yangervis Solarte has shown us (9 G, 10-for-17, 2 HR, 6 RBI), the next 18 games will provide plenty of time for new trends to emerge ...
After two-and-a-half weeks in Tampa, Fla., the New York Yankees have just about reached the midway point of 2014 spring training.
Thirteen games have already produced a number of good signs for the team's positional players, and considering health is one of those cliche "major question marks" this year, it's a boon that recoveries are smoothly underway with no setbacks thus far.
And as someone like Yangervis Solarte has shown us (9 G, 10-for-17, 2 HR, 6 RBI), the next 18 games will provide plenty of time for new trends to emerge ...
Before we go any further, let me state for the record, on March 8, that I am not declaring that I think the New York Yankees will be world champions in 2014. Not yet, anyway. But it's never too early to start examining the possibilities.
Last year, I was one of the few people (possibly the only one outside the Boston Red Sox organization) who picked Boston to win it all. It took a thorough examination of the personnel and perhaps a slight homage to the law of averages. This year, ...
Before we go any further, let me state for the record, on March 8, that I am not declaring that I think the New York Yankees will be world champions in 2014. Not yet, anyway. But it's never too early to start examining the possibilities.
Last year, I was one of the few people (possibly the only one outside the Boston Red Sox organization) who picked Boston to win it all. It took a thorough examination of the personnel and perhaps a slight homage to the law of averages. This year, ...
There was no television or radio coverage, but we know for certain that New York Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda made his 2014 debut on Friday night against the Detroit Tigers.
We also know this: It went well.
Like, really well.
Pineda, of course, has been a question mark ever since he underwent labrum surgery in May of 2012. The last pitch he threw in the majors was in 2011, at which time he was still property of the Seattle Mariners and Jesus Montero, the man he would be traded for, was still property of ...
There was no television or radio coverage, but we know for certain that New York Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda made his 2014 debut on Friday night against the Detroit Tigers.
We also know this: It went well.
Like, really well.
Pineda, of course, has been a question mark ever since he underwent labrum surgery in May of 2012. The last pitch he threw in the majors was in 2011, at which time he was still property of the Seattle Mariners and Jesus Montero, the man he would be traded for, was still property of ...
As if the New York Yankees' middle infield situation wasn't difficult enough to figure out, Yangervis Solarte has plans to make it even harder.
The question marks surrounding the entire Yankees infield have already been well documented this spring. Mark Teixeira might not be able to stay healthy at first base, and the team has no immediate backup plans. Brian Roberts and Derek Jeter are also injury risks at second base and shortstop, respectively.
Kelly Johnson isn't necessarily a candidate to be bitten by the injury bug over at the hot corner, ...
The New York Yankees entered the 2014 spring training schedule with several important tasks.
First, they needed to introduce several new players to the Yankees culture.
Helping injured players return to form and shake off some rust would also be important.
But what is of the utmost importance is seeing which players can win the remaining position battles and which young players can earn a spot on the Opening Day roster while turning heads.
Through a little over a week into camp, the Yankees are 5-4. Despite the average record, they have had a ...
The New York Yankees have invested a ton of cash in Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. But through two spring training appearances, the blockbuster signing appears on schedule in helping to bring the Bronx Bombers back to life in 2014.
Although the highly touted right-hander can't patch up all of New York's issues, his immense potential and early success this March bodes well for the Yankees' postseason hopes next fall.
On Thursday, Tanaka earned his first start for the Pinstripes, giving up just two hits and one earned run over three innings of ...