With Major League Baseball's trade deadline just ten days away teams will likely start moving along in trade discussions.
Normally, you can expect a big trade or two to come through before the deadline passes. There is, however, some uncertainty this year as teams seem to be holding onto players or asking for too much in return.
The Yankees, while having the best record in the league, do have some holes they would like to fill.
Their main needs are pitching and bench depth.
The original thought was that the Yankees did not need ...
It was a comment that received little attention during spring training, but it might have been a turning point for Mickey Mantle. Some New York Yankees' rookies were showing off their skills at St. Petersburg in 1956. Mickey watched the hopefuls a few minutes and then the Yankees' 24-year-old veteran turned to a reporter. "A lot of these young kids of ours are going to be good ballplayers." This was a new Mickey Mantle. The late Shirley Povich of the Washington ...
Andy Pettitte thinks he can be back on the mound in three weeks.
After watching the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim slaughter the New York Yankees, any encouragement that the team could manage without the Southpaw went right out the window.
Phil Hughes went into the game with a 3-0 career record against the Halos. That was short and sweet after Hughes gave up nine hits, six runs and two home runs over five innings.
It was the icing on the cake on this streak of bad luck the Yankees have had since ...
The Yankees have had scouts watching the Marlins lately as the two teams have discussed a couple of players, but OF Cody Ross is one name that keeps coming up in the papers.
According to George King and Mark Hale of the NY Post, the Yankees and Marlins are not anywhere near a deal yet because the asking price for Ross is too high. The Post hasn’t said what the Marlins have asked the Yankees for, but they did report that they have asked the Braves for former Yankee LHP ...
On July 31st we all know there will be new additions to the Bronx Bombers. The question is: Who will be in New York?
The Yankees have stated that they would like to add a "bench bat" and a relief pitcher. With the recent injury of Andy Pettitte, one can imagine they would add another starting pitcher. In my debut to Bleacher Report, these are the contenders who I think will be in Yankee blue by the end of the trade deadline.Begin Slideshow
Phil Hughes got rocked, Jonathan Albaladejo got called up and gave up an earned run, and the Yankees lost 10-2 in the first game of a two game series against the Angels last night.
Here are some notes:
Hughes has now allowed at least five ER in three of his last four starts. Every home run he’s allowed this year has been at Yankee Stadium.
RHP Jonathan Albaladejo was called up before tonight’s game to take the place of Andy Pettitte who went on the DL.
Speaking of Pettitte, the Yankees will not ...
The Yankees have been able to count on two things all year: having Mariano Rivera for the ninth inning, and quality starting pitching.
Well, it would appear that they are without the quality starting pitching now, so the bridge to Mariano just got a whole lot longer.
Phil Hughes picked up right where he left off at the All Star Game, in his first start of the second half Hughes allowed six earned runs on nine hits and three walks, over five innings.
His overall ERA has exploded to 3.99, and his ERA ...
An event occured in the Bronx last week that hasn't happened in decades; One that if not signaled the decline of the Bombers, it surely preceeded it.
No, it wasn't the death of Mr. Steinbrenner, though some might say that may play into it.
No, Rather than the rudder being taken from the ship, it was a small but mighty hole that burst the Yankees hull:
They didn't get their man.
And with the Rangers picking up Cliff Lee, one of the top picks of the trade season, the precident has been set for ...
New York Yankees fans first fell in love with Joba Chamberlain in Game Two of the 2007 ALDS, also known as the infamous "bug" game.
Joba was everything and more that night. It was the spirit in his young eyes that does not come around that often.
Yankees Universe went totally crazy for this kid that night, even making losing the game bearable. Joba was the future, an authentic, talented, home-grown player that Yankee fans had been waiting for since 1996.
New York City saw Joba as the long and overdue messiah of ...
Either tonight, tomorrow, or at some point in the near future, New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is going to swing his familiar swing the way he has 599 times before and become the seventh player ever to hit 600 major league home runs.
When he does so, he will join an exclusive club comprised of Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., and Sammy Sosa.
What will then follow will be a career-ending assault on the major league career home run record of 762 career home ...