Let's get this out of the way up top: There's no shame in being shut down by Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez in back-to-back nights. They are, arguably, two of the top five pitchers in the American League right now. If anyone should be ashamed, it's the Mariners, who are buried in last place despite having the best 1-2 starting rotation punch in the sport. So yes, any team can be stifled by good pitching, and ranting about two games in late June would be pointless (though I ...
MLB records are broken almost every year. Some big, some small. Some take longer than others. It took 38 years before Roger Maris's 61 in '61 was broken, and then only another two years after for the record to fall again.
Some records may just be etched in stone forever since the game is forever changing, like Cy Young's 511 wins. The bottom-line is that not only do the fans crave for them to be broken but the players do too.
So we asked our writers: Of current players, who has ...
How are the Seattle Mariners in last place?
The Mariners have the best one-two punch on the mound with Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez. Add players like Ichiro Suzuki, Milton Bradley, Chrome Figgins, Jose Lopez, and that makes a valid, post-season contending ball-club.
The group the New York Yankees have faced the last two nights is not the Mariners who are 13.5 games out in the AL West.
Not only did Lee pitch a complete game in Tuesday's win, his teammate King Felix followed his lead by going all nine innings to defeat ...
Its almost July and the heat stove is certainly heating up, but some answers still remain un-answered. The main question that need to be addressed is where do the Yankees need to improve. The bullpen has be inconsistent to get to Mariano. While the rumors are spreading that they will make a move to acquire another bat or a starter, the bullpen is where the work is needed.
The starters have been very consistent except Burnett, and Vasquez has turned his season around to this point after a very disappointing ...
As usual, there have been a lot of rumors that continue to swirl around the Yankees as the trade deadline approaches in July.
However, the Yankees might not have to trade anything to add depth to their bench because there are some very talented free agents available that could get the job done just as easily as somebody the Yankees could trade for.
This is also a better option, due to the fact that the Yankees wouldn't have to give up any prospects, and some of the players out there might be ...
The Yankees got beat up by the Mariners yesterday and things don’t look great today either as they have Javier Vazquez going up against King Felix Hernandez.
Additionally, the Yankees have until tomorrow to decide to call-up RHP Dustin Moseley or let him opt-out. He has a 4-4 record and a 4.21 ERA in 12 starts.
It’s hard to tell if the Yankees are going to call up Moseley or not. If they did, obviously it would be out of the bullpen. If they called him up, it ...
Tomorrow, we turn our calendars to July. The start of the seventh Gregorian month isn't the precise midway point of the MLB season, but it's a symbolic transition, one that causes fans to say, "Wow, only three months left!"
Even if it's not precisely the halfway point, it's still a great time to start thinking about individual awards. Last week, Bleacher Report's Featured Columnists kicked off the celebration with Cy Young voting for both the AL and the NL.
And so, this week, we put on a mock MVP vote. The AL ...
Once again, the New York Yankees fell victim to their own rules.
Last night, the result ended with a Yankees loss of 7-4 to the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners have consistently held the last spot in the AL West this season.
The Mariners had baseball's best pitcher on the mound in Cliff Lee to face a well-rested Phil Hughes.
Hughes has exceeded all expectations this season and entered the game with a 10-1 record, an ERA of 3.17 and has been the most consistent on the Yankees rotation.
No question that Hughes ...
The "Phil Hughes Rules" have claimed their first start, which would have been last Friday. Those same rules have also claimed their first loss as the Yankees fell to the Mariners 7-4.
The Seattle Mariners are among the worst offensive teams in baseball, and with Hughes on the mound, boasting a 10-1 record, the game would appear to be a good match up for the Yankees.
That is of course not mentioning the 10 days in between tonight and Hughes's last start. Due to limits on innings pitched, he had to ...
Phil Hughes, aka Phranchise, will start Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners and Cliff Lee. Hughes, though, had his last start skipped out on the West Coast trip through Arizona and Los Angeles.
The reason? After throwing mostly in relief last year, he is on an innings limit this season, with the Yankees likely not to let Hughes go above 180 innings. After throwing 105 innings last season, Hughes would have that number bumped up by 75 innings over 2009.
Depending on the source, this number of 180 innings does or ...