Javier Vazquez is a free agent after this season, but a reminder of his acquisition may haunt the Yankees long after he’s gone.
Arodys Vizcaino, the 19-year-old former Yankees pitching prospect given away in the trade for the embattled Vazquez, is annihilating his competition at Rome, Atlanta’s Single-A affiliate.
Vizcaino is 9-3 with a 2.34 ERA, and those numbers don’t begin to tell the story of how dominant he’s been.
Striking out 66 in 69.1 innings, Vizcaino has walked only nine. Tantamount to his freakish strikeout-to-walk ratio is Vizcaino’s 0.99 WHIP. He hasn’t ...
The draft is over and on the final day the Yankees selected rounds 31-50. In total they got 11 pitchers, six righties and five lefties, two catchers, and seven outfielders.
Here is the round by round break down:
31. James Gibson, RHP, Florida Atlantic – Jr 32. Kramer Sneed, LHP, Barton College – Jr 33. Michael Hachadorian, RHP, San Diego Mesa College – So 34. William Kish, RHP, Germantown Academy HS, PA 35. William Oliver, RHP, Palomar College – So 36. Nick McCoy, C, University of San Diego – Sr 37. Cameron ...
Robinson Cano doesn’t get the publicity of Yankee teammates Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Mark Teixeira, but he is having the best season of any Yankee position player in 2010.
He is currently leading the majors in hitting with a .376 average and is fourth in the majors in runs batted in with 46 with only Miguel Cabrera, Vladimir Guerrero, and Evan Longoria ahead of him.
Cano leads the majors in hits with 88 with Ichiro Suzuki next with 83. He is tied for sixth in home runs with 12. Only Cabrera ...
In the hours following Stephen Strasburg's Brendan-Fraser-in-The-Scout -level debut for the Nationals on Tuesday, my buddy Howie posed this question to me (@danhanzus ) via Twitter:
Most trade value: Mauer, Hanley, Pujols or Strasburg? I say #Strasburg easy.
I said I thought Mauer may be the most valuable of the group, but the size of the catcher's contract (eight years, $184 million) combined with Strasburg's age (21) made the Nats right-hander the easy choice.
That got me thinking about which one of the Yankees had the most trade value. Hmmmm...
First some ground ...
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WP: C. Sabathia (6-3) LP: C. Tillman (0-2) SV: M. Rivera (14) The Yankees made it ten in a row over the Orioles with their 4-2 win last night at Camden Yards. They didn't play nearly their best ball, but the O's kicked the ball all over the ...
The New York Yankees are playing great right now, thanks to their stellar pitching and slugging offense.
Yet they are still two games out of first, behind the Rays who own the best record in the Majors heading into tonight, and appear to be the real deal.
Now there is no reason for concern right now with the majority of the season yet to be played and the Yankees leading the Wild Card standings.
But problems could be on the horizon for the Yanks very soon.
The Yankees best pitcher this season has been ...
This morning, I passed along a rumor that the NY Post reported today. According to the Post, the Mariners were scouting Yankee minor leaguers in anticipation of dealing LHP Cliff Lee to the Bronx.
I wrote this story reluctantly because the Yankees boast a full five-man rotation. They really don't need another starter.
This afternoon, the Daily News published a more sensible report. The Daily News actually contacted the Yankees to see if the club had any interest in dealing for the Mariners ace.
It turns out, there is none.
“There is no urgency ...
From George A. King III:
The Mariners are scouting the Yankees’ organization thoroughly.
They had two scouts recently in Charleston (Single-A). Last night they had two scouts watching Trenton play Reading, one of whom was former Yankees minor league coach Bill Masse.
They are slated to have at least one scout check on SWB shortly.
The immediate need for the Yankees is a bat, but if the Mariners are going to shop Lee the Yankees will be interested because he will be a free agent after the season.
Of course, he is making $9 million ...
Don't expect the New York Yankees to publicly admit to wanting both or either of these players.
According to MLBTradeRumors.com, George A. King III of the New York Post says the Yankees are likely to be interested in both Mariners starting pitcher Cliff Lee and Astros first baseman Lance Berkman.
The Yankees have five quality starters on the team at this point, so many may think pursuing Lee would be pointless. In all reality, adding Lee would be more of a move for next season.
Andy Pettitte and Javier Vazquez are free ...
If you had said before the season started that a New York Yankees pitcher would be having a Cy Young caliber season in June, you would have thought it would be CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, or maybe even Javier Vazquez.
You might have even thought it was Mariano Rivera.
But on June 9, it’s none of those Yankee pitchers. The pitcher that is having a Cy Young caliber season is Phil Hughes.
Hughes won his eighth game last night in a 12-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Hughes only gave up three of ...