Starting Pitchers
RHP Javier Vazquez (3-5, 6.86) v. LHP Brian Matusz (2-5, 5.76)
RHP Phil Hughes (6-1, 2.70) v. RHP Brad Bergesen (3-3, 5.96)
LHP CC Sabathia (4-3, 4.16) v. RHP Kevin Millwood (0-5, 3.89)
Notes
* At the time I posted this I could not find a single preview for even the first game of the Yankees and Orioles series that was more than a paragraph. It just goes to show how unimportant the series in the first third of the season are.
Fans shouldn’t get too upset over the first part of ...
We've had many talks, debates and discussions on Joba Chamberlain.
Should he be a starter? Should he be a reliever? Is he good enough to be the heir to Mariano Rivera?
Right now, he could be pitching his way right out of New York all together.
Currently, Joba is the Yankees setup man to Mariano Rivera. We've seen two sides of Joba pitching in 2010.
The first side is the dominant side, who strikes out the side and looks unhittable. Then there is the other side, the ugly side.
The side that reared its ...
The Toronto Blue Jays surprising early season success continued this past weekend with a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. Going into the season the Jays were expected to battle these same Orioles in a fight to stay out of last place in the AL East . That has not been the case through two months of the season as the Jays are currently one game behind the second-place New York Yankees and one game in front of the fourth-place Boston Red Sox.
The question now becomes whether or not the Jays ...
Lou Gehrig played 14 complete seasons, during which the Yankees won seven pennants and six World Championships, not including world titles in 1923 and 1939, when Gehrig played briefly. Lou is among a group of players who did better in the World Series than they did during the regular season. He batted .361, hit 10 home runs, drove home a New York Yankee 35 times, had a gaudy .731 slugging average, and reached base 47.7 percent of the time.
Lou's Incredible World Series Performance ...
From Joel Sherman:
The Yankees are just one of many teams that have begun to proceed as if Cliff Lee— not Roy Oswalt—will be the prize of the July 31 trade market. That means they have increased their scouting attention on a pitcher they already were following closely because he projects as the best pitcher of the coming free-agent class.
Remember that the Yankees had a scout on almost every start CC Sabathia made in 2008 in anticipation of the lefty’s free agency after the season. One AL executive ...
The home run is one of the most exciting plays in sports. Fans and players feel a rush of excitement when a ball goes over the wall.
There are some big flies more exciting than others. Here are the 10 most memorable home runs in Major League Baseball history.Begin Slideshow
I realize that A-Rod is a great player and has hit a ton of home runs over his career. Rodriguez strikes fear into the hearts of opposing pitchers.
But he is in his mid 30's now, possibly the twilight of his prime, and he just hasn't had the same power stroke this year.
Should someone else bat fourth in the Yankee lineup? I say yes.
The question is, who can do a better job than A-Rod? Not Teixeira with his struggles right now. Possibly Swisher. But Nick seems inconsistent year in and year ...
As if the MLB season wasn’t long enough already, fantasy baseball mock drafts in late January/early February allow us to enjoy America’s pastime a little bit longer.
That is, unless your roster is filled with busts when you finally draft the team that matters.
Fantasy baseball occasionally forces the actual game into a second fiddle role, which isn't the worst thing in the world. It presents the idea of Yankees and Phillies fans on the east coast taking an interest in the Mariners and Diamondbacks. Fantasy baseball, if nothing else, is maintaining ...
The New York Yankees announced they had acquired Columbia University star baseball player Lou Gehrig on June 12, 1923, although the signing had occurred a little more than a month before. Henry Louis Gehrig had the reputation of being the "Babe Ruth of the colleges" because he hit the ball farther than any other college player. Gehrig made his Yankees' debut on June 15, 1923 as a ninth inning defensive replacement for first baseman Wally Pipp. It would not be ...
Throughout Joba Chamberlain’s late season struggles last year many fans and pundits insisted that it was because the Yankees were messing with him too much and that he was not pitching ‘where he belonged’ in the bullpen.
Well, the Yankees haven’t been messing with him and he’s been in the bullpen, even further, he’s one of the few who have had a consistent role as the eighth inning guy.
Through all of this Joba has been as inconsistent as ever. Last night he was even hitting 97 MPH, so you know it’s ...