If the New York Yankees want to cap their offseason pursuit of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, signing their former shortstop to fill major holes in 2014 and beyond could be a season-changing transaction.Stephen Drew, after helping Boston ascend to AL East supremacy and a World Series run in 2013, is still on the open market, available to the highest bidder. While hardly surprising, Drew's availability becomes more intriguing by the day for a Yankees team that has already spent over $500 million to procure talent for next ...
The moves made by the New York Yankees this offseason will necessitate some roster shuffling from within, and that will make it difficult for several members of the roster to crack the 25-man out of spring training.
They'll be in stiff competition with other candidates right from Day 1 of workouts.
General manager Brian Cashman has made it a priority to spend big this offseason in an effort to improve his club. Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran and Masahiro Tanaka are all newcomers to the team, as are lesser-profile players like ...
The New York Yankees made headlines on Wednesday when they announced the signing of Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka for $155 million over seven years.
The significance of the signing is not that the Yankees placed themselves over the $189 million luxury tax threshold, but rather that signing Tanaka makes the Bronx Bombers a legitimate contender for the World Series.
Preseason predictions always come with caution, especially with the chance of players getting injured over the course of the season. Let's say that the Yankees stay healthy, however. They will then be in ...
After spending close to $500 million on talent this offseason, it's easy to assume that the New York Yankees are a finished product heading into the 2014 season.Unfortunately for their fans, that's far from the case.While the talent infusion of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Masahiro Tanaka is impressive, the team still has holes to fill before the season begins. If they stand pat, an 86-89-win team should surface on paper. While better than their 2013 outfit, the 2014 Yankees would still project to be on the outside ...
So, an interesting thing happened on Wednesday. The New York Yankees agreed to pay $175 million for a pitcher who's never thrown a pitch in the majors, and all they're asking him to do is conquer an extremely tough AL East while pitching primarily at Yankee Stadium.
It sounds like a recipe for disaster. But in reality, it probably won't be all bad. In fact, I figure it will be mostly good.
Just in case anybody missed Wednesday's news, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com was the first to report that the Yankees had agreed ...
About a month ago, we first checked in on Baseball America's ranking of the top 10 prospects for the New York Yankees while projecting big league arrival dates. Just last week, we looked at the top Yankees prospect at each position. Whether you're a farm-system nut or you simply like to stay up on the minor league talent, we're continuing the trend this week and uncovering some of the hidden gems.
We're going to dive into the less-discussed Yankees prospects heading into the 2014 season, and we're going to rank the five who ...
With about a month to go before spring training starts, a certain New York Yankees pitcher may, in fact, be facing the most pressure in all of Major League Baseball, and no, it's not just-signed Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka.
It's David Robertson, one of the Yankees' lesser-known players who has spent the entirety of his career pitching in a middle-relief and setup role. Until now, that is.
Shortly after news broke, via Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, that the Yankees had reached an agreement on a seven-year, $155 million contract with Tanaka ...
Start spreading the news, New Yorkers.
FOX Sports Insider Ken Rosenthal reports that Japanese starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year, $155 million contract with the Yankees on Wednesday morning.
The Yankees did the right thing by pursuing a potential ace, and here’s why.
Adding a player of Tanaka’s caliber to the rotation greatly bolsters the pitching staff for the Yankees, who were desperate for another starting pitcher. Now, the rotation features Tanaka, CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova. The fifth spot will likely go to a ...
The New York Yankees have landed their man, reported Andrew Marchand of ESPN.
For the grand total of $175 million (with the $20 million posting fee included), Masahiro Tanaka is headed to the Bronx, per Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.With the Tanaka sweepstakes complete, the real fun begins for both player and team. As seemingly half the league chased the 25-year-old Japanese right-handed star, visions of Tanaka transforming a rotation, dominating opposing batters and starring through his prime danced through the minds of respective front offices.After being awarded one of the ...
The MLB offseason has been a wild one thus far with plenty of big names switching locales, but perhaps the most intriguing free agent of all was Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka. The potential superstar is on the market no longer, though, as he has agreed to a seven-year, $155 million contract with the New York Yankees, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
Predictably, Tanaka's signing has sparked plenty of reaction throughout the sports world. That would have been the case regardless of which team he signed with, but the fact ...