Last week, it was announced that right-handed starting pitcher Roy Oswalt requested a trade from the Houston Astros.
The three teams that were rumored to be the favorites for Oswalt were the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers. The Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers are believed to be interested as well.
However, some Yankee fans wondered and speculated if Oswalt would come to the Yankees, or if they could get a decent package together worthy enough to get Oswalt. One writer on here even did a column centering around ...
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Umpire Joe West will be working the Red Sox-Royals series that begins Thursday night in Fenway Park, the first time the veteran umpire will be working a Sox game since he called out the Sox and Yankees last month for slow play he termed "pathetic" and "embarrassing." "I don't second-guess what I said," West said by telephone from Cleveland, where he worked Wednesday afternoon's White Sox-Indians game (and ejected Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen and pitcher Mark Buehrle). "And I don't believe I'm wrong. A lot of ...
Ever since he demanded a trade there are more Roy Oswalt trade rumors than there were bad mortgages in 2007.
However, don’t count the Yankees among teams looking for the of the 32-year-old from Mississippi. Jon Heyman from Sports Illustrated spoke with a Yankee official this week who said the Bombers are happy with their current rotation and aren’t looking to make a deal.
This should be pretty obvious news to anyone who follows the Yankees. The 2009 World Series showed that the Yankees have as strong a Top three as anybody ...
Curtis Granderson will be back in the Yankees’ lineup on Friday, looking to help out an offense that has been rather anemic recently. Granderson will slot back in center, moving Brett Gardner to left.
As of a week or so ago, that would also mean moving Randy Winn back to the bench, but the past few games the playing time has been going, deservedly, to Kevin Russo .
Russo right now seems to be the better hitter, and he’s more versatile than Winn. So do the Yankees keep Russo and release Winn? ...
With baseball a full two months in the books, teams are starting to make their runs toward the All-Star break.
With so much parity in MLB, teams with nearly identical records are separated by a few spots, sometimes more.
There are still many teams in realistic contention for their division title, but I will narrow it down to five teams right now that we could see playing in late October.Begin Slideshow
There is an old saying in baseball about never having enough pitching depth. The Yankees just got another lesson in that.
The Yankees released reliever Chad Gaudin in spring training this year because they thought his price tag was not worth his depth. That’s when they thought they had plenty of depth.
Then they got bad news yesterday about Alfredo Aceves' back, and according to Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News, they have re-signed Gaudin, who was recently released by the Oakland Athletics after opening the season 0-2 with an 8.83 ...
New York and Minnesota didn't expect to finish their Tuesday game more than 22 hours after the first pitch, but in a game that took two days to complete, Derek Jeter’s sixth inning home run was the only offense in a 1-0 Yankees win at Target Field.
The Yankees recorded their first 1-0 win since Sept. 20, 2008. The Twins lost for the fifth time in their last seven games.
Just after Orlando Hudson struck out to end the bottom of the fifth inning, the game was suspended Tuesday night due ...
Tonight the New York Yankees resume play against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field at 7 p.m. after a fifth inning rain out last night.
The Yankees are 4-6 in their last 10 games and look to dump the slump as they send Andy Pettitte to the mound. 10days ago Pettitte threw six innings of two-hit baseball against the Twins.
Additionally, many of the Yankees' big sluggers have been in a slump lately and they will be looking to rebound.
The last time the Yankees batters faced off against the Twins they ...
The Yankees are about to get a familiar face back on their pitching staff.
According to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, the Yankees and Chad Gaudin have reached an agreement for the 2010 season.
Gaudin pitched very well for the Yankees both as a starter and reliever in 2009, going 2-0 with a 3.43 ERA in 11 starts.
Since all of the Yankees' starters are healthy, Gaudin will be heading to the bullpen for a long relief/middle relief role.
More importantly, Gaudin will be taking over the role of Alfredo Aceves.
Aceves ...
With the current All-Star voting tallies, I'm forced to ask the question, "Is it time for some changes regarding the selection of Major League Baseball's All-Star teams?"
As of today, May 25th, Mark Teixeira is the leading vote getter for 1st basemen in the American League. Yet Teixeira is batting an abysmal .209 and, in his own words, "can't get any worse."
But, nonetheless, Yankee fans are voting him onto the All-Star team. I understand a fan wanting to support his team but this is ridiculous! And Yankee fans are certainly more intelligent than to ...