I can hear Yankees Featured Columnist Joseph Del Grippo saying somewhere, "another Javier Vazquez article from Doug."
Yes it is, because tonight could be a major night in deciding the future of the Yankees right-hander.
The Yankees will send Vazquez out to pitch in the second game of their four game series with the Tigers at Comerica Park.
This will be the first time since May 1 that Vazquez will be stepping on a mound for the Yankees to start a game.
In case some of you are wondering why, and didn't follow the ...
According to Chad Jennings of the Journal News , Yankees reliever Chan Ho Park , who has been on the DL with a hamstring issue, is close to returning to the Bronx after throwing a 45-pitch bullpen session on Monday.
“He might get two (rehab games),” Joe Girardi said. “We’ll make a judgment after Wednesday.”
This is good news for the Yankees, who have experienced some inconsistencies in their bullpen lately. David Robertson , in particular, has struggled this year after he was expected to play a major role ...
According to Joel Sherman , the Yankees have called up first baseman Juan Miranda for tonight’s game against the Detroit Tigers. Miranda, who bats lefty, will most likely platoon with Marcus Thames in the DH spot until Nick Johnson returns from his wrist injury.
Miranda is off to a so-so start in Scranton this season, hitting .260 with 5 HR and 15 RBI. The batting average is not what we’re used to seeing from Miranda, but he’s backed that up with a .371 OBP through 28 games. He’ll ...
New York Yankee Designated Hitter Nick Johnson has been placed on the Disabled List for 15 days.I am not going to pretend to not be the guy who says, "I told you so". But you know what, I told you so!In an article here on Bleacher Report, I wrote that I couldn't imagine why the Yankees with all of the money in the baseball universe, would want to throw $5.5M down the toilet.The man is injury prone. Year after year after year. He should be in the Farmers Almanac ...
We thought the war of words from Dallas Braden and Alex Rodriguez was a one-time deal. It took a place when that game at Oakland in a few weeks ago ended.
The day after that game, the Yankees carried it on by ripping Braden. Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia called Braden out for being a whiner and a journeyman.
That inspired Braden to call out Rodriguez in an interview on CSN California.com last Thursday.
Rodriguez and Sabathia kept it going by insulting Braden for doing nothing in the majors. ...
Brennan Boesch tallied two hits and three RBI to help lead Detroit to a 5-4 win over New York Monday night at Comerica Park. Eddie Bonine (3-0) earned the win after pitching 2.1 innings of scoreless relief. Sergio Mitre (0-1) suffered the loss in his first start of the season. Playing in his first game against the Yankees, Boesch opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. After Mitre struck out the first two batters, the Tigers collected three straight singles, capped off by Boesch’s two-run single. Boesch ...
For much of the early 2010 season, long time Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has been banged up with a calf injury, and has had to miss some time for the team.
For the Yankees, though, this hasn't been a major problem, due to the great play of backup catcher Francisco Cervelli.
When the season started Cervelli really wasn't playing much, except for when Posada absolutely needed a day off to rest.
Then Posada went down with the day-to-day calf injury and, since Cervelli is the only other catcher on the 25 man roster, ...
According to Donnie Collins of the Scranton Times-Tribune, the Yankees have called up right handed pitcher Ivan Nova from Triple-A Scranton. He will be replacing Romulo Sanchez, who was sent down.
Sergio Mitre is making a start tonight in place of Andy Pettitte, who is being skipped in the rotation due to elbow pain, so the Yankees needed an extra long man. Sanchez, who made his Yankee debut last night, can’t be the long-man because he threw 52 pitches, which would leave him unavailable for the next couple of days. Mark ...
Long-time American League East rivals, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, battled it out in a three-game series at Fenway Park over the weekend. All three games were blowouts, as the Yankees took two of three from the Sox.
The Yankees are now 21-9 on the season, and sit a mere half-game behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the division. New York has won eight of its last 10 games, and is 11-7 on the road.
Here are some thoughts from the weekend series:
Pink is the color
Pink was the ...
While Joba has not regained his nearly unhitable form in the bullpen from 2007, he has stepped up for Mo in the past week. Joba has nailed down some saves, doing a good job in general with a 2.63 ERA.
But with the pressure mounting on the Yankees to kick struggling starter Javier Vazquez out of the Bronx for good, the rumors are starting to spread of Joba returning to the rotation.
Personally, I think he belongs in the bullpen where he has the most success by far. But looking at the Yankees farm system and current ...