The New York Yankees went into last night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with a 16-8 record and have essentially gotten nothing from Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, Nick Johnson, and Javier Vazquez.
I guess that might be all relative because they have gotten some unreal production from guys like Francisco Cervelli, Marcus Thames, Andy Pettitte, and Brett Gardner. But going back to the players who have struggled, perhaps the biggest concern for the Yankees in the long run is Vazquez.
To say Vazquez has been brutal so far in five ...
With Curtis Granderson on the 15-day disabled list, Yankees outfielder Randy Winn will receive significant playing time in the outfield.
On Monday night, he provided the power stroke with a three-run home run to help lead New York past Baltimore, 4-1, at Yankee Stadium.
CC Sabathia (4-1) pitched eight innings of one-run ball to earn the win, while Jeremy Guthrie (0-4) suffered the loss.
Joba Chamberlain pitched the ninth for his first save of the season. Mariano Rivera was unavailable due to stiffness in his left side.
In addition, Jorge Posada left the game ...
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WP: C. Sabathia (4-1) LP: J. Guthrie (0-4) SV: J. Chamberlain (1)
CC Sabathia was dominating over eight innings tonight against the O's. He allowed just one run on six hits, walked two and struck out two on his way to his fourth win of the year. CC didn't have his best stuff, but it was clearly good enough to handle the O's lineup. The big fella was a ground ball machine tonight, retired 16 batters via the groundout, including ...
Dear Curtis, we’re doing fine without you. Love, your fellow outfielders.
In probably the fastest game of the season, the Yankees beat the Orioles 4-1 quite easily, on the day where Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter finally received their Gold Gloves.
Matt Wieters gave the O’s a 1-0 lead in the second with a rocket over the wall in right. In the fourth, Nick Swisher drove in Alex Rodriguez with a two-out single. After a Brett Gardner single, Randy Winn hit his first home run since April 25 of last ...
Well, the expected is now official, as Joe Girardi said before Monday night's game against Baltimore that Javier Vazquez will not pitch in the upcoming weekend series at Fenway Park.
Girardi’s exact words were "We’ll give him a couple days to catch his breath," according to The New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand, then apparently Vazquez asked the Yankees skipper to not change the schedule, but Girardi would have no part of it.
It is hard to doubt a manager who just won a World Series, but I can’t help thinking this ...
Javier Vasquez is struggling in the American League. Period.
Someone needs to send this guy to a National League as soon as possible.
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman would trade him for prospects or a consistent arm for the American League.
Releasing him would be a big risk, as his salary is $11.5 million.
Yankees fans thought this guy could turn around and be a dependable No. 4 starter, but that proved to be wrong from what we've seen from him in April.
There are some National League teams that are in need of a ...
We have nearly a month of baseball in the books and many hairs have turned gray (if they haven't been pulled out) on fantasy owners of these 10.
These 10 are causing you to bite the bullet because they are undroppable, currently untradeable for the value they deserve, and yet simply incredibly bad at the moment.
The list does not include players who are hurting your team because of injury. Although I'm sure Ian Kinsler, Jimmy Rollins, Curtis Granderson, and Jacoby Ellsbury are hurting you on the DL, they weren't ...
So far in 2010, it's pretty safe to say that Javier Vazquez stinks for the Yankees.
He hasn't just been bad. He's been horrific—so horrific that every time he departs from Yankee Stadium, he gets by far the loudest boos of the team.
In his first five starts back with the team, he is 1-3 with a 9.78 ERA.
His longest outing thus far has been 5.2 innings. His innings totals aren't that high, but his hits, runs, walks, and ERA are extremely high.
Clearly, this is not the same pitcher from 2009 who ...
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reached another milestone this past weekend and did so quietly.
Not much mention was made of baseball's poster boy after he took over the active hits lead.
As of today, Jeter has 2,781 hits and has overtaken Ken Griffey Jr. for the active lead. Griffey has 2,776 as I write this.
It is quite a feat for Jeter to already catch "Junior." Griffey already had over 1,000 hits by the time Jeter came to the Majors.
Yes, Griffey's career has been drastically slowed by various injuries, and we can only assume ...
It started innocently enough, and it wasn't even reported in the newspapers. On Sunday, June 20, 1965, in the second game of a twin bill against the Minnesota Twins, Roger Maris, sliding into home plate, jammed his right hand against the home plate umpire's shin guard.
No one, not even Roger, realized the seriousness of the injury. Roger was in the Yankees' lineup the next few games, but in the nightcap of a double-header against the Kansas City Athletics, he was forced to leave the game. ...