Unlike many New Year's celebrators, the New York Yankees didn't suddenly decide on Jan. 1 to be a better organization, drop some salary-cap weight and reflect on the past year.
Many of us have only recently let go of some sweet 2013 memories, but the Bombers have been muttering "good riddance" to the most recent season since late September—when they finished third in the AL East and missed the postseason for the first time since 2008.
The process of self-betterment is an ongoing one for the Yanks. They haven't quite cleared house, ...
It's fair to wonder if the New York Yankees could have already resolved all of their pitching needs before the Masahiro Tanaka posting situation is completed.
The New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand tweets that the posting process for Tanaka will last until January 24. Being proactive with the free-agent starting pitching market would have given the Yankees all of the freedom and flexibility that they could have wanted.
Instead they are in limbo, waiting on Tanaka.
If the Yankees had chosen to move in a different direction this winter, they could have taken the ...
It's fair to wonder if the New York Yankees could have already resolved all of their pitching needs before the Masahiro Tanaka posting situation is completed.
The New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand tweets that the posting process for Tanaka will last until January 24. Being proactive with the free-agent starting pitching market would have given the Yankees all of the freedom and flexibility that they could have wanted.
Instead they are in limbo, waiting on Tanaka.
If the Yankees had chosen to move in a different direction this winter, they could have taken the ...
As we officially turn the page from 2013 and plunge head-first into 2014, every team in MLB begins the new year with expectations and dreams of glory.
The New York Yankees as an organization have created a history of success, and after a season that saw them miss the playoffs for only the second time in the past 18 years, the team certainly hasn't rested on its laurels in trying to return to October play.
With new additions like Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury, the Yankees have put the rest ...
As we officially turn the page from 2013 and plunge head-first into 2014, every team in MLB begins the new year with expectations and dreams of glory.
The New York Yankees as an organization have created a history of success, and after a season that saw them miss the playoffs for only the second time in the past 18 years, the team certainly hasn't rested on its laurels in trying to return to October play.
With new additions like Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury, the Yankees have put the rest ...
Lose 10 pounds. Do more volunteer work. Pay off credit card debt. Hit 30 home runs?
Baseball players probably have different New Year's resolutions than the rest of us common citizens. But the basic idea of setting an attainable goal for a new year still applies to the stars of America's pastime. Plus, since baseball is the only sport of the Big Four with a season contained entirely within a calendar year, New Year's resolutions seem all the more appropriate.
With all that in mind, here are some statistical goals for some ...
The New York Yankees made a big splash during the early stages of free agency by signing free-agent center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year deal worth $153 million. It was a deal that was first reported by the New York Daily News' Mark Feinsand with the financial information later confirmed by Feinsand.
Ellsbury is a good player, but he is unlikely to be productive enough to give the Yankees a good return on their investment over the course of the entire contract. Ellsbury is being paid like he is a $20 million-a-year ...
The New York Yankees recently signed free-agent second baseman Brian Roberts to a one-year contract worth $2 million. The deal was first reported by Fox Sports' Jon Morosi. The Yankees must hope that the former Baltimore Orioles star can regain his previous form and replace some of the production that Robinson Cano has taken to the Seattle Mariners.
Cano, in a deal first reported by ESPN Deportes' Enrique Rojas, left the Yankees over length of contract and money. It's a deal that all of the parties involved will likely end up regretting, but ...
The New York Yankees have been on a shopping spree this winter, committing $300 million in new contracts to players such as Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran, Kelly Johnson and Brian Roberts, among others, as well as re-signing Hiroki Kuroda and Derek Jeter.
What's notable in its absence is that the Yankees have failed to address their biggest area of need this offseason—the pitching staff. Other than re-signing the excellent Kuroda to another one-year deal, New York has been surprisingly slow when it comes to addressing the team's many pitching ...
Even in the New York Yankees' universe, not everything is pinstripe navy blue and white.
Logic dictates that it would not be a good thing for the Yankees if Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension were to be overturned. But at the same time, would it be such a bad thing?
Rodriguez, of course, is facing the ban for his alleged involvement in the Biogenesis scandal that rocked Major League Baseball this year. Among the whole bunch of players who were hit with a suspension by the league, the superstar third baseman was the only ...