We hear time and again that all of these transactions, trades and switching between teams boil down to MLB being "a business." Still, Jacoby Ellsbury made it personal for one final act in Boston, and he did it in the best way possible.
Thanks to the following tweet from The Boston Globe, we get to see what saying your fond farewells to an entire Red Sox Nation looks like:
It's short, sweet and classy.
This wild offseason has seen Prince Fielder change uniforms and home-plate collisions take a back seat to safety. Amid ...
The New York Yankees were largely inactive during the 2013 MLB winter meetings, though general manager Brian Cashman did put out plenty of feelers to free agents and other GMs.
In the end, the Yankees made no moves during the meetings. This, of course, came on the heels of an aggressive few weeks prior.
The Yankees were able to handle making no moves during the meetings because of their signings of Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury and Kelly Johnson, as well as their re-signings of Hiroki Kuroda and Brendan Ryan.
There's still potential for ...
After missing the postseason for the first time in five years in 2013, it seemed likely that the New York Yankees would be active this offseason. Beset by age and injuries last year, the Yanks needed to get younger and better, and with few blue-chip prospects in the upper levels of their farm system, trades and free agency were the likeliest avenues to achieve that.
Specifically, re-signing their best position player, second baseman Robinson Cano, seemed like a no-brainer, and adding talent at multiple other positions, including catcher and in the outfield, ...
The New York Yankees dared Robinson Cano to leave and he finally decided to go. ESPN's Enrique Rojas was the first to report Cano had left New York to sign with the Seattle Mariners for a 10-year deal worth $240 million.
The Yankees decided to play hardball with their star second baseman and potential future face of the team by showing far more interest in players from other teams instead of their own future Hall of Fame candidate.
The Yankees made the decision to pay Jacoby Ellsbury and not their own homegrown star Cano. ...
The New York Yankees made headlines by committing $299 million to the quartet of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Hiroki Kuroda, but their wisest move of the winter thus far was turning down a Brett Gardner for Brandon Phillips trade offer from the Cincinnati Reds.According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman rebuffed a deal that made sense, in theory, for both teams.After losing Robinson Cano to free agency, the Yankees have a major hole at second base. With Shin-Soo Choo bolting Cincinnati for ...
The New York Yankees have already been the busiest team in baseball this offseason after missing the playoffs in 2013, but their work is far from done. The Yanks still have plenty of holes to fill, and they are taking measures to continue improving.
New York has signed catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran, but it also lost superstar second baseman Robinson Cano to the Seattle Mariners. That created a void in the lineup that still needs to be addressed, along with the pitching issues that still ...
On December 9, Steiner Sports (the Official Collectible Company of the New York Yankees) and Delta Air Lines (the Official Airline of the Yankees) put together an exclusive event at Cipriani Club 55 in New York City that featured prominent members of the Yankees' 1978 World Series team and the Core Four.
I was both lucky and honored to be in attendance for such a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Members of the '78 team—Mickey Rivers, Roy White, Chris Chambliss, Sparky Lyle, Rich "Goose" Gossage, Willie Randolph, Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella, Bucky Dent and Mike ...
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has focused his efforts on improving his lineup this offseason, but the pitching staff has yet to be addressed other than the re-signing of Hiroki Kuroda.
Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com reports that the Yankees have shown preliminary interest in left-handed starter Johan Santana, though no agreement is imminent between the two parties. In fact, it's unknown as to whether or not an offer has even been extended.
Santana would represent the first significant addition in the way of a pitcher this offseason for the Yankees, ...
The New York Yankees entered the 2013 Winter Meetings and the second week of December after already having made several huge signings, but they still find themselves with prominent holes at second base, third base and in the starting rotation.
Re-signing Hiroki Kuroda and picking up Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran—along with insurance options like Brendan Ryan and Kelly Johnson—is just the first step in trying to right the ship of the past four seasons.
After their 27th World Series title in 2009, the Yankees exited from the ALCS as the wild-card ...
Curtis Granderson has a parting shot for the New York Yankees. At least that's what many people gathered from his press conference that introduced him as a member of the New York Mets on Tuesday:
It's a small shot at the Yankees and their fans, but it's one that will be remembered come May 12 when the Mets visit Yankee Stadium.
Here's a look at some of his comments from the press conference, including his joke concerning the Yankees:
Of course, many New Yorkers didn't take too kindly to that:
It's understandable some Yankees' fans would ...