The Quest for No. 28 is about to begin. Baseball is back in full bloom for the Yankees as Spring Training is set to begin in six days. Before the Yankees start preparing for the season there are still a few question marks that have yet to be answered.
The back-up left fielder competition and bench producer: The Yankees signed outfielders Randy Winn and Marcus Thames during the offseason, so that they may have a chance to compete with Brett Gardner for the open slot in left field.
The Yankees lost Austin ...
Derek Jeter won the Gold Glove award three years in a row from 2004 through 2006, but was still considered by many to be an inferior defender at shortstop to the point where "Past A Diving Jeter" became a cliched phrase.
His UZR in those years was -0.4, -14.3, and -6.8. At a position where defense is imperativeve, those numbers just weren’t cutting it. Recently, however, there has been a different trend.
In 2007, his UZR was at an all-time low at -15.3, it rebounded quite a bit in 2008 to ...
The Yankees were not content to enter the 2010 season with the same team that won the 2009 World Series.
The Yankees decided to let World Series MVP Hideki Matsui walk, decided not to dish out the cash to bring back Johnny Damon, and dealt starting centerfielder Melky Cabrera to the Braves.
However, the Yankees new imports may outshine those who were let go. Nick Johnson was brought in to fill the DH role vacated by Godzilla, Randy Winn will try to fill Damon’s shoes in left, Curtis Granderson was obtained ...
Peter Golenbock is an author and journalist who has been tied to the Yankees since he wrote Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964 which was published in 1975.
Since then he’s written a handful of Yankees autobiographies, such as Sparky Lyle’s The Bronx Zoo, Billy Martin’s Number 1, Graig Nettles’ Balls, and Ron Guidry’s Guidry. He’s even crossed over to the Boston side and wrote Red Sox Nation: An Unexpurgated History of the Red Sox, and Johnny Damon’s Idiot after the 2004 World Series.
Those are just a few of the books ...
The other day I went through the PitchFX data for Joba Chamberlain to see what we could find. So I compiled a list of all of his appearances in 2009 separating the data to find his velocity early in the season, later in the season, and then as a reliever.
I found that his velocity as a starter stayed consistent throughout the season at 92.47 MPH even though he struggled a lot after August started and he passed 110 innings for the first time as a major leaguer. His average velocity ...
At the present time, the New York Yankees have six outfielders on their 40-man roster.
And they have a total of 11 outfielders, including the roster players, who will be coming to Spring Training.
To say the least, it has been an active offseason for the Yankees signing outfielders. What is less certain is what the day-to-day makeup of the Yankees outfield will be in 2010.
The biggest splash of the offseason was unquestionably the trade with Detroit for Curtis Granderson. The biggest Yankee piece in that trade was young outfielder, Austin Jackson, who ...
It’s been an incredible few years for Alex Rodriguez, since coming to New York in 2004. He’s won two MVP’s, been involved in a steroids controversy and won the 2009 World Championship. Yet despite having a seemingly full plate, A-Rod always seems to have plenty of time to entertain female companions. And with the latest news that he’s now courting the lovely Cameron Diaz, let’s take a look back through the many WAG’s of Alex Rodriguez. EnjoyBegin Slideshow
The Yankees officially announced the signing of outfielder Randy Winn yesterday. The deal has a $1.1 million base salary plus incentives instead of the $2 million deal that had been reported since his signing.
When the deal was believed to be in the $2 million range, people were upset because another outfielder the Yankees had been targeting, Reed Johnson, signed with the Dodgers for less than half of that—$800,000 plus incentives. On top of the money issue, there was also the fact that the Yankees were supposedly looking for a right-handed ...
The Yankees announced their Spring Training Invitees.
Marcus Thames
He recently signed a minor league deal with the Yankees and will be at Spring Training fighting for a job on the big league roster. Thames could make the team as a backup outfielder against left-handed pitching. Thames is a low average, high power type player. He was originally drafted by the Yankees.
Jesus Montero
The biggest Yankee prospect will get a taste of the bigs. He will likely see a lot of time from the catcher position in the spring. Not only is Montero ...