Everybody seems to love the New York Yankees trade with the Atlanta Braves for Javier Vazquez. The Yankees traded OF Melky Cabrera, LHP Michael Dunn and Low-Low A (although highly rated) pitcher Arodys Vizcaino to get the former Yankee right handed pitcher.
I am always a little wary when too many people love things at the same time. When too many people jump on the bandwagon, it always seems like time to get off the ride. For example, when every housewife is day trading stocks to "make easy money," the time ...
This morning, Joe over at River Avenue Blues pointed out a few things about the Yankees' left field situation. In short, he suggested that the Yankees will be signing someone to complement the outfield and not necessarily take Brett Gardner's starting spot.
The Yankees should in no circumstances go into the season with Jamie Hoffmann as their fourth outfielder, so it really is essential that they add another player. Reed Johnson is the most common name mentioned, but I think there's a better option available who has not been talked about at ...
The New York Yankees faced a risky off-season but Brian Cashman and the Yankees did well in keeping the franchise from breaking down. The Yankees lost two starting position players from a year ago but made smart moves to enhance confidence for 2010. The signings of Andy Pettitte and Nick Johnson, plus trades bringing in Javier Vazquez and Curtis Granderson made it easier to forget about Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon. Begin Slideshow
During the 1950s, the Yankees had a major league farm team named the Kansas City Athletics.
Larry Levensen is a Giants' fan who resented the Yankees because he knew that it was almost impossible to beat both the Yankees and their Kansas City farm team.
"I Will Probably Die Waiting for a World Championship ." I was only four years old when the Giants won the 1954 World Series.
Most four-year-olds are too young to appreciate it when their team becomes the World Champions, which was true for ...
The Yankees have sure made a splash this offseason, but not by buying every player on the market. Unlike the big spending spree last year, the Yankees did not sign the best pitcher on the market, Lackey, and are unlikely to sign Holliday or Bay.
Brian Cashman has made himself known through trades with exception of Nick Johnson. They have acquired Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez, and Boone Logan while losing Melky Cabrera, Phil Coke, Mike Dunne, Arodys Vizcaino, Ian Kennedy, and coveted prospect Austin Jackson.
In addition, they lost Hideki Matsui, Chien-Ming ...
When the Red Sox signed John Lackey, there was no question the Yankees’ biggest rivals had the better rotation. But after the Yanks picked up Javier Vazquez in a trade with the Braves, the rotations look even again from a distance. Since I don’t expect any more additions to either rotation, I thought I’d take a closer look at the situation. To make the overall comparison as close as possible, I will give each comparison a ranking from 1-10. Five means the two are dead even, ...
Hey bleacher report, its been a long time since my last post.
I've been busy with many different things the last three of four months,so I haven't really had a chance to post anything on b/r. But now I'm back, at least for the next week or so to talk about whatever is going on in sports (except for Tiger Woods). So here's a little piece about yet another Yankee mistake.
Austin Jackson. A name that confuses most Yankee fans.
While Brian Cashman tried to make Jackson out to be the next Torii ...
Yesterday, I took a look at the pitcher with the highest True ERA/ERA differential in the majors: Reds closer Francisco Cordero, whose 2.16 ERA was 2.70 runs lower than his 4.86 True ERA.
If you'd like to take a look at the reasons for this discrepancy, you can check the article out here .
Anyway, today I thought I'd look at the pitcher at the other end of the True ERA/ERA luck spectrum for 2009, and it's none other than Yankees righty Sergio Mitre, whose 50-plus innings in 2009 appeared to go ...
In the weeks since the New York Yankees won their 27th World Series championship, the haters have been out in full force with the usual and increasingly tiresome cries of "They bought another championship!"
These cries almost overwhelmingly come from those under the age of 30, whose memories don't stretch back before 1996. The conceit and arrogance of youth, however, don't overcome the truth.
I've been a Yankees fan for so long that the first game I ever saw was at Shea Stadium (look up the years and do the math). I ...
Christmas is all about comebacks and overcoming adversity against all odds. OK, it’s really nothing about comebacks and overcoming adversity against all odds, but is about love, peace on earth, goodwill toward men, opening presents, then drinking all day long and passing out underneath the tree as an ornament falls and pierces one of your eyeballs, sending you screaming down the street bloody, naked and in horrifying pain.
Ah, Christmas.
One of the brightest, heartwarming stories of the week, though, is Jonathan Bender ’s return to the world of basketball after not playing ...