Derek Jeter is currently in Tampa, rehabbing from a calf injury and trying to make it back to the Bronx for the stretch run of the 2013 season. In the aftermath of a fractured ankle set back and subsequent leg injuries, the 39-year-old shortstop has played in just five games this season.
In the late-60s, the New York Yankees franchise dealt with the decline and eventual retirement of then franchise icon Mickey Mantle. At the time of his retirement, Mantle held the record for most games played in pinstripes. That record ...
The New York Yankees will enter the offseason with 12 players eligible for free agency.
Many of those players will not be returning to the team.
The Yankees will look to plug holes with available free agents while staying true to their goal of staying under the luxury tax, as David Waldstein of the New York Times reported in March.
What will help the Yankees is that many of the big-ticket free agents available are outfielders.
That is a position where the Yankees have so much depth, they will more than likely have to ...
You can say what you want about Alex Rodriguez: He's a cheater, a liar, a thief in some respects. I've even heard the word "bum" used to describe his overall nature. If not for New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, Rodriguez would unanimously win the award for Most Hated Athlete in New York City.
But let's throw aside his PED use, grievance against his team and recent stories about his camp throwing other cheaters under the justice bus and take a look at what Rodriguez has done since joining the New ...
We all know the controversy surrounding Alex Rodriguez and saw the situation escalate to a new level Sunday night on ESPN. A-Rod was treated how you’d expect a rival player to be treated on the road, only much worse.
The polarizing Yankees third baseman was drilled by Ryan Dempster in the second inning, and Fenway Park roared with thunderous applause as if the team had just won the World Series. Seldom has there been such a reaction to a player getting hit, and one has to consider the last time anyone ...
Jeff Pearlman is not a big fan of Alex Rodriguez.
After the New York Yankees third baseman was beaned by Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster on Sunday, Pearlman posted a profanity-laced tirade supporting what Dempster did.
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The controversy stemmed from this:
Pearlman, who was also the writer of the infamous story where John Rocker shared his opinion of New Yorkers, didn't hold back in his opinions.
That’s why, when I watched the clip of Ryan beaning Alex Rodriguez last night, ...
Circle your calendars: Sunday, August 18.
That's the date everyone will cite as the turning point of the New York Yankees' season if they get hot and make a playoff run.
The operative word in the previous sentence, of course, is still "if."
No matter how ideal the setup and scenario looks from the Yankees' point of view—a dramatic, come-from-behind victory against the archrival Boston Red Sox on the road at Fenway Park on Sunday Night Baseball—postseason pushes aren't often driven by emotion. That's even true for one as strong as that sparked by ...
Another week has passed, and the New York Yankees have been playing surprisingly good baseball of late. The offense has gone from stagnant to nearly unstoppable, as uncanny performances from Alfonso Soriano and Robinson Cano have kept the team alive midway through August.
Newcomer Mark Reynolds has done his fair share to help the cause, as has the ever-controversial Alex Rodriguez. With bats in the lineup that are finally hitting, the Yankees could be in pretty good shape for the stretch run of the season.
At the minor league level, there was ...
The Yankees need Robinson Cano, and Robinson Cano needs the Yankees. It makes too much sense. As the Yankees most consistent hitter for a couple of years now, Cano is building a legacy in pinstripes, and he needs to remain in New York.
Cano has spent the last few years building a reputation as an elite second baseman, arguably the best in baseball (sorry, Dustin Pedroia). He has averaged 197 hits and over 100 runs per season the last four years (not including 2013). He has won two gold glove awards ...
The rocky relationship between the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez appears to have taken a turn for the worse.
The star third baseman's newly retained lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, is raising accusations that the club attempted to shorten A-Rod's career by playing him when he was injured, per Steve Eder of the New York Times.
During the 2012 playoffs, Tacopina said, the Yankees hid from Rodriguez that a magnetic resonance imaging test had revealed that he had a torn labrum — essentially a hole in his hip — and continued to play him, ...
Alfonso Soriano thinks that the year is 2002 and that he's a 26-year-old hotshot second baseman for the New York Yankees.
It's the only rational explanation for the 37-year-old outfielder's incredible performance over the team's past four games, a display that has put his name alongside some of the game's all-time greats in the history books:
Alfonso Soriano ties MLB record for most RBI (18) in 4-game span Others: DiMaggio, Gehrig, Sosa Bottomley, Lazzeri (h/t: @eliassports)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 17, 2013
Who knew—or thought—that Soriano was on a collision course ...