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It’s easy to be excited about the 2013 Yankees. After 44 games the Yankees are tied for the second best record in Baseball, are on a 103 win pace, are 8-3 in one run games, virtually all of Cashman’s thought-to-be desperate offseason acquisitions have worked out, and for the first time since 1996, the New [...]
The sarcastic answer is, no, the Yankees are already ‘old.’ As their roster is constructed now, they rank as the third oldest team in the league with an average age of 28.3, and have the oldest player in Baseball—congratulations Mariano. But is this the year age finally affects the team enough to bounce them from [...]
As we all know by now, no player was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. Whether you agree or disagree with the BBWAA’s decision, it was a pretty bold statement made by the writers. I am not going to argue for or against any one player that was on the ballot [...]
Ten days and ten games remain on the calendar for the Yankees in the 2012 MLB Regular Season. Ten games against teams that are a combined 60 games under .500. If the Yankees can’t win say—7 out of 10 against the Twins, Blue Jays, and Red Sox, who all will be looking to play the [...]
Raise your hand if you were surprised by the Robinson Cano PED rumors… I certainly wasn’t; and there is no name in Major League Baseball that would surprise me if linked to steroids at this point. Sure, there are some that would disappoint me more than others—Cano’s name being one of them. But it would [...]
Yankees All Star second baseman, Robinson Cano, found himself at the wrong-end of some nasty rumors today. Dan Tordjman, a TV Reporter in Charlotte, NC, first reported on Twitter that Cano failed a Performance Enhancing Drug test and would face a suspension from MLB as early as Friday. When asked about the rumors, Cano quickly [...]
(Note—most responses were written before Nova’s start on Saturday, but some do reflect his bounce-back effort in Toronto.) How does the saying go? Ball don’t lie. Well, numbers don’t either; and the numbers on Nova the last month-plus are horrific. In fact, with the exception of June, Nova would probably be in Triple-A right now. [...]
The Yankees are an even .500 (11-11) since the All Star Break, and for the first time in months, are no longer considered the best team in Baseball. The 22 game stretch since the Mid-Summer Classic has included a 3-9 stretch, a four game sweep at the hands of the Athletics, and a four game [...]
Brett Gardner suffered yet another setback on Tuesday, prolonging his already lengthy stint on the disabled list. While Gardner’s situation is not approaching the absurdity of Carl Pavano’s, it is concerning that Brett—at 28 years old—has spent 93 days on the DL. There has been no history to suggest that Brett is anything short of [...]
Eighty-one games down, eighty-one to go. The 2012 MLB Season is officially half way over, and that means its report card time. Grades are based on results, but also take expectations into consideration. Disclaimer: Some of the grades may seem a little harsh because—after researching some statistics with runners in scoring position—I deducted about a [...]
For two-plus seasons the Yankees have been waiting for Mark Teixeira to return to his 2009 form—the form they deemed worthy of an 8 year, $180M contract. In the two seasons after his first in pinstripes, the Yankees saw Teixeira’s batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage all drop to career lows. His productivity [...]
Dayan Viciedo, Alex Liddi, Eric Sogard, Seth Smith, and Alejandro De Aza—just a few players in the American League who have more runs batted in than Robinson Cano (4) through the first month of the 2012 season. I picked those five players because I have honestly never heard their names spoken, written, or even shrilled [...]
Opening Day is a time for celebration, a time for joy and good feelings. It is also a time to evaluate the state of your team (and possibly overreact to an Opening Day loss). But hey, that’s the fun of it. Let’s take a look at the entire 2012 Yankees roster and answer the hard-hitting [...]
About a year ago the Boston Herald not-so-subtly declared the 2011 Boston Red Sox the “The Best Team Ever!” What a difference a year makes. Well, what a difference an unprecedented 30 day collapse featuring “Chicken and Beer Gate” and a nightly appearance of out-of-shape Red Sox starters, which culminated in the ugly dismissal of [...]
The New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners have agreed upon one of the more unique trades in recent memory; exchanging top prospects/rookies Michael Pineda for Jesus Montero in a four-player deal. In today’s Baseball market—which sees the biggest gap between big-market and small-market teams in all of professional sports—big-market teams usually exchange their top prospects [...]
If Jorge Posada has played his last game in pinstripes—and I think we can all agree that he has—his legacy as one of the greatest catchers in Yankees history has been solidified. Posada’s reputation as a clutch player and emotional leader cannot be understated. Time after time Jorge came through when the Yankees needed [...]
Thursday in the Bronx is a sudden-death, winner take all showdown between the Yankees and Tigers; one of the more exciting events in all of sports. The atmosphere should be electric so the Yankees will feed off their crowd, but if they want a rematch with the Texas Rangers in the ALCS, three things [...]
With the ALDS tied at one game apiece, it is a best of three series (with Detroit holding home field advantage) to determine who advances to the League Championship Series. Taking into account the first two games, here are three keys to the rest of the series: 1. Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira Robinson [...]
About a month ago—when the Red Sox were leading the AL East—I questioned the MLB Pennant race, stating “Barring a monumental crash by one of the current division leaders, there will be no excitement in the last weeks of the MLB season…” Well, thank you Boston Red Sox (and Atlanta Braves) for providing me [...]
Major League Baseball has a problem—they have a month of games scheduled in September that have virtually no meaning. As of today, with three weeks left in the season, there is only one playoff position in both leagues in question. The AL West, which Texas leads by only 2.5 games, is the only real [...]