The past week of Yankees baseball brought an unlikely carousel of names to the major league roster thanks to the 19-inning marathon with the Red Sox on Friday, April 10th. The bullpen was exhausted and needed fresh faces, but without an actual injury and due to an odd rule, the Yankees were not permitted to […]
Author: Andrew Mearns
Greene grumblings and the defense of the Didi deal
When the Yankees acquired young shortstop Didi Gregorius from the Diamondbacks last December in the three-way trade that sent starter Shane Greene to Detroit, it was immediately met with some mixed reactions. While many fans were glad to see the Yankees move quickly to replace Derek Jeter with a defensive wizard who was only 25 years […]
Rushing Rob Refsnyder is not going to save the 2015 Yankees
The Yankees have not exactly gotten off to the best of starts, as they lost both series to begin the year while their offense hit .193/.280/.342 with a 78 wRC+ over the season’s first week. Although there are a number of culprits to their early malaise, the one player many fans appeared fixated on is […]
The Yankee Stadium 75th Anniversary Spectacle
Opening Day is always, of course, an exciting time for baseball fans, but it truly is something else when it’s played in the Bronx. Few franchises can trot out the former greats for the first game of the season quite like the Yankees. Although it might make some fans roll their eyes, it does make […]