On June 16th, 2015, Nathan Eovaldi returned to Marlins Park to show the Marlins what they missed out on by trading him. Eovaldi didn’t get past the first inning, recording just two outs before being removed with an ugly eight runs allowed on nine hits. It was the worst outing of his career, underscoring the worst start to […]
Author: Ben Diamond
Breaking Down the Yankees Payroll: Outfield
(Click here for part one of this series, breaking down the Yankees infield payroll) *Brian McCann, $15M vesting option if he totals 1,000 PAs from 2017-18, catches 90 games in 2018 and is not on the disabled list at the end of the 2018 season *Brendan Ryan, $1M player option *Alex Rodriguez, $6M bonus at […]
Breaking Down the Yankees Payroll: Infield
*Brian McCann, $15M vesting option if he totals 1,000 PAs from 2017-18, catches 90 games in 2018 and is not on the disabled list at the end of the 2018 season *Brendan Ryan, $1M player option *Alex Rodriguez, $6M bonus at 763 HR and 764 HR *Brett Gardner, $12.5M Team Option, $2M Buyout *Jacoby Ellsbury, […]
Where do the Yankees put Greg Bird?
The Yankees are in a tough position. They have three good players and two spots to put them. This season, Mark Teixeira bounced back to hit .255 with 31 home runs in just 111 games with exceptional defense. He is clearly a player that needs to be starting for the Yankees at first base. Alex Rodriguez […]
The Yankees and Postseason Experience
When speaking of the Yankees, one word oft-used to describe the team is “age” and more specifically, “old age”. While the team isn’t so old now—the average age is 28, or about league average—some of the Yankees’ biggest names and contributors are seasoned veterans. Age can be a big negative in the postseason: older players […]
The Yankees’ Slowest Runners can make them Faster
The Yankees aren’t the fastest team in the MLB (that title belongs to the Reds), but New York’s roster is comprised of at least a few fleet-footed players. Sure, Brian McCann has been recorded as one of the slowest runners in the majors (by Statcast, he runs 16.07 mph, the slowest in baseball by quite a […]
Yankees Top Prospects
System Overview Overall, 2015 was a success for the Yankees’ farm system. There was some turn over in the developmental team in the front office in 2014, with Director of Player Development Pat Roessler being fired and Mark Newman retiring from Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations. Gary Denbo took control of both positions, and the early […]
Is Chasen Shreve Broken?
The past month hasn’t been kind to the Yankees, with a combination of injuries and ineffectiveness causing the team to fall further out of first place in the AL East. The team has been dealt another blow in the sudden struggles of Chasen Shreve, who had been the team’s third best reliever. Things have gone […]
Yankees Minor League Update (8/26-9/7)
(Note: The MiLB regular season ended on Monday, September 7th. This will mark the end of the Minor League Update series until next season. Thanks for reading!) Prospects of the Week: Domingo Acevedo, SP He’s 6’7”, 242 pounds. His fastball tops out at 103, and his secondary pitches are nothing to mess with either. He […]
Yankees Minor League Update (8/25-8/31)
Prospects of the Week: Dustin Fowler, CF Dustin Fowler fits the mold of the ‘Yankee outfield prospect’ in that he is an athletic and toolsy, yet raw player. Fowler, like many other Yankee prospects, was a late round pick, as he was drafted in the 18th round (2013). Where Fowler is unlike many Yankee minor […]