What’s the most exciting baseball news of the week? Sure, one might say Robinson Cano and Patrick Corbin joining new teams, and that’s understandable. The hot stove tends to dominate the headlines this time of year. For me, the rumor mill makes me impatient. Get me to Spring Training already and tell me who’s on the Yankees. […]
Author: Derek Albin
Health is not the only concern for James Paxton
Prior to this season, there was only one significant flaw for the newest Yankee James Paxton: health. His entire career has been marred by injuries, although the Yankees have indicated that his medicals don’t raise any red flags. Nonetheless, that concern will linger into 2019, though it won’t be the only thing to worry about when the […]
The importance of limiting Brett Gardner’s playing time
Yesterday, the Yankees officially brought Brett Gardner back for the 2019 season. How quickly this came together made it quite clear that the team and Gardner both wanted to reunite, even though from the outside, it seemed more likely than not that the Yankees would decline Gardner’s 2019 option and allow him to test free agency. […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Season comes to a screeching halt
Apologies for the delay since my previous post at the end of the regular season. Since then, the real-life Yankees toppled Oakland in the Wild Card game but fell disappointingly to the Red Sox in the first round. Could the alternate universe Yankees fare better? Well, as you can see by the title of this […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Time to decide the division title
The final week of the regular season has arrived! With just seven games left on the slate, a two and a half game difference between the Yankees and Red Sox, and the rivals facing off against each other at Fenway to end the season, blood pressures are sure to be high. Four games in Tampa […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Holding off Boston
Whoever put together the MLB schedule had exactly what’s occurring in the OOTP universe in mind for the final two weeks of the season, at least for the AL East division race. Too bad it didn’t go the same way in reality. In this virtual world, the Yankees finished last week a game and a half ahead of […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: A seesaw in division race
There’s not much time left in the season, and if you’re hungry for a division race because it’s just not happening in real life, the OOTP Yankees have you covered. Last week, the virtual Yanks finished two and a half games ahead of the Red Sox for the division lead. This week, the race with […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: A big week and a big return
It might have been fair to start really worrying after Boston cut the division lead to a mere half game last week. With a west coast trip on the docket and lackluster recent performance, things weren’t so good in Yankeeland. Fortunately, this week brings the return of the team’s co-ace, Madison Bumgarner. Happy travels in Oakland […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Clinging to the division lead
September is here and that means the final and deciding stretch of the divisional race is underway. Though the real-life Yankees seem just about buried and will have to settle for the wild card, the parallel universe Yankees are the cream of the crop in the AL East, though not by much. Last week, the […]
Faith in Aaron Hicks has rewarded the Yankees with a star
When the Yankees acquired Aaron Hicks after the 2015 season, nobody predicted that he would become the caliber of player he is today. There was no question that he had potential, given his first-round pedigree and array of tools, but Hicks never fulfilled his promise in his three seasons with Minnesota. Though he started to […]