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Heading into spring training, most people are assuming that Greg Bird will be the New York Yankees starting first baseman come Opening Day…except for one person: Tyler Austin. Tyler Austin said he's not going into ST expecting to be sent back down to minors. "I'm going in there to be the everyday first baseman." — Shane […]

As the calendar approaches February, most of the teams around the majors are finalizing their roster for the start of spring training, and the Yankees are no different. Most of the quality free agent options have already been removed from the market. Hence, barring a late-developing trade or minor free agent signing, the Yankees’ moves […]

Last week the Baseball Writers Association of America announced their Hall of Fame Class of 2017 election results, naming Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez Cooperstown’s latest inductees. All three are truly deserving candidates, and two of them even spent some time in pinstripes! Unfortunately, Raines’s veteran presence on the Yankees from 1996-98 is outweighed […]

Didi Gregorius has decided to take part in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, according to Jon Morosi. Xander Bogaerts, Andrelton Simmons, Jonathan Schoop, Didi Gregorius and Jurickson Profar all expected to play for Dutch WBC team. @MLB — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) January 23, 2017 As Morosi noted, Gregorius is not the only player that has […]

Masahiro Tanaka will not pitch for Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, he told reporters in Japan on Monday. Tanaka had previously pitched in each of the three previous WBCs, helping lead Japan to two championships, but all three of those appearances occurred before Tanaka came stateside. His choice to forego participating in the WBC […]

It’s the middle of the winter—the time of the year baseball fans yearn for the sport they love, dreaming of warm weather and the smell of fresh grass. Thankfully, spring training is not far away. Pitchers and catchers report to Tampa in a mere three weeks on Feb. 13, and among them is 25-year-old Louisville […]

Writing about baseball in mid-January can be a chore. There are no games to analyze and rarely any big news to break. The process of generating ideas is typically reduced to hours of leaderboard sorting in hopes of finding a thread that might just lead to something interesting. It was that process that led me to […]

Last month, Max Gelman made the case that Matt Holliday would serve as a perfect substitute for Carlos Beltran in the 2017 Yankees lineup. It’s hard to disagree with Max’s findings, as the two veterans were extremely comparable last season. Still, a cursory look at Holliday’s 2016 numbers could leave some Yankee fans feeling a […]

In 2016, Starlin Castro experienced the much-anticipated leap in power that many scouts had predicted for so many years, perhaps coinciding with Castro’s first season in cozy Yankee Stadium. Starlin posted career-highs in home runs with 21 (previous career-high: 14) and isolated slugging with .163 (.147). However, that surge in power didn’t correlate to a corresponding uptick […]

There have been rumors circulating in recent weeks that the Yankees are inquiring on Jose Quintana, and with good reason. The Yankees need a starting pitcher, and the free agent market looks less than barren. Of course, the downside with going the trade route is the obvious — giving up non-money assets in return. And […]