A key for the Yankees in 2016 will be Michael Pineda. He’s shown flashes of tantalizing upside, and could be on New York’s list of most valuable pitchers. But Pineda has yet to put it all together over a full season. You likely remember May 10, which was the date of Pineda’s monstrous 16 strikeout outing. […]
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Bryce Harper is evolving in a Yankee-friendly direction
Bryce Harper is an incredibly good baseball player. The New York Yankees are an unfathomably wealthy organization. Following the 2018 season these two facts could converge to help author the biggest contract in the history of baseball. The operative word being ‘could.’ The inevitability of such an event has likely been overstated, but the Yankees […]
Which Yankee has the worst contract?
The Yankees are, quite notably, the only Major League team without a major-league free agent signing this offseason. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of glaring needs and a desire to get younger, but the primary explanation for Brian Cashman’s silence in free agency is money. The Yankees, weary of the annual luxury tax […]
Brian Cashman is an Elite Trader
When Jeff Sullivan of Fangraphs asked baseball fans how they felt about their team’s front office, the Yankees and Brian Cashman ranked at the neutral position of 15th. This data isn’t exactly shocking, given New York’s reputation of being perpetually dissatisfied with their teams, but considering the Yankees’ run of success, Cashman probably deserved a higher […]
A fan’s guide to coping with the Greg Bird injury
For some teams, a prospect coming up to the big leagues and thriving is a regular occurrence. How lovely it must be to be a Cardinals fan! For other teams, it’s a rare occurrence. For the Yankees, it hasn’t really happened since Brett Gardner or David Robertson. There’s been a constant stream of disappointment since then, […]
Greg Bird to miss 2016 season with torn labrum
Mere months ago, Greg Bird stole Yankees fans’ hearts, but the love affair is already on hold. Bird will miss all of the 2016 season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, the Yankees announced Monday. According to a news release, the injury is a recurrence of an injury first sustained last May. Bird […]
Three Yankees prospects land in BP’s Top 101
First of all, if you’re reading this and haven’t purchased the Baseball Prospectus 2016 annual, complete with player predictions and insider-level comments on each team, you should order a copy. BP released its Top 101 Prospects of 2016 on Friday, which includes three promising youngsters in the Yankees system. OF Aaron Judge (No. 18) 2015 rank: 59 Book comments: Judge […]
What does it take for Didi Gregorius to crush a southpaw?
For Didi Gregorius, 2015 was a year of firsts. It was his first season in pinstripes, his first full year as a starter and his first time feeling the oppressive burden of replacing one of baseball’s most iconic players. Entering the season, all three of those examples were to be expected, but Gregorius also achieved a first that […]
Alex Rodriguez and the story of the Yankees in the 21st century
The myth of Sisyphus tells the story of a Greek king damned to an eternity of pushing a boulder up a hill as punishment for a life of arrogance and greed. Until the end of all things, and beyond, Sisyphus will still lie below in Tartarus, rolling his boulder up his hill until it falls […]
Why Aaron Hicks is an upgrade over Chris Young
On Nov. 11, the New York Yankees swapped backup catcher John Ryan Murphy for Minnesota Twins centerfielder Aaron Hicks. Following the departure of Chris Young on Dec. 2 (2 years, $13 million to Boston), Hicks was quickly established as New York’s fourth outfielder. A portion of Yankee fans opposed these actions. Young fit in well […]