Alex Rodriguez is and will likely always be a fascinating writing subject. The 40-year-old is one of the greatest baseball talents to walk this earth, and a rather perplexing human being to boot. This year A-Rod showed Father Time that he’s got a couple of more rounds left in him with an improbable comeback that […]
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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 […]
For the 2015 Yankees, everyone has been better than projected
To view the Yankees as a contender entering 2015, you had to squint really hard and continually repeat the word, “if.” It seemed New York had a short to contend, only as long as just about everything went right. That meant Alex Rodriguez contributed, Mark Teixeira bounced back, Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann improved on […]
Has Alex Rodriguez been worth his salary in 2015?
Alex Rodriguez’s contract is the first that pops to mind when you think of giant, regrettable albatrosses clogging MLB checkbooks. The third baseman-turned designated hitter entered this season owed a whopping $61 million over three years despite no guarantee of even making the Yankees’ roster. So when Rodriguez got off to a nice start in […]
Alex Rodriguez gets a visit from the BABIP dragon
It’s no secret that Alex Rodriguez is scuffling a bit right now. At least I hope it isn’t, I don’t want to be in the business of spilling secrets willy-nilly. Assuming you knew that already, you may not have known the extent of his struggles. Over the last 14 days he’s hit .130/.231/.280 and since […]
Do the 2015 Yankees Have a Future Hall of Famer?
The 1992 Yankees finished 76-86, fourth in a seven-team division. They had one regular hitter (Danny Tartabull) with an OPS above .800 and one regular starting pitcher (Melido Perez) with an ERA under 4. That team was the last Yankee team to end a season under .500 and also the last to not have a […]
This Is 40
Alex Rodriguez has blown our minds this year, and it certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed. Each week, Rodriguez silences more of his critics with his solid performance at the plate, and in turn we read a new column in the paper on how he’s changed this season. So, by now, we know A-Rod has turned things around in his […]
Alex Rodriguez’s long road to Twitter respectability
When one reads Baseball Prospectus (or in this case one of its offshoots) one expects to be educated by relatively serious “inside baseball” analysis about the subtleties of men attempting to hit balls with polished sticks. Although the publication has dabbled (absolutely brilliantly I might add) in what constitutes a sandwich, rigorous examinations of baseball do tend […]
Rodriguez at 3,000 – An A-Bomb to the Old A-Rod
It’s 4:47 PM at Yankee Stadium. The Bronx is overcast. A handful of dedicated fans are in the stands – maybe a few hundred. A group of writers and photographers stand on the warning track in front of the first-base dugout. A collection of special visitors stand a bit to their left, directly behind the […]
Recap: Yankees 1 Rays 6
This won’t be long because I don’t want to depress you any more than this game must have. The Yankees offense almost made it through a third consecutive game without an extra-base hit, after 33 games in a row with an extra-base hit to start the season. Alex Rodriguez ended that drought with a solo […]