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Assessing teams that might have use for Jacoby Ellsbury or Chase Headley

Last week, E.J. touched upon the Yankees’ offseason budget and how a few salary shedding trades could be in the club’s plans. E.J. also wrote about Masahiro Tanaka’s decision to remain in the Bronx and how it has increased the likelihood of the Yankees seeking to move salary off the books. Fortunately — Unfortunately? — the Yankees have a […]

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Reacting to Mid-Season Prospect Lists

Calendars shedding another page as they embrace July not only catalyzes heat waves in the Northeast, but also the publishing of mid-season prospect lists. It’s a chance for analysts to recant past criticisms from the preseason and present the masses with prospects who converted their winter efforts into helium in their rise to relevancy. This season has been […]

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Implications of a Torn UCL: The Gleyber Torres Story

I may have jinxed it. Buzz around the Bronx picked up so much a few weeks ago that I felt it was inevitable Gleyber Torres’ would make a resounding entrance into a lineup second only to the Houston Astros in OPS. My series of posts – It’s Not Gleyber Time… Yet & It’s Almost Gleyber […]

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It’s Almost Gleyber Time

Revisiting topics in the sports journalism universe can best be thought of as those Russian nesting dolls. Beautifully crafted to inconspicuously fit over one another, I’ve always found great satisfaction in believing they’re tangible representations of time. Sometimes we’re reminiscent of better days upon removing a shell, while otherwise we’re more than happy to convince […]

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Yankees could get a taste of their own medicine this year

The “New York Yankees” name is arguably the most evocative in North American sports. The team brings to mind a variety of images to both diehard baseball fans and the unfortunately souls who are barely aware of the sport alike. Whether it’s the pinstripes, the financial might, 27 World Series titles, or even just the […]