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 […]
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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 […]
Are the Yankees approaching a rebuild?
Yankee fans are accustomed to rooting for a contending team. Although they haven’t made the playoffs in two out of the last three years, and lost in the wild-card game last season, there hasn’t been a shred of doubt that the front office will attempt to assemble a contender in 2016. While some skepticism is certainly warranted with the […]
Was the 2009 Yankees Infield the Best Infield of All-Time?
The other day I was thinking about the 2009 Yankees (because that’s what you do as a Yankee fan when you can’t really remember the late 90s) and found myself marveling for the umpteenth time at how incredible their infield was: Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez all had good years at […]
Breaking Down the Yankees Payroll: Infield
*Brian McCann, $15M vesting option if he totals 1,000 PAs from 2017-18, catches 90 games in 2018 and is not on the disabled list at the end of the 2018 season *Brendan Ryan, $1M player option *Alex Rodriguez, $6M bonus at 763 HR and 764 HR *Brett Gardner, $12.5M Team Option, $2M Buyout *Jacoby Ellsbury, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Power is back in the Bronx
The Yankees offense has exploded this year. They stand behind just the MLB-leading Blue Jays in runs scored with 525 (entering play Wednesday), which is 40 ahead of the third place Astros. In the power department, they stand just eight homers short of the MLB-leading Astros with 144. In comparison, the 2014 Yankees hit just […]
Four-Seam Domination: The Resurgence of Mark Teixeira
You can call it a comeback. You can call it a return to form. You can even call it a third cliched expression not thought of by uninventive baseball writer, but that would be kind of mean. No matter what you call the first half of Mark Teixeira’s 2015, though, one thing is undeniably true: […]
Recap: Yankees 2, Mariners 1
A few years ago, it was an event anytime CC Sabathia and Felix Hernandez would square off with one another. Sunday the pair of hurlers delivered without much fanfare as each allowed one run over six innings before giving way to the bullpen. Hernandez was one out away from shutting out the Yankees through six […]