If you’re reading this, most likely you’re a Yankees fan. This isn’t a breaking news story or even a story discussing an actual piece of news. Nothing has actually happened as it pertains to the Yankees and free agent Swiss army knife Ben Zobrist. I’ve gathered you here mostly to discuss the reports that are out […]
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The Case for Trading Andrew Miller
The MLB hot stove hasn’t quite kicked into full gear, but as we await the fall of the large dominoes, the New York Yankees are making headlines. Although the Jose Pirela and JR Murphy trades are not earth-shattering, they are getting the ball rolling. More interesting are the rumors in circulation about Brett Gardner and Andrew Miller. […]
The Case for Trading Brett Gardner
Brett Gardner is the second-longest tenured player on the Yankees roster (after A-Rod), a fairly beloved homegrown product who has contributed to a World Series title and five playoff teams. He’s also a 31-year-old set to begin his decline phase, and for that reason, he’s recently been the subject of some trade rumors, some of […]
Analysis: The Hotstove Has Been Lit
Going into the 2015 offseason, it was all but guaranteed that the Yankees would trade either John Ryan Murphy or Gary Sanchez. Along with Brian McCann and Austin Romine, the team had a surplus of catchers, and plenty of needs elsewhere. An explosive Arizona Fall League performance by Sanchez may have put him ahead of […]
Yankees fail to record a shutout in 2015, but was it close?
Baseball, much like most things in life, is always changing. It’s possible that’s one of your favorite things about baseball, it’s possible that you are praying the game will crystallize right now because it’s making your head spin. It saddens me to be the one to break this news to you, but as it happens your […]
Nathan Eovaldi and the Double Edged Splitter
On June 16th, 2015, Nathan Eovaldi returned to Marlins Park to show the Marlins what they missed out on by trading him. Eovaldi didn’t get past the first inning, recording just two outs before being removed with an ugly eight runs allowed on nine hits. It was the worst outing of his career, underscoring the worst start to […]
Ranking potential offseason targets
Projecting offseason free agent targets is always an arduous task, because price tags will fluctuate over the winter, and needs will change unexpectedly. Keeping that in mind, there is a decent crop of players that the Yankees could sensibly choose from. I am arriving fashionably late to the party. We have already broken down the Yankees’ outfield […]
Breaking Down the Yankees Payroll: Outfield
(Click here for part one of this series, breaking down the Yankees infield payroll) *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 […]
Yankees have need for pitching, but nowhere to put it
Pitching is weird. We all understand that, no? Pitchers are guys that contort their shoulders and arms in unnatural ways so that they can throw a sphere of cork, string and hide faster than that jerk that sped by you on the highway the other day. Sports are generally pretty strange when you really sit […]
The Yankees have everything in place but second base
For the first time in two years, the Yankees will head into the winter trying to make it back to the postseason. Though losing the wild card game doesn’t really feel like making the playoffs, technically that’s considered making it these days. The Yankees Pythagorean winning percentage (.541 %) was the club’s best mark since […]