New York Yankees

By Greg After the events of the past few days — the Yankees winning their 27th World Series and being feted for it; the Mets doing no such thing — perhaps you wonder, what's the point? I'd love to tell you what it is, but I have no real clue. We're done rooting against the Yankees. We're done rooting again...

By Greg Fertel GF: What are you up to this offseason? Do the Yankees have you doing anything specific or are you just getting some rest? GF: Have the Yankees given you any indication about where you’ll be next season? Where would you like to start the season?

By Keith Smooth As you can already guess from the title of this article, I am a fan of the New York Yankees.  And because I am a fan of the Bronx Bombers, I am inclined to ask any non-Yankee fans this question: 7. If he's an Angels fan say this: 5. If he's a Red Sox fan say this:

By Greg Fertel GF: What are you up to this offseason? Do the Yankees have you doing anything specific or are you just getting some rest? GF: Have the Yankees given you any indication about where you’ll be next season? Where would you like to start the season?

By DMtShooter Five Tool Tool gt;Phil Coke entered the game in the seventh, and Chase Utley treated him like just about every other pitcher in this series by crushing a home run to right. In five games, he's got five home runs, and is now tied Reggie Jackson for the most home runs in a World Series. It's just crazy to me that an...

Alex Rodriguez wound up with a home run after the first instant replay review in World Series history, and the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5 on Saturday night for a 2-1 edge. Rodriguez homered to start a big comeback and those powerful Yankees bats finally broke loose...

While the Game One matchup of former teammates Lee and CC Sabathia was noted by several media outlets, there’s another, more obscure set of former mates on these two teams. In the New York Times, Tyler Kepner reveals the shared pasts of Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez and Yankees ultra-st...

By Richard Marsh Asked last April who were the last two teams I would like to see in the World Series, anybody and everybody who knows me well enough would have said the Yankees vs. the Phillies. Hating to admit it, this World Series potentially has the makings of perhaps one of the all time greats. Great pitchin...

By Adam Bernacchio After the Angels had their *Mark Langston moment on a 3-2 count to Jorge Posada, the Yankees had bases loaded and two outs with Mark Teixeira coming to the plate. Did the Yankees not watch Game Three of the ALDS between the Angels and the Boston Red Sox? Series MVP – CC Sabathia

By J. Conrad Guest Game five of last night’s ALCS game between the Yankees and Angels was fascinating not just because Los Angeles staved off elimination, doing it in comeback fashion late. But now Buck and McCarver are trying to sell me, and Major League Baseball, on the importance of getting the calls righ...

By patrick bohn To some, this photo shows you all you need to know about the Yankees-Twins playoff series. In same ways, this was the perfect example of how the Yankees and Twins differ. Teixeira and Rodriguez are Yankees for a simple reason: The Yankees could pay them what others could not.

By JinAZ 24. Baltimore Orioles.  TQI = 0.439 The power rankings rate the Orioles as the worst team in the American League.  There's good agreement across all of our different win "measures," from reality to cW%.  Breaking them down is simple too: the Orioles were below average in hitting, pitching, an...

By Vince Mercandetti Meanwhile, Andy Pettitte can now concentrate on the most important game of the series on the road where he has fared better and he will get two extra days of rest. Whether it's 2-0, 0-2, or 1-1, game three in a short series if the most essential outcome and Pettitte will bring a .230 BAA and 3.71 ro...

By Greg F. On September 28th, Baseball America released it's list of the top 20 prospects in the New York-Penn League. There are 14 teams in the league, so it'd be nice to see the Yankees have two or three prospects on the list. This time, though, the Yankees had four players selected as top-20 prospects....

By Greg Fertel On September 7, Brett Gardner was activated from the disabled list, after spending nearly a month and a half there. Since then, Gardner has appeared in a majority of games, but it is evident Girardi views Melky Cabrera as the Yankees' starting center fielder. Offense Defense Baserunning

By Greg Fertel Tampa Yankees MVP: Damon Sublett, 2B/OF: .270/.376/.416 with a wOBA of .367 in 473 plate appearances. In 2007, with Staten Island, Sublett hit 8 home runs, but has not been able to duplicate that power in Tampa. Over 557 Tampa at-bats, he has hit only 6 home runs. He has still shown some power, with a...

By Greg Fertel His power is virtually non-existent so far; he's hit only 6 home runs in 539 at bats, but he is only 20 years old. I expect him to start next season in Tampa and continue to hit. Of all the prospects in the Yankees' farm system, this is the guy whose stock has risen the most in the 2009 season. He will d...

By Vito Calamito So I have not written for a while, it has been busy, but I just wanted to make some comments on my FIRST PLACE New York Yankees. Maybe it is less stress on his young arm, but more stress on him mentally. After all, it was Yogi and Casey who said, "Half of baseball is 90 percent mental." Look at what hap...

By Vince Mercandetti If it had the same pieces in April and May that it has now it could be on pace for 110 wins, as it is it's on pace for over 101, something unapproached since the 2003 Yankees. And yes, they still play poorly against the Angels and have a losing record against the Red Sox (on a side note, how crazy is i...

By patrick bohn Using the 2008 ALCS and the 2009 Yankees staff as an example: Game Three Oct. 13: Pettitte Game Six Oct. 18: Pettitte on normal rest I'm simply doing it to illustrate the point that, if worse came to worse, the Yankees could survive without Chamberlain this year

By Nathaniel Stoltz With right-handed hitters Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter and switch-hitters Jorge Posada, Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera and Mark Teixeira getting everyday at-bats, that's not too much of a surprise. So the ideal pitcher against New York is right-handed.

By Vince Mercandetti The AL East has become a Yo-yo. Today marks the exact reason you simply ignore what the Yankees look like in Los Angeles. New York is hands down the best road team in the AL East, but in LA they will look feeble, sloppy and ugly. If you watch the Yankees in any year for any extended amount of time, you...

By BHL I have been of the opinion for quite some time that Fenway Park is past its day and should be demolished, and with a recent trip to see the New York Yankees take on the New York Mets on June 13, 2009, I'm not quite sure I can happily attend another Red Sox game at Fenway.

By Matthew Irby Still with a 4.5 game lead in the AL West on the Angels, the Rangers went into week nine of the season with a trip to the Northeast to square off with the Yankees and Red Sox. The Rangers lone highlight of the evening was a three-run home run by Nelson Cruz, his 15th of the season.

By Vince Mercandetti Think about it before you make judgment; this isn't a desperation move, it's a logical one. The Red Sox didn't sign Brad Penny because they didn't have a suitable fifth starter, nor did they sign Saito because they didn't think they had a setup man. If you can criticize Brian Cashman for ANYTH...

By Tom Schecter April 21: Yankees 5, A's 3 April 22: Yankees 9, A's 7 - 14 innings April 24: Red Sox 5, Yankees 4 - 11 innings April 25: Red Sox 16, Yankees 11 9-8 Boston after six innings. The big quesiton is, which Yankee bullpen showed up? April 25: Red Sox 4, Yankees 1

By Bill Slattery Yankees Posted in MLB - Mets, MLB - Yankees, Writer - Bill Slattery Now that each of the two new Big Apple ballparks, let’s take a look at the early reviews.  I have yet to go to Federal Bailout Field, but I was at the new place where the Yankees play for the Saturday exhibition game against the Cu...

By Tom Schecter Paul O'Neill, David Cone, and Tino Martinez got probably the loudest cheers from the first audience ever to set foot in the new Yankee Stadium. Other well-loved notables: Berra, Randolph, Boomer Wells (who sat in the bleachers for the game!) and Goony Bird Larsen.

By Jeff Moody 2. The Yankees hitters are supposed to hit home runs. Is this not why Nick Swisher was kept on to be the fourth outfielder? In the 22 run debacle, Mark Teixeira and Melky Cabrera hit home runs. The other players hit home runs in the rest of the series.

By Wise Guides The Yanks just opened their new palace in the Bronx and, while it's a beautiful place, one of the most striking features in the opening week are the empty seats behind home plate and the dugouts. Hal Steinbrenner, who is now running the show in the Bronx with his dad in partial retirement, ac...

By Heartbeat Of The Bronx Jorge Posada was summoned to save the Yankees from the jaws of defeat, and he was certainly up to the task. Mariano Rivera was called on to finish off the win like he has done so many times before, and New York escaped with a much needed series split.

By Rick Chandler Campeau-Laurion's lawsuit contends that his constitutional rights were violated under the First, Fourth and Fourteenth amendments. He's suing the NYPD, the New York Yankees, the City of New York and the two police officers who ejected him. City lawyer Muriel Goode-Trufant said the cit...

By Vince Mercandetti Why in the world did the Yankees tab Pepsi to be their sponsor? These are the New York Yankees and yet Pepsi is the Mets of soda. Honestly, whoever is in charge should actually have to taste Pepsi before thinking it was a good idea to try to pretend New York should be showing favoritism towards t...

By Vince Mercandetti Lost in the shuffle of the offseason under the pile of new signings, position battles and A-Rod dramas was perhaps the most exciting part of 2009 for Yankees fans;their new stadium. I have my own impressions from watching the exhibition games against the Cubs over the weekend, but our budd...

By Vince Mercandetti JH: I was very sad during the closing ceremonies at the old Stadium, but as I wrote in the New York Times, it was a building. My memories are in my head. No matter where the Yankees play, I’ll always have them. So I’m looking forward to the new place with great anticipation. I just hope people can afford a ticket. Very pricey. S&P: How do you feel about Brian Cashman? Joe Girardi (now)? S&P: How will the 2009 Yankees do? JH: They’ll win their 27th championship, of course. Didn’t you read my article in last Sunday’s New York Times? I had a tarot card reading and the women assured me the Yanks would get it done. :) She specifically credited Sabathia and Teixeira with playing important roles.    [read the full post]

By kobrien So I got through reading a book about the Yankees yesterday afternoon. But not the one that's attracting all the attention and controversy. Plenty of people have weighed in on the Joe Torre book, so I'll leave that to others... If you're looking for a new Yankees book other than "The Yankee Years...

Filed under: Orioles, Yankees, AL East, The DugoutA few days ago, Mike Mussina told the Yankees about his plans to retire instead of coming back to play next year, and I want to make a couple of things clear about my point of view in relation to this before you scroll to the bottom of this and le...

By Vince Mercandetti Regression should be the 2008 team slogan. Only Mike Mussina and Johnny Damon exceeded expectations for a long period of time. Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Wilson Betemit, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy and Shelley Duncan-these are...

The Angels could finally put the rest of the AL West out of their collective misery and clinch the division with a win tonight over the New York Yankees and a Texas Rangers loss. It would break the record for the earliest a team has claimed the division, a distinction currently held by the 1971...

By Vince Mercandetti I wanted to start off thanking Red Sox fans of all people. As surprised as you may have been trying to console (whether through guilt, superstition, or fear) a Yankees fan when he realized his team would miss the playoffs... His numbers? 320, 20 HR, 83 RBI. April: .316 (.391 OBP) May: .300 (.343 OBP)

By Harris Decker It means that the Mets and Yankees both came out as huge winners at the trade deadline. By now everyone knows the trades. The Yankees got Xavier Nady and Demaso Marte for practically nothing out of their farm system, and then traded Kyle Farnsworth for Ivan Rodriguez. Moving onto the Mets.

By Moshe Mandel 5) Johnny Damon Is No Longer A Horse’s Posterior- Damon had been the most productive Yankee until the time of his injury. With Jeter and Abreu struggling, Damon was the only one making things happen at the top of the lineup. He also played a very decent left field. I like Brett Gardner, but he is n...

By Moshe Mandel 1) Chien-Ming Wang- Wang was back to his usual self during his Opening Day start, tossing seven very good innings against the Jays. He allowed eight baserunners over those innings, and allowed few hard hit balls. The Yankees need Wang to anchor this staff and eat plenty of innings, and he del...

By Steve Lombardi Yeah, I know, stupid of me to dare compare Yankees prospects (who are all wunderkind and Über-valuable) to prospects from an organization other than the Yankees (who, being non-Yankees prospects, are all therefore just minor league filler). Stupid, stupid, stoooop-id!

Earl was right. And, nothing has changed since that time. If the answers to all those "questions" on the 2008 Yankees pitching staff turn out to be unfavorable for New York, it's going to be a long "last" season in the "current" Yankee Stadium.

By Daniel Rathman Before the Winter Meetings in Nashville earlier this month, the Twins seemed to be in control of the Johan Santana trade talks, with several teams pursuing the two-time Cy Young winner. The Red Sox seemed to be leading the way, with packages built around either southpaw Jon Lester or cente...

By hugo My trip to Yankee stadium for the weekend also went quite well, although the Jays dropped 2 of the three games, they played hard in all of them and, though it was frustrating not to be able to hold the lead, you have to respect the team for giving it their all against the Yankees with nothing on t...

By Administrator On August 30, 1967, the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in extra innings by the score of 2-1… with the win, the Sox finished their nine-game road trip with a 6-3 record. Combined with losses by Detroit (3-2 at California) and Minnesota (4-2 vs Baltimore), the Red Sox moved 1 1/2 games ahead in...

By Administrator The Red Sox and Minnestoa Twins remained tied atop the American League as both teams won close games… the Red Sox beat the Yankees in New York, 3-0, while the Twins beat the Orioles, 3-2, in Minnesota. During the day, the Red Sox came to terms with free agent outfielder Ken Harrelson as a repla...

By Marty Dodge Damn Yankees: Uprising Live One can always hope that the Damn Yankee machine will come back, especially with Blades and Shaw working together again. Until that happens this is a fitting testament to a cracking rock supergroup. Great stuff and well worth the price of admission.