Do you know what happened 10 years ago today? 10 years ago today Robinson Canó officially signed with the Mariners (the agreement was reported a few days earlier). Usually when I share these “this date in Yankees history” nuggets, my reaction is wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long! I feel so old! In this case it’s more like wow, it’s only been 10 years? It feels like Canó left a lifetime ago. Robbie is the Yankees’ all-time leader among Dominican-born players with +44.4 W...
2023-12-12 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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It has been two days and Juan Soto is still hitless as a Yankee. They gave up Mike King for this guy? Cashman failed. Anyway, during his conference call Thursday, Brian Cashman confirmed the Padres asked for Anthony Volpe and Jasson Domínguez initially, but he wasn’t going to do that. Can’t blame the Padres for asking. Gotta at least try. Here’s what I wrote about the Soto trade and here now i...
2023-12-08 11:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Give up a homer to him, then get traded for him. It’s a tough business, Randy.
The Yankees entered the offseason needing to do something to liven up the offense and to some extent the franchise itself. That something arrived late Wednesday night. The Yan...
2023-12-07 05:11:07 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE (10:07am ET): Jack Curry says Juan Soto talks have continued and "a trade is likely," and mentioned Mike King and Drew Thorpe could headline a package of 4-5 players. He cautions there still need to be medical reviews and all that, but let's be real here, the YES Network's...
2023-12-06 11:00:08 +0000 UTC
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There's a new No. 99 in the Bronx (I kid, I kid)
The Yankees have a new left-handed hitting outfielder, but not the one we all want. Late Tuesday night the Yankees acquired Alex Verdugo from the Red Sox (!) for minor league righties Richard Fitts, Nick Judice, and Greg Weissert. 2023-12-06 03:23:41 +0000 UTC
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The 2023 Winter Meetings are underway in Nashville and, one day in, it’s been pretty quiet. I had some free time Monday and figured I should cobble together the latest Yankees-related and Yankees-adjacent hot stove happenings, so let’s recap them now. I can’t promise similar posts Wednesday and/or Thursday, but I’ll try my best. Depends on my workload at CBS more than anything (and also on there being enough stuff to write about).
The latest on Soto
Juan...
2023-12-05 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The 2023 Winter Meetings are underway in Nashville and it felt wrong to wait until Tuesday to run this post, so let’s get it out there bright and early Monday morning, before things start happening. Remember, the draft lottery is Tuesday night (5:30pm ET on MLB Network). The Yankees have a chance at the No. 1 pick because they missed the postseason, but it’s a long shot. A long shot is still be...
2023-12-04 11:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hark, rumors.
The rumblings about a potential Juan Soto trade are growing louder. Jeff Passan (subs. req’d) says some in the game believe it could happen by the end of the Winter Meetings, 2023-12-02 01:06:48 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: I accidentally hit publish early. This is the completed version of the post.
Earlier this week Yoshinobu Yamamoto won his third straight Pacific League MVP. He’s the third player in NPB history to win three straight MVPs, joining Hall of Fame pitcher Hisashi Yamada (1976-78) and the great Ichiro Suzuki (1994-96). "He is a legend of the franchise. I'm happy to have done the same as him,” Yamamoto told the 2023-11-30 17:16:38 +0000 UTC
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The Thanksgiving weekend is over and MLB’s Winter Meetings are a week away. It’s time to get back to business. The hot stove is beginning to heat up and I hope the Yankees do something soon, mostly because I’m bored. The Jake Bauers trade can only hold me over so long. Here now is Tuesday morning's post Monday afternoon. I'm publishing early because it's the time of year when things can happe...
2023-11-27 20:09:07 +0000 UTC
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Reminder: I am skipping this Friday’s regularly scheduled post. I’ll cover any significant breaking news, otherwise I’m going to take it easy during the long Thanksgiving weekend. I hope you all have a great Turkey Day. Thanks as always for reading and your support. Let’s now get to today’s post as Aaron Judge’s No. 29 is retired at Fresno State.
1. Latest roster moves. The h...
2023-11-21 11:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Things are really quiet this offseason, no? Not just with the Yankees. I mean every team. By this time last offseason Teoscar Hernández had been traded and Anthony Rizzo had re-signed with the Yankees, among other moves. So far this offseason’s major move is Abraham Toro getting traded to the Athletics rather than non-tendered. Even rumors are scarce. Maybe it’s the weak free agent class, maybe everyone is waiting for Yoshinobu Yamamoto to get posted, maybe it’s something else. I dunno...
2023-11-17 11:00:07 +0000 UTC
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In case you missed it, here is my 2023-24 Offseason Plan. Make sure you bookmark it for future mocking purposes. Also, a reminder: I’m planning to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Nov. 24th. That is next Friday and it’s the day after Thanksgiving. Unless there’s breaking news, I’m going to take it easy during the long holiday weekend. Let’s get to today’s post now. I’d say...
2023-11-14 11:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I started these Offseason Plans in 2016 and I u
2023-11-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner held press conferences earlier this week and yeesh, the less said about them, the better. There was one small yet important piece of news though: Cashman confirmed there are no new injuries or surgeries to report since the season ended. I guess that means Aaron Judge’s toe surgery is scheduled for sometime in March. Kidding! Or am I? Let’s get to today’s post. As a reminder, the Offseason Plan will be published Monday. Thanks for being patient.
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2023-11-10 11:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Site note: I’m planning to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Nov. 24th. That is two weeks from this Friday and it is the day after Thanksgiving. If there is breaking news, I will happily cover it, otherwise I’m going to lay low during the long holiday weekend. Let’s now get to today’s post as Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman will finally hold press conferences Tuesday and acknowledge the season has ended.
1. Mendoza to become Mets manager. Carlos Me...
2023-11-07 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The 2023 MLB season is over and the 2023-24 offseason has arrived. Here’s the offseason calendar and what each date means for the Yankees, in case you missed it. I can firm up some dates now that the World Series is over and the offseason has begun. Here’s what’s coming:
- Tuesday, Nov. 7th: Jung-Hoo Lee free agent profile
- Friday, Nov. 10th:
2023-11-03 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The Rangers are the 2023 World Series champions and the offseason is here. The Yankees have been in offseason mode for over a month now and they should – should – be active this winter. They missed the postseason and posted their worst record since 1992, and there are holes aplenty on the roster. This team isn’t a tweak or two away from contending. With that in mind, here is the offseason calendar and a look at what each date means for the Yankees.
Today, Nov. 2n...
2023-11-02 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Hal: “What more do you want? He’s already wearing pinstripes!”
By almost any measure, the Padres were the most disappointing team in baseball this season. They came into the season expecting to contend for a World Series title, and instead they went 82-80 and missed the postseason. And they had to win 14 of their final 16 games just to finish with a record that good. A colossal disappo...
2023-10-31 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I know I recently said I would have Jung-Hoo Lee and Yoshinobu Yamamoto breakdowns before the end of October, but I’m going to push those back to early November. I want to see whether we get updated scouting reports once free agency opens. Everything we have now is from last year or, at best, the World Baseball Classic. Those posts are definitely coming. I just want to be able to provide the most...
2023-10-27 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Remember the external front office audit? It hasn’t started yet. Bob Klapisch says it’ll begin after the World Series. Isn’t that cutting it close with Thanksgiving though? Then the holidays and New Years are right around the corner, and a lot of people in the industry unplug and take vacation in January. Might be better to wa...
2023-10-24 10:00:03 +0000 UTC
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It has been nearly three weeks since the Yankees last played a game and we’re still waiting on someone from the organization to say something. Season’s over dudes. Maybe say something about it? Whatever man. Why do I even care. Let’s get to today’s post.
1. The rotation depth chart and pitching pipeline. This is not a good offseason to need starting pitching. I mean, there’s no such thing as a good offseason to need starting pitching, but this offseason is esp...
2023-10-20 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I think the Patreon formatting issues are a web Gmail issue. Everything looks like it should on the Patreon site and on the Gmail app, but not when I open the post email on my computer. Anyone having issues with other email services? Or am I just going crazy? This should be bold and this should be in italics. I hope to get this sorted out soon. Let’s just get to today’s post.
1. Injury updates. When the regular season ended, the Ya...
2023-10-17 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Thank you for hanging in there while I get my bearings following this annoying Patreon update. I’m going to use today’s intro to conduct a brief experiment:
This text was copied over from Google docs and should be bold.
This text was edited in Patreon and should be bold.
This text was copied over from Google docs and should be in italics.
This text was edited in Patreon and should be in italics.
Hopefully that works and I can go back to co...
2023-10-13 10:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Site note: Patreon rolled out a massive update last week and reader, I hate it. The backend is clunky and needlessly complicated – why are the post editor and schedule/publish settings on different pages??? – and bold text did not show in the email I received for last Friday’s post, which made the mailbag in particular difficult to read. Maybe it’s a Gmail thing and not a Patreon thing because bold text shows on the Patreon site? I dunno. Please bear with me while I figure out how to ...
2023-10-10 10:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Heck of a Wild Card Series for former Yankees pitchers: 24.1 IP, 19 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 25 K, 1 HR between Miguel Castro, Aroldis Chapman, Nathan Eovaldi, Sonny Gray, Chad Green, Jordan Montgomery, David Robertson, and the legend Joe Mantiply. I didn’t even include Zack Littell, Elvis Peguero, and Erik Swanson, who spent time in the farm system but never pitched for the Yankees. On one hand, it’s good the Yankees identified all those guys as postseason caliber pitchers. On the other hand, the Y...
2023-10-06 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Sad news: Tim Wakefield passed away over the weekend. He was only 57 and commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Wakefield had cancer in his statement. Wakefield was a fixture during the most intense years of the Yankees vs. Red Sox rivalry – I swear, it felt like he pitched every other game against the Yankees from 1996-2011 – and...
2023-10-02 17:41:06 +0000 UTC
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The final series of 2023 is upon us. This feels like the final series of 2013, when the 85-win Yankees closed out their season against the hard-tanking Astros in Houston. We all remember that series for Andy Pettitte’s complete game in the final start of his career (video), but do you remember Game 162 going a wholly unnecessary 14 innings? It happened (2023-09-29 10:01:00 +0000 UTC
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UPDATE: The Yankees made a late addition to their Arizona Fall League contingent Monday. It's been added to the AzFL section at the end of the post.
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Six games remain in the 2023 Yankees season and I am both happy and sad. Happy because I won’t have to watch this drag of a team much longer, sad because I love baseball and will no longer have the Yankees to watch every night. Anyway, let’s get to today’s post now that Yankee Stadium is closed for the win...
2023-09-26 10:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The tragic number is down to three. Any combination of Yankees losses and wins by the third Wild Card team du jour totaling three will eliminate the Yankees from the Wild Card race. They’ve been out of the race for weeks, but soon it will be official, and we won’t have to listen to the YES Network booth pretend there’s still a chance. Anyway, let’s get to today’s post.
1. Weekday thoughts. The Yankees didn’t do an especially good playing spoiler this week. T...
2023-09-22 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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