UPDATE: Here's my bi-weekly Yankees post at CBS. Also, I accidentally omitted Dave Winfield from the "WAR for 6-foot-6 players in their 30s" leaderboard in the Aaron Judge section below. Must've run the search wrong or something, but I double-checked it and updated the post. My bad.
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2021-04-27 13:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time since 2005 and only the 18th time in franchise history, the Yankees have lost 11 of their first 18 games. They needed a win last night to avoid the ninth 6-12 start in franchise history and the first since 1985. Yeesh. Anyway, the Yankees are on pace to go 63-99 with 144 games remaining. To today’s thoughts.
1. Weekly observations. What a month this last week has been. Seriously. The Yankees are somehow boring (because they're struggling to score) a...
2021-04-23 13:03:33 +0000 UTC View PostKnow what happened on this date in 2007? Alex Rodriguez hit his 12th -- 12th! -- home run of the season. 12 homers in 15 games. Ronald Acuna Jr. currently leads baseball with seven homers and the Yankees have 16 homers in 15 games as a team. I had a 20-game ticket package in 2007 and I feel like I saw A-Rod hit 30 homers that year. Anyway, the Yankees are on pace to go 54-108 with 147 games remaining. To today’s thoughts.
1. Weekend observations. When the fans threw b...
2021-04-20 13:33:07 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: CBS talked me into a bi-weekly Yankees post on the team’s latest trends, news, whatever. Turns out the Yankees are good for business. Here is this week’s edition. It will be different content than the Patreon (y’all are paying for this and I’m not going to give it away elsewhere), though there will probab...
2021-04-16 04:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe season is 10 games old and six times the Yankees have allowed three runs or fewer. They've allowed four runs three times (twice in 10-inning games with the automatic runner at second) and 10 runs once. The Yankees are averaging 3.40 runs allowed per game even with the 10-5 loss last Friday, fourth fewest in baseball. The run prevention has been great in the early going. Too bad the offense hasn't held up its end of the bargain yet. The Yankees are on pace to go 81-81 with 152 games remain...
2021-04-13 13:25:55 +0000 UTC View PostSix games into the season, the Yankees have a 1.74 ERA (2.91 FIP) with 33.5% strikeouts and 5.0% walks in 57 innings. Last year Trevor Bauer won the NL Cy Young award thanks to a 1.73 ERA (2.88 FIP) with 36.0% strikeouts and 6.1% walks in 73 innings. It’s been nice having Bauer on the mound every inning so far this year without having to actually employ Trevor Bauer. The Yankees are on pace to go 81-81 with 156 games to play. To today’s thoughts.
1. Odor trade. When...
2021-04-09 13:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a rough opening series against the Blue Jays, the offense woke up last night. You can always count on the Orioles to cure your offensive ills, eh? The Yankees are on pace to go 81-81 with 158 games to play. Let’s get to today’s thoughts.
1. Opening weekend observations. April is the worst time of year to write about baseball. There is baseball happening and that’s great, but the samples are so small, and it’s basically impossible to know what’s real and ...
2021-04-06 13:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostAllow me to quickly self-promote: I wrote a super early trade deadline preview and made 21 bold predictions for 2021 over at CBS, so ...
2021-04-02 12:40:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe 2021 Grapefruit League season is over and t
2021-03-30 13:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostAt this time next week the Yankees will either be 1-0 and on their way to a World Series title, or 0-1 and the season will already be lost. Lots at stake on Opening Day. Spring Training is almost over and meaningful baseball is right around the corner. Thank goodness. Hopefully no one steps on a banana peel and gets hurt between now and then. 2021-03-26 13:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post
At this time next week Spring Training will be over and the Yankees will be back in New York awaiting Opening Day. Did you know the Yankees are 13-7-1 this spring? Pretty good. I wish it meant something. Anyway, here’s the television broadcast schedule for the final few Grapefruit League games 2021-03-23 12:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Two shameless self-promotion links: I contributed to our Top 25 Under 25 post at CBS (it includes a prominent Yankee), and also put together a post looki...
2021-03-19 12:55:19 +0000 UTC View PostMichael Kay and John Sterling called Monday’s game on the YES Network and I’m not gonna lie, it made me nostalgic. Gave me flashbacks to watching Donnie Baseball and Danny Tartabull in the pre-Core Four days. This is me, basically. Anyway, 2021-03-16 13:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Opening Day is less than three weeks away and I can feel Spring Training fatigue setting in. I’ve gone from “yay baseball’s back!” to “just get spring over with so no one else gets hurt before the regular season.” Here is the updated Spring Training broadcast schedule (MLB Network relea...
2021-03-12 14:34:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Spring Training elbow injury monster has come for the Yankees. Fortunately, it’s not a flexor or ligament injury, or anything structural. Zack Britton will have surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow in the coming days, the Yankees announced. He felt soreness a...
2021-03-10 14:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostAaron Boone had pacemaker surgery Wednesday and was back managing Saturday. Amazing, isn’t it? The Yankees are 4-3 with 24 runs scored and 32 runs allowed this spring (that 15-0 loss to the Phillies last week really skews the run differential). The team leaders have 12 plate appearances (several players tied) and five innings pitched (Jordan Montgomery). This has been your Spring Training statistical update. 2021-03-09 14:53:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The first five Grapefruit League games are in the books and the Yankees have been so bad the manager needed a pacemaker. I kid, I kid. No one’s gotten hurt yet, so the first week of Spring Training games have gone well as far as I’m concerned. Here is the updated Spring Training television broadcas...
2021-03-05 13:46:57 +0000 UTC View PostShameless self-promotion: I wrote a thing at CBS ranking the 30 teams based on pressure to win the 2021 World Series. With the Dodgers winning last year, I have the Yankees in the No. 1 spot, and I can’t see an argument for any other team. Come to read about the Yankees, stay for the Rays slander. Now 2021-03-02 15:14:21 +0000 UTC View Post
In about 51 hours the Yankees will play a real live baseball game. Here's the Spring Training broadcast schedule, though it is incomplete. We’re still waiting on MLB Network and a few teams to release their broadcast plans, so more games could be added. Also, the listings at 2021-02-26 13:36:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Real live baseball is less than one week away, people. The Yankees begin Grapefruit League play with a home game against the Blue Jays this coming Sunday. I can’t wait. Here’s what I wrote about the Brett Gardner re-signing over the weekend and here are today’s thoughts as we await official word on the Gardner and Justin Wilson signings.
1. Schmidt shut down. Ah, the firs...
2021-02-23 13:07:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe longest tenured Yankee returns. (Getty)
The inevitable has happened. Friday evening the Yankees agreed to a new one-year contract with Brett Gardner. It includes a player option a...
2021-02-20 16:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostGood news, folks: Grapefruit League games will be televised. The YES Network site says the exhibition opener on Feb. 28th will be televised, and the official site lists 16 broadcasts for March, including eight road games. I guess they’ll piggyback on the home team broadcast with YES announcers calling the game remotely? Ei...
2021-02-19 14:34:02 +0000 UTC View PostPitchers and catchers report to Tampa today and the long journey that is the 2021 MLB season is officially underway. Aaron Boone will hold his annual start-of-spring press conference at 12pm ET and it will air live on the YES Network, if you’re interested in hearing how good everyone looks and how excited Boone is for the season.
The Yankees finally announced their non-roster invitees to Spring Training this morning. Teams are allowed to bring up to 75 players to camp this year and th...
2021-02-17 15:49:14 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the final post of the offseason. Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training tomorrow (the Yankees will get around to announcing their non-roster invitees one of these days, right?) and real live baseball is less than two weeks away. Will we be able to watch it? Unclear. Fingers crossed, everyone, about that and a lot of other things. Let’s get to today’s thoughts.
1. Yankees sign Bruce. The Yankees have their “hey, I know that guy!” non-roster ve...
2021-02-16 14:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re still waiting for the Yankees to do a few things (announce their non-roster invitees, maybe re-sign Brett Gardner, etc.) and all that should happen soon seeing how pitchers and catchers report in six days. Anyway, my annual Top 30 Prospects List will be published tomorrow, so here is Friday’s regularly scheduled post a day early.
1. Rules for 2021. Earlier this week MLB and the MLBPA agreed to health and safety protocols for the 2021 season. The two sides buil...
2021-02-11 14:55:55 +0000 UTC View PostProgramming note: Spring Training opens next week (more on that below), so my annual Top 30 Prospects List will be posted this Friday. Friday’s regularly scheduled post will run Thursday and will include the annual Not Top 30 Prospects. Let’s get to today’s post.
1. Dodgers sign Bauer. The final hours of Trevor Bauer’s free agency were even dumber than I expected. There were false reports of deadlines and agreements, and Bauer sold autographed Mets hats on his w...
2021-02-09 14:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostPSA: Yankee Stadium is now open as a COVID-19 vaccination site for Bronx residents. Here’s where you can make an appointment. As for baseball, there’s not much going on with the Yankees right now -- there’s a reason we ran Retro Week a week or two before Spring Training -- so I went heavy on mailbag questions today. To today’s post...
2021-02-05 14:49:25 +0000 UTC View PostSpring Training is two weeks away and I gotta say, it isn’t very Spring Training-y outside. Lotta snow in New York the last day or two. Hope you’re all safe and weathering the storm (or enjoying the not stormy weather wherever you are). Let’s get to today’s thoughts.
1. Trade target: German Marquez. Over the weekend the Rockies agreed to send franchise player Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals in a salary dump trade. 2021-02-02 13:51:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Spring’s a comin’. (Getty)
In two weeks and two days Yankees pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa for Spring Training. That’s the tentative plan, anyway. The pandemic could change things, b...
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