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Hal a winner? Time to get Tanaka
And if the Yanks don’t, their fans won’t. Hal has said he will only approve a payroll below the $189 million luxury-tax threshold — and the tens upon tens of millions in savings such a budget would bring — if he was confident it would still allow him to field a championship-level team. But as […]
Continue readingTime to start the legend of Troy?
Tulowitzki started directly addressing the speculation way back in spring training because the Yankees are going to have two vacancies — at shortstop, and as the face of the franchise — when Jeter retires after this season. Now, the best reason to still consider the possibility that Tulowitzki, the best all-around shortstop in the game, […]
Continue readingMcCann’s value rises with Yankees
What they’ve discovered: Lefty pull power plays brilliantly there. And this is precisely what the Yankees got when they signed catcher Brian McCann to a reported five-year, $85 million contract (including a vesting option for 2019), according to ESPNNewYork.com’s Andrew Marchand. McCann, a left-handed hitter, has been one of baseball’s most extreme pull power hitters […]
Continue readingIs Ellsbury a top-10 player in fantasy?
It just might not be Robinson Cano. According to ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick, the Yankees and Jacoby Ellsbury reached agreement late Tuesday on a seven-year, $153 million contract. Ellsbury is fantasy baseball’s top free agent, going by the 2013 Player Rater. Ellsbury was the No. 7 player in the game, per the Player Rater, Cano 13th. […]
Continue readingNapoli’s value goes up with Red Sox
Mike Napoli grants us both of these. The Boston Red Sox’s latest acquisition, Napoli is a mediocre defensive catcher who more than likely will receive the bulk of his playing time at first base, though in fantasy he’ll remain eligible behind the plate thanks to 72 games played there in 2012, even if he doesn’t […]
Continue readingFarmhands that can make an impact
NEW YORK — The Yankees can dream about a perfect summer day in the Bronx. A former All-Star — now just 25, maybe not firing his fastball at 98 mph anymore, but still filthy at 95 — goes seven dominant innings. A reliever, now just 23, comes in for the eighth dispensing lightning bolts from […]
Continue readingAstros are putting baseball on notice in ‘Fortnite,’ too
Yes, the Astros stars have fallen under the spell of “Fortnite,” the video game that has taken over the internet. “Probably gotta give Jake [Marisnick] and Bregman the credit for starting the ‘Fortnite’ craze on our team,” World Series MVP George Springer told ESPN ahead of Sunday night’s meeting between the Texas rivals (8 p.m. […]
Continue readingHal goes all-in on Tanaka, 2014
What went overlooked was how the real guiding principle of the Yankees now is not the great hovering spirit of The Boss himself, and how much his personality still affects everything the franchise does even years after his death. It has become What Will Hal Do? — as in Hal Steinbrenner. And Jeter underscored the […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2020: Breaking down bad blood in all four division series
I don’t expect Fernando Tatis Jr. to hit a triple, slide into third base, get tangled up with Justin Turner and then pop up and try to punch Turner in the face, like what happened with George Brett and Graig Nettles in the 1976 American League Championship Series. I don’t expect the Yankees and Rays […]
Continue readingTom Brady catching Patrick Mahomes? Our lineup of NFL stars drafted by MLB
The past two quarterbacks to win a Super Bowl — Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes — could have been pro baseball players. Before Brady won six rings, he was chosen in the 18th round of the 1995 draft by the Montreal Expos. “He was a left-handed-hitting catcher with power. He had a good future,” the […]
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