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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 […]

Yankees shouldn’t bust bank for Cano

The 108-loss Houston Astros? In Minute Maid Park? To end the season and officially close out the closer, Rivera, right after he authored the perfect ending to a near-perfect career by collapsing into the arms of Andy Pettitte and collecting dirt from the Yankee Stadium mound? Hey, you play the schedule that the schedule-makers give […]

Farmhands 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 […]

Hal 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 […]

Hanley Ramirez, Andre Ethier out

Ramirez, struck by a Joe Kelly fastball in the first inning of Friday’s 13-inning loss, was scratched from the lineup less than an hour before game time with bruised ribs. “Hanley’s sore today,” said manager Don Mattingly. “He got it pretty good.” Ramirez underwent X-rays, which came back negative. According to Ramirez, he will undergo […]

Allen Craig in, Shane Victorino out

Cardinals manager Mike Matheny altered his original lineup for Monday night’s Game 5 of the World Series, dropping first baseman Matt Adams for Craig, who is batting .444 (4-for-9) in the Series but is still suffering the effects of stretched ligaments in his left foot. Craig, who doubled off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and […]

Face of NY? It’s Harvey’s race to lose

“I’m going out there, I’m going to fight, I’m going to do everything to win — not just for my teammates, but for New York,” Harvey said early in spring training, after his electric first appearance in which he broke two bats and struck out four of the six hitters he faced with a fastball […]

Is David Ortiz having the greatest farewell season of all time?

Willie Mays hit .211 the year he said goodbye. Hank Aaron batted .229. Harmon Killebrew hit .199. Goose Gossage had a 4.18 ERA. Robin Roberts went 5-8, 4.82. John Smoltz and Phil Niekro both had ERAs north of 6.00. And that’s normal. So keep that in mind as you watch Big Papi heading for the […]