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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 readingNova, Sori, Ryan give Yankees hope
On one day it is Tampa. The next it is Texas. On Saturday, it was Cleveland, and by the middle of the week, who knows, it might turn out to be Kansas City. And even if the Yankees run the table over the final seven games of the season, it might turn out they are […]
Continue readingYanks can take lickin’, keep on tickin’
They are 5-4 since he returned to the roster after missing nearly three months with a broken right forearm suffered when he was hit by a pitch in the first at-bat of spring training. The point is not that the Yankees are a better team without Granderson than they are with him; that is certainly […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 7
On tap: It’s yet another week with a wide range of scheduled games per team. Week 7 has three more teams scheduled for five-game weeks, and one scheduled for eight — the New York Yankees — thanks to a traditional doubleheader at the Cleveland Indians on Monday that is a makeup of their April 10-11 […]
Continue readingYanks acquire SS Didi Gregorius
The Yankees on Friday announced that they have acquired Gregorius from the Diamondbacks in a three-team trade that also involves the Tigers. Right-handed pitcher Shane Greene was traded from the Yankees to Detroit, while Arizona received left-hander Robbie Ray and minor league infielder Domingo Leyba from the Tigers. Gregorius hit .226 with six homers and […]
Continue readingFantasy Forecaster: Week 3
On tap: Expect a heightened level of intensity in Los Angeles this week, as the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres Monday through Wednesday, only four days after a Zack Greinke–Carlos Quentin hit by pitch spawned a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams that resulted in a fractured collarbone for Greinke and an […]
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 readingWhat does this weekend showdown mean for the Red Sox and Yankees?
Jump to what the series means for: Red Sox | Yankees Only 20 days ago, after the Boston Red Sox fell 10 games under .500 and a season-worst 10 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, it appeared a given that the next meaningful game at Fenway Park would come in […]
Continue readingMark Teixeira, Kevin Youkilis return
Teixeira was in the lineup for the first time this season after tearing the ECU sheath in his right wrist during spring training. “I’m happy with how things went,” said Teixeira, who originally hoped to return around May 1. “It was a little slower than I would have liked. As I’ve told you guys a […]
Continue readingMasahiro Tanaka, White Sox meet
Tanaka and agent Casey Close have until a deadline of 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 to have a contract and physical completed with a team. The right-hander went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in the Japanese League last season and is considered by many to be a top-of-the-rotation starter. The major league team that […]
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