The New York Yankeeshot stove is about as ice-cold as it has been in years. But please don’t hang your hat on the theory that no news is good news here as there have been plenty of headlines about players hitting the free agent market and rejecting qualifying offers. All fans can do is hope [...]
Archive of entries posted on November 2012
Yankees Hot Stove: Championships are not cheap
The New York Yankees enter this off-season with so many questions that when I started mulling over the issues as a whole it actually is pretty discouraging. So to say that GM Brian Cashman has his work cut out for him might be the understatement of the century. Cashman has been the Yankees GM for 15-seasons, [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Martin vs Pierzynski
Since the New York Yankees did not make a qualifying offer worth $13.3 million to catcher Russell Martin makes him a free agent, and gives GM Brian Cashman another vacancy to fill. One would believe that Martin is the Yankees first-choice to bring back, as he is familiar with the pitching staff and got two big [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: RA Dickey
New York Yankees Brian Cashman is one of 30 GMs in Indian Wells, Californiaat the annual GM meetings, where the biggest news happens in hotel suites as it is considered baseball’s annual trade fair. GMs offer up players they are willing to listen to offers on, as trades and free-agent signings are typical with usually [...]
Yankees Derek Jeter for President
Which current player would you elect for president? That is right, New York Yankees shortstop, aka the Captain, got the most votes in MLB Network’s Facebook Presidential Poll as he won by a landslide. The Captain took 60% of the fan votes with Jim Thome coming in a distant second with Brandon Phillips, Torii Hunter [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: Gardner, Granderson, Ichiro and Swisher
What will the New York Yankees outfield look like next season? For starters, CF Curtis Granderson and LF Brett Gardner will be back. The Yankees picked up Grandy’s 2013 option and Gardner is under team control till 2015 but is arbitration eligible. So that leaves GM Brain Cashman with a need in right field and a [...]
Yankees: The real truth about Mariano Rivera returning
According to the NY Times, this past Saturday New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman confirmed that star closer Mariano Riverawill return in 2013; it will be the 43-year olds 19th season in pinstripes. I heard the news yesterday via the back cover of the NY Post, and my initial response was not what it would have been [...]
