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 [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Joba Chamberlain category.
New York Yankees: Please don’t ruin Phelps too
Does anyone else find Yankees pitching prospect David Phelps’ story eerily familiar? Getting tossed around like a rag doll between the rotation, bullpen and minors all season. Not be allotted the chance to settle into a roll. Pre-set pitching/innings limit. Getting stretched multiple times as a starter. Excuse me, as the above is not supposed to be a history lesson on Joba Chamberlain and Phil [...]
Yankees are out of Phil Hughes excuses
New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes made his second start yesterday afternoon against Los Angeles Angels, and ex-Ranger CJ Wilson. And Hughes preformed exactly how I thought he would, terribly. I have received endless criticism from LLP readers about my harsh stance on Hughes not having the stuff to be a starter; and that his [...]
New York Yankees: My never read theory about Michael Pineda
I wrote this post almost two weeks ago and never published it because when I read it to a friend and my father they both said I was being oversensitive about my theory of what could happen to Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda. So, I wimped out. And now look what happened…last time I don’t listen to my gut because I totally [...]
Not bad news yet but not music in New York Yankee fans ears either
The bad news is that New York Yankees slugger Curtis Grandersonis hurting. Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News reported that Yankees GM Brain Cashman confirmed that the reason Granderson was out of the line-up was due to a sore right elbow. So, why is this necessarily bad news? No not necessarily yet, but [...]
New York Yankees: 3 pitching scenarios maybe 4
The New York Yankees have some pitching situations to solve. I have narrowed it down to three or four possibilities based on what I believe the 2012 Opening Day rotation should be, which in order is Sabathia, Kuroda, Pineda, Nova and Hughes. First being the plethora of starting pitching. That leaves Freddy Garcia hanging out [...]
New York Yankees: Injury updates already
From the start to the end of Spring Training, players are warming-up their bodies to get ready for the 162-game grind of the regular season. Unfortunately injury setbacks are inevitable, and daily reports sometimes seem endless but also remember that if a player feels anything is off, he will rest as a precautionary measure. You [...]
