New York Yankee fans should make a point to tune in, or DVR both today and Friday’s Spring Training games vs. the Washington Nationals. And not to watch the Yankees, but to check out Nationals prodigy prospect Bryce Harper. This 19-year old is supposedly so ridiculously good it might remind you of the good old days of [...]
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New York Yankees: Positive start
Today, New York Yankee fans got their first taste of pitcher Michael Pineda and so far, so good. In his Yankees début, Pineda pitched a solid two innings vs. the Phillies and after giving up a hit to Jimmy Rollins he sat down the next six hitters he faced, posting two strikeouts. Pineda threw a [...]
New York Yankees: 2012 starting rotation two down and three to go
It is no secret that the New York Yankees main focus this Spring Training is to figure out the 2012 starting pitching rotation. Up to now, skipper Joe Girardi has only confirmed the obvious, that ace CC Sabathia will be the Yankees’ Opening Day starter vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, on April 6th at Tropicana [...]
New York Yankees: Who to watch this spring
This Sunday, pitchers and catchers report to 2012 Spring Training, and like most baseball fans, I feel like a kid on the night before Christmas. The New York Yankees might not be able to top the Lin-sanity going on at Madison Square Garden, but you’d be hard pressed to find anything that could. Still, one [...]
New York Yankees: 3 pre-season reasons to be very afraid of this team
The 2012 New York Yankees have a team that is built to win the World Series, and offer plenty of everything for opposing teams to be very afraid about. And here are the three reasons why: 1) MOTIVATION. From CC Sabathia to Mark Teixeira to Alex Rodriguez, if the Yankees have made one thing very clear [...]
New York Yankees: You Want Answers I Got 3 Questions
In a few days it will be February, which means Spring Training is right around the corner as pitchers and catchers report on the 19th. So, while baseball fans are ready to end another long off-season, team’s front offices are scrambling to get everything in order. As for the New York Yankees, this off-season got [...]
New York Yankees: Introducing Prospect Jose Campos
In the midst of all the hysteria surrounding the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero trade, the name Jose Campos might have gotten lost in the shuffle. Campos was the other pitcher the New York Yankees received from the Seattle Mariners in the blockbuster trade. The 19-year-old righty has only been in the minors for two years, and so [...]
