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 [...]
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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 [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Happy New Year You Cheapskates?
Cheapskates? Or Victims? At the start of the 2012 off-season the New York Yankees brass turned reformed savvy shoppers? The Yankee and cheapskates… it just sounded wrong. And guess what, it just might be. In actuality, MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement could be a bigger influence behind this thrifty transformation in the Bronx. See, the [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Billy Beane Are You Kidding Me
Rumors about Oakland A’s pitcher Gio Gonzalez being on the market have swirled since the start of the off-season. Moneyball and A’s GM Billy Beane is asking for the riches of Solomon for Gonzalez, which is not surprising coming from Beane but reality is you are banking on potential talent. Gonzalez is 26-years old, and [...]
Ready Freddy? New York Yankees Sign Garcia For 2012
The New York Yankees and pitcher Freddy Garcia had something to be thankful for, as the two sides agreed on a one-year, $4 million +incentives deal according to the New York Post; and confirmed via tweet by SI’s Jon Heyman. Last season, Garcia won 12-games in his first year as a Yankee; and he did [...]
New York Yankees: One Sox Down, Six Soxs To Go And A New Attitude
The New York Yankees won the first game in Chicago 3-2, as Ozzie and his White Sox just couldn’t muster much even against off a so-so CC Sabathia. An off night for Sabathia was still good enough to earn him his MLB leading 16th win, with just enough help from the Yankee bats to make [...]
