Whether you read it in the local newspaper; watch it on ESPN’s Sportscenter or MLB Network’s Quick Pitch; or hear it on Mad Dog Radio, there are certain words like setback, injury, slump, suspension that a fan immediately knows means trouble. Not one of the 30 MLB teams is devoid of issues over the course of the 162-game regular [...]
Archive of posts tagged Kei Igawa
Baseball Basics: The Posting System
If you are a baseball fan, you must have heard the name Yu Darvish. Darvish is Japan’s newest pitching phenom who is coming to MLB in 2012, but that seems to be the extent of some fans knowledge by choice or not. Well, since I did receive a few emails this week asking me to [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Not Yu Again As Bombers Bid On Darvish
The Yu Darvish auction officially ended at 4pm yesterday, and rumors are swirling that the New York Yankees might have gotten trigger-happy. What exactly are MLB teams bidding for? To win the negotiating rights of Japan’s latest pitching sensation, and MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the winning bid is “sky-high.” ESPN’s Buster Onley tweeted that [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Why Yu Do Not Belong In The Bronx
The rumor mill is buzzing about the New York Yankees growing interest in signing Japan’s latest pitching phenom named Yu Darvish. My guess, or hope is that the truth behind these rumors is more media driven than Yankee; and here are four reasons why: 1) When an MLB team wants to acquire a Nippon Pro [...]
New York Yankees: Choosing Between Oswalt, Buehrle And Wilson
GM Brian Cashman was pretty clear about his goals for the 2012 off-season; the New York Yankees are looking to add “pitching, pitching, pitching.” Unfortunately for the Yankees this off-season’s free agent arms are not the greatest; and entirely incomparable to the available position players like Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Jose Reyes. There is [...]
