After all that has not transpired this off-season for the New York Yankees the last thing fans wanted to read was a rumor that Lance Berkman, aka the Big Puma could be re-emerging in the Bronx in 2013. Well as of two-days ago, Dan Martin of the NY Post reported that bringing back the switch-hitting [...]
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Yankees Hot Stove: RA to AL East
FOX Sports Jon Morosi AND Ken Rosenthal just reported that the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets have officially agreed on a trade sending 2012 CY Young winner RA Dickey to Canada for a handful of very talented prospects. The deal’s only hold-up was that Dickey wanted a well-deserved contract extension, and the [...]
Yankees Hot Stove: A Martin mistake
“I had a great time in New York,” … “It was probably the best baseball experience of my life, but this is the business and it was time to move on.” Those were the farewell words uttered by newly ex- New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin after signing a 2-year; $17 million deal with the [...]
New York Yankees: Losing Brett Gardner again
New York Yankees speedster Brett Gardner was supposed to return to the Bronx again; and again he suffered another setback and now will not return until after the All-Star break in July. Obviously Gardner’s injured right elbow is way more serious than the Yankees initially had hoped, or wanted to believe because he has [...]
New York Yankees: See ya AJ, wouldn’t want to be ya, but do want to thank ya
Ken Rosenthal of FOX SPORTS confirmed what he first tweeted, that the New York Yankees have a deal in place to trade AJ Burnettto the Pittsburgh Pirates, pending MLB Commissioner Bud Selig’s approval and passing a physical on Sunday. Well the good news for Burnett is that he doesn’t have to show his face at Yankees Camp after [...]
New York Yankees hot stove: Rosenthal please stop stirring the Burnett pot
I am kicking myself for presuming that the media would go dormant on trade rumors surrounding New York Yankees pitcher AJ Burnett. As usual the spark came via FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal who reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates might land Burnett. He also wrote that the Yankees were willing to eat most of the $33 [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Missing Eric Chavez
What happened to re-signing six-time Gold Glove winner Eric Chavez? Somewhere between the Pineda-Montero trade, Kuroda signing and the never-ending fifth starter debate, Chavez’s status got pushed aside. Also, baseball in general has taken a back seat to Super Bowl XLVI but especially in New York with the football Giants playing in it. Chavez had [...]
