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 [...]
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Yankees Hot Stove: Sign Soriano pronto
Word on the street, courtesy of a recent Sportscenter segment by ESPN’s Buster Olney, is that the Detroit Tigers will be in hot pursuit of New York Yankees closer Rafael Soriano this off-season. The 32-year old Soriano can opt out of his current 3-year, $35 million contract with the Yankees and here are three reasons [...]
New York Yankees: Detroit Tiger-ees Want To Win Now Too
Guess another team, the Detroit Tigers, finally got the memo, since Prince Fielder will be waving goodbye to the Brew Crew as the slugger is heading to the Motor City. ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reported agent Scott Boras got the Tigers to agree to a nine-year, $214 million contract for Prince’s talents. Once the news broke [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Red Sox Been Caught Stealing
The 2011 Winter Meetings are officially underway down in Dallas, Texas and New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman has yet to make any noise. The Yankees have not been shy about being quiet, and look to stay that way because the team is already pretty good. Not that the Yankees are devoid of need, but [...]
New York Yankees Hot Stove: Why Not Ryan Madson
In case you missed reading the NY Post earlier this week, ex-Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon inked a 4-year, $50 million dollar deal with the Philadelphia Phillies. Papelbon didn’t waste any time getting the heck out of Beantown, but who can blame him? A good bet would be the newly ex-Phillies free agent closer [...]
New York Yankees: One, Two Princes Stand Before You
Imagine this scenario…. it is mid-December 2011 and the New York Yankees just sent word to the media that they would be holding a press conference at 2pm at Yankee Stadium. The news spreads fast, and at 1:55pm both fans and haters of the Yankees were already tuned in to hear what this was all [...]
MLB Trade Rumors: K-Rod Heading To Milwaukee Not The Bronx
Sports Illustrated just confirmed via tweet from writer Jon Heyman, that New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, also known as K-Rod, is starting the second-half in Milwaukee, as a Brewer. K-rod got traded to the Brewers about five minutes after Brewers Prince Fielder hoisted the All-Star Game’s MVP Award, as the NL beat the AL [...]
