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How Giancarlo Stanton Could Help Yankees Avoid Paying Luxury Tax

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Business and Finance, CBA, Hal Steinbrenner, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on December 10, 2017 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees began the off season trumpeting their intention to fall below the luxury tax threshold for the first time. With a superstar free agent class looming in 2018, avoiding the tax and resetting the penalty from 50% to 20% was deemed an economic imperative. So, what did Brian Cashman do? He traded for the […]

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Tanaka Opts In, Kicks Off Yankees Budget Conscious Winter Plan

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 4, 2017 | Leave a Comment »

Masahiro Tanaka has decided to remain with the Yankees, and, in the process, confined the Bronx Bombers’ off season plans to a tight budget. Tanaka’s decision was a linchpin because of the important role he fills in the Yankees’ rotation and the $22 million he gets paid to do it. Because of Hal Steinbrenner’s stated […]

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To Go from White Flag to Pennant, Yankees Need to Regain Buyers Mentality

Posted in Baseball, Brian Cashman, Minors, MLB, Prospects, Roster Analysis on August 4, 2016 | 4 Comments »

Flags fly forever, and nowhere have more championship banners been hoisted than at Yankee Stadium. This year, however, the flag flying in the Bronx is a white one. With the Yankees fresh off their first in-season surrender in nearly a quarter-century, there has been a lot of focus on how well Brian Cashman performed at […]

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Yankees Mighty Pen Promises to Write History; Trio of Relievers Has Potential for Historic Dominance

Posted in Baseball, Mariano Rivera, MLB, Red Sox, Roster Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on January 14, 2016 | 2 Comments »

Aroldis Chapman has been officially named the new Yankees’ closer, replacing Andrew Miller, who just so happened to be last year’s top fireman in the American League. Of course, a strong argument could be made that Dellin Betances is the best of them all, which bodes well for a Bronx Bombers’ bullpen that will feature […]

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Yankees Trade for Chapman About Taking Risks, Not Sending Messages

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Trades, Yankees on December 29, 2015 | 2 Comments »

The Yankees have added a big arm, a giant headache, and a world of possibilities. There’s no point burying the lead. Aroldis Chapman’s pending investigation under MLB’s new domestic violence policy is just as relevant to his acquisition by the Yankees as the lefty’s ability to light up the radar gun. After all, if not […]

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Yankees Blueprint for 2016 Requires Lots of Green

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 11, 2015 | 9 Comments »

Ever since Moneyball was published in 2003, the baseball world has been in hot pursuit of the next great market inefficiency. Whether it was Billy Beane’s mining for high on-base percentage, the Rays’ dedication to the “extra 2%”, or, more recently, the Royals’ embrace of contact hitters in a swing-and-miss era, the last decade has […]

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Trading Places: Would Yankees Be Better Off with Cano and Granderson Instead of Ellsbury and Beltran?

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Robinson Cano, Roster Analysis, Yankees on September 16, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Is December 6, 2013 a day that will live in baseball infamy for the Yankees? On that date, and within 72 hours of signing Jacoby Ellsbury to a seven-year deal, the Bronx Bombers said goodbye to Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson and then welcomed Carlos Beltran into the fold. The transformation may have been quick, but the […]

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