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Yankees Suffer Depth Blow; Lose Granderson for 10 Weeks

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on February 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

Entering spring training, Joe Girardi wasn’t sure who would be playing left field on Opening Day. Unfortunately for the Yankees’ skipper, he now knows whom it won’t be. In the first inning of the first home Spring Training game of the 2013 season, Curtis Granderson suffered a broken left forearm that will likely cause the outfielder […]

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Flipping Granderson and Gardner Could Be a Flop

Posted in Baseball, Roster Analysis, Spring Training, Yankees on February 21, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Costello: The left fielder’s name? Abbott: Why. Costello: Because. Abbott: Oh, he’s center field. Who is going to play left and center in the Bronx this year? If this was an Abbott & Costello routing, the answer would be “who is on first”. However, for Joe Girardi, the solution isn’t as obvious. That’s why the […]

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Yahoo!’s Passan Prints the Legend, but Yankees Have Done OK Developing Pitchers

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 20, 2013 | 5 Comments »

The trouble with compiling data for the purpose of proving a point is sometimes the final analysis doesn’t match the pre-conceived notion. When this occurs in the world of science, the hypothesis is rejected. In sports writing, however, facts need not get in the way of a good story. In a recent article at Yahoo! […]

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Who Comes After Derek Jeter?

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) After me the deluge.” – attributed to Louis XV “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” – General Douglas MacArthur Derek Jeter’s days in pinstripes are numbered. Ask anyone. Like an annual rite, this observation has become a part of Yankees’ Spring Training. Over the past four years, the […]

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Concern About Yankees Age Is Old News

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on February 15, 2013 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Forget about sabermetrics. When it comes to evaluating the 2013 Yankees, geriatrics might be more appropriate. Although, it seems like just yesterday when a youthful core of Baby Bombers were breaking onto the scene, they are all grown up now…and then some. Time sure flies when you’re […]

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Yankees Sign Juan Rivera; Time Machine Not Included

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Roster Analysis on January 28, 2013 | 4 Comments »

Juan Rivera is returning to the Bronx. Normally, the signing of a journeyman outfielder to a minor league contract wouldn’t be worthy of mention, but in this case, the acquisition says a lot about the Yankees’ past and present, and, perhaps, their future as well. On the same day the Bronx Bombers inked Rivera, Nick […]

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Yankees Need to Renegotiate Position on Contract Extensions

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, CBA, Free Agents, Hal Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees on January 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees don’t do contract extensions. That policy is the consumer equivalent of buying airfare the day before you travel. It’s going to cost more when you book the flight, but you get to avoid an early commitment. When money is no object, the resultant flexibility is […]

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