Tag Archives: New York Yankees
Around the Bases: Yankees acquire Vazquez, Capps to Cubs or Nats, and more
Yankees acquire Vazquez from Braves The New York Yankees have decided to beef up the back end of their rotation by adding a former face to the franchise. The Yankees sent outfielder Melky Cabrera to the Atlanta Braves’ for starter Javier Vazquez and righty Boone Logan. The Yankees also received prospects Mike Dunn and Arodys [...]
Around the Bases: Halladay to Phillies, Lackey to Sox, and more
Trading Aces The Roy Halladay trade talk is officially over. The Toronto Blue Jays are set to trade the former Cy Young winner to the Philadelphia Phillies. According to ESPN’s Jayson Stark, the Phillies will send outfielder Michael Taylor, catching prospect Travis d’Arnaud and pitcher Kyle Drabek to the Blue Jays for Halladay. Meanwhile, the [...]
Do the tired Twins have a chance at Yankee Stadium?
It’s safe to say that anything less than a championship will do for the New York Yankees, and it’s expected that their run towards their first World Series title since 2000 will begin with an easy series win over the fatigued Minnesota Twins. Not only do they have that stacked lineup, the best closer in [...]
The art of the argument in Major League Baseball
Other than the occasional Family Guy rerun, my television rarely strays from ESPN. While watching Sportscenter the other night, I happened upon some Yankees highlights and had a most interesting revelation. After a called third strike to Alex Rodriguez that appeared just off the plate, Yankee manager Joe Girardi rushed out of the dugout [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees hold steady at the top, Cardinals charging hard
There’s no change at the top from last week’s MLB Power Rankings to this week’s, but the results of last week have forced a little shakeup from the second spot on down. 1. New York Yankees (82-48) Their midweek series loss to the Rangers was just their second series loss in the second half and [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Rockies rising to the occasion
We’re edging towards the final month of baseball’s regular season, and though a few division title races are starting to look done and dusted, a couple of divisions are still very much up for grabs, and so are the wild card spots in both the American League and National League. There are some changes from [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees hold steady at top spot
Sincerest apologies about not posting the power rankings for the last couple of weeks, but I’ve been a little sidetracked. But, I’m back at it this week, though instead of the 1-30 through as I did previously, I’ve condensed it to a top 10. 1. New York Yankees (74-44) It’s Christmas in August for Yankees [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Yankees edge closer to top spot
Yes yes, these are late once again, which means I’m going sans comments this week, but I will say that I’m still scratching my head as to how the Mariners contrived to look so horrible against the Indians at home after winning three of four in Cleveland just a week prior. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Split enough to keep Dodgers on top
This week’s MLB power rankings are a little on the late side, but here they are. Just for the purposes of clarification, the rankings and records are reflective of the action through Sunday. 1. Los Angeles Dodgers (58-34) Dropped the first two at home against the Astros but rebounded to take the last two. L.A. [...]
MLB Power Rankings: Dodgers stay top at the break
In last week’s MLB power rankings, the Los Angeles Dodgers took top spot from the Boston Red Sox, capitalizing on the Red Sox’ bullpen woes to nab top spot in my book. Both teams had successful weeks last week, so the order at the top will remain the same as we hit the All-Star break. [...]
