Only one week and six days remain in the season, and despite all my bitching and moaning about the 2023 Yankees, I know I’ll miss them once the season ends. The postseason will keep me occupied for a bit and the hot stove is fun in its own way, but I’m still going to miss watching the Yankees...
2023-09-18 16:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostI neglected to mention this the other day: Aaron Judge is the Yankees’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award. Sorry, I mean the Roberto Clemente Award presented by ...
2023-09-15 04:47:18 +0000 UTC View PostOnly 19 games remain in this slog of a season. Hopefully no more top prospects suffer major injuries that will cut into 2024 in those 19 games, but there’s still plenty of time for Spencer Jones to step on a sprinkler head or Chase Hampton to feel soreness and not have surgery until March. Sorr...
2023-09-12 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hopefully martian blood allows for quick healing.
The cursed 2023 season managed to get even worse Sunday. Jasson Domínguez has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right (throwing) elbow, Aa...
2023-09-10 22:54:32 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: I wrote a thing at CBS about the Yankees’ youth movement. I didn’t know what to do with it when m...
2023-09-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael Kay’s “Yankee Yutes” nickname is cheesy, but I kinda love it.
What a wonderful and cathartic weekend. The Yankees stopped pretending they’re a good week away from getting back in ...
2023-09-04 15:44:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees won a series! World Series back on, baby. The Yankees are now 3-12-3 in their last 18 series and the three series wins came against the Athletics, Royals, and Tigers. Those three clubs have a combined .346 winning percentage. That’s a 106-loss pace in a 162-game schedule. Maybe MLB ...
2023-09-01 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
You’ll have to trust me that Jasson is No. 12.
The season is lost and the Yankees are putting the pedal to the floor with their quasi-youth movement. Outfielder Jasson Domínguez and catcher Au...
2023-08-30 23:59:49 +0000 UTC View PostVacation’s over and thankfully my COVID symptoms went away pretty quickly, and I was able to get in a few days of R&R at the end of last week. Now it’s time to run out the clock on this turd of a season. The only question now is can the Yankees extend the winning season streak? Seems unli...
2023-08-29 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: I’m on vacation this week. There won’t be a post Friday even if there’s breaking news. I had a lovely trip out of town planned, but instead I will spend the week at home because I tested p...
2023-08-21 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE (Aug. 18th): I had to correct something I wrote in the Everson Pereira mailbag question answer. The update is below.
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Reminder: I will be on vacation next week. I’ll have a post Monday morning – I’m going to include mailbag questions in that on...
2023-08-17 16:11:27 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: I wrote a thing at CBS about all the mistakes that led the Yankees to where they are today, which is the AL...
2023-08-14 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: Not even five minutes after I hit publish Erik Boland reported the White Sox claimed Deivi García off waivers, so that's that. So long, Deivi.
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Old bud...
2023-08-10 18:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostPSA: I have a vacation coming up. CBS is making me take a few days because I haven’t taken any time off since the season started (much further back than that, really). I’m gonna escape the city for a bit and put in some beach time. My vacation is the week of Aug. 21st, so two weeks away. I’...
2023-08-07 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostUpdated ZiPS projections are out and the Yankees managed to decrease their postseason odds from 21.3% to 18.0% at the trade deadline. The 3.3 percentage point decrease is the ...
2023-08-04 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Gonna need a new number, Keynan.
Would the Yankees buy or sell at the trade deadline? That was the question entering the week and the Yankees answered it with a shrug of their shoulders. They nei...
2023-08-02 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe trade deadline is a day away and the Yankees begin a series Monday night against the Rays at Yankee Stadium. I assumed the series was at Tropicana Field because, you know, teams go on road trips after homestands, but nope. It’s in the Bronx. The Yankees played five games at home, then three...
2023-07-31 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The trade deadline is Tuesday, which is inconvenient for me because Tuesday is also post day. I tentatively plan to run a shorter version of Tuesday’s regular post on Monday instead, then play things by ear around the deadline. Don't worry, I won't abandon you. I just don’t want to write a bu...
2023-07-27 18:00:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees are 3-0 in the Starr Insurance jersey patch era. That’s analytics, baby. This is their first three-game winning streak since a four-gamer at the end of May. That was the last two games of the Padres series and the first two games of the Mariners series in Seattle. It was so long ago...
2023-07-24 18:02:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Do you think Gerrit Cole is jealous he doesn’t get to face the Yankees?
The Yankees are in sole possession of last place this late in the year for the first time since the final day of the 1990...
2023-07-20 17:39:15 +0000 UTC View PostClay Holmes and Nick Ramirez giving up their first home runs of the year, and Alan Trejo hitting his first home run of the year, all within the span of four innings, is a pretty good sign it’s just not your season. Here is Tuesday morning’s post Monday afternoon because the Yankees are in Ana...
2023-07-17 17:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees open the second half Friday night at Coors Field and it is a damn shame Aaron Judge will miss the series. I want to see what happens when he connects with a ball a mile up. The Yankees have not been to Coors Field since 2016 (they have played in every other current stadium at least on...
2023-07-14 10:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
No. 21? Can’t wear that here, George.
The 2023 MLB Draft is complete and 614 picks were made across 20 rounds. 2023-07-12 17:13:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The All-Star break has arrived and not a moment too soon. I think we can all use a little break from our underperforming pinstripers. I finished today’s post (much) earlier than I anticipated, so I’m going to hit publish now rather than wait until Tuesday morning. Let’s get to it now that G...
2023-07-10 17:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe draft begins Sunday night and the All-Star break is next week. Letter grades usually aren’t my thing but I have the itch to hand out midseason grades for some reason, so I might as well scratch it. This is what I’m thinking next week:
The Yankees have a +35 run differential and you can break that down into +34 against the Athletics and +1 against everyone else. You can also break it down into -17 against the Red Sox and +52 against everyone else. Take your pick. Let’s get to today’s post.
1. Weekend thoughts....
2023-07-04 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
1. Perfection in Oakland. Last Thursday Domingo Germán became the third Yankee to allow 10 runs and four home runs i...
2023-06-30 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHappy 11th anniversary to one of my all-time favorite dumb plays: Dewayne Wise’s phantom catch (video). Wise flipped into the stands to make the catch along the left field foul line, except he didn’t make the ...
2023-06-26 19:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostDid you know the Cardinals and Cubs are playing in London this weekend? I like to think I have my finger on the pulse of the league, but this trip snuck on me. This is the first London Series since the Yankees and Red Sox played arena baseball in 2019. 2023-06-23 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
On this date in 2015, Alex Rodriguez took Justin Verlander deep for his 3,000th career hit. And the Yankees have not scored a single run since. Let’s get to today’s post. It’s yet another off-day, so here is...
2023-06-19 19:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post