Is it just me or have the Yankees played an inordinate number of games in windy conditions this year? I mean really windy games. Games where fly balls go sideways and infielders twist and turn to track pop ups. Maybe this is just the weather now. Anyway, here are today’s thoughts as the Yankees...
2022-05-03 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees have already done something this season they did not do once last season: spend a day in first place. They’ve been alone in first place since Wednesday’s win and it’s the first time they’ve been in sole possession of first place in the AL East since Aug. 19th, 2020. That was 2...
2022-04-29 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe off-day vibe is always better after a sweep, isn't it? The Yankees played their best, most complete series of the (very) young season over the weekend, and Tuesday they begin a stretch of six games against the Orioles and Royals (combined 11-19). Time to fatten up the win-loss record a bit. H...
2022-04-25 22:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees will make their first trip to Toronto the week after next, and earlier this week Aaron Boone said “my understand...
2022-04-22 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI know I said today’s post would be later than usual because I had family stuff to do Monday, but the Yankees annoyed me enough Sunday that I hate-typed most of the post out that night. Gosh, what a terrible weekend. The Yankees had one good offensive inning in the three-game series (which incl...
2022-04-19 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads up: I have a family thing Monday (believe me I wish I could skip it) and I won’t be able to write that day. There will be a post Tuesday, though probably not until later in the day rather than first thing in the morning. I’ll do my best to get it out as quickly as possible. Now l...
2022-04-15 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFour games into the new season the Yankees have held a lead after four of 38 innings. There’s still A LOT of season to play, but the 2022 Yankees are giving off 2020-21 Yankees vibes so far, only with a worse bottom of the lineup. They’ve scored 13 runs in four games. It's the first time they...
2022-04-12 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostA week later than originally scheduled and another day later than that, Opening Day has arrived. The Yankees will begin the 2022 season the same way they ended 2021: against the Red Sox. At least this time they’re at home and are guaranteed to play more games. Let’s check out the 2022-04-08 14:55:41 +0000 UTC View Post
We had to sit through a 99-day lockout to get baseball back. What’s one more day? It is raining in New York and Opening Day has been pushed back to Friday. At least the Yankees were nice enough to bang the game a day early rather than wait until the day of the opener itself, like they did in
UPDATE: Added a quick note to the David McKay section below.
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Spring Training is almost over and soon we can get back to gnashing teeth over bullpen usage and runners left in scoring position. The Yankees have been busy the last few days, so here is Tuesday morni...
2022-04-05 01:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostSome news: 21 Yankees games will be available on Amazon Prime and Amazon Prime only this season, according to Andrew Marchand. The Amazon Prime broadcasts are replacing...
2022-04-01 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostOver the weekend Brian Cashman confirmed the Yankees will offer Aaron Judge a long-term extension prior to Opening Day. “Obviously, he’ll receive an offer and all of our conversations will have taken place. It will either resolve in a multi-year deal, or it won’t,” Cashman told 2022-03-29 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: I forgot to include those complicated Brett Gardner and Darren O'Day player option buyouts in my payroll estimate below. Those buyouts lowered their luxury tax hits in 2021 and added a charge in 2022. It's not much and it doesn't really change anything, but the post is up...
2022-03-25 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Folks, I watched real live baseball the last few days. Not live live, I wasn’t there, but I watched it live on television, and it was glorious. Dingers, defense, prospects, it was great. Opening Day is a little more than two weeks away now, so soon the games will count. Until then, I’ll enjoy...
2022-03-22 11:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostHere’s a thing: PECOTA projects the Yankees to score the most runs and also allow the fewest runs in the American League this year. Can’t say I buy it (allowing the fewest runs in the league while calling Ya...
2022-03-18 01:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostOne day later, I’ve decided my least favorite thing about the trade is trying to spell “Rortvedt.” Ben Rortvedt is the Yankees new catcher, not an end table from Ikea, and for some reason I keep tr...
2022-03-15 01:07:03 +0000 UTC View Post
:-( (AP Photo)
You know what, let’s just go back to the lockout. That was better than this. Late Sunday night the Yankees made a trade that could make them worse at three posi...
2022-03-14 04:49:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Never been so happy to set my eyes on Tampa. (Presswire)
At 99 days and counting, the lockout was the second longest work stoppage in baseball history, behind only the 1994-95 strike (232 days)....
2022-03-11 19:34:27 +0000 UTC View PostWhat was your favorite part of the 2021-22 lockout? Mine was: nothing. I hated just about every second of it. The only thing I liked was not having to reflectively check my phone for breaking news every few minutes. I’m ready to get back to actual baseball talk. I sincerely thank you all for st...
2022-03-10 23:21:03 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 97: I hope I’m wrong, but MLB’s language in recent days – calling last week’s offer their “best and final offer” and saying the two sides are “deadlocked” – makes me think they are getting ready to declare a legal impasse and unilaterally impose their last offer. Th...
2022-03-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 93: I love baseball but hate Baseball. We’re getting a shortened season for the second time in three years, this time for no good reason. Why do I dedicate so much time and brainpower to a sport that treats me this way? No matter how much I love baseball, it will never love me back...
2022-03-04 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 90: MLB and the MLBPA bargained deep into the night yesterday and it seems more progress was made in the last 24 hours than in the previous three months. 2022-03-01 12:47:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Lockout, Day 86: I could be (probably am) completely wrong, but it feels like the owners painted themselves into a corner and don’t know how to get out. Everything about these last few weeks feels like MLB expected the MLBPA to cave quickly, and when it didn’t happen, the owners didn’t have...
2022-02-25 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 83: Remember during the shutdown two years ago when it felt like every week was a Big Week For Baseball? "If they don’t get a deal done this week they never will," was a persistent vibe. This week feels like that for the lockout. It’s another Big Week For Baseball. No deal this w...
2022-02-22 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 79: I had a dream the other night that Rob Manfred resigned because he lied about someone’s vaccination status, which is a sure sign I’m over the lockout and the pandemic. I mean, I’ve been over them for a while, but now my brain is reminding me of that even when I’m asleep. ...
2022-02-18 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 76: Jayson Stark and Ken Rosenthal (subs. req’d) have a great look at what awaits on the other si...
2022-02-15 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 71: MLB’s PR machine is in overdrive. Within the last week the league requested federal mediation, blamed Scott Boras, and leaked that banned substance testing has stopped. “We’re try...
2022-02-10 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 69 (not nice): The quarterly owners meetings begin today in Orlando and Rob Manfred will speak to the media later this week (I think). That a) could be when he’ll announce Spring Training will not start on time, and b) should be a hoot. It is cringy anytime Manfred opens his mouth ...
2022-02-08 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostLockout, Day 65: Shohei Ohtani will be on the cover of MLB The Show 22 (a no-brainer) and I can’t believe it won’t be a hologram cover with him hitting when you look at it one way and pitching when you look at it the other. What a m...
2022-02-04 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post