GCL Yankees Announce Roster, Play 1st Game

The Perfect Storm movie Family Business on dvd Short season baseball is here. Staten Island has been playing games for a week now, and while the big free agents sign still has an incomplete roster. The GCL Yankees, on the other hand, have been training in EST for most of the season, and contain some [...]

Yankee’s Sunday Protest Denied

The Yanks got word before the start of yesterday’s game that they wont be heading back to Florida anytime soon, unless they’re playing the Rays. MLB president and chief operating officer Bob DuPuy denied the Yankee protest regarding an illegal fielding substitution the Marlins made on Sunday. Here’s the story Panic divx from the Yankee [...]

Minors Recap, 6/23

Scranton falls to Syracuse, 6-1 Kei Igawa started, giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings, and fanning 6. Paul Bush struck out 2 in a 1-hit inning of relief. Kevin Russo was 1 for 4. Austin Jackson and Cody Ransom were each 0 for 4. Shelley Duncan, [...]

Yankee Depth And The Return Of Cody Ransom

RJ Anderson at Fangraphs looked at the trio of outfielders that the Yankees have stashed in the minors: That offensive state of mind exists beyond the pantheon of new Yankee Stadium. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, home to the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, features a triplet of red-hot bats. Shelley Duncan, Austin Jackson, and John Rodriguez patrol the outfield while [...]

Klapisch: Girardi Managing Scared

From Bob Klapisch: The Night James Brown Saved Boston psp But there’s more to managing than simply bodysurfing a winning streak. Girardi looked crisp and in control when the Yankees were mauling the AL a month ago, launching all those crazy comebacks. But now they’re struggling — the Red Sox’ domination of the Bombers is [...]

Minors Recap, 6/22

Scranton falls to Indianapolis, 7-1 (7 innings, game 1) Casey Fossum started, giving up 6 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits, while striking out 4. Anthony Claggett gave up a run on 4 hits in 2 innings, fanning 2. Austin Jackson was 1 for 3. Shelley Duncan was 1 for 2 with a double and [...]

Sabathia to make next start

According to ESPN (ticker at the bottom of the Texas-LSU College World Series Game), CC Sabathia told the New York Post that the biceps tendinitis that caused him to get removed early in yesterday’s game will not keep him from making his next start on Friday, against the Mets. This is excellent news, as it [...]

Ways To Improve The Yankees Now

Pete Abe comes through with a list of suggestions for improving the Yankees now: More Brett Gardner: The Little G is 15 of his last 43 and has his batting average up to .284 with a .358 OBP. Melky Cabrera is 12 of 62 since his shoulder injury in Texas. He is down to .282 [...]

The Improved Bullpen

.!. After yesterday’s bullpen implosion on the part of Brett Tomko, and to a lesser extent, Phil Coke and Dave Robertson, Fangraphs noted that the Yankees bullpen had just concluded a stretch of 20 consecutive scoreless innings. While there are those that continue to clamor for the Yankees to move Joba Chamberlain to the bullpen, [...]

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