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The news comes from (TYU fave) Mark Feinsand’s blog in the New York Daily News . He writes:
Shelley Duncan’s days in pinstripes came to an official end today , as the fun-loving, 30-year-old slugger elected to become a free agent rather than accept an outright to Triple-A ...
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Shelley Duncan
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On the face of it, the Yankees options for this offseason seem obvious. They have 3 of their own free agents that they may want to bring back. On the starting pitching front, John Lackey is the big fish while a handful of injury prone arms litter the remainder of the market. There are a handful ...
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(Once again, the great NoMaas.org hits one out of the park)
From all of us to all of you, have a happy, healthy and safe holiday and thanks for reading.
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Roy may be wearing a new red cap
Is anyone else not all that worried if the Red Sox get Roy Halladay ?
To be clear, I don’t think it will happen with them for the same reason it won’t happen with us. Despite their recent statements to the contrary, the Blue Jays really don’t want ...
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Michael Johnson
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Livan Hernandez
Prior to the season, I wrote the following about Robinson Cano’s 2008:
Basically, a grounder is less likely to produce an out than a flyball, but outfield flyballs yield more runs. I would argue that Cano’s decline can be found in this point. Cano hit significantly fewer ground balls ...
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Robinson Cano
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Yesterday we discussed who we might give Jesus Montero up for. Now I want to discuss which of those players the Yankees might be able to get with a package built around Montero. Here is the full list of names, from the original post and the comments:
Evan Longoria- unlikely. He’s an ...
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From the Daily News :
A source told the Daily News that the Red Sox are “putting on a full-court press” to acquire Halladay, hoping to add the former Cy Young winner to the top of their rotation to go with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester.
“They would love to get it wrapped up before the ...
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Despite Brian Cashman’s recent admission , that the bullpen is not an “area of obvious need,” today Buster Olney (ESPN) writes that the Yankees “No. 1 area of focus, beyond the Damon/Matsui realm: their bullpen. They will look for two relievers, in all ...
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Jesus Montero has been labelled untouchable by Yankees fans, and he is probably as untouchable as a prospect can be. However, as we have noted on various occasions in this space, no prospect is truly untouchable, as there are almost certainly deals that I would put Montero into. So the task for ...
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Courtesy of Mark Feinsand comes a few tidbits from Brian Cashman:
Despite the published reports linking the Yankees to Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano, the bullpen isn’t the primary focus for Cashman. With plenty of young arms to go along with Mariano Rivera, Damaso Marte and Brian Bruney, ...
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Joba Chamberlain
Phil Hughes
From the BBWAA :
Joe Mauer, who won an unprecedented third batting championship for a catcher and helped propel the Minnesota Twins to the American League Central title, was elected the AL Most Valuable Player for 2009 in balloting by the BBWAA.
Mauer, the first catcher to lead his league ...
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Derek Jeter
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Rafael Soriano-One of the top free agent relievers available this off season
One of the Yanks biggest needs this off season may be finding a setup man to replace the stellar work Phil Hughes did this past season. If Hughes is targeted for the rotation next year (early indications say ...
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Earlier this week, I posted the following comment regarding Aroldis Chapman:
I don’t think that he is worth 15 million let alone 50 million.
What do we know about him?
1. He pitched in Cuba for a few years. Our best guess on the level of competition between Cuba and low-level ...
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Amidst all the glory and celebration of our 27th World Championship, a disturbing trend for Yankee fans began to pop up this year. One that many announcers and pundits alluded to, but never spoke to directly or put any names to. After the corks were popped and the champagne flowed, ...
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Jorge Posada
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In a move that surprised me a bit, the Yankees added the following players to the 40-man roster today:
Pitchers: Hector Noesi, Ivan Nova, Romulo Sanchez
Hitters: Reegie Corona, Eduardo Nunez, Kevin Russo, Austin Jackson.
There is a bit of surprise here.
I expected Hector Noesi to be ...
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Corona
Go check out Pete Abe’s new blog , where he is running a fun contest. The objective is to create a 25 man AL roster, with 12 pitchers, 13 position players, and an available manager from this season’s free agent class. I thought it would be fun to do one here, and hopefully you guys ...
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Johnny Damon
According to Frankie Piliere (FanHouse), the Aroldis Chapman Sweepstakes is an expensive one. Therefore, most mid-market teams will bow out of the proceedings, leaving the Red Sox and Yankees to battle it out for Chapman’s prized left arm. The situation seems pretty simple to me if ...
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Ben Sheets
A recent post by Tyler Kepner in the New York Times Bats blog kicks around the idea that the Yanks could be looking at one of the many high-upside starters available this off season. He writes:
Ben Sheets, Rich Harden and Erik Bedard have all been top-of-the-rotation ...
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Joba Chamberlain
From mlb.com :
The most emotionally challenging of his 10 seasons as leader of the Angels culminated in Mike Scioscia’s selection on Wednesday as 2009 American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
It was Scioscia’s second Manager of ...
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You can bet that the Yankees have Austin Jackson on their mind when making decisions on Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, and their potential replacements this off season. Austin Jackson has been a top Yankee prospect for at least three years now, and is on the verge of hitting the major leagues. ...
