The Tampa Bay Rays are in a heated battle with the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The last thing they need is to lose one of their serious power hitters. But, that’s what it looks like as the Rays have put Carlos Pena on the DL. “#Rays are playing 1B [...]
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Yankees are close to trading for Houston Astros slugger Lance Berkman. “Hearing Berkman deal from #Astros to #Yankees is on verge of completion,” Sherman tweets. It’s not known at this point what the Astros are asking in return, but we doubt they’d be able to [...]
Last season, the Philadelphia Phillies had Chan Ho Park in their starting rotation to start the season. Most everyone knew this was a bad idea. However, when they sent him to the bullpen, he flourished. He was an important reliever on a team that went to the World Series. Then, the New York Yankees signed [...]
The New York Daily News has learned that former New York Yankees manager and current Chicago Cubs manager will retire at the end of the 2010 season. The 67-year old Piniella has endured two rough seasons after taking the club to the playoffs in the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The disappointing Cubs are probably a [...]
New York Yankees starter Andy Pettite left Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays with an apparent groin injury. Pettitte exited during the 3rd inning. As of now, the Yankees don’t know the extent of the injury. They are hoping it’s a Grade 1 strain, but he’ll need to get some tests done. Pettitte missed [...]
Joel Sherman of the New York Post is now tweeting that the Seattle Mariners are pulling back on the Cliff Lee deal that would send the stud left hander to the New York Yankees. “#Mariners backing off #Yankees offer, Post has learned. Does not look like #Yankees are in it,” Sherman tweets with appropriate use [...]
According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, a trade that would send lefthander Cliff Lee to the New York Yankees is “just about done.” In return, the Yankees are expected to send catching prospect Jesus Montero. “Executive involved in Cliff Lee talks: The Yankees-Mariners deal “is just about done,” he tweets. Montero was recently ranked as the [...]
New York Yankees RHP AJ Burnett has been a big wad of suck recently. In his last four starts, he is 0-4 with a 10.35 ERA. Many experts think that this isn’t good enough for a guy getting paid what he gets paid. And even more experts would agree that this isn’t major-league level. Javier [...]
Oh there is so much we can do with that headline, but we won’t. The New York Yankees confirmed late Thursday that 3B Alex Rodriguez has a stiff groin. He is scheduled to see a doctor on Friday. It’s not known whether or not he’ll give the doctor his stiff groin. We think, however, that [...]
The Seattle Mariners recently unloaded a heap of minor league crap to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for LHP Cliff Lee. Good deal, right? Well, not really. The Mariners still can’t buy a win despite having some excellent pitching. They can’t hit and are in last place in the AL West at 13 games behind [...]
Cleveland Indians pitcher David Huff got rocked in the noggin on Saturday afternoon by an A-Rod line drive. Most people would not want that to happen to them. Huff most likely didn’t either. But surprisingly, he seems to be alright today. “David Huff is doing very very well today. Not showing any signs of a [...]
The New York Yankees got some not-so-good news on the results of Jorge Posada’s MRI on Wednesday. He’d been bothered by a bum foot, and according to Marc Craig of the Newark Star-Ledger, there was good reason for that. “Posada MRI shows hairline fracture on bottom of right foot. 3-4 weeks,” Craig tweets. Posada had [...]
This isn’t shocking. New York Yankees DH Nick Johnson is hurt yet again. He’s got a bum wrist and, according to Ken Rosenthal on Twitter, will need surgery to fix it. “Sources: #Yankees’ Nick Johnson to undergo surgery on right wrist Tuesday. Likely out until July. #MLB,” he tweets. Johnson has shown excellent hitting ability [...]
In Philadelphia, Jayson Werth is viewed as the Most Interesting Man in the World. His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. He once hit a baseball 615 feet, with his fist. In the minor leagues, he was tossing a no-hitter going into the ninth, only to have it broken up [...]
Because he is constantly injured and was never effective after the hot early start to his career, we renamed the disabled list the Mark Prior List. But another guy is making his case to be the nickname of the list that you go to when you are banged up and can’t help your team. That [...]
New York Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson injured his groin on Saturday while running the bases, something all little leaguers are taught not to do. Now, he’s being placed on the 15-day Mark Prior List (DL) and could miss up to a month with a Grade 2 groin strain. Granderson got off to a great start [...]
New York Yankees pitcher Chan Ho Park was placed on the 15-day Mark Prior List today with a bum hamstring. After pitching extremely well last year for the Philadelphia Phillies in a relief role, he’s struggled a bit so far with the Yankees. He took the loss on Opening Day due to some irritable bowels [...]
New York Yankees starter CC Sabathia was phenomenal Saturday as the Yankees pounded the Tampa Bay Rays 10-0. In fact, he was so good that he carried a no-hitter through 7 2/3 innings before catcher Kelly Shoppach hit a single to left. “It’s hard to say I want to throw a no-hitter one day, because [...]
This is great. Apparently, not everyone is a huge fan of New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox series. Especially the umpires. “They’re the two clubs that don’t try to pick up the pace,” said West, chief of the umpiring crew that worked the three-game series in Boston. “They’re two of the best teams in [...]
New York Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira had to leave Monday night’s Spring Training game against the Baltimore Orioles after he was popped on his right elbow by the Baltimore Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie, according to Mark Feinsand (who?). “Right elbow contusion for Teixeira. Was seen by a doctor, but No x-rays were taken. Yankees will reevaluate [...]
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Dwight Gooden was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, motor vehicle violations and leaving the scene of an accident, stemming from a two-vehicle crash around 9 a.m. Tuesday. On top of those wonderful charges, the 45-year old Gooden was also charged with child endangerment. Why you ask? That’s [...]
As the world champion New York Yankees entered this spring, one of the big questions was who was going to hold the fifth spot in their starting rotation. Two big names immediately came to mine, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. Both have had success in the bullpen, but both possess potential starter’s stuff. So, who [...]
New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada seems like he’s been the Yankees catcher for the last 20 years. It hasn’t been quite that long, but he’s been squatting behind home plate for the Yankees full-time since 1998 (he was up in 1995 and caught 60 games in 1997, but we aren’t counting that), when the [...]
Former New York Yankee Johnny Damon has signed with the Detroit Tigers. The deal is said to be worth $8 million for one year. PHOTO CAPTION: Johnny Damon is one of the best outfielders, as seen here It looks like Damon will be batting second for the Detroit Tigers, but who really cares. I mean, [...]
UPDATE: Johnny Damon is a Tiger, he signed a one-year deal worth around $8 million ORIGINAL STORY: Johnny Damon, who some say has the arm of an ex-girlfriend’s niece, is near an agreement to play for the Detroit Tigers, according to Tim Brown tweets and sources. PHOTO CAPTION: Bud Bundy has absolutely nothing to do [...]
