Cliff Lee wants CC money

Via Jon Heyman of SI: Before Halladay took a $60-million, three-year extension with Philly, Lee turned down a similar offer, believed to be for three years and somewhere in the mid-$50-millions from Philadelphia, who eventually traded him to Seattle. Word was, he was thinking about more than double that, maybe something close to Johan Santana‘s $138-million, [...]

G98: Yankees @ Indians

In case you missed it, earlier today, Joe Girardi announced that Sergio Mitre would pitch out of the bullpen going forward, while Dustin Moseley would slot into the rotation (at least until Andy Pettitte returns). Girardi pinned the decision upon Mitre’s recent oblique injury, noting that the injury has prevented Mitre from being “ready” to [...]

CC and Tex down Mets, Yanks win 4-0

Thanks to Mark Teixeira’s grandslam and a brilliant outing by their ace lefty, CC Sabathia (8,6) – 8 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 6 K – the Yankees beat Johan Santana and the Mets today, 4-0. With the win, the Yankees now sit alone atop the American League East for the first time [...]

G69: Yankees VS Mets

Here’s the lineup, via LoHud: YANKEES (42-26) Derek Jeter SS Nick Swisher RF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Jorge Posada DH Curtis Granderson CF Francisco Cervelli C Brett Gardner LF LHP CC Sabathia (7-3, 4.00) Mets vs. Sabathia METS (39-29) Jose Reyes SS Angel Pagan CF David Wright 3B Ike Davis [...]

CC’s clunker not really a surprise

Last night, although CC Sabathia, the Yankees’ ace left-hander, gave up 6 runs – 5 of which were earned – against Johan Santana and the Mets, I don’t think I would say that such an outing was surprising, really. After a strong start in April – he posted a 3.38 FIP and struck out 7.27 per [...]

G44: Yankees @ Mets

Here are the lineups for tonight’s game: YANKEES (26-17) Jeter SS Gardner CF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Cano 2B Swisher RF Cervelli C Russo LF Sabathia P CC Sabathia LHP (4-2, 3.43 ERA) METS (21-23) Reyes SS Castillo 2B Bay LF Davis 1B Wright 3B Pagan CF Barajas C Francoeur RF Santana P Johan Santana [...]

Mark Teixeira, where are you?

Mark Teixeira is now hitting .204/.325/.377 on the season. If I had to peg a goat in last night’s game, it would probably be him as he left 2 men on base and struck out 3 times. His April slump has now become a season-long epidemic. If the Yankees are to be successful, he needs [...]

G23: Yankees VS White Sox

YANKEES (15-7) Jeter SS Swisher RF Teixeira 1B Rodriguez 3B Cano 2B Posada C Thames DH Granderson CF Gardner LF PITCHING: RHP Javier Vazquez (1-3, 9.00) WHITE SOX (9-14) Vizquel SS Beckham 3B Jones CF Konerko 1B Teahan 3B Quentin DH Pierzynski C Kotsay RF Pierre LF PITCHING: LHP John Danks (3-0, 1.55) TIME/TV: 1:05 [...]

G16: Yankees @ Angels

Here are the lineups for tonight’s ballgame: YANKEES (11-4) Derek Jeter SS Nick Johnson DH Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Jorge Posada C Curtis Granderson CF Nick Swisher RF Brett Gardner LF PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-0, 2.37 ERA, 3.46 FIP) ANGELS (8-9) Erick Aybar SS Bobby Abreu RF Torii Hunter [...]

G7: Yankees VS Angels

YANKEES Derek Jeter SS Nick Johnson DH Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Jorge Posada C Curtis Granderson CF Nick Swisher RF Brett Gardner LF PITCHING: LHP Andy Pettitte (0-0, 1.50 ERA) ANGELS Erick Aybar SS Bobby Abreu RF Torii Hunter CF Hideki Matsui DH Kendry Morales 1B Juan Rivera RF Howie [...]

Baseball Prospectus names Montero 4th best prospect in baseball

Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein released his top 101 prospects list today (these lists never seem to end), and the Yankees’ young marvel, Jesus Montero, ranked fourth on Goldstein’s list. The top 10 is as follows: 1. Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Nationals 2. Jason Heyward, OF, Braves 3. Neftali Feliz, RHP, Rangers 4. Jesus Montero, C, Yankees [...]

Cliff Lee a future Yankee?

Via Tyler Kepner of the NY Times: Since leaving the Yankees, Vazquez is one of only two pitchers with at least 1,000 innings and 1,000 strikeouts; Santana is the other. The Yankees’ scouts consider him one of the 15 best starters in the majors, and when the Yankees analyzed their options for improving the rotation, [...]

Jorge’s at it again…

During the winter of 2007, Jorge Posada, the team’s outspoken catcher, explicitly stated that the Yankees needed an “No. 1” starter in the form of Johan Santana. This proclamation seemed to indirectly slight the team’s de facto ace at the time, Chien-Ming Wang, as well as the club’s younger players who would have been traded [...]

Mets interested in Wang

According to Marty Noble (MLB), a “person familiar with the Mets’ thinking acknowledged Monday that the club has interest in Wang,” as this interest quickly developed after John Lackey, “the starting pitcher whom the Mets wanted most,” was lost to the Boston Red Sox The Mets also failed to acquire Roy Halladay — they never [...]

Yanks don’t want to pay for Halladay

When asked about the possibility of acquiring Roy Halladay today, via Joel Sherman of the NY Post, we learn that one Yankee official responded with, “Why should we pay double the sticker price now than was paid for Santana and Sabathia?” Of course, the Yankees are situated within the same division as the Jays, so [...]

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