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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 5/1/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees Prospects: Constructing an early Short Season Staten Island rosterYankees vs. Mariners rained out Wednesday & rescheduled for June 2Yankees believed to be...
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Baby Bomber Recap 4/30/14: Tampa Yankees shut out Dunedin Blue Jays
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from April 30th.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: OffDouble-A Trenton Thunder: Postponed for rainHigh-A Tampa Yankees: W 6-0 vs. Dunedin...
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There are better days ahead for Asdrubal Cabrera
The results haven't been great, but looking at Asdrubal Cabrera's process offers some signs of hope as 2014 moves forward.When Asdrubal Cabrera came up in 2007, the then 21-year-old middle infielder...
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Yankees Prospects: Early reviews on Eric Jagielo not favorable
Speaking to a couple of scouts, Josh Norris gives us some bad news about last year's first rounder Eric Jagielo thus far at his stay with the Tampa Yankees.Baseball America's JJ Cooper and Josh Norris...
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Does the strike zone shrink in later innings?
John Smoltz suggested last week that the strike zone shrinks in the late innings. Is he right?This tweet rolled across my Twitter timeline last Friday, April 25th:John Smoltz is saying the strike zone...
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Pinstripe Alley Podcast Episode 45: April Baby Bomber recap
Tanya made a return to the Pinstripe Alley podcast for some minor league talk, which everyone knows she dislikes. Check out her thoughts on how the Baby Bombers did in April.In an attempt to start a...
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Yankees prospects: Masahiro Tanaka tops list, 3 others rank in John Sickels'...
Hey, this is new and different!John Sickels of SB Nation's Minor League Ball released his Top 150 prospects list for 2014 today, and a familiar name has come out on top. Masahiro Tanaka, the Yankees'...
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Vote For The BCB Minor League Pitcher Of The Month For April
Time to vote for the mound aces!It's time to award someone the coveted BCB Minor League Pitcher of the Month award. The plaque these players will win will no doubt sit in their trophy room for a long...
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Ichiro finding success early on in 2014
In a more limited role than he's ever played before, Ichiro Suzuki - perhaps with a newfound chip on his shoulder - has provided excellent defense and surprising production at the plate, showing that...
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Yankees lineup vs. Mariners - Michael Pineda can't be put on disabled list...
The Yankees were rained out last night, but they return today to finish out their series with the Mariners. David Phelps has been skipped in the rotation, so Hiroki Kuroda will be starting tonight....
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Yankees 2, Mariners 4: Offense forgets Roenis Elias is Roenis Elias
Due to the rain, Felix Hernandez missed his start, so Roenis Elias did his best Felix-at-Yankee-Stadium impression.It seemed like the Yankees caught a break when it was announced yesterday that Roenis...
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Roenis Elias strikes out ten Yankees as M's earn mini-sweep
Roenis Elias strikes out ten Yankees and the M's steal another one in the Bronx.Roenis Elias is so freaking cool.Sorry, just had to get that out of the way before proceeding with the rest of the recap....
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Daily Red Sox Links: David Ross, Josh Reddick, Mookie Betts
Today's links look at David Ross's personality, Josh Reddick getting to hang out with Dustin Pedroia, and how money Mookie Betts is right now.The rough start is "just another challenge" to the Red Sox....
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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 5/2/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees 2, Mariners 4: Offense forgets Roenis Elias is Roenis EliasYankees lineup vs. Mariners - Michael Pineda can't be put on disabled list until after suspensionIchiro...
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Baby Bomber Recap 5/1/14: Aaron Judge picks up three more hits as RiverDogs...
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from May 1st.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W 4-3 vs. Norfolk TidesLF Ramon Flores 2-4, double, BB, K - batting .350/.435/.550 over...
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Current state of the AL East
The Yankees are exactly 1/6 of the way through the 2014 season. Let's how look at how they have compared to their division rivals thus far.I will admit it: part of the reason I felt like writing a...
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Who was the Yankees' Player of the Month in April?
Who started off the 2014 season in the best possible way?It is difficult to quibble too much with the Yankees' results during the first month of the season. They ended the month at 15-11, tops in the...
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5 bad players having good seasons
Okay, not "bad," necessarily. But I'm going for symmetry, here.On Thursday, we looked at the good hitters who’ve been rather lousy. Conclusion: They’re probably okay unless they aren’t. Hey, you’re the...
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The Yankees should trade Dellin Betances
The prospect huggers will hate this ideaQ: What do you call a 26 year old reliever with an electric fastball, a 2.03 ERA and a K/9 over 15, who is under team control through 2019?A: Trade bait.Dellin...
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Yankees lineup vs. Rays - Tigers sign Joel Hanrahan
The Yankees will start a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight.#Yankees lineup vs Rays: Ellsbury CF, Jeter SS, Beltran RF, Teixeira 1B, Soriano LF, McCann DH, Roberts 2B, Solarte 3B,...
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