The Rays Tank: April attendance, Peralta worries?
Michael Lortz is continuing his tracking of the Rays attendance over at Tampa Bay Baseball Market, with the following stats for April:Total April 2014 Tampa Bay Rays home attendance: 277,512Average...
View ArticleBaby Bomber Recap 5/8/14: Ramon Flores drives in three runs in RailRiders win
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from May 8th.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W 8-4 vs. Indianapolis Indians1B Ramon Flores 2-4, triple, 3 RBI, BB, SB - batting .282...
View ArticleComparing the A.L. East offenses
Through the first month-plus of the season, how do the Orioles measure up to their division rivals?We're just over a month into the season, and the five teams of the American League East are tightly...
View ArticleYankees 2014 MLB Draft Preview: What kind of talent can they expect to find
The Yankees don't have a first-round pick in the 2014 MLB draft, but there is still talent to be found in the second and third roundsAs we've already established, the Yankees don't have a first-round...
View ArticleDaily Yankees Predictions 5/9/14: Tanaka Time in "The Good Land" and Tanya...
The Yankees are in Milwaukee to face the Brewers for a three game series. Masahiro Tanaka will take the mound in the first game tonight. He'll also bat. Yikes. Also, Happy Birthday to our very own...
View ArticleSlugging prospect Peter O'Brien earns a well-deserved promotion to Trenton
The Florida State League just couldn't handle O'Brien's bat, and he's now on his way north to New Jersey.Yesterday, the Yankees were off and the big focus was on the young guns being drafted in the...
View ArticleYankees lineup vs. Brewers - Peter O`Brien promoted to Double-A Trenton
Welcome to interleague play! The Yankees are in Milwaukee for a three-game series of Bad Interleague, the kind where the pitcher bats. Good luck, Yankees pitchers!Yankees lineup: Ellsbury CF, Jeter SS,...
View ArticleThe old Derek Jeter, or just an old Derek Jeter: Optimizing the Yankees lineup
Was the captain's big series in Anaheim a dead cat bounce or a sign of better things to come?I'll be honest - this was supposed to be an article about how depressingly shot Derek Jeter's looked this...
View ArticleYankees 5, Brewers 3: Tanaka stars while Solarte shines
Masahiro Tanaka continued to be awesome while Yangervis Solarte's three-run bomb was just enough to keep the Yankees in front of the Milwaukee Brewers. It was that special time of week when Yankees...
View ArticleWeek Seven Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: The Eric Sogard Edition
AN Contributor Phil Naessens answers a question about the A's Eric Sogard and suggests three 2B options from the waiver wire for this week.We’re heading into week number seven of the Fantasy Baseball...
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 5/10/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees 5, Brewers 3: Tanaka stars while Solarte shinesThe old Derek Jeter, or just an old Derek Jeter: Optimizing the Yankees lineupYankees lineup vs. Brewers - Peter...
View ArticleBaby Bomber Recap 5/9/14: Tyler Wade leads RiverDogs to victory with four-RBI...
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from May 9thTriple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W 3-2 vs. Durham BullsRF Ramon Flores 0-3, 2 BB 3B Zelous Wheeler 2-5, RBI - batting .350...
View ArticleYankees prospects: Could Aaron Judge be up next for a promotion?
The Yankees have promoted a few minor leaguers within the recent days; Aaron Judge could be next in line.Just the other day, the Yankees promoted catcher/DH/right fielder Peter O'Brien from the High-A...
View ArticleDaily Yankees Predictions 5/10/14: Sabathia returns to "The Good Land"
Tanaka pitched. Tanaka won. 24-0 is still attainable. The Yankees can go for the series victory today. CC Sabathia gets to start in his old stomping grounds. Meanwhile, the Daily Predictions results...
View ArticleYankees lineup vs. Brewers - Shawn Kelley injury update and minor league...
The Yankees and Brewers face off in game two of their interleague series.Tonight's lineup: Ellsbury 8 Gardner 7 Beltran 9 Teixeira 3 McCann 2 Solarte 5 Roberts 4 Ryan 6 Sabathia 1 — Erik Boland...
View ArticleYankees slumping outfield bats have caused a power outage
While Jacoby Ellsbury continues to be everything the Yankees hoped he would be, the power hitters in the outfield - namely Carlos Beltran and Alfonso Soriano - have been mired in a slump over the past...
View ArticleBrewers snap losing streak, beat Yankees 5-4
C.C. Sabathia made his not so triumphant return to Miller Park tonight.Winning Pitcher: Zach Duke (3-0)Losing Pitcher: Alfredo Aceves (0-1)SV: Francisco Rodriguez (15)HR: Carlos Gomez (9), Jonathan...
View ArticleYankees 4, Brewers 5: Eighth inning mistakes cost Yankees
CC was bad, but the Yankees withstood that and were still in the game. Then the eighth inning happened.The Yankees fell behind three times in this game. The first time they came back and took the lead....
View ArticleAround the Empire: New York Yankees News - 5/11/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees 2014 MLB Draft CoverageYankees 4, Brewers 5: Eighth inning mistakes cost YankeesYankees slumping outfield bats have caused a power outageYankees lineup vs. Brewers -...
View ArticleBaby Bomber Recap 5/10/14: Greg Bird clubs first homer of the season in Tampa...
Recapping the Yankees' minor league affiliates' results from May 10th.Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L 2-9 vs. Durham BullsRF Ramon Flores 0-4, BB, OF assist, E9 - throwing error, second of...
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