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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 3/18/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyWill Hiroki Kuroda succeed in 2014?Spring Training Game Twenty: Yankees at Pirates Cancelled Due To RainRequiem for the greatest years of the AL EastExamining the Yankees'...
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Top 100 Starting Pitcher Rankings for 2014
Ray updates his Top 100 Starting Pitcher rankings to get you ready for your fantasy drafts in the coming weeks.Now that we have completed our consensus position rankings for 2014, it is time to address...
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1953 Pacific Coast League MVP: Dale Long
Long is most known for homering in eight consecutive games for the Pirates in 1956.Dale Long is known mostly for two things in the game of baseball.He homered in eight consecutive games for the...
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Know your enemy: New York Yankees
In 2013 the Yankees were tied for 3rd in the Al East, with a 85-77 record, 11 games better than the Blue Jays. But their Pythagorean record was 79-83, just 2 games better than the Jays. Course, that...
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The most disappointing Yankees in spring training
Who has looked really bad this springHow the players expected to make the major league team perform in spring training isn't always that important. Sure, you want to see guys do well, but most of the...
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Cliff Lee, Hiroki Kuroda, and avoiding the free pass
We often think of pitchers who have good control and limit walks as ones who throw tons of pitches inside the zone. But, as the contrast between Cliff Lee and Hiroki Kuroda shows, that isn't always the...
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Yankees cut 10 players from spring training
The Yankees have already made a few cuts over the last two weeks, optioning several prospects down to the minors. First they sent Nik Turley, Jose Ramirez, Francisco Rondon, Slade Heathcott, and Gary...
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Spring Training Game Twenty One: Yankees vs. Red Sox
The Yankees take on the Red Sox for the first time this spring as Michael Pineda faces Felix Doubront. This might not be Boston's A lineup, but I still want to see Pineda mow them all down. Joe Girardi...
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Yankees 8, Red Sox 1: Victory over bees
Pineda was pretty good tooEverything went right for the Yankees today. The pitching was great and the hitting was even better. They looked like the team they hadn't been for all of 2013. They downed...
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Yankees system ranked 20th in terms of impact prospects by FanGraphs
FanGraphs projects Gary Sanchez as the only current Yankee prospect who will become an above-average major league baseball player. Another day, another set of prospect rankings. Â FanGraphs writer Tony...
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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 3/19/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyYankees system ranked 20th in terms of impact prospects by FanGraphsYankees 8, Red Sox 1: Victory over beesSpring Training Game Twenty One: Yankees vs. Red SoxYankees cut 10...
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Yankees Injury Updates: Ellsbury, Sizemore, Ryan, Austin
Checking in on Jacoby Ellsbury, Scott Sizemore, Brendan Ryan and Tyler Austin.Jacoby Ellsbury has been dealing with right calf tightness, causing him to sit out for the past several days. As of...
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2014 AL East Preview: New York Yankees
The 2014 season is almost here! As we continue to sit through Spring Training games, Camden Chat will spend the rest of this week previewing the O's foes in the AL East. Second up: The New York...
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Spring Training Open Thread 3/19: Braves vs. Yankees
The Braves host the Yankees today at Champion Stadium at 1:05 p.m. ET. David Hale will start for the Braves; Ivan Nova for the Yankees. Evan Gattis was scheduled to play in the original lineup, but has...
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Spring Training Game Twenty Two: Yankees at Braves
Ready to watch some Yankees baseball? Get excit-wait, why isn't this televisedJust about a week and a half to go until we get to games that actually count and are always televised. Today's game meets...
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Yankees 7, Braves 0: Ivan Nova dazzles a strong Braves lineup
The rising 27-year-old looked sharp in throwing 6 1/3 nearly-perfect innings.If the regular season started tomorrow, Ivan Nova apparently would be ready to go. The right-hander was excellent today...
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What if the bees are just the beginning?
The Yankees successfully withstood a swarm of bees to down the Red Sox on Tuesday. But what other possible disasters could befall them in the upcoming season?Most of the previews and analysis that...
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Better know a Tiger: Austin Jackson
Austin Jackson has led off in Detroit for four years. Is he ready for a transition to a new role?Austin Jarriel Jackson was born and raised in north Texas. I trust he avoided this year's harsh Michigan...
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Around the Empire: New York Yankees News - 3/20/14
Last Time on Pinstripe AlleyWhat if the bees are just the beginning?Yankees 7, Braves 0: Ivan Nova dazzles a strong Braves lineupSpring Training Game Twenty Two: Yankees at BravesSizing up the Yankees'...
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Kelly Johnson could be used without a platoon partner at third base
Joe Girardi has been impressed with what he's seen from Kelly Johnson so far. So impressed that Johnson might not even need a platoon partner at third base. Throughout spring training, it has seemed...
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