Although it’s not set in stone as the fifth starter is to be determined, enough is in place that we can start to check out what the 2009 rotation is going to look like. I don’t really believe in assigning numbers as an indicator of quality, especially given what the Yankees are going to have [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2008
Projecting The 2009 Lineup
Well now that the Yankees have apparently signed Mark Teixeira out of nowhere (and it really is out of nowhere–the team showed no indication they were interested in him up until now) we can start the lineup projections and drool or be angry. Situation #1, which allows all the best bats on the field at [...]
Yankees Set Prices For The Cubs Exhibition Games
The Yankees are playing two exhibition games against the Cubs in early April, which will be the first two baseball games at Yankee Stadium. This is old news. The new news is that they are going to be selling them really cheap: The price of a bleacher seat for the exhibition openers at the new [...]
Angels Allegedly Pull Their Teixeira Offer
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Angels have withdrawn their offer to Mark Teixeira. I take a few things from this: It’s pretty dumb of the Angels, if it’s true. They are pretty much the only team that “needs” him. Maybe they’ll take a look at Manny and save Yankees fans from Randy Levine stepping in [...]
New Digs, All Around
I just switched over my hosting provider, so if you see anything weird I am working on fixing it! I am not the only one with new digs, though. Check out the lockers at New Yankee Stadium (along with the two newest Yankees): What really struck me about the picture is how much less of [...]
Pettitte and Lowe | FanGraphs Baseball
This may be moot soon, but Fangraphs takes a quick look at Pettitte vs Lowe..
The End of the Line
From my two favorite baseball writers in New York, the dream team combination of George King III and Joel Sherman: Instead, the Yankee GM departed Las Vegas early yesterday morning to fly to Texas for a sit-down with Andy Pettitte Andy Pettitte – a story The Post broke exclusively yesterday on nypost.com. Cashman was expected [...]
Big Things Happen, Large Pitcher Signed
When I went to bed last night Brian Cashman had dashed off to San Francisco to meet Mrs. Sabathia, who is apparently the decision maker in the family. When I woke up, he had signed a 7 year deal worth around 160 million which is more than the initial deal the Yankees offered. That extra [...]
