According to Newsday’s Ken Davidoff, the Yankees “went after [John] Smoltz hard before they acquired Javier Vazquez.” Given the lack of solid options available on the current free agent market, Smoltz, 42, would have been a nice pickup had the Yankees not acquired Vazquez. I would rather have his low-cost upside – [...]
The Yankees have reportedly contacted the returning Jim Edmonds about a possible stint in the Bronx.
From Rob Raines of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (h/t to MLBTR):
While Edmonds said in a radio interview on 1380 AM in St. Louis Thursday that he wants to play for the Cardinals, he also revealed [...]
From Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports:
Two winters ago, Mark Teixeira, the top free agent on the market, listened to Baltimore’s offer and scoffed at it. He ended up signing with the New York Yankees for $180 million, and Baltimore, as usual, played second fiddle..
“We were legit on Teixeira,” MacPhail said. “If [...]
We know the Yankees have a potent offense. Just last week, ESPN’s Keith Law said that the Yankees offense would be fine, even if they put a wooden stick in left field. Some fans believe that Brett Gardner’s offense will amount to little more than a wooden stick’s offense would. I’m not that low on [...]
Tom Verducci recently ran an “efficiency” study to determine which MLB teams get the biggest bang for their buck. Essentially, he figured out cost per win (Opening Day payroll divided by wins) and used that number as his starting point. From there, it got a bit more complicated:
Cost Per Win is good, but [...]
Baseball players are notoriously some of the most superstitious people in all of sports. Perhaps it’s the huge swings in performance that exist in a season that lasts half a year. Maybe it’s a way to create some sense of normalcy and repetition [...]
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