For all of the (very justified) lamentations surrounding the injuries that have befallen the Yankees this year, thank whichever God(s) you may or may not worship that you are not a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays. Our neighbors to the North have lost some hundred and thirty-eight thousand games to injury thus far this [...]

New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Derek Jeter, SS Dewayne Wise, CF Nick Swisher, RF Kevin Youkilis, 3B Robinson Cano, 2B Adam Dunn, DH Mark Teixeira, 1B Paul Konerko, 1B Andruw Jones, LF Alex Rios, RF Curtis Granderson, CF A.J. Pierzynski, C Jayson Nix, 3B Dayan Viciedo, LF Casey McGehee, DH Alexei Ramirez, SS Russell [...]

In 23 PA against the Yankees, Pedro Ciriaco is batting .500/.522/.682 with 7 R and 6 RBI, and I want him to go away.

Onto the line-ups:

Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Derek Jeter, DH Carl Crawford, LF Nick Swisher, 1B Dustin Pedroia, 2B Robinson Cano, 2B Adrian Gonzalez, 1B Andruw [...]

With David Phelps having thrown a total of 23 pitches in the month of August, it seems unlikely that he will be able to go terribly deep into this evening’s contest. In fact, since throwing 103 pitches on July 14 (the last of a two-start demotion where he was kept loose on the heels of [...]

New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays Derek Jeter, SS Rajai Davis, LF Nick Swisher, RF Colby Rasmus, CF Mark Teixeira, DH Edwin Encarnacion, 1B Robinson Cano, 2B Yunel Escobar, SS Andruw Jones, LF David Cooper, DH Jayson Nix, 3B Kelly Johnson, 2B Russell Martin, C Omar Vizquel, 3B Ichiro Suzuki, CF Jeff Mathis, C Casey [...]

New York Yankees Detroit Tigers Derek Jeter, SS Austin Jackson, CF Nick Swisher, RF Omar Infante, 2B Robinson Cano, 2B Miguel Cabrera, 3B Mark Teixeira, 1B Prince Fielder, 1B Eric Chavez, DH Delmon Young, DH Curtis Granderson, CF Jeff Baker, LF Russell Martin, C Brennan Boesch, RF Ichiro Suzuki, LF Gerald Laird, C Casey McGehee, [...]