Just typing the words of that title made me squirm a little bit. All things equal, I want Brian Cashman back as the General Manager of the New York Yankees. He’s a shrewd trade maker (see the Bobby Abreu and Nick Swisher deals) and he’s been good at finding useful parts on the cheap (see: [...]
MLBTR has its list of arbitration eligible Yankees up and the list looks like this, and I’ve included their 2011 salaries:
First time: Brett Gardner ($549,500) and David Robertson ($460,450)
Second time: Phil Hughes ($2.7M, avoided arbitration last year) and Joba Chamberlain ($1.4M, avoided arbitration [...]
Another perspective on the Yankees’ draft spending
By Eric Schultz On August 19, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Business of Baseball, Organizational Philosophies
Much hand-wringing has ensued at the Yankees’ perceived “cheapness” in the draft this year, as they spent about $6.3 million on the 2011 class, less than they have spent in the last two drafts. For comparison, the Pirates spent over $17 million, the Nationals and Royals spent about $15 million each, and a number of [...]
Over the past few years during the Allstar Break, Commissioner Bud Selig has hosted an annual internet chat with baseball fans from around the globe. During this year’s Q&A, Selig addressed a number of hot topics. Let’s recap some of the more frustrating intriguing points raised.
On a salary cap:
Selig was pretty [...]
(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).
Now that the All Star Game has passed, players from the American and National Leagues will go back to being strangers until the two circuits meet up again in the World Series. However, before we say goodbye to this vestige of interleague play, let’s wade [...]
(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).
After being backed into a corner by Commissioner Bud Selig, Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt lashed out at Major League Baseball by filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. That’s what rats do.
According to a press release released by the Dodgers, McCourt justified his decision [...]
Tonight begins the first “day” of the Major League Baseball Draft. The Yankees, as we know, don’t have a pick until 51st overall. Here are all the players taken at #51 since the draft started. As you can see, only a handful mad the Major Leagues:
1965, Angels: RHP Dick Baney. It appears Baney [...]
Bryan Hoch and Brian Cashman spoke recently and the Yankee GM discussed the importance of the draft.
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Don’t forget to tune into TYA’s draft coverage by reading up on Sean’s posts about draft targets.
Cashman called the draft “the most important day of the year” and stressed that [...]
(This is the first installment of a series that will be looking around baseball to see who has has the starting pitching the Yankees will surely be after, and how the two teams match up)
-Are the Dodgers looking to make a deal?
In terms of the NL West pennant race, they’re not. They’re in [...]
You might have missed this with all the Fred Wilpon drama yesterday, but Jon Heyman had the first report I’ve seen with quotes directly from CC discussing his plans to use the opt out clause in his contract. Here’s Heyman’s report from SI:
When it was suggested to Sabathia that the Yankees [...]
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