Eric Wordekemper - Minor League Player Update

The AL MVP race is a hot debate. Choices include: Derek Jeter, Justin Morneau, Bobby Abreu, Mark Teixeira, and Miguel Cabrera, but Joe Mauer may be the leader.

You can vote now for the 2009 Hank Aaron Award winner in the American League. Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira are up from the home team, writes Bryan Hoch.

The Yankees finally finished up their west coast trip Wednesday night, capping off a 5?2 trip with a 3?2 victory over the Athletics. Mark Teixeira drove in all three Yankee runs, and Chad Gaudin kept his team in the game in his spot start as the Y...

INSIDER: The Yankee offense beat the crap out of the Boston pitching scoring 20 runs on 23 hits and took the opener 20-11. The 31 runs were the most ever scored in a Yankees-Red Sox game. Tyler Kepner has more on the game.After dropping the first eight to Boston this year, they come back to win the next five and currently sit 7.5 games up on Boston in the AL East. They will look...

Regular Season Game 122Yankees @ Red SoxGame Time: 7:10 p.m. @ Fenway Park - Boston, MATV: YES | Radio: WCBSSTARTING LINEUPS:YANKEES (76-45)Derek Jeter SSJohnny Damon LFMark Teixeira 1BAlex Rodriguez 3BHideki Matsui DHJorge Posada CRobinson Cano 2BNick Swisher RFMelky Cabrera CFPitching For Yanks: LHP Andy Pettitte (9-6, 4.09 ERA)RED SOX (69-51)Jacoby Ellsbury CFDustin Pedroia 2BVictor...

BOSTON—Hideki Matsui homered twice and drove in seven runs, Alex Rodriguez had four hits and Mark Teixeira added three more RBIs as the Yankees outslugged the Red Sox, 20-11, on Friday at Fenway Park. By the sixth inning, every batter in the Yankees’ lineup had scored at least one run. Powered by a 23-hit attack, New York set a new season high in runs scored to snap their seven...

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced late Thursday that two Minor League players from the New York Yankees organization, pitchers Nestor de Leon and Ramon Rodriguez, have received 50-game suspensions after each tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Rodriguez tested positive for...

Tonight, when the New York Yankees rumble into Fenway Park, perception and reality will clash. The team known for its multimillion-dollar superstars will have more than its share of budding youngsters, much to the chagrin of Red Sox supporters who would prefer to paint a far different picture.

Undeserving Hall of Famer Jim Rice on today's players:"You see a Manny Ramirez, you see an A-Rod [Alex Rodriguez], you see [Derek] Jeter ... Guys that I played against and with, these guys you're talking about cannot compare," Rice said to Little Leaguers gathered in the cafeteria. We didn't have the baggy uniforms. We didn't have the dreadlocks," Rice said. "It was a clean game...

In a recent interview New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher was asked what was his favorite park to play in. His response: Camden Yards because "it has been there for so long and I think the tradition they have there is amazing." Um Nick, Camden Yards was built in 1992 and there has not been one World Series game played there. You can watch him share his brilliance below ...

"I'm a HUGE Derek Jeter fan, so I'm ecstatic that Matsui hit that home run in the ninth that Jeter had nothing to do with, because that necessitated NESN showong Derek in the dugout."Nobody's saying that, NESN. It's bad enough that Yes and the national networks do it almost every time. Can you go ahead and NOT do it, please? Again, I don't need to know what the president of Yum!...