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March 19, 2012
A lot of Yankees and their fans were thrilled last week when the news was broke that Andy Pettitte was returning to the Bronx this year. However, not everybody is thrilled. For one, some of the prospects on the farm can’t be too happy having another veteran blocking their progress. And then there is Freddy Garcia…
Via Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com:
And asked his opinion...
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March 21, 2012
There is a lot to like about Zoilo Almonte. He has excellent tools, including solid speed, developing solid power, and very good arm. Zoilo has had an interesting pattern of moving through the minors since 2010.
I have followed him since the beginning of 2010, when he began to break out in a major way. Starting in Charleston, he got off to a slow start in 2010, but then caught...
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March 21, 2012
I love Andy as much as the next guy. It's been an absolute pleasure watching him come up thru the system and becoming one of the faces of the franchise. In his prime, I felt nothing but confidence when Pettitte was on the mound.
That was then & this is now. This is the year 2012, he is turning 41 years old in June, and he has not pitched in the big leagues in over a...
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March 21, 2012
Here is a quick update on a few of the injured Yankees via Chad Jennings of the Journal News:
Derek Jeter has been out since last Friday with a sore calf and is targeting this Friday as his return date.
David Robertson is set to throw batting practice on Friday and will probably pitch in a game over the weekend or early next week.
Freddy Garcia (hand) will pitch on Saturday...
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March 19, 2012
Robinson Cano was hit on the left hand by a pitch on Sunday and left the game in a lot of pain. He was sent for x-rays after the game and luckily they came back negative, according to Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News.
Even though the x-rays are negative doesn’t mean Cano is out of the woods. He will be reevaluated on Tuesday, but could miss a few days. Eduardo Nunez similarly...
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March 19, 2012
Nick Swisher hasn’t been playing in spring training since the middle of last week because of a sore hamstring. He said at the time that they were just being cautious and that he would have played had it been the regular season, but the Yankees were worried enough to send him for an MRI over the weekend, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
“I think they’re just being cautious...
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March 19, 2012
Eduardo Nunez has been out for about two weeks after getting hit on the hand with a pitch, but he took BP and infield practice, declared himself ready, and then actually played in a game over the weekend (link).
It’s good timing for the Yankees because if he had another setback it very well could have put him in jeopardy of being ready to start the season.
Chad Jennings of...
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March 21, 2012
The Yankees signed infielder Jorge Vazquez out of the Mexican League before the 2009 season and after three years and a season where he hit 32 home runs, he either wants to be called up to the majors or traded, according to Fernando Ballesteros of Puro Beisbol.
In the article, translated from spanish, the president of the Mexican League’s Tigres de Quintana Roo said, ”If...
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March 21, 2012
Even in the parking lot of their spring training complex, the changes around the New York Yankees since the death of George Steinbrenner are evident.
Power-washers that kept the area as clean as a hospital no longer are out at 8 a.m. every single morning at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. Garbage cans are not emptied obsessively. Many workers report on time, not early.
Will the...
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March 21, 2012
The Yankees dropped a Bronx bombshell last week when they announced that they had talked Andy Pettitte out of retirement, signing the veteran left-hander to a minor-league deal. The 39-year-old is hoping to make his return to the Yankee Stadium mound by May, and if he's successful in his return, what's to stop the Yankees from continuing their efforts to further turn back the clock?
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March 21, 2012
Over the winter a reporter asked Yankees manager Joe Girardi if he would consider going with a six-man rotation this season and he said no. But that was back in the days where A.J. Burnett would have been one of the six men. Now that it is Andy Pettitte in the fold has Girardi changed his mind?
“I should not say never, but no, no, no,” Girardi told Bryan Hoch of MLB.com of...
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March 19, 2012
The Yankees were supposedly at budget before signing Andy Pettitte out of retirement last week. In fact, after signing Hiroki Kuroda there were rumors that they might not even have enough to sign both Eric Chavez and Raul Ibanez (obviously they did).
So what happened in the case of Pettitte? They made an exception. As Brian Cashman put it, when a pitcher like Pettitte is available...
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March 21, 2012
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 — New York Yankees 10 In a 5-run 4th inning, the Yankees batted around to make the lead insurmountable in tonight’s 10-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Alex Rodriguez drove in one run in the 3rd inning and a two-run single in the big 4th inning. Curtis Granderson supplied runs [...]
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March 21, 2012
Phil Hughes allowed only three hits - one, a two-run homer by Matt Jocye - in five innings, and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 Wednesday.
After walking Carlos Pena to lead off the bottom of the second inning, Joyce cranked a first-pitch cutter to dead center field for his third homer of the spring. But that was all the offense Tampa Bay could muster.
Hughes, who...
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March 20, 2012
Back on February 15th the ever socialy akward Alex Rodriguez rolled into Blue & Cream in New York City with his 20-year-old niece Michelle Silva and his girlfriend former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson. Torrie and Michelle rang up a $17,600 bill (which is like $7 to you & I). AROD paid using American Express Black card. As The Mugs favorite paper the New York Post reported...
Yesterday was an off-day in the Yankees big league camp so Chad Jennings of the Journal News headed over to the minor league complex yesterday and gave us a solid update. Here are some of the highlights.
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