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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 22, 2012
Brian Cashman recently claimed that a potential reason for the loss of velocity in Michael Pineda‘s fastball could be that he didn’t workout at all during the offseason and showed up 20 pounds overweight.
However, since he has shown up in camp the Yankees seem to like his work ethic.
Here’s more from Joel Sherman of the NY Post:
Pineda showed up with 20 extra pounds...
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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
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 23, 2012
From Mark Feinsand:Bobby Valentine thought he earned another inning of play against the Yankees when the suicide squeeze he called brought the game-tying run home in the ninth Thursday night.
Instead, he got a 4-4 tie, one that left the Red Sox manager puzzled.
“The umpire came over and said we couldn’t play,” Valentine said. “I don’t care about not playing. It...
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March 20, 2012
Co-hosts Karen Vankat and Korbid Thompson discuss on The Warning Track the Wilpons settling out of court. Can the franchise now concentrate on baseball? What are the expectations for this Mets franchise going forward?
Andy Pettitte returns to the Yankees! What does this mean to an already over crowded starting rotation? Who will crack under the pressure? Robinson Cano becomes another...
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March 20, 2012
Federal prosecutors in the Roger Clemens perjury trial plan to have pitcher Andy Pettitte testify about his own use of human growth hormone.
Prosecutors spelled out plans for Pettitte in court papers Friday outlining evidence the government intends to introduce that shows many major league baseball players used performance enhancing drugs.
The government says Pettitte, who recently...
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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 23, 2012
New York Yankees 4 — Boston Red Sox 4 Only in Spring Training will there be a tie game. Tonight’s game ended in 9 innings with a tie between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. As a last-minute option, minor league starting pitcher Adam Warren took on the Boston Red [...]
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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 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 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...
Here is a quick update on a few of the injured Yankees via Chad Jennings of the Journal News:
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