Acquiring Figgins and Molina would fill two huge holes on the Yankee bench. Miguel Cairo and Wil Nieves have given Joe Torre zero reason to pencil them in the lineup on anything more than an emergency-basis. Adding two serviceable bench players would allow the manager the luxury of resting his   more...
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It's one month+ into the season and the Yanks finally have reached .500, so here's a recap and rankings of all of their position players, starters and relief pitchers. Any chance Pavano is ranked lowest among starters?
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The Worst bench in major league baseball of course. The Yanks bench is arguably the worst in all of baseball lead by shining star Will Nieves and his .111 average and .111 sluggin percentage, ya he doesn't have an extra base hit yet. Here's a breakdown of just how bad the yanks bench is.
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Joe Torre doesn't believe in personal catchers, but with the success Mike Mussina has had with Wil Nieves this season, he's willing to go with whatever works:
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Here's your weekly look at who the fantasy MVP award winners were at every position.
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by Kevin MarkInjury problems this season left the Nationals with little choice but to call Nieves to the Major Leagues. So far Nieves has made the most of his opportunity. He as played in 11 games for the Nationals, hitting .379. The crowing moment for Nieves was the walk off homerun he hit against   more...
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