This trade came down while I was co-hosting BP’s Friday night radio show on SiriusXM, and as we chatted about the deal, I could only look on helplessly as Twitter filled up with invective directed against the trade by Yankees fans. I understand the disappointment at losing Jesus Montero, but if you ...

I regret to say that nothing of note came out of Joe Girardi’s media availability this afternoon. The entire coaching staff will be back. Montero questions. More Montero questions. Also, Montero questions. The media tried to find places for Montero to play other than designated hitter. Girardi ...

Just click the picture already. The past weekend found the Yankees involved in a few big stories. Their four-game losing streak was their second-longest of the season. Their lineup and bullpen looked particularly threadbare due to minor injuries and fatigue, and Joe Girardi’s managing around that ...

Imagine you’re a 14-year-old aspiring catcher in a country that has produced only a select number of star major leaguers. Suddenly one of the top young catching talents in the major leagues is one of your countrymen. That player is almost guaranteed to have a major influence on your game, as appears ...

It didn't take long for Jesus Montero to make friends with the Yankee Stadium crowd. (AP) Yankee Stadium takes a fair bit of flak for its short right field dimensions. Only Boston’s Fenway Park (302 feet) and San Francisco’s AT&T Park (309 feet) have shorter distances to the right ...

Just kidding. Not every prospect hits a home run in his first at-bat, or even his first cup of coffee. Heck, the great Tyrus Raymond Cobb himself hit only .240 in his first go-round. Give Montero time and he’ll come around. The Georgia Peach: Even he took awhile to get going. (AP) I was just thinking ...

I’m still absorbing the idea of having CC Sabathia cram 128 pitches into six innings in a game that was in no way a must win as an acceptable strategy—it’s one thing to throw 128 pitches in nine innings, another to squeeze them into two-thirds the space, and I would hate to see the myth of Sabathia’s ...

He's almost ready for his close-up. (AP) Sunday’s trade deadline came and went without the Yankees making a move. No Hiroki Kuroda, Erik Bedard or Wandy Rodriguez. No lefty reliever. No bench bat. A whole lot of nothing, not that there’s anything wrong with that when you’ve got ...

I feel like this post requires an Irish drinking song by way of Newfoundland. It’s set at a wake, but it’s a hopeful wake. The wake is, of course, for Russell Martin’s bat. It actually expired some years ago, but revived under mysterious circumstances this April, when he hit .293/.376/.587. The ...

Figuring out when to recall a prospect and put him in the line of fire is Noesi task. (AP) In the comment thread of my last piece, reader DavidG touched upon something that I’ve been meaning to get to in my various pieces on Brian Gordon: I would love to hear your feedback on yet another theory ...

Though he's still shy in the power department, Jorge Posada's stroke is starting to come around. (AP) Between the losses of Joba Chamberlain and Bartolo Colon and the sweep by the Red Sox in the Bronx, it wasn’t exactly a banner week for the Yankees, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ...

In my last post, I made an offhanded plea for a Jesus Montero promotion, saying, “Jesus Montero has had a weak May, but given his overall talent and track record that isn’t particularly meaningful.” Today, ESPN’s Keith Law posted a reevaluation of his top prospects list (subscribers ...