Been awhile since I’ve been able to check in, as I’ve been getting started at my new home away from the PB, Bleacher Report, where I cover the American League and have been known to say the odd thing about the Yankees. Now that I’m getting comfortable, I’ll be back here more often. I am also ...

So far so good insofar as spring training has gone for the Yankees. Call me jaded, but I have conflicted feelings after so many years of writing about these March rituals. I still feel the romance of spring training, that “We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field” thing that John Fogarty ...

While Jesus Montero remained in Yankee pinstripes, the Bombers didn’t just have their potential designated hitter; they also had an insurance policy. If the team’s supposed power hitters, for whatever reason, had an off year, Montero could, in an ideal world, step into that void and help ...

Let’s catch up on various happenings around the Yankees: A.J. Burnett is gone. It’s not his liberation, it’s ours. Having contemplated this event in these pages for more than a year, I’ve no more to say. We’ll never see the “prospects” involved in the deal again—well, maybe the pitcher—but ...

I bet you didn’t think I would finish before May. In past years, that wouldn’t have been so bad; at times, clubs were allowed to carry oversized rosters out of spring training, then faced a regular-season cut-down day. Some of these fellows might have gotten into a few games that way. It’s all ...

Twenty down, nine to go. Some good candidates this time around, as well as a couple of head-scratchers: Doug Bernier is a 31-year-old infielde4r who has career rates of .245/.347/.337 at Triple-A. A former non-drafted free agent signed by the Rockies in 2002, they gave him a major league cameo in 2008 ...

David Robertson: Being Houdini carries some unusual risks. (AP) Attention, please: David Robertson Dodge! Duck! Dip! Dive! Dodge! Houdini extraordinaire Avoid gut punches Hiroki Kuroda Ninja GM strikes Smaller stadium could hurt Still a smart pickup Thank you.  Read More →

When healthy, Russell Branyan has real power, but he also finds himself doing this a lot. (AP) Non-roster invitees to spring training start out guilty until proven innocent, especially the veterans and minor league journeymen. The assumption is that if their performance record was good enough to command ...