Statuesque, like the Venus de Milo. (AP) Yesterday, a very fine day for baseball if you like that kind of thing without the Yankees in it, Wallace Matthews of ESPN reported that the Texas Rangers plan to “throw a boatload of money” at CC Sabathia should he opt out of his contract. If this ...

His postseason was a disappointment, but picking up Nick Swisher's 2012 option should be a relatively easy call. (AP) As the Yankees begin going about their offseason plan, the first order of business is retaining Brian Cashman. Once that’s done — and it’s expected to happen fairly ...

On Monday at Baseball Prospectus, I took a look at the AL Cy Young race, and specifically whether Tigers ace Justin Verlander should be considered as much of a lock as he currently appears to be in terms of the heat generated by the mainstream media. After all, aside from his 22 wins — tied for the ...

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 ...

CC Sabathia wasn’t as dominant last night as he was in his previous, rain-interrupted start, but he still managed to hold the White Sox to two runs over eight innings, striking out six against no walks, and needing just 104 pitches to do so. That outing was the eighth in a row in which Sabathia ...

…Include me, but not Joe Girardi. Back in 2007, when he was managing the Marlins, Girardi brought back team ace Josh Johnson after a rain delay of over an hour. There is no knowing if Johnson’s subsequent Tommy John surgery was directed related to that incautious decision–Johnson has ...

The non-waiver trade deadline barrels towards us. You can boil the Yankees’ greatest needs down to three areas: It's not what's for dinner. Starting Rotation: The Yankees have three reliable starters in CC Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, and Freddy Garcia, but the last two can’t be taken for granted ...

CC Sabathia may have thrown his best start of the season on Sunday. (AP) I didn’t get a chance to write about it amid all of the Jeter and A-Rod coverage, but how about that CC Sabathia? His four-hit complete-game shutout of the Rays on Sunday — capped emphatically by a game-ending strikeout ...

CC Sabathia's complete game on Tuesday night was a rarity for the Yankees. (AP) It looked anything but probable during his first four innings of work on Tuesday night, but after getting nicked for four runs during the third and fourth frames against the Blue Jays, CC Sabathia went the full nine innings. ...

Age ain't nothing but a lot of very unflattering numbers. (AP) The topic of the day over at SI.com’s baseball page is the aging, expensive Yankee roster (blame Jorge Posada). My lead story looks at what the future holds for the six players the Yankees have signed to eight-figure salaries through ...

CC Sabathia had a tough day at the office on Sunday. (AP) The Yankees slugged their way through a strange and sloppy game in Arlington on Sunday, overcoming four errors and a 4-0 deficit with five home runs, including two by Derek Jeter (whom Steve discussed earlier), and one apiece by Curtis Granderson ...

I come to you today from Washington, DC, where we just completed a round of radio appearances and a bookstore event. It’s always good to visit a city where they don’t have a competitive team to shrug off your jaded feelings about the coming race. This is a town where the people ask, almost ...