Eric Chavez is on his way back to the big league roster. (AP) As you’d expect when the AL’s second-best team faces off with one on a 15-game losing streak, the Yankees pounded the Mariners 10-3 on Monday night, waiting out a two-hour rain delay to do so. Mark Texiera’s towering two-run ...

Has Eduardo Nunez warped your senses too? In which I continue to get carried away by a small sample in spite of myself:   AVG OBP SLG SB CS Nunez Since Derek .295 .354 .409 4 3 Derek Jeter .260 .324 .324 7 2   I know it’s silly, but I’m enjoying it.  Read More →

Since Derek Jeter was last spotted on Planet Baseball, the Yankees have gone 9-3. The quality of the opposition—the Rangers, Cubs, Reds, and Rockies—runs the gamut from very good to fairly miserable, but 9-3 against any level of opposition short of the 2003 Tigers is very good. Vast oversimplification ...

What is Acceptable Production from Your Starting Catcher? Russell Martin finished April hitting .293/.376/.587 and defused any calls for the promotion of Jesus Montero, who has not impressed at Triple-A Scranton. Since then, before/after/during his back stiffness, Martin has hit .194/.331/.301 in 30 ...

I’m going through one of those periods in which I’m frustrated with Joe Girardi. I talked about the bunting yesterday, and how self-defeating the practice is. Now, I would like to talk about how self-defeating Eduardo Nunez is. Nunez has now made 11 starts. Jorge Posada has started just nine of the ...

Julio Iglesias: The Wizard of the Fens? (AP) I’m not sure if this has anything to do with the Yankees or not, but I was just reading through the Red Sox chapter in the new Baseball America prospect book. The BA guys rank shortstop Jose Iglesias as Boston’s top prospect. Now, Boston’s system is ...

A plan with Eduardo Nuñez at its center creates more problems than it solves when it comes to the question of what to do with Derek Jeter (AP). Last week, Uncle Steve took aim at the idea that the Yankees have a bona fide plan to move Derek Jeter to another position, suggesting that such a blueprint ...

With the exception of Sirius-XM’s baseball channel, I avoid sports talk radio. The lack of rational analysis gets my blood pressure too high. Every now and again, though, friends who haven’t gone through AM detox like I have will call and say, “What do you think of the plan to move Jeter?” I ...

Would Ramiro Peña have made this play better than Eduardo Nuñez did? (AP) Joe Girardi gave Derek Jeter a night off on Monday night resulting in a bottom third of the Yankee lineup that consisted of Eduardo Nuñez, Ramiro Peña, and Francisco Cervelli. Based on the reaction of the beat writers, bloggers, ...

Eduardo Nunez: Running backwards. (AP) When I last mentioned Eduardo Nunez in this space, he was in the throes of a slump that had brought his average below .300 and also left him lacking in the power and on-base departments. Yesterday, when Lance Berkman’s sprained ankle had not made the progress ...

"That's okay, kid, I've still got this one." (AP) With Alex Rodriguez day-to-day with a low-grade calf strain, the Yankees have had to employ Ramiro Peña (and for a few innings on Monday, Francisco Cervelli) at third base, leaving them without a backup infielder. So, on Thursday, they ...