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 ...

On Tuesday night, the Yankee Stadium grounds crew attempted to hold back the ocean with a rake. (AP) Tuesday night’s Yankees-Orioles game was one of the most ridiculous games in recent memory, piling absurdity upon absurdity into the wee hours of the morning. The game didn’t officially start ...

"Less Filling!" "Tastes Great!" (AP) With the Yankees and Red Sox both more or less locks to make the playoffs — the Baseball Prospectus Playoff OddsReport puts them at 99.8 and 99.9 percent chances — the battles between the two teams as they jockey for position tend to feel overhyped, ...

The numbers suggest Francisco Cervelli is the majors' worst defensive catcher. (AP) A few years ago, I was prone to cracking up every time Steve repurposed a favorite Abraham Lincoln quote in print or in person: “If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring ...

Francisco Cervelli's injury means we could be seeing a lot more of this. (AP) Between Jorge Posada’s cabeza, Jesus Montero’s defense, Russell Martin’s ongoing decline and Francisco Cervelli’s ongoing battle to maintain his membership in the International Brotherhood of Backup ...

So it has been written, so shall it be done. Francisco Cervelli has fractured his foot and will be out at least four weeks, possibly longer with the inevitable rehab stint. The reserve catcher spot is now open to Jesus Montero, Austin Romine, or, Yogi forfend, Gustavo Molina, a career .235/.295/.348 ...

Francisco Cervelli knows how to handle A.J. Burnett. (AP) So, A.J. Burnett is starting for the Yankees in Game Four tonight. As if that weren’t enough to spoil the already rapidly souring mood of Yankee fans, now we have to face the possibility of Francisco Cervelli also starting the game as Burnett’s ...

Jorge Posada: Still the man, blast it! (AP) We tend not to judge backup catchers too harshly around here, since very few teams have one good backstop, let alone two. However, I have to draw the line at this from the comments on my post on Gardner vs. Crawford: I laughed so hard when I saw the backup ...

Jorge Posada is aching. Francisco Cervelli is slumping. Chad Moeller is… still the Moelman. With the Yankees’ catching situation such a mess, it’s become fashionable to clamor for the recall of top prospect Jesus Montero to serve as the team’s backup catcher down the stretch. ...

THE SLUMP! Can we call what the Yankees are going through right now, with the Yankees pushing past four runs just once in the last seven games a slump? Sure we can, because it has gone on a lot longer than that. After hitting .286/.367/.452 in April and May and scoring an average of 5.7 runs per game, ...

Instead of fretting too much about what was a very bad weekend, let’s look on the bright side for a change. Francisco Cervelli has an amazing, nigh-unprecedented ability: everything his bat touches turns into a hit. His nickname shouldn’t be Frankie, it should be “King Midas.” King Midas Cervelli ...