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The Yankees, Phil Hughes, and the Bullpen: a Love Story
A funny thing happend on Phil Hughes’ road to stardom.
Phil Hughes: Here he comes again... again. (AP)
In his second-ever start, Hughes flirted with a no-hitter, and then he got hurt. Injuries returned again in 2008, limiting him to just 34 innings that season. In 2009, Hughes moved to the bullpen to ...
Running Through the Options
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 ...
Have You Checked the Lost and Found?
The latest addition to the Yankee organization is lefty reliever Shoeless J.C. Romero. (AP)
Links from hither and yon detailing the whereabouts of players you scarcely knew were missing:
• According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Yankees have signed lefty reliever J.C. Romero, a 35-year-old veteran ...
Not Closing Time
Yankee fans won't have to worry about Francisco Rodriguez bringing his act to the Bronx. (AP)
Yankees fans wary of other GMs bearing trade deadline-type gifts can breathe somewhat easier. The All-Star Game had barely ended when the Brewers announced that they had acquired Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez ...
The Quickest of Posts: Jose Reyes to the Yankees
Headline in today’s Daily News:
Jose Reyes to New York Yankees ‘not going to happen,’ says Brian Cashman, who supports Derek Jeter
“We have an everyday shortstop in Derek Jeter,” said Cashman, who was at the Waldorf-Astoria for the CYO Club of Champions Tribute to receive the Sportsman ...
Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Today’s sermon will be brief: the Yankees have had a major consistency problem thus far. Even with the thrashing at the hands of the Red Sox, they have they have gone 12-8 in their last 20 games, which will get you to 97 wins if you carry it through over a full season. On the other hand, if you want ...
Houdini in Pinstripes (Updated)
David Robertson has become quite the escape artist. (AP)
Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Royals — which featured a Melky Cabrera home run in his first game back at Yankee Stadium, natch — contained good news and bad news with regards to the Yankee bullpen, which provided three scoreless innings ...
Humbled by Humber, With No Sorry from Sori
Rafael Soriano remains a $35 million enigma. (AP)
I was in the cheap seats for Monday night’s Yankees-White Sox game, and despite the fact that I’ve never seen a no-hitter in person — the closest I’ve ever come was none other than Bartolo Colon against the Yankees in 2000 — I ...
PECOTA’s Pen Picks
Tuesday night's mishap notwithstanding, Rafael Soriano gives the Yankees one more high-grade reliever to call upon. (AP)
This week at Baseball Prospectus, I’ve peeked into our PECOTA projection system’s expectations for each team’s bullpen in a manner similar to the way I evaluated ...
The Worst Thing That Could Have Happened
Yesterday’s rain out was the worst thing that possibly could have happened, given that it gave me more time to think about Tuesday’s miserable loss. It also gave me time to watch an old picture on TCM, one in which Walter Huston, playing Jimmy Stewart’s father, has an emotional death scene, which ...
Soriano Strengthens the Pen, But Do Dominoes Fall? (Updated)
Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman has tweeted (everything happens by tweet nowadays; if Congress ever declares war again, you know where to look for it) that the Yankees are “thought to” have signed reliever Rafael Soriano to a three-year, $35 million contract. Nothing is official until it’s official, ...
