Don’t look at me, I didn’t come up with the name of these awards, I’m just blogging about them. MLB.com calls its annual end-of-the-season honors the GIBBY Awards — Greatness In BaseBall Yearly — and the Yankees are nominated 17 times. Click here to vote online. You can vote up to 25 times in each category, [...]
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Last week started with the Yankees taking care of their greatest offseason need. CC Sabathia did not opt out, he agreed to a contract extension, and the Yankees have their irreplaceable ace at the top of their rotation. A day later, Brian Cashman’s new contract became official, and the Yankees offseason was off and running. [...]
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The Yankees have announced that they will partner with New York Cares for a winter coat drive on Wednesday, November 9 from 8:30 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. The first 1,250 people to donate gently-used coats will receive a pair of tickets to the Army-Rutgers football game at [...]
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The ESPN2 special was delayed by a college football game, but The Associated Press just announced the Gold Glove winners for both leagues. No Yankees made the list. American League P — Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox C — Matt Wieters, Baltimore 1B — Adrian Gonzalez, Boston 2B — Dustin Pedroia, Boston SS — Erick [...]
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The MLB Players Union released the list of players who became free agents today. It includes eight Yankees. Luis Ayala Eric Chavez Bartolo Colon Freddy Garcia Andruw Jones Damaso Marte Sergio Mitre Jorge Posada The LoHud Yankees Blog
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The Yankees just announced that they have picked up the 2012 options on both Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher. The only other looming options are both player options, one for CC Sabathia and another for Rafael Soriano. Although nothing is official, it’s expected Sabathia will opt out and Soriano will not. The LoHud Yankees Blog
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A year ago, the Yankees avoided arbitration with Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Boone Logan, and now all three are eligible once again. Dave Robertson and Brett Gardner are arbitration eligible for the first time, and the Yankees signed Russell Martin knowing he had one more year of arbitration eligibility. That’s six arbitration decision as [...]
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It’s nice to have our Associated Press buddy Mark Didtler down in Tampa. Here’s the latest from the AP, which reports that today’s Yankees organizational meetings lasted six and a half hours and will be concluded after just one day. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and other high-ranking team [...]
Read More...Two weeks into the Yankees offseason, most of the team’s activity has occurred behind closed doors. Brian Cashman and Billy Eppler met with the team’s pro scouting department this week to discuss the state of the organization and the outside targets that might make this team better. In so many ways, the Yankees pro scouting [...]
Read More...A quick Google search for “World Series bullpens” shows why the Yankees should have been custom-built for this Fall Classic. From national publications to wire services to completely uninvolved cities, the focus leading into this World Series — the story of how the Cardinals and Rangers got here — is relief pitching. Didn’t the Yankees [...]
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