Follow @Ryan_Kantor It’s always sad to see the best player on your favorite team leave. It’s even worse when coupled with the retirement of one of the franchise’s all-time greats–Rivera. Yankees fans, while right to be sorrowful to see their superstar depart, should rejoice that the New York Yankees were not the team to give … Continue reading
June 6th marked the start of one of the most underrated drafts in professional sports, the MLB First-Year Player Draft. It brings the draftees more personally and emotionally into the fold, while the high school/college split creates an interesting dynamic. Additionally, the lack of certainty and familiarity with the player pool all but eliminates ugly … Continue reading
I recently wrote an article praising Brian Cashman for his ability to find all the right pieces to keep the Yankees highly competitive (and division leading) despite new taxes, enormous injuries, and shrinking payroll. Travis Hafner, Lyle Overbay, and Vernon Wells are just some of the players he’s turned to this season for bargain production. … Continue reading
It appears that Yankee GM, Brian Cashman, was just taking his time. Yankee fans watched the Angels sign Albert Pujols and CJ Wilson. They watched Mark Buehrle sign with the revamped Miami Marlins and the Rangers win exclusive rights to negotiate with Japanese pitcher, Yu Darvish. Rumors surfaced that the Yankees would add Jair Jurrjens to … Continue reading
I’d always thought Brian Cashman was a terrible GM. That is until recently, when I realized that ownership was overriding him on a lot of the decisions I didn’t like. Cashman made it obvious he didn’t want to sign Rafael Soriano this offseason and when the expensive signing happened, everyone knew Hank Steinbrenner overrode his … Continue reading
