Now that we know Roy Halladay, Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, and Mike Mussina will be entering the Baseball Hall of Fame, I can give my final Hall thoughts (which are never final) and then get back to wondering why Manny Machado isn’t a Yankee yet.  In no particular order: No Bonds, no Clemens…again. Every year … Continue reading Mo, Edgar, Moose, Doc

With the Yankees’ signing of Adam Ottavino, the obligatory “What do you think?”, “Is it a good move?” questions are getting bandied about.  That may sound like a complaint, but it isn’t.  All of us trying to convince each other that we can predict the future better than other people can is part of the … Continue reading Adam Ottavino is a Yankee (…?)

I wrote at length about Zach Britton when the Yankees acquired him last July and 25 innings in pinstripes from then until last October wouldn’t do much to change my opinion one way or the other.  But the fact that his 25 innings with the Yankees from July through October were similar to his 15 … Continue reading Zach Britton Redux