I shouldn’t need to tell you how good Corey Kluber was, but I will. From 2014 – 2018, he was the second best pitcher in the American League behind Chris Sale, and it was a close second. Kluber led the AL in ERA+ over that span and was second to only Sale in both K%-BB% … Continue reading NYY and Kluber: What’s to say?

The Yankees and DJ Lemahieu have come to an agreement on a 6 year, $90 million dollar contract, according to multiple sources (although as I’m typing this, it has yet to be made official). The good news is that I get to watch D.J. Lemahieu play baseball every day – what fan wouldn’t be happy … Continue reading Good news, bad news

Your friendly reminder Yankee fans, that if the season started today, the Yankees… Number two starter has thrown 75 innings in three years. Their number three starter hasn’t been on a big league mound in well over a year.Any groundball hit to the left side of the infield will be a single, as there’d be … Continue reading Can we do something? Anything?

Yesterday, the Yankees acquired outfielder Greg Allen from San Diego for minor league pitcher James Reeves. Here’s what you need to know: Over 221 big league games, Allen has 32 stolen bases in 38 attempts, which is outstanding. The problem is that with a .298 career OBP over 618 plate appearances, he’s almost never on … Continue reading The newest Yankee

The Detroit Tigers and Robbie Grossman finalized a two year, $10 million dollar contract on Tuesday. This is relevant to Yankee fans only in the sense that it touches on something I mentioned in passing a few weeks ago: Some team is going to get a steal when they sign Brett Gardner to a one … Continue reading Hey GMs – a steal, right here:

Former Yankee Phil Hughes made his retirement official this past Sunday. Keyword “official” as Hughes hasn’t pitched since August of 2018 due to a string of injuries and health issues, so his tweet with the announcement came as no surprise. Despite his misfortune (matters such as thoracic outlet syndrome and line drives breaking your shin … Continue reading Phil Hughes’ retirement

Here we go again, financial flexibility in available payroll space fans…oh, sorry – I mean “baseball” fans… I’ve long ago accepted that owners of MLB teams are by and large, disingenuous creeps. Creeps who rely on fans who don’t know better, believing owners’ drivel in order for owners to keep their money. What I refuse … Continue reading Financial flexibility, part 12

In what has been an unimaginably agonizing year for many of us in multiple respects, the unpleasantness continued yesterday when we lost Phil Niekro, yet another all-time great from the baseball world taken from us recently. When I think of Phil Niekro, two things come to mind. First, he pitched in what was the best … Continue reading Knuckles to the sky today.

I think most Yankee fans have recollections of Roy White’s career that are similar to mine: A very good player on some bad Yankee teams, then a solid contributor on some championship Yankee teams later in his career. Although neither of those evaluations is necessarily incorrect, they do understate how good of player Roy White … Continue reading You underrated Roy White too…

With all of us dying of boredom due to the lack of action in MLB – no, not the “we need more balls in play and we need to decrease time in between pitches” lack of action – the “there are next to no free-agent signings and/or trades being made” lack of action. “Hot stove” … Continue reading FYI, re. next year’s work stoppage: