There’s no other way to slice it.  This has been a boring offseason, hence my relatively long absence from this space.  Not much has occurred since the 2018 season ended a few months back and pretty much everything that has occurred hasn’t required too much opinion or analysis from anyone. But that does lend itself … Continue reading Boring. But it’s almost over.

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

I've regarded the question of whether or not Mariano Rivera’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame would be from a unanimous vote among the BBWAA voters as an inane discussion. Really – what would a non-unanimous vote prove?  That there are wacky people out there?  That there are people who say things just to … Continue reading Unanimous Mo (…?)

Before we get into my hypothetical 2019 Hall of Fame ballot, we need to review last year’s.  Because only 10 votes are allowed, who was inducted last year and who becomes eligible this year may affect one’s votes, as it has with mine this year.  Which, we must acknowledge, is an absurd voting policy – … Continue reading 2019 HOF Ballot (with Yankee ties)

To be clear, I have no inside information on what a major league team would want in return for its players in a trade.  I, like you, assume based on reports that the Yankees want to add a front-line starting pitcher and that there are teams who are floating the idea of trading their front-line … Continue reading Target this guy:

Well, that didn’t take long. Before we even get to our pumpkin pie we have a big Yankee transaction to discuss.  Big in both the figurative and literal sense – the dude’s nickname is “big maple”. In case you were watching the Chiefs and Rams put up more points than the Jets and Giants have … Continue reading James Paxton, New York Yankee

Shohei Ohtani is the American League Rookie of the Year for the 2018 season. I haven’t seen Yankee fans this mad since they were told Didi is a good – not great – player. Maybe when I told them A-Rod was more than a team player than Jeter.  That got Yankee Universe pretty fired up… … Continue reading Sho-time

Since Brian Cashman has said – well, he’s said a few silly things so far this offseason – but when he said that starting pitching may be a priority for the Yankees, that did seem to make sense.  So let’s go with it and take a closer look at available free agent starting pitchers. For … Continue reading Free Agent Pitchers: Your 411