Midnight Tweets (updates on Gardner, Wilpons & very cool Mariano/Mettalica vid)

By Steve S. On March 18, 2011 · 2 Comments · In General Musings

(A daily recapping of the news and notes via Twitter that may be of interest to Yankee fans and baseball fans alike)

MLB announces Eliseo Batista of the Yankees’ Dominican Summer League team has [...]

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TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-18-11

By William J. On March 18, 2011 · 18 Comments · In Trivia

On every weeknight during Spring Training, one of the TYA writers will post a trivia question as the nightly open thread. The blog administrators will keep track of the winners, and the commenter with the most correct answers will win a prize that has yet to be decided upon. The answers will be posted in [...]

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Who’s Next

By Eric Schultz On March 18, 2011 · 15 Comments · In Prospects, Roster Decisions

With the Yankee 25-man roster more or less figured out, I thought I would take a look at who the potential minor league fill-ins at each position are likely to be if injury or ineffectiveness strike Yankee regulars or bench players.

1b: Should anything happen to Mark Teixeira, Eric Chavez (assuming he makes the [...]

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Yankee Analysts Live Chat | March 18, 2011 @ 4:00PM EST

By William J. On March 18, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Uncategorized

Is everyone’s bracket busted yet? Let’s take some time from the NCAA tourney for a little Yankee talk.

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Debate About Jeter’s Slot in the Lineup Has Been Out of Order

By William J. On March 18, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Player Analysis, Roster Decisions

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

Ever since (and even before) the ink dried on his contract extension, there has been a lot of talk about “moving” , whether it be down in the batting order or to one of the corner positions on the field. So, not [...]

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Are Yankees Fans Ready For Torre’s Return?

By Moshe Mandel On March 18, 2011 · 18 Comments · In General Musings

It looks like the Yankees and Joe Torre have finally buried the hatchet (via ):

Though the relationship between Torre and the Yankees seemed frosty at first, especially after Torre and co-author Tom Verducci collaborated on a book, “The Yankee Years,” the thawing process began last year when Torre attended the [...]

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The Leadoff Spot

By Matt Imbrogno On March 18, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Player Analysis

The only remaining argument of Spring Training, aside from the back of the rotation, seems to be what to do with the leadoff spot. Granted, it’s not THAT much of a debate. Joe Girardi keeps hinting that he’d like to have be the leadoff guy, but we all know it’s going [...]

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2011 Yankees Preview: Center Field

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 18, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Player Analysis

During the 2009-2010 offseason, when it became apparent that the Tigers will willing to trade , the Yankees reviewed their system and determined that ‘s best-case scenario would be turning into Granderson, and therefore decided to trade future potential for the already-established model.

Granderson had come off a [...]

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Towers: Betances Best of the B’s

By Steve S. On March 18, 2011 · 17 Comments · In Prospects

Ken Rosenthal passes along an interesting lil’ tidbit from former Padres and current Arizona Diamondbacks GM Kevin Towers. If this was a quote from an anonymous scout I would just call it one man’s opinion and not give it a second look, but Towers is well known in baseball circles for his expertise on pitching. [...]

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