TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-23-11

By EJ Fagan On March 23, 2011 · 17 Comments · In Trivia

On every night throughout the year, 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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The Lesson of Dellin Betances, Revisited

By Moshe Mandel On March 23, 2011 · 27 Comments · In Prospects

Today is Dellin Betances‘ 23rd birthday, so I thought it would be useful to revisit something I wrote prior to last season:

Sickels left Dellin off of his 2010 list entirely, and while it is possible for Betances to turn his career around, it seems like this is one lottery ticket that [...]

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Extra 300%: Rebuilding of the Yankee Brand Is a Story Waiting To Be Told

By William J. On March 23, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Business of Baseball

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

Ever since “” was published in 2003, authors have been lining up to tell the next best tale of mind triumphing over money when it comes to building a winning baseball team. Michael Lewis’ controversial look inside the front office of the Oakland [...]

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John Harper Reads Too Much Into Spring Training Re: Montero

By EJ Fagan On March 23, 2011 · 21 Comments · In Prospects

John Harper of The Daily News writes:

SARASOTA, Fla. – Jesus Montero, the can’t-miss slugger, hasn’t lived up to the hype in spring training, and it’s starting to look as if the Yankees may not have a choice but to send him back to Triple-A, as much for him to get his bat [...]

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Over/Under: Jorge Posada Edition

By Matt Imbrogno On March 23, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Player Analysis, Statistical Analysis

I love the Over/Under game. I tend to play it a lot on Twitter and it usually gets a decent response, so I figured why not turn it into a post? After all, an unlimited usage of characters is much better than a 140 character limit.

The first installment is going to be about, [...]

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Why I think the Yankees should let Sabathia go after he opts-out

By Larry Koestler On March 23, 2011 · 54 Comments · In Business of Baseball

The following is a guest post by friend of the blog and frequent commenter T.O. Chris.

A major point of contention for Yankee fans in the not-so-distant future concerns the opt-out clause of . Since inking his 7-year, $161 million pact on December 18, 2008, the clause hadn’t generated much discussion, but [...]

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