TYA Open Thread | Off Day | Monday April 11, 2011

By On April 11, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Open Threads

The Yankees have the day off today. Hopefully the team uses the time to breathe some life back into the offense after Sunday’s experience. The Yankees are back in action Tuesday, at home against the Orioles. toes the rubber for the bombers, while the division leading [...]

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The Mystery Of Derek Jeter’s New Old Stance

By On April 11, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Player Analysis

Over the last few days, we have heard reports that has abandoned the stance that he developed this winter with Kevin Long. In the past, Jeter typically lifted his front (left) leg, did a toe tap, and then took a stride to home plate as he swung. Long wanted to quiet [...]

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Slade Heathcott Finally Showing His Vast Potential

By On April 11, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Prospects

Slade Heathcott has had an eventful 4 games to start the season with the Charleston Riverdogs. He’s hit .500/.474/1.167 with 2 singles, 4 doubles, a triple, and two home runs. This comes following his first professional season where he hit just 16 doubles, 3 triples, and 2 home runs in 76 games. A [...]

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Do the Yankees need to rethink their organizational philosophy regarding developing starting pitchers?

By On April 11, 2011 · 15 Comments · In Organizational Philosophies

In the wake of Boston extending Clay Buchholz, I couldn’t help but think about the healthy number of young, good-to-excellent starting pitchers across baseball that have seen their teams jump to extend them prior to hitting free agency these last few years, and that the Yankees have remained noticeably absent from this practice.

The [...]

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The Track of the Hughes Storm

By On April 11, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Player Analysis

Pardon the vague literary reference (bonus points if you can guess the book; hint: I’m currently grading a metric ton of papers about it).

Though he will turn only 25 in June, it feels like has been a Yankee forever. Drafted in 2004, he made his Major League debut in [...]

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Beckett dominates Yankees as Boston picks up second win of season

By On April 11, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Game Recaps

was outright destructive last night, obliterating the flailing Yankee offense in an outing almost as dominating as his Game 6 series-clinching win in the 2003 World Series (a complete-game shutout, two walks, five hits, nine strikeouts), as he threw an eight-inning two-hit, 10-strikeout shutout (the strikeout total was the most he’s [...]

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