Game Thread: Yanks vs Angels, 6/3/2011 (10:05PM EST on YES)

By Matt Warden On June 3, 2011 · 42 Comments · In Game Thread

It’s a glorious Friday night, the weekend has finally arrived (thank the Mo almighty), and the Yankees are back in business after yesterday’s offday. The storylines du jour: A certain former backstop has been rightfully dropped to eighth in the batting order and Ivan Nova (4-3, 4.67) is the chump pitcher who’s been charged with opposing Jared Weaver [...]

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Yankee linkapalooza

By Larry Koestler On June 3, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Link Dump

Here are some links from the Yankosphere to tide you over until the Yankees’ 10pm start time tonight.

Though has (rightfully) received heaps of praise for his remarkable turnaround season, the Pinstriped Bible’s Jay Jaffe took a look at the fine season Freddy Garcia — the Yankees’ other [...]

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Slade Scuffling Since Suspension

By Eric Schultz On June 3, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Prospects, Uncategorized

Slade Heathcott, the Yankees first-round draft pick in 2009, was off to a strong start to 2011.  He put up a sizzling .370/.453/.630 line in April in his return to low-A Charleston, and continued to be productive throughout the first half of May.  Then came the May 13 fracas against the Greenville Drive.  Heathcott was [...]

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Was Igawa a Better Signing than Dice-K?

By William J. On June 3, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Player Analysis

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

Now that Daisuke Matsuzaka’s decision to have Tommy John surgery has essentially closed the book on his Red Sox career, we can finally examine whether the signing was worthwhile. In addition, the same analysis can be used to settle another rivalry-based question: who was the [...]

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How the 2011 Yankees stack up against the American League in Team Scoring by Inning

By Larry Koestler On June 3, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Statistical Analysis, Statistical Notes

Despite the fact that the 2011 Yankee offense once again leads MLB in runs-per-game and wOBA, there’s still been quite a bit of hand-wringing among the Yankee faithful with regards to various aspects of the team’s situational hitting capabilities, be it hitting with men on base, runners in scoring position and the team’s fairly bizarre [...]

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Cash talks amateurs and Matt’s Draft Thoughts

By Matt Imbrogno On June 3, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Business of Baseball

Bryan Hoch and Brian Cashman spoke recently and the Yankee GM the importance of the draft.

SHAMELESS PLUG TIME

Don’t forget to tune into TYA’s draft coverage by reading up on Sean’s posts about draft targets.

Cashman called the draft “the most important day of the year” and stressed that [...]

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Series Preview | Yankees vs. Angels I: You’d be surprised at what Dan Haren and Phil Hughes have in common

By Larry Koestler On June 3, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Series Previews

(Note: As of this writing it’s possible may be scratched from his start on Saturday. That being said, I spent a lot of time writing about him below, and everything I mentioned still applies, so please make sure you read it all).

As several have noted, [...]

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