Open Thread-House of Pena

By Steve S. On July 3, 2011 · 52 Comments · In Open Threads

For a guy who’s supposed to be a defensive specialist, you wouldn’t know it by his performance today. Or by his advanced defensive metrics, for that matter. In his defense (ahem) it’s only the 2nd game he’s played at SS this year, and it was his first start. No biggie. You can’t win [...]

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For Yankees, International Free Agency Off to a Slow Start

By Eric Schultz On July 3, 2011 · 34 Comments · In Prospects

Yesterday marked the official beginning of the international free agent signing period, the largely unregulated Wild West of talent acquisition.  Because the players are so young (usually 16) and scouts don’t always get to see them in game action, there is a lot of uncertainty about who the top talents are.  Ben Badler of Baseball [...]

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Game 82-Brooms out in Flushing

By Steve S. On July 3, 2011 · 56 Comments · In Game Thread

The Mets already looked over matched in the subway series this year, losers of 4 of the first 5 contests in games that for the most part weren’t exactly nail biters. Now with their best offensive player on the shelf, this afternoon’s contest has the drama of a prisoner being led to a firing [...]

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Colon pitches six shut out innings in his return, Yankees beat Mets 5-2, extend win streak to seven games

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On July 3, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Game Recaps

 picked things up right where he left off when he was put on the DL with a strained hamstring. In six innings of work, Colon threw 80 pitches — which was his target for the day — allowing no runs, striking out six, walking none and giving up just five hits. [...]

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Do the Yanks really need to trade for a starter?

By Steve S. On July 3, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Trade Musings

During last off season, Yankee fans, Red Sox fans, national pundits and sportswriters everywhere all agreed on one thing. Sometime around the midseason trade deadline, the Yanks will make a deal for a starting pitcher, period. The reasoning was as follows. The Red Sox have a better starting five, the Yanks have [...]

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