Butler Would Serve Yanks Need at DH, but Royals May No Longer Be Looking to Flush Away Talent

By On January 18, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Hot Stove, Trade Musings

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

The names most often mentioned as candidates for the Yankees’ DH opening read like a who’s who from the early part of the last decade. Emerging amid the cluttered speculation about veterans like Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Vladimir Guerrero, Carlos Pena, and Raul Ibanez, however, was a more [...]

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Brian Cashman is Right (and Wrong)

By On January 18, 2012 · 26 Comments · In Trade Musings

In the interest of full disclosure, I must admit that this post will be entirely about the for deal that was completed less than a week ago. I know, like the rest of you know, that this has been analyzed to death. Yet I believe the consensus Yankee-land, and [...]

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Long-Shot Trade Targets

By On January 18, 2012 · 12 Comments · In Trade Musings

If we learned anything from last week’s Montero-Pineda swap, it’s that you can’t predict baseball. No one could have foreseen this trade, nor did anyone expect the trades surrounding or a few years ago. With the open spot in the lineup and

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What to expect when you’re expecting Pineda

By On January 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In PitchFX, Player Analysis

Yesterday, I took a look at new Yankee pitcher changed his pitching approach between the first and the second half. Today, I’m going to look at how Pineda attacked righties and lefties to start off at bats.

For right handers, Pineda went fastball heavy, starting them [...]

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