Nightly Links: Ibanez, Chaves, Rivera

By On February 20, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Link Dump

The Yankees reached an agreement with this morning with a but incentives could bring the Jack Moore talked a little about his splits at FanGraphs, and how it would impact the team in 2012. Girardi confirmed a few things [...]

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Price Is Right, but Raul Ibanez Signing Comes With Opportunity Cost

By On February 20, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Hot Stove

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

The other shoe has dropped. As expected, the Yankees followed up the official announcement of the A.J. Burnett trade by signing Raul Ibanez to a one-year deal worth just over $1 million.

Now matter how Brian Cashman tries to sugar coat the acquisition, the selection of Ibanez [...]

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Russell Martin’s surprising success

By On February 20, 2012 · 12 Comments · In Player Analysis

The Yankees picked up last year after the Dodgers failed to offer him a contract. Martin had put forward two consecutive seasons of decline in L.A. In 2007 and 2008 he was among the best all around catchers in baseball, posting wOBA’s of .368 and then .351. After that his body [...]

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Beginnings

By On February 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In General Musings

As soon as the Super Bowl ended, it was unofficially baseball season. Now that pitchers and catchers have reported, and we’re that much closer to full squads reporting, it’s essentially baseball season. We have the formalities of Spring Training to through, of course, but as soon as the first pitcher or player steps foot in [...]

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