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2020's most overrated and over-hated figures in baseball
We have nearly finished our hellish journey through the epically craptastic year that has been 2020. But first, we must render who and what in baseball (and a few other...
Mets, Yankees deep-dive includes potential Trevor Bauer slip: Sherman
Even in a slow-moving offseason, it is baseball and it is New York, so there is action and attention. So here is a deeper dive into a few stories from...
Brian Cashman willing to play dangerous Yankees game
The Yankees might be counting on their young pitchers more than ever before next season. With Masahiro Tanaka, J.A. Happ and James Paxton all on the free-agent market — and...
Slugger's contract is crippling Yankees more than ever
Three years ago Friday, the Yankees pulled off the trade to get Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins. He’s still owed $218 million over the remaining seven years of his contract...
Yankees announcer has Masahiro Tanaka free-agency warning
While the Yankees wait for the market for DJ LeMahieu to unfold, the potential return of the American League batting champion could be an either/or proposition with that of fellow...
Yankees are playing risky rotation game right now: Sherman
Lance Lynn fit what the Yankees needed ideally. It is not just that he has been among the majors’ best pitchers since he left New York two years ago. He...
Yankees take patient strategy in free agency area of need
For a second straight offseason, the Yankees have taken things slowly. Last year, that resulted in a mid-December signing of Gerrit Cole. But after a shortened regular season that led...
When Yankees will strike in tricky free agency
It has been close to three weeks since the Yankees’ last transaction. That is when they picked up a $14 million club option for 2022 on lefty reliever Zack Britton....
Mets could target this Yankees pitcher in free agency
One of the first major tests of Steve Cohen’s ownership will be the Mets’ pursuit of Trevor Bauer, the top free agent pitcher available. But with a team that has...
Yankees face unfamiliar problem finding Gerrit Cole help
Call this The Case of the Missing 40 Percent. As the Yankees stand now, still in the first inning of this Hot Stove season unlike any other, they must replace...
Yankees could treat DJ LeMahieu like Derek Jeter in free agency
When Derek Jeter was a free agent following the 2010 season the Yankees told him to shop for deals. Of course, Jeter returned on a three-year deal for $51 million...
Ranking MLB’s top 30 free agents and predicting where they’ll sign
This will be a Hot Stove League unlike any other. It could start slowly. It could get ugly. Yet as Eddie Murphy once said, money don’t crack. Baseball’s free-agent market,...
Mets could target Yankees veteran in free agency
Here are three potential free agent targets for the Mets: Pitcher Trevor Bauer, Cincinnati Reds The right-hander is the favorite to win the Cy Young award and has stated he...
Yankees could consider these veteran pitchers in free agency
Here are three potential free agent targets for the Yankees: Infielder DJ LeMahieu, New York Yankees When the Yankees signed LeMahieu two years ago, it was hard to see exactly...
Yankees' hard roster decisions will shape crucial free agency
At 12:01 on Wednesday morning, the clock started ticking on several key issues facing the Yankees. Free agency begins the day after the World Series ends. Players can’t sign with...
What Yankees' 2021 rotation could look like
If the Yankees limit payroll next season to stay under the luxury tax threshold of $210 million, they won’t be able to rely on plugging holes in their rotation with...
Yankees' plans for free agency are about to crystalize
With the World Series heading for completion, the answers to questions facing the Yankees will begin to crystalize. The organization began meeting this past week via Zoom and will continue...
How these Yankees stars and their WAGs kept busy during the ALCS
Gerrit Cole and Masahiro Tanaka are getting through the postseason blues with their favorite fans. On Saturday, Yankees ace Cole revealed he and wife Amy were enjoying a dinner date...
Yankees' tricky money challenge could force star to leave: Sherman
Let’s do an exercise. Because Brian Cashman and his baseball operations staff almost certainly are in the midst of doing it for real to determine, among other items, how much...
The remaining Yankees mystery around a Masahiro Tanaka return
From the beginning to end MLB’s 60-game 2020 regular season provided difficulty in evaluating players, because of small sample size married to COVID-19 concerns that caused families to separate and...