If you missed them, here are Part I and Part II of this series, with the latter containing the big chart of starters on the market. Looking back at the list of free-agent and trade-bait starters, one of the first thing that stands out is the dearth of lefties (indicated with asterisks, as is the …
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When we last left the Yankees, they had only three starters under contract for 2005: Mike Mussina, Javier Vazquez, and Kevin Brown. I wrote that I thought it likely either or both Vazquez or Brown could be traded. As I began writing this piece, I was convinced Vazquez would likely be wearing pinstripes next season …
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Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
I’ve been keeping some exciting news under my hat for the past two weeks. The night before I left for Seattle, I received an email from Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus inviting me to join the Prospectus Triple Play rotation, writing a trio of team-themed teasers on a monthly basis. And while the Yankees were …
It has very little to do with baseball other than the usual cast of NYC-based blogging suspects and a good portion of our evening’s chatter. But Alex Belth has a writeup of a group dinner expedition he and I made to Queens on Saturday along with our significant others as well as my pal Nick …
Friday marked an anniversary of sorts: it’s been one year since I had surgery to repair the torn labrum of my right shoulder. The operation itself was relatively minor — an hour-long arthroscopic procedure that required four small incisions to repair a hole the size of a quarter and left me with two plastic anchors …
In what’s become an annual tradition around these parts, I’ll once again examine the Yankees’ roster options as they retool following an unhappy October ending. In this installment, I’ll look at the team’s starting pitching; in the next, I’ll evaluate the free agent pool and trade options. The Yankees have made no secret of the …
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When it comes to the end of the baseball season, nothing hits home for finality, as far as I’m concerned, than when ESPN.com moves its MLB link off of the top of its navbar. As soon as the World Series becomes old news, the behemoth brushes Hot Stove diehards to the margins while football and …
While I’ve been spending a lot of time focusing on the Yankees — even recording a Baseball Prospectus Radio roundtable with the usual suspects (Belth, Corcoran, Goldman) to air this weekend — the Dodger fan in me perked up his ears at the hot rumor of a Shawn Green-for-Mike Piazza deal. Both the New York …
Anybody wishing to argue that the spend-happy New York Yankees have an unlimited payroll would do well to consider the mounting evidence against that notion. Last week the team declined its 2006 option on reliever Paul Quantrill (for $3.6 million), though he’s still under contract for ’05 ($3 mil). They also cut loose on first …