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Plan $189 Million Is Dead; Are Yankees Revived?

Posted in Arod, Baseball, Brian Cashman, Business and Finance, Hal Steinbrenner, Hot Stove, MLB, Robinson Cano, Yankees on December 5, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Plan $189 million is dead. Long live the Yankee dollar. The Yankees aren’t saying that, of course. On the contrary, just about every article dealing with the team’s free agent ambitions or acquisitions have been careful to cite anonymous sources who maintain the Yankees’ commitment to dipping below the luxury tax threshold. However, actions speak […]

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Yankees Going All In, but Need Cano for a Full House

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, MLB, Robinson Cano, Roster Analysis, Yankees on December 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees are back. After lying relatively dormant for three off seasons, the Bronx Bombers have re-opened their heavy wallets by signing two of the winter’s top free agents. Entering the off season, the Yankees two biggest holes were behind the plate and in the outfield. In 2013, the Bronx Bombers ranked 26th in the […]

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Bonus Time: Can Yankees, Cano Bridge Gap with Front Loaded Contract?

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Hot Stove, Robinson Cano, Yankees on December 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

How much is Robinson Cano really worth? According to various reports, the Yankees and their second baseman haven’t come close to answering that question. With the team’s current offer a reported $160 million for seven years, and Cano allegedly asking for nine years and $252 million, a deal doesn’t seem imminent. The Yankees and Cano […]

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PEDs, Punishment and Jhonny Peralta; Does Crime Really Pay?

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Hot Stove, PEDs on November 25, 2013 | 1 Comment »

Crime isn’t supposed to pay, at least not as much as Jhonny Peralta is going to make over the next four seasons. In August, Peralta was one of 12 players suspended by major league baseball for their involvement in the Biogenesis scandal. Today, he is the latest free agent to sign a lucrative long-term contract. […]

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Can the Yankees Afford to Not Sign Robinson Cano?

Posted in Baseball, Free Agents, Hal Steinbrenner, Robinson Cano, Roster Analysis, Yankees on November 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »

The Yankees need Robinson Cano. Such an obvious statement should go without saying, but there has been growing sentiment among fans and media that suggests otherwise. According to this line of thinking, either Cano is not worth his rumored contract demands and/or the Yankees can not afford him. Does such an argument hold up to […]

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WAR Over American League MVP a Two Front Battle

Posted in Awards, Baseball, MLB, sabermetrics on November 16, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout have vied for the last two American League MVP awards, but the real battle has taken place off the field. Not only have sabermetricians and old school members of the BBWAA gone to war over which criteria best measure a player’s value, but they can’t even agree on the definition of […]

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Answering the Call: A Veterans Day All Star Team

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , on November 11, 2013 | 2 Comments »

The following was originally published on November 11, 2010. Baseball and the United States military have been closely intertwined since the days of the Civil War, both in myth and reality. Even if the game wasn’t really invented by Major General Abner Doubleday (ahem, Mr. Selig), a hero of Fort Sumter, the hundreds of baseball […]

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