Great job by Brian Costa finding this video from Fox Business News. Mets VP of Business Operations, Dave Howard, disputes the claims of author Erin Arvedlund live on television. If you remember, Arvedlund claimed the Wilpon’s are in financial distress and may need to sell the team. He calls her sources “bogus” and the story “erroneous”. [...]

Mike Axisa of MLB Trade Rumors relays a story by Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. Apparently two “mystery teams” were in pursuit of D-Backs RHP Jon Garland. NYBD contributor Frank Russo reported last week that his sources indicated it was the Yanks and Colorado looking into Garland. Update 8:03: SI’s Jon Heyman confirms Rockies [...]

Congrats to Josh Thole who has been promoted from AA Binghamton. According to Metsblog he will be in uniform tomorrow night. When MILB’s Jed Weisberger was updating me on the kids down in Savannah, he also gave me some insight into Josh Thole. Thole has worked hard and deserves a shot in September. He bats [...]

You probably already know about this site, but I found yankeesmagicnumber.com It’s a site that does a countdown to the number of Yankees wins and Red Sox losses that will result in an AL East title. In other words a magic number. There is even HTML code for you to put this on your website [...]

Chad Jennings of the Times Tribune reports on some possible 40 man roster decisions the Yankees have coming up. Austin Jackson, Kevin Russo, Reegie Corona, Colin Curtis, Ivan Nova, Zach Kroenke, and Kevin Whelan are all Rule V eligible if they are not added to the 40 man roster. For those that might not be [...]

All summer we have been discussing the ridiculous 2009 Mets seasons. Instead of debating on the field issues, Mets fans have been subjected to a blow by blow of the Mets dysfunctional corporate structure. It’s safe to say the team appears to lack the infrastructure necessary to compete consistently. It probably explains why for every [...]

Even though the minor league season doesn’t end for about 10 days, I decided to make my end of season rankings. Has the player,position and teams they played on this year. Rumors swirl that Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Zach Lutz are moving to Binghamton while Sean Ratliff and Josh Satin move up to St Lucie, but [...]

Our good friend Jed Weisberger of MILB sent me a note about some of his observations of the Mets Single A farm team in Savannah. In a season of constant bad news, Jed offers Mets fans a glimmer of hope with some players that stood out. Savannah has a 3.16 team ERA, which leads the [...]

Howard and I settle into our regular time slot with another edition of the Weekly Digest We are just 24 hours away from postseason rosters being finalized. The Tampa trade of Scott Kazmir proves that quality arms can still be acquired through waivers. Are the Yankees in play for any? Better yet, do they need [...]

Former big league pitching coach Rick Peterson joined me on Thursday’s edition of the show. Rick is currently one of the founders of 3P Sports, a program which helps young pitchers improve their performance and prevent injuries. We discussed the rise in injuries to young pitchers, some who have to have Tommy John surgery as [...]

Mike Ashmore gives the details about the injury to Dellin Betances who is the fourth Yankees pitching prospect to require major surgery this year. Ian Kennedy, Christian Garcia, George Kontos, and now Dellin Betances have gone down. Kontos, just like Betances, needs Tommy John surgery. Betances was having a horrible year at Tampa with a [...]

What a great day to be a New York baseball fan. First, we get lectured about race relations, next, we hear about a man that “quit” baseball 15 years ago because of his principles. Mike Vaccaro of the NY Post details a story about Joseph Barzelli a former baseball fan and his story. Barzelli decided [...]

Just when I think I have heard it all in baseball something happens that just amazes me. Yesterday I came across this article on Baseball Think Factory. The premise of the piece was the harsh treatment of Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley by the Wrigley Field faithful. Bradley, who has a checkered past that was outlined [...]

The season may be over in terms of the playoffs, but it’ll be a lost season if some players don’t capitalize on the opportunity to get playing time. Citi Field has become an open playground for players like Murphy, Santos, Pagan, Evans, and the rest to showcase their skills going into 2010. Angel Pagan has [...]

Friday night’s walk-off homer by Robbie Cano was a great start to the Chicago series. The Yanks needed to get off to a good start this weekend and they did just that. I know a lot of people hate games like Saturday’s 10-0 blowout, but I’m not one of them. I love it when the [...]