As bad as Javier Vazquez was this season with the Yankees I believe he is someone that could be salvageable for a National League club. For his career Vazquez has an ERA+ of 110 in the National League. As a matter of fact his struggles could be more correlated to his time in Yankees pinstripes [...]

It appears that Omar Minaya is just days away from his tenure as GM of the Mets ending. When I heard that current MLB Network analyst, and former Cleveland and Texas GM John Hart was prepping for the possibility of an interview with the Mets, I thought of Gary Armida of The Baseball Report who [...]

Yes, I am putting the cart before the horse, but blame Dayn Perry over at Fox Sports who ranked nine possible postseason matchups. Here are some involving the Yankees Yankees- Phillies Reds – Yankees Giants – Yankees Padres- Yankees Braves- Yankees I think the Yankees handily beat every team, but the Phillies. The best matchup [...]

Matt Pignataro of Seven Train to Shea passes along information from an industry source that indicates Omar Minaya will be fired on Monday. There was some thought that Minaya would be reassigned in the organization, but Pignataro believes he will be sent packing. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since it’s been widely [...]

In honor of R.A. Dickey‘s final start in this breakout season, I found this video on YouTube. Yes, it’s kind of odd, but funny, and who doesn’t like a rubber ducky?

Recently I wrote an article warning that the Yankees couldn’t hit lefties, and that doesn’t bode well for the playoffs. Well, as the LoHud Blog recently wrote: The Yankees have now lost the past eight games against left-handed starters.” Ooof. So what does this mean? It means should grab the Wild Card spot and play [...]

Each year we do a top prospect list here at NYBD. Of course, everyone has a list, but it’s fun to see how each site looks at players. Jed Weisberger of MILB will be doing his Yankees list sometime in the near future, but as he does each year Joe Demayo put up his top [...]

I wrote earlier how Phil Hughes might have made a case to be the #2 starter come the playoffs. Let’s see what you think, who would you start in Game 2 and 5? Who Should Start Game 2 and 5?online survey

Willie Randolph knows there will be a number of managerial vacancies open this offseason, so it shouldn’t be a surprise he was engaging reporters about his future before last night’s game at Citi Field. If only Randolph was that affable during his tenure perhaps he would still be employed behind the bench. With all the [...]

The “panic move” of starting Phil Hughes on Sunday against the Red Sox may have told the Yankees something about their young righty. Calling Sunday a “must win” is unfair, it was an important win, but not of the “must” status. Even so, a sweep at the hands of the Red Sox would have made [...]

With his September surge, Ike Davis is putting a stamp on what is becoming a solid offensive season. To date, he has 18 homers, 69 RBI, OPS of .797, and an OPS+ of 116. Certainly not in the class of Fielder, Pujols, or Votto, but certainly solid numbers for his first go around the league. [...]

Joel Sherman made an excellent point in his Hardball Blog earlier today: Among potential AL playoff foes, the Rays already know how to exploit the speed issue, having stolen 22 bases in 23 tries against the Yankees this season. Tampa leads the majors in steals at 167. Texas is seventh at 117. You think of [...]

Check out Carlos Beltran‘s September numbers after his two run game against the Phillies yesterday: Split G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS tOPS+ sOPS+ Sept/Oct 19 18 71 10 22 3 2 3 10 2 0 5 12 .310 .359 .535 .894 140 147 [...]

The Yankees were three outs away from the final week being more than glorified spring training. Jonathan Papelbon couldn’t close the door, and an inning later they walked off, literally, for a great come from behind win, arguably, the best of the season. Now comes the business of winning the division on the road. Six [...]

Another hour of great baseball conversation tonight with a host of NYBD contributors. We kick off the first half hour talking Yankees baseball. Yes the Yankees are struggling, but the playoffs are inevitable. What should the playoff rotation be? Does A.J. Burnett get a start? What about Ivan Nova on the roster? My CC Sabathia [...]