It was pre-ordained. It was a team that was predicted by so-called baseball experts to be one of the greatest in baseball history. A team personally handcrafted and built by a genius named Theo Epstein, a man many considered to be one of the greatest GM’s in baseball history. Yes, everyone celebrated from Harvard Yard [...]

So is Brett Gardner a cheaper version of Carl Crawford as Brian Cashman claims? They both play good defense; they got are going to steal 50+ bases; and they both are going to get on base about 34-35% of the time. If there is ever an example of how batting average is a bad judge of [...]

While Jayson Werth, Carl Crawford, and Cliff Lee were negotiating muti million dollar deals this week, there was someone that leveraged their skills to an even bigger contract: Howard Stern. There were rumors last week that Stern was taking his radio show to the internet, and was close to signing a deal with Apple. It [...]

The Winter Meetings started off with two big surprises (Jayson Werth, Adrian Gonzalez), but were pretty tame this year. That ended late yesterday when Carl Crawford pulled off an upset and signed with the Boston Red Sox. By all accounts Crawford wanted to go to Anaheim, and Boston wasn’t even his first choice on the [...]

We talked to one of Frank Russo’s Yankees sources in Tampa asking him to update us on some of the rumblings regarding Cliff Lee, Carl Crawford, and Andy Pettitte. First, the Yankees, as reported, did meet with Crawford, but right now there aren’t serious negotiations. The feeling all along is that Crawford has wanted to [...]

A usual meme you hear from fans, writers, and even baseball executives is how the Yankees are the ruination of baseball. Yes, it’s frustrating to see them outspend the next highest payroll team by fifty million dollars or more, but that is a recent development thanks to the YES Network and the explosion of the [...]

Two hours of radio tonight as we kick off the Winter Meetings. To kick off the night we will talk about the upcoming Veterans Committee Hall of Fame vote with author Doug Gladstone. Earlier this year Doug talked about his book “A Bitter Cup of Coffee”which discussed how MLB and the Players Association have left [...]

We are just hours away from the beginning of the Winter Meetings so let’s start it off with some rumblings from Tampa. In talking to our main Yankee source, the meeting between the Yankees and Carl Crawford is more than exploratory. Right now there is a feeling that Crawford may prefer to play in a [...]

Earlier in the offseason we heard how the Yankees were standing firm to keeping their payroll at 2010 levels. Depending on how you look at it, that meant it was a tight squeeze fitting in their own free agents (Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte), and Cliff Lee. There are reports the Yankees will meet with Carl Crawford [...]

There has been some talk amongst the fan base about the Yankees trading Brett Gardner to open up leftfield for Tampa free agent left fielder Carl Crawford. Gardner led the majors in UZR and UZR/150 this season. The voting for the 2010 edition of the Fielding Bible Awards was announced yesterday, and he took home [...]

The hot stove officially begins in New York today. What kind of changes do the Yankees need to make to stay a playoff team in the competitive American League? Here are some of my thoughts on what the Yankees offseason focus should entail. The Great Mariano and Jeter Debate: There is no doubt that both [...]

The Yankees are winning. Their pitching is pretty good. The bats are nice and they are leading in the AL East. All of which is covering the fact, that at the pate, Derek Jeter is having his worst year in….well, quite a while. The sneaky truth that no one is talking much about is….Jeter’s batting [...]

I believe the Texas Ranger and Cliff Lee is what stand in the way of the Yankees making a repeat trip to the World Series. With that said, it may be Tampa they have to worry about in a seven game series. If the playoffs started today the Yankees would play Chicago and Tampa would [...]

When I first heard the Curtis Granderson trade this winter I turned up my nose. I thought Austin Jackson, Phil Coke, and Ian Kennedy could provide nice depth for the Yankees in 2010. After listening to individuals from both the New York and Detroit side I warmed up to Granderson in centerfield. All along I [...]

We were told by our main Yankees source down in Tampa that the Phillies Jayson Werth has now passed Carl Crawford on the top of the Yankees ”wish list” for the future. ”They’ve been coveting him for more than two years now, just like they have with Cliffy (Cliff Lee), and feel that he would be the perfect [...]