I was talking with baseball writer Joe Delgrippo yesterday about the Yankees. A point he has made on the show in the past was how solid the Yankees 2006 amateur draft was. This was early on when Brian Cashman wrestled control of the team. The organization decided to not only spend on free agents, but [...]

Spend your Sunday night with another edition of the Weekly Digest. Tonight we kick off the first hour by talking with NYBD contributors Howard Megdal and Jed Weisberger. We talk Mets the first half hour. I will discuss my fact finding about the front office dysfunction, the Mets draft focus, and Jerry Manuel’s job security. [...]

Instead of doing an AM show, I decided to have some fun tonight and broadcast live from 1240 AM WGBB during the final game of the Subway Series at Citi Field. I am sure most New York fans could do without a second day of national coverage of their favorite team. Turn down the sound, [...]

Eating salary has never been an issue with the New York Yankees and I presume nothing has changed in 2010. That is why I am proposing the Yanks take a long look and consider replacing Randy Winn with Kevin Russo. Russo would be a great addition to this team for off the field reasons. He [...]

The Yankees are cruising. Even still, behind the great record, a few cracks are emerging. Andy Pettitte’s injury reveals a lack of depth on the mound, along with Javier Vasquez’s issues. And while some of the older Yankee players are not seriously injured, it does show that the Yankees are one injury away from catastrophe. [...]

Yankees beat reporter for Newday Erik Boland joined me on last night’s show. Erik talked about the Yankees lineup with Nick Johnson batting second and Robinson Cano fifth. He also broke down how the battle for the bullpen is shaking out, why the Yanks may not take a second lefty, who he thinks will get [...]

Headlining tonight’s podcast is Jim Hirsch, author of the book Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend. Hear me delve into the career of one of the most private players in the history of baseball. We talk about Mays and civil rights, “the catch” and his time playing for the Mets. Hirsch also goes into detail [...]

Ben Shpigel of the Times talks to Ramiro Pena today about being blocked by a Hall of Fame shortstop. Pena has the right attitude saying that “he gets to learn from one of the very best,” but there are other young players in both Port St. Lucie and Tampa that very well may need to [...]

The most competitive positional battle this spring may be the spots for the Yankees bench. Last year Joe Girardi only took four reserves north from Tampa. How will things play out this year? Locks: Francisco Cervelli Candidates: Marcus Thames, Randy Winn, Kevin Russo, Ramiro Pena, Jamie Hoffmann Long shots: Greg Golson, Jon Weber, Mike Rivera [...]

John Sickels, who appeared on WGBB with me last January, announced his Yankees prospect list. Since Jed Weisberger of MILB, and contributor to NYBD, launched the first NYBD Yankees “Top 50 Prospects”, the major publications have done their annual version. I thought it would be interesting to compare the Top 10 from each of the [...]

Shelley Duncan has always been one of my favorite players. He’s also the subject of one of my favorite stories, as the recipient of one of those “instant’’ spring-training callups – that of being pulled out of a minor-league game at the Himes Avenue complex in Tampa, Fla., and quickly being shuttled the few blocks [...]

Hear my Sunday night show which was live from the studios of 1240 AM WGBB During the first half hour I spoke with Butch Wynegar the hitting coach for the Scranton Yankees. We talked about his 77′ rookie campaign where he finished runner up to Mark Fidrych for rookie of the year, catching Dave Righetti’s [...]

There is no reason to pick on Robinson Cano. After all he had the best offensive season of his career and improved from his indifferent defensive campaign of 2008. He seems to be, however, the one Yankee that gets lost in the championship shuffle. Perhaps it was his subpar performance in the postseason or the [...]

Ranking the best 50 prospects in any organization is never easy. Injuries, unexpected performance and many other factors affect careers in both the minors and majors. I can say that I have seen most of these players perform, some throughout a whole season. Take these ratings – as all really could be digested – with [...]

Shelley Duncan has won the International League MVP. Going into tonight’s action Shelley has 29 HR’s, 93 RBI, and an OPS of .918. I had a chance to catch up with Shelley last summer and chat about him trying to make it back to the big leagues. If you remember, Duncan was nearly brought up [...]