Share As the trying days of September lie ahead, the New York Yankees need to finish strong down the stretch in order to fend off the young Tampa Bay Rays and secure their second straight AL East title. Their title defense starts with the return of Andy Pettitte. After throwing a 25 pitch bullpen session [...]
(28th August, 2010)
Austin Kearns And His Yankee RoleShare With the Yankees officially shutting down Nick Johnson for the season, basically ending his New York career, Austin Kearns’ role just got a bit bigger. Mainly being used as the first outfielder of the bench, Kearns also spell Curtis Granderson against tough lefties. On a bench devoid of a homerun threat when Lance Berkman’s [...]
(28th August, 2010)
Share With the status of Francisco Rodriguez’s career as a member of the New York Mets still in limbo, the question now becomes who should inherit the closing mantle? Using a bullpen by committee, Jerry Manuel has been slow to name the heir to the closing spot since K-Rod’s departure from the club. Having that [...]
(26th August, 2010)
Josh Thole Now Part Of The Mets FutureShare With the recent waiver wire deal that sent veteran Rod Barajas to the bright lights of L.A, the New York Mets have ushered in the Josh Thole Era behind the plate. Thought of as the catcher of the future, Thole has given every indication of being a serviceable, if not All-Star caliber, catcher for [...]
(26th August, 2010)
Share Before the Staten Island Yankees came north this past June many Yankee fans were excited as it was expected that 2009 first and second round draft picks Slade Heathcott and J.R. Murphy were expected to join the team. However the Yankees decided that the duo will skip the New York-Penn League and join the [...]
(24th August, 2010)
Share Defense was the key to the game for the Staten Island Yankees as they limited the Aberdeen Ironbirds to just one run allowing 16 runners to reach base, ten via the walk. 2010 first round pick Cito Culver and third rounder Rob Segedin were in the middle of the action making great defensive plays [...]
(22nd August, 2010)
Top PelfShare Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? The curious case of Mike Pelfrey continues to puzzle Metropolitan fans who are getting all too used to trying to guess which version of their pitchers will show up. Just when you think that Mike Pelfrey is going to go the way of John Maine and Oliver Perez, “the [...]
(20th August, 2010)
Share In front of a sold out crowd at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark the Brooklyn Cyclones came from behind to earn a season series split with the Staten Island Yankees. The Cyclones were the first to get on the board plating four runs in the first inning off of Yankees starter Mike Gipson. After [...]
(16th August, 2010)
From Hot TejadaShare Ruben Tejada has been utterly overmatched in the batter’s box at the major league level this year. The 20-year-old Panamanian-born rookie’s batting average has dropped from a season high of .270 on June 29th all the way down to .180 as we enter play today on August 16th. But that doesn’t mean Tejada won’t [...]
(14th August, 2010)
Once of the brightest prospects in all of baseball, Mets outfielder Jeff Francouer has fallen on hard times.