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Joey Votto Takes Home NL MVP
Joey Votto, the Cincinnati Reds 1B, beat out Albert Pujols and Carlos Gonzalez to take home Most Valuable Player honors in the National League. He finished the season with a .324 batting average, 37 HR, 113 RBI and 106 runs (maybe not the most popular stats these days, but still the ones that will get [...]
TweetNew York Yankees Hire Pitching Coach
The long wait for the next New York Yankees pitching coach is over. The Yanks signed former Chicago Cubs’ pitching coach Larry Rothschild to a three year deal worth $2 million. Here is the entire article. I won’t spend a lot of time pretending to know what kind of impact Rothschild will have on the [...]
TweetKing Felix Beats Out CC Sabathia
November 18, 2010 could go down as one of the greatest days in Sabermetric history. It will be the day when a pitcher with 13 wins beat out pitchers with 21 and 19 wins for the Cy Young Award. As most of us know by now, Felix Hernandez (13 wins) took home the hardware while [...]
TweetNew York Yankees Make Some Moves
The New York Yankees stirred the pot on top of the Hot Stove a little bit today. It’s not the main course (i.e. Justin Upton or Cliff Lee) but they are moves worth mentioning nonetheless. I’ll start with the Juan Miranda trade. The Yankees sent Miranda to the Diamondbacks in exchange for 19 year-old RHP [...]
TweetNew York Yankees Playing Chicken
The New York Yankees and Derek Jeter have a little game of chicken brewing. Joel Sherman has the details here. The summary is simple: the Derek Jeter camp wants more years than the Yankees are willing to offer. The New York Yankees will go to three years, but Jeter reportedly wants four. About a week [...]
TweetIs Justin Upton On the Move?
In a USA Today article, Bob Nightengale listed Justin Upton among several players who have come up in trade discussions. Now, I understand that popular opinion is that nobody on a team is 100% untouchable, but it still puzzles me that the Diamondbacks would give the impression that Upton is available. He did regress in [...]
TweetYankees’ Search For Pitching Coach Continues
You can read the entire NY Daily News article here, but I just want to touch on the parts related to the New York Yankees’ search for a pitching coach. I stated in a previous post that I wanted the Yankees to give Leo Mazzone a look. Brian Cashman, however, has said that Mazzone will [...]
TweetNew York Yankees: What If Pettitte Retires?
As we all know, Andy Pettitte has not made a decision on whether he will be returning in 2011. A lot of us expect him to come back for one more season, but February could very well come and go with Andy Pettitte remaining in Deer Park, Texas. In my last post, I expressed that [...]
TweetNew York Yankees: Various Thoughts
I don’t have anything specific to speak about regarding the New York Yankees today, so I’ll just touch on a few things. I can’t be more excited for Jesus Montero getting the opportunity to make the club in 2011. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed that he doesn’t get moved. The New York Yankees have [...]
TweetNew York Yankees Don’t Need Carl Crawford
The title says it all. I like Carl Crawford and he happens to be the best offensive player on the market this off-season, but he is not someone that I’m hoping lands on the New York Yankees. The two main reasons are cost and lack of need. Crawford’s presence would present an upgrade on the [...]
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