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Yanks Need Pre-August CC to Return

CC Sabathia had another mediocre performance in the Yankees loss to the Blue Jays last night. CC has been a decidedly ordinary pitcher lately, and the Yankees cannot afford for him to be just that. The…Read More

Yanks in need of a Colon cleansing

It’s no secret that Bartolo Colon has seen his production drop recently. In his first 10 starts of 2011, he held batters to a .224/.269/.378/.647 line with 59 strikeouts to 15 walks over 67 innings.…Read More

Yanks take opener

The Yanks beat the O’s 8-3 in the opener of a day-night doubleheader with help from the bottom of the order. The team’s 1-4 hitters (Gardy, Nunez, Tex, Cano) went 1-for-17 with two RBI (both…Read More

News and notes

So was activated from the 60-day DL today, and Girardi said the team will “work him back slow.” I think, and this is just me speculating, that this is a move to keep D-Rob in the eighth-inning…Read More

Some quick injury notes + news

So was not activated before today’s game, but he will be before Friday’s tilt against the Orioles. He threw back-to-back games on Sunday and Monday, so the team felt it was best to wait given…Read More

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Perhaps rumors of Cy Colon’s demise were greatly exaggerated

When we last left Bartolo Colon he was coming off back-to-back horrendous starts which saw his ERA jump…Read More

Brian Cashman’s Task: Find Pitching

  It is no secret that the Yankees need pitching. In the starting rotation, CC Sabathia is having…Read More

Colon continues crummy conduct

Cy Colon turned in his second consecutive terrible outing last night. He lasted just 2/3 of an inning…Read More

Rays raze Yanks’ division lead

The Yanks got smoked by the Rays, 5-1, tonight and now trail America’s Team by 1/2 game in the…Read More

The Bad AJ Shows Up Again in the 7th

Just when you think AJ Burnett is beginning to earn his 5 year 82.5 million dollar contract, he screws…Read More

Lucky 7s

On the heels of a 5-2 win over the Mets, the Yanks have won seven games in a row and seven straight series. In addition, they have allowed just seven runs over their last five games and are a season-best…Read More

Colon melts down in sixth

Besides a homer to Bautista in the first, Colon was cruising along until the sixth inning tonight. That’s where it all came undone in a 7-3 setback to Toronto. I’ve never been a huge fan of…Read More

Note to Yankee Pitching Staff. Gonzalez and Youkilis are Pretty Good

Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is on fire at the plate in the month of May.  For the month, he is batting .360 with 7 home runs and 16 RBIs, and there are still two weeks left in May.  Bartolo…Read More

RISP fail

As has been the case recently, the Yanks failed to hit with runners in scoring position and fell to the Red Sox, 5-4. They were 1-for-7 with RISP and stranded eight runners. The team has now lost three…Read More

Yankees Found Lightning in a Bottle with Colon

Have we gone back in time to the year 2005 where Bartolo Colon won the AL CY Young with a record of 21-8?  So far this season, Colon looks to be closer to that form than the often injured and ineffective…Read More

Cy Colon

Eight innings pitched, seven hits, one run, six strikeouts, one walk and 99 pitches with 65 going for strikes. That is all. Bart retired eight in a row at one point and 11 of 12, he was absolutely filthy…Read More

Happy birthday Hitman!

On Don Mattingly’s 50th birthday, the Yanks avoided another ninth-inning meltdown and beat the Blue Jays, 6-2. There were many deserving candidates for player of the game, but this one belongs to…Read More

Hughes keeping it on the DL

According to Marc Carig, Phil Hughes will be going to the disabled list with what is being called a “dead arm phase.” He will stay with the team and not be sent to Triple-A, as was reported…Read More

Ya can’t lose ‘em all

The Yanks fell to the Red Sox, 9-6, this afternoon to give Beantown its first win of the year. You can blame it on the due factor, you can blame it on Boston’s Opening Day, but there’s no getting…Read More

Nova, Garcia to the rotation; Colon=New Aceves

Joe Girardi announced today that SuperNova will be the fourth man in the rotation and Freddy Garcia will be the fifth. He also revealed his plans to use Bartolo Colon as a long reliever, akin to how he…Read More

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