Yanks Go Yard » Cole Hamels http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:58:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 David Phelps and others in the Yankees’ 2013 rotation? http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/06/30/david-phelps-and-others-in-the-yankees-2013-rotation/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/06/30/david-phelps-and-others-in-the-yankees-2013-rotation/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:05:18 +0000 Benjamin Orr http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=6683 The one thing that the New York Yankees have been blessed with so far this season is the starting pitching. A lot of the Yankees’ starting pitching in previous years has never been as sharp, especially with multiple pitchers. Phil Hughes has been absolutely dominating his opponents in his previous starts. Ivan Nova has been lowering his ERA significantly. The rest of the rotation with CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte has been the major core of the pitching staff, but here’s the reality, guys get older. Kuroda will be 38 going into next season., Pettitte just turned 40 this month (and is now on the 60-day DL) and Sabathia is going to 32 in July. However, Sabathia will more than likely stay with New York until his career is over, so that’s one bit of the core we can keep. Looking forward without veterans like Kuroda and Pettitte is hard, but not impossible. What we saw from David Phelps in his brief few games this season impressed the Yankees. Phelps is currently back on the 25-man roster so we’ll see what can do in the meantime.  Though, looking at 2013, expect Phelps to be a major part of the rotation, even if he were to be the fifth man. There’s also the possibility of signing a free agent. The big free agent on the market after this season will be Cole Hamels. Could the Yankees sign Hamels and have Phelps ready for next year?

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]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/06/30/david-phelps-and-others-in-the-yankees-2013-rotation/feed/ 6 Should the Yankees Trade for Wandy Rodriguez? http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/06/21/should-the-yankees-trade-for-wandy-rodriguez/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/06/21/should-the-yankees-trade-for-wandy-rodriguez/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:00:58 +0000 Jimmy Kraft http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=6567 It’s no secret the  New York Yankees covet left-hand pitching and are willing to pay top dollar in order to procure their services. If you need evidence, look no further than CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. In Sabathia’s case he signed a five-year, $122M through 2016, with a vesting option for 2017. As for Lee, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman basically offered the Mariners a king’s ransom of Jesus Montero, David Adams, and Zach McAllister back in 2010, but they instead went the Texas Rangers offer of Justin Smoak, Blake Beavan, Matthew Lawson and Josh Lueke. (more…)

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