I used WAR to determine these players, using both for single season and career. AL AL EAST NEW YORK YANKEES SP Whitey Ford CP Mariano Rivera C Yogi Berra 1B Lou Gehrig 2B Robinson Cano SS Derek Jeter 3B Alex Rodriguez LF Charlie Keller CF Mickey Mantle RF Babe Ruth DH Jason Giambi BOSTON RED SOX SP Pedro Martinez CP
Read moreSeattle trades Edwin Encarnacion to the New York Yankees yesterday. This is a great salary dump trade, that is an odd one for New York. The Bronx Bombers already have Luke Voit at first base and Giancarlo Stanton at DH. They could of course move Stanton to LF, which seems to be their intention, but that means benching Brett Gardner
Read morePhoto courtesy of WikiMedia. Bryce Harper is “custom-made” for Yankee Stadium. He is a lefty bat and the Yankees just happen to need lefty bats. Just look at the amount of righties in their lineup: C Gary Sanchez, 1B Luke Voit, 2B Gleyber Torres, 3B Miguel Andujar, RF Aaron Judge, DH Giancarlo Stanton. He’s also great at getting on base
Read moreThe season is over and the Boston Red Sox are World Champions, eliminating New York along the way. The Bronx Bombers will want to have an offseason that will keep this from happening again in 2019. With that in mind, I decided to write my suggested blueprint for it. The number one concern for the team should be starting pitching.
Read morePhoto courtesy of wadetours.com. Baseball has many memorable rivalries, but none more famous or legendary than the one between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The roots of this rivalry are the 1904 AL pennant race won by Boston and Boston selling Babe Ruth to New York. The latter changed both club’s fortunes. Prior to the trade,
Read moreThe New York Yankees just got eliminated in a humiliating fashion by the Boston Red Sox in the ALDS. There will be a lot of talk about “whose fault it was”, but one thing that most will certainly agree on is that Giancarlo Stanton did not live up to expectations. Coming off of an MVP 2017 season, Stanton was traded
Read moreThe 2017-2018 offseason is over and Spring Training is officially on the way. So, who are this offseason’s winners and losers? Of course we won’t really know until the season ends, but we can still make some reasonable judgements. I should also add that the order of teams isn’t done on purpose. WINNERS 1. NEW YORK YANKEES Anytime you add
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