5/5-5/7 Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels
The Yankees are out on the West Coast for the first time this season, though they’re only there for three games. They open a three-game series with the Angels tonight before heading to the Midwest....
View ArticleA Haiku for the Rest of MLB [2015 Season Preview]
Does Donnie like haikus? Of course. (Presswire) Opening Day is now only three days away. We’ve spent the last four weeks previewing the Yankees and the upcoming season, and yesterday we broke down the...
View Article6/7 to 6/9 Series Preview: Los Angeles Angels
(Bob Levey/Getty) The Yankees are back home after their seven-game West Coast swing, and now a West Coast team is coming to visit the Bronx. The Angels will be in Yankee Stadium for three games this...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: Heavenly sweep! (June 5-7)
This is how you celebrate when you almost blow a 7-run lead in the 9th inning. (USA TODAY Sports) Is it okay to breathe yet? Yes … but it wasn’t okay for about 30 minutes on Friday night when it looked...
View Article6/29 to 7/1 Series Preview: Los Angeles Angeles
(Presswire) Time for the final West Coast trip of the season. That’s right, after this three-game series with the Angels, the Yankees are completely done with the West Coast. Heck, just ten of their...
View ArticleRosenthal: Angels could look to hire Yankees assistant GM Billy Eppler
(Charlie Neibergall/AP) According to Ken Rosenthal, the Angels could look to hire Yankees assistant GM Billy Eppler to be their GM after the season. Ex-GM Jerry Dipoto stepped down a few weeks...
View ArticleSaturday Links: Waiver Trades, Eppler, 2016 Draft, YES
D-Rob. (Presswire) The Yankees and Rays continue their Labor Day weekend series a little later this afternoon. Here are some morning links to help you pass the time. Yankees were blocked in attempts to...
View ArticleUpdate: Eppler interviews for Angels and Mariners GM positions
(Leon Halip/Getty) September 17th: Eppler met with Mariners brass in Chicago last night, reports George King. Seattle supposedly prefers a GM with experience, though they have a long list of candidates...
View ArticleMariners name Jerry Dipoto new GM, Billy Eppler remains favorite for Angels...
Eppler and the ghost of A.J. Burnett. (NY Times) Exactly one month after firing ex-GM Jack Zduriencik, the Mariners named former Angels GM Jerry Dipoto their new GM, the team announced yesterday....
View ArticleAngels name Yankees assistant GM Billy Eppler new GM
(Charlie Neibergall/AP) According to Bill Shaikin, the Angels are expected to name Yankees assistant GM Billy Eppler their new GM on Monday. The team has since announced the hire. Eppler was said to be...
View Article2015 Winter Meetings Open Thread: Tuesday
Fernandez. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty) As far as the Yankees are concerned, yesterday was the slowest Winter Meetings day I can remember. Very few rumors came out of Nashville and those that did mostly...
View ArticleAssessing possible trade partners for Brett Gardner
(Elsa/Getty Things have slowed down of late, but Brett Gardner has been a popular name on the trade rumor circuit this offseason. He’s one of the few Yankee veterans with positive trade value, so it’s...
View ArticleAngels claim Ronald Torreyes off waivers from Yankees
(Darin Wallentine/Getty) Earlier today, the Angels announced they have claimed infielder Ronald Torreyes off waivers from the Yankees. Torreyes was designated for assignment ten days ago when the...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: Welcome back to .500 [June 6-9]
(Getty Images) Call it a comeback For the first two-thirds of Monday’s series opener against the Angels, it looked like the game would follow a familiar script: yet another strong effort by the...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: And the kids shall lead them [Aug. 19-21]
(AP) Torre-yes?! The rookies continued to shine, while the underrated ace delivered yet another gem, and the Yankees opened their final West Coast trip of the season with a strong 7-0 win over the...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: West Coast nightmare (June 12-14)
(Getty) No pizza but still a win The Yankees headed out west for the first time this season, but the story remained mostly the same on Monday night: another win and another legend-boosting performance...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: Bronx (bullpen) is burning [June 20-22]
(Getty) Please deactivate Clip-bot The Yankees returned to the friendly confines on Tuesday night but the story was virtually the same as the previous six games: they got themselves into an early hole...
View ArticleYankeemetrics: Flyin’ high, crash landing (April 22-25)
(AP) April 22: Gio The Great In our first #YankeesAfterDark matchup of the season, the Yankees outlasted the Angels in a bizarre 14-inning marathon to win 4-3. If you like weird baseball and fun...
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