Playing Pepper is a feature on BtB where members of the staff provide quick hit insight on the postseason. We skipped the division series, and frankly, that was probably for the best. We’re back to take on the ALCS and …
Tag: New York Yankees
Why don’t the Yankees, Mets make a trade?
It’s one thing to see a player you trade away thriving with his new ball club. It’s a different thing if that ball club shares the same hometown as yours. And it’s a completely different thing if that hometown is …
What is Clint Frazier’s future with the New York Yankees?
Clint Frazier’s 2019 season has been a microcosm of his career with the New York Yankees.
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Bending toward justice: Hank Bauer, history and fate
In this edition of Nine Innings, we look at how history is made by the victors, at the expense of the losers. History also has a way of evening the score. Enter Hank Bauer.
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The Yankees need pitching help, and they can find it in a number of ways
There’s no denying that the Yankees have been the feel good story of the 2019 season.
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The curious case of Miguel Andujar
The 2019 version of Miguel Andujar isn’t the player the New York Yankees remember.
Thoughts from Trenton: A scout’s views on Garcia, Abreu and other Yankees prospects
At 16-10, the Trenton Thunder are currently in tied for first place in the Eastern League’s Eastern Division, a familiar theme for fans of the New York Yankees’ Double-A affiliate. The Thunder have been prominently featured at or near the …
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East Coast Bias Week one: Showtime
Harper mashes, deGrom deals, and the Orioles and Rays start strong in this week’s inaugural East Coast Bias.
Yankees extending Aaron Hicks a win-win scenario
The New York Yankees and center fielder Aaron Hicks agreed to a seven year, $70 million contract extension early Monday morning; a move that many expected, especially after the Luis Severino extension, but one that has also become a hot …
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CC Sabathia: A forever Yankee and future Hall of Famer
On Saturday, CC Sabathia will announce in a press conference that after the 2019 season, he will be hanging up his spikes and calling it a career.
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