Against the Detroit Tigers the Yankees flexed their muscles with seven extra basehits, eleven runs on eleven hits in total. Jose Pirela hit a bases clearing triple in the first with runner on third and second. Rob Refsnyder hit his first homerun in the first inning and took Jose Pirela with him. A-Rod took him…
The Braves were no match for the Yankees last night. Mike Foltynewicz got through two innings without problems but could not get out of the third inning. He gave up a bloop broken bat single to Didi Gregorius in the third before he retired Jose Pirela and Brett Gardner on strike outs. Chase Headley broke…
For those who have complained about the new speed up rules in Major League Baseball, introduced by the new commish Rob Manfred, I recommend to read the following. The independent Atlantic League, said by many to be at AAA level, will try out some speed up rules in an exhibition game. When it comes to…
A bit late. But better late than never. Due to health issues I will post a little bit les frequent in the coming days/weeks. The Yankees fell to the Blue Jays 4-2. The only regular big leaguers that collected a hit were Carlos Beltran (1 for 3 with a double) and Mark Teixeira who hit…
Baseball news and yet not. Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane has accepted a job with Dutch soccer club AZ from Alkmaar. AZ stands for Alkmaar (the renowned cheese city) and Zaanstreek (Zaan area. The Zaan is a small river in the area just north of Amsterdam). Recently the club acquired former Yankee shortstop and…
My blog post about the new baseball complex on Curacao has gotten many hits the last couple of days. It has been shared on Facebook over a thousand times. Even the Prime Minister of the island, Ivar Asjes, shared it. Now even the local newspaper Antilliaans dagblad is mentioning the new project, referring to this…
The Yankees are mullling a six-man rotation. Six? Yup, according to the New York Post and then it must be true. 😉 The Bronx Bombers are trying everything to keep Masahiro Tanaka healty. He was bothered by a small ligament tear in his right elbow, which still may not be healed completely. Even though Tanaka…
In a 4-1 victory over the TIgers, Didi Gregorius batted in the lead off position once again. He went 1 for 2 and his batting average jumped from a .100-ish to .200. In the third inning after Mason Williams hit a triple, Didi hit a sac fly to right field and recorded an RBI. In…
A blog post on Blleeding Yankee Blue about the Red Sox’ acquisition of Yoan Moncada made me think. The Sox signed the kid to a contract with a signing bonus of $31.5 million. Add another $31.5 million tax, imposed by MLB, so that makes a total of $63 million spent on a player who has…
Rob Refsnyder was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1991 and was adopted by a couple from Southern California. In my previous post I wrote that Rob Refsnyder’s Spring Training numbers cannot be ignored by Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman. With a batting average of .400, he is doing better than many MBL player right…
