Remember when the Yankees robbed Alex Rodriguez away from the Red Sox back in 2003? The Red Sox were close in striking a deal with the Rangers when the Yankees made a better offer. Rodriguez was laureled as a new hero. How things can change. After serving a year of suspension after being accused of…
We all know by now that the Washington Nationals have signed Max Scherzer to a seven year contract. Since then there are a lot of specualtions about the odd pitcher out in the Nats’ rotation. For long, Jordan Zimmerman was named as the most likely candidate, but since a week the name of Stephen Strassburg…
The Miami Marlins signed Ichiro Suzuki to a one-year deal worth around $2 million. Buster Olney expects that no kind of option will be added. Ichiro, 41 years old, will be the Marlins’ fourth outfielder. In that role he will probably not reach 3,000 hits this season, since the Marlins outfield is containing three young…
Hiroki Kuroda, who turned down an offer from the Padres to return to his old club the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, has set some goals for himself. Kuroda returned to Japan after a seven year career in the Majors. Of those seven years he spent four in Los Angeles and three in New York. In six…
According to Jeff Pentland, the new hitting coach of the New York Yankees, Didi Gregorus has a great future. I still have my doubt if Pentland is the right guy, but time will tell. Gary Sheffield, who worked with Pentland when he played for the Marlins, is very positive about Pentland. Sheffield stated in the…
Johan Santana (36), who tried to make a combeack with the Orioles last year but faltered thanks to a torn left Achilles tendon, is followed by at least six teams. Santana pitched two perfect innings last Tuesday in a Venezuelan Winter League game in which he only needed 17 pitches. The last four seasons Santana…
Yoan Moncada, the Cuban five tool player remains available after the Diamondbacks signed his namesake Lopez. The weird thing is that the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control has not cleared him yet. The reason for that is unclear and there is no time table set. Moncada reportedly is on the radar of the…
The last few weeks there have been rumours about the Yankees going after new coaches. Several names floated around. According to Jack Curry, the Yankees are close to appoint a hitting coach, an assistant hitting coach and an infield coach. Jack Curry is one of the most reliable journalist with ties in the Yankee organization….
CC Sabathia underwent surgery to his right knee in July 2014 after he had just pitched in eight games (3-4 record and a 5.28 ERA). Sabathia said that he has played catch recently and that he didn’t feel any pain. He is planning to do some bullpen sessions in the coming weeks. Playing catch… I…
I love the pic shown above. It shows Hank Aaron on the left and Willie Mays on the right. This is a picture with some historic significance. It shows two players with uniforms of the towns they started their career at, but uniforms of two totally different clubs. The picture also shows something that I…
