A-Rod Negotiating A Deal With MLB

Earlier in the night, USA Today reported that Major League Baseball was preparing to suspend Alex Rodriguez for life due to his connection in the Biogenesis scandal. It is believed that he, along with eight other major league players, are expected to hear their punishment at some point this week. The reports say that MLB has enough evidence to keep Rodriguez off the field for the rest of his life,...

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A-Rod's lawyer: "We're focusing on an appeal"

Any day, at any moment, Major League Baseball is expected to hand down it's suspension on Alex Rodriguez that could range anywhere from 50 games, to a possible lifetime ban from professional baseball. Rodriguez's lawyer, David Cornwell, said on ESPN Radio on Monday that they are preparing to appeal any suspension from MLB. "My expectation is that we'll be working toward an appeal," said Cornwell. Cornwell...

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Reports: A-Rod could sit out rest of '13, all of '14

Ready for your daily dose of Alex Rodriguez? Well, here we go. The New York Daily News is reporting that Major League Baseball has offered A-Rod a deal to sit the rest of this season and the entire 2014 as a suspension for his involvement in the biogenesis scandal. Accepting this deal would be against the alternative, which is a lifetime ban that MLB would dish out if A-Rod denies to take the suspension....

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Saturday Notes: Jeter and Hafner

Derek Jeter will play shortstop on Sunday: The Captain is coming back.....again. Derek Jeter take part in simulated game on Saturday and Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters after the game that everything went well and as long as Jeter feels going Sunday morning he'll be back in the lineup, playing shortstop. "It's obviously someone we've been waiting for for a long time," Girardi said....

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Soriano Officially Traded To The Yankees

It's official, Alfonso Soriano is a Yankee...again! Soriano waived his no-trade clause this morning for the deal to finally become official. The Yankees are expected to be giving up a low-level prospect in return and the the Cubs are also planning on eating a large sum of the $25 million, while the Yankees will pay around $7-$8 million of what Soriano is owed through the 2014 season. Soriano was...

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Thursday Recap: A-Rod Still Out, Speaks Out

While the rest of the world was enjoying their normal lives, Alex Rodriguez was out doing what Alex Rodriguez does: keeping himself directly under to media spotlight. As you might remember, Rodriguez caused a major stir when he decided to seek a second opinion on his quad, the same quad that Yankees teams doctor Chris Ahmad had already diagnosed as a Grade 1 strain. A-Rod, without team permission,...

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Kuroda Dominates As The Yanks Beat The Rangers

ARLINGTON -- Hiroki Kuroda just doesn't seem to know what bad pitching is. Kuroda continued to cement his case to be the Yankees ace by tossing seven shutout inning against the Rangers, giving the Yankees more than enough to take down Texas 2-0 in the series finale. Even better, the Yankees were able to string together some hits with their bats, putting runs on the board to ensure that Kuroda would...

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Yanks Tab Kuroda To Avoid A Series Loss

ARLINGTON -- The Yankees have run into rough times, losing six of their past eight games, losing two of the first three games in their series against the Texas Rangers, scoring just a lone run combined in both losses. Luckily enough, whatever the Yankees do, the Red Sox follow suit, so the Yanks haven't fallen farther than seven games back in the standings this week. But now they  must try to salvage one final game in Texas before heading back home to face the red hot Tampa Bay Rays, starting...

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Yanks' Don't Give Much To Back Pettitte, Lose 3-1

ARLINGTON -- With all the attention that Alex Rodriguez brought to the Yankees on Wednesday, it kinda made you forget that there was still a game to be played. Coming off a 9th inning come from behind win on Tuesday, the Yankees looked to carry over the momentum with Andy Pettitte on the mound. But to go along with the common theme, Pettitte pitched well, much better than he's been pitching lately,...

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Cashman Responds To The A-Rod Chaos

For those of you that haven't been following, the biggest story of the day has been Alex Rodriguez and the issue, or no issue, with his quad that was diagnosed by team doctors to have a Grade 1 quad strain. But on Wednesday, A-Rod took matters into his own hands, reaching out to Dr. Michael Gross, chief of orthopedics of Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack. Gross said on...

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Pettitte Looking To Get On The Right Track

ARLINGTON -- Brett Gardner called the Yankees' 5-4 comeback win against the Texas Rangers Tuesday night the teams best win this season. In a way, he was right. Leading for the most of the game, the Rangers rattled off a four-run 6th inning to take the life out of the Yanks for the time being. But then in the 9th, facing all-star closer Joe Nathan, the Yankees put together a comeback that would hopefully lift the team's spirits for the coming weeks. Tonight's Lineup, 8:05 EST @ Arlington Ballpark: Gardner...

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Yanks Rally In The 9th To Beat The Rangers

ARLINGTON -- It's almost been routine that when the Yankees are trailing late in a game, they shut down, and fail to put up any sort for fight. But that wasn't the case Tuesday night in Arlington. After the Rangers put together a four run 6th inning to give themselves the lead, the Yankees pulled off a 9th inning comeback to almost doesn't compute with a lineup like this. It all started with a...

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Struggling Bats Look To Pick It Up With Hughes On The Mound

ARLINGTON -- Right now, the Yankees offense is running on flat tires. After a 3-0 loss last night, in which the Yanks managed only three hits, all singles, the Yanks desperately need to get something going if they plan on turning this ship around. When asked after the game, Derek Jeter gave his opinions on the concerns he has with the current state of the Yankees. "It's tough," Jeter said. "We put way too much pressure on our pitching staff. It's hard to pitch like that when we aren't scoring...

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Yanks "Close" To Acquiring Soriano From The Cubs

While many of you were tucked away in your beds, the Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was busy trying to find solutions to the vastly struggling offense. As reported by George King of the New York Post, the Yankees are close to acquiring Alfonso Soriano from the Chicago Cubs for what would most likely be a mid-level prospect, along with paying for a bulk of his large contract. Soriano is...

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Nova Pitched Well, But The Offense Didn't Show Up

ARLINGTON -- It just goes to show that no matter how well you pitch, you can't win if you don't score. Continuing to make his case for a permanent rotation spot, Ivan Nova held the Rangers to three runs over seven innings, but took the loss after getting help from his offense. Nova wasn't at his absolute best, but he still pitched well enough to keep the Yankees within striking distance in the...

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Nova And Darvish Square Off In Series Opener

ARLINGTON -- Coming off a loss to the Red Sox that went into the early Monday morning hours, the get a middle of the night flight to Texas to face to slumping Rangers. After being swept by Baltimore over the weekend, Texas is now on a season-high five game losing streak and have lost seven of the past eight games. The Yankees haven't been playing very on their part lately, either. They've lost seven of their last 11 games and lost two of three games to the Red Sox over the weekend, falling back...

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Yanks Lose To The Sox In 11 Innings

BOSTON -- CC Sabathia was hoping for a happy 33rd birthday. Instead, the Red Sox gave him a give a gift that he'll never forget, tagging him for seven runs on nine hits, including two monster homeruns by Mike Napoli and Johnny Gomes, in five innings, raising his ERA to 4.37. "I wish I had an excuse or something," Sabathia said. Luckily for him, the Yankees were able to rally back and tie the game...

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MRI Shows A Grade 1 Quad Strain For A-Rod

Alex Rodriguez will no longer be joining the Yankees in Texas this week after an MRI Sunday afternoon revealed a Grade 1 quad strain in the rehabbing slugger. A-Rod was scheduled to join the Yankees when they play the Texas Rangers this week, but they've announced that he won't, instead he'll head to Tampa for rest and treatment. Sunday was initially the final day of Rodriguez's 20-day rehab...

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CC, Dempster Dual On Sunday Night Baseball

BOSTON -- Defense came up big in yesterday's 5-2 win over the Red Sox, with two runners cut down at the plate and a double play that you don't see everyday. Hiroki Kuroda tossed another solid outing and most importantly, the Yankees scored three runs in one inning, the 7th, to help bring down Boston. "That's what we have to do," Girardi said. "There's not too many nights when we're going to slug. That's not who we are. We have to pitch extremely well. We have to get distance from our starter and...

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A-Rod Flying To New York For MRI

Alex Rodriguez's return the Yankees big league lineup is looking like it might take longer than expected. Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that A-Rod is on his way to New York to under and MRI on his left quad. As of now, it's unknown how this will effect A-Rod joining to team in Texas on Monday as originally planned, but it's not looking good. A-Rod said that he first felt tightness...

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Kuroda Is Pitching Like An Ace

In 2009, the Yankees signed CC Sabathia in hopes that he would be the ace for years to come. But as he pitches through one of his worst seasons since coming to the Bronx, another face has emerged to take the spotlight as the top pitcher in the rotation. That man is Hiroki Kuroda and so far this season, he's been everything Sabathia haven't been. Sunday in Boston, Kuroda fired off just another in...

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Defense Backs Kuroda, Yanks Beat The Red Sox

BOSTON -- Hiroki Kuroda has been nothing but ace-like for the Yankees this season and he continued that trend against the Red Sox on Saturday. Kuroda gave the Yankees seven strong innings, while holding Boston to only two runs on five hits to help the Yanks move a game closer towards first place. "[Kuroda] had everything today," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "His stuff was really crisp. He...

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Kuroda Faces Lackey In Saturday Showdown

BOSTON -- Friday was not the best of days to be a Yankee. After placing Derek Jeter on the DL to start the day, the Yanks couldn't put much together to against the Red Sox, losing 4-2 in the series opener, then as if it weren't enough, Zoilo Almonte became the latest player to hit the DL when be was placed after the game with a left ankle sprain. Now the Yankees are seven games back of first place, closer to the last place Blue Jays than first place Red Sox, and have lost six of their last nine...

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Gardner Gets Ejected, Yanks Lose 4-2

BOSTON -- Andy Pettitte wasn't happy with the way he's been pitching lately. After tonight, I don't think he came any closer to happiness. Pettitte allowed at least four runs for the seventh straight outing, giving up a pair of homeruns to Jacoby Ellsbury and Johnny Gomes in a 4-2 loss to the Red Sox. "This ain't easy," said Pettitte. "It's a tough lineup. Those guys are good over there....

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Cashman Talks Jeter, A-Rod And More

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was on ESPN New York 98.7, joining The Michael Kay Show to discuss some of the many storylines happening around his club. He talked about everything from Jeter to A-Rod, to Granderson and trade talks. Here's just some of what he had to say: * Cashman talked about Derek Jeter and the decision to place him on the DL. Cashman on Jeter: "We did an MRI last night and it showed some healing." #Yankees — Gavin Ewbank (@GavinEwbank2013) July 19, 2013 Cashman...

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Pettitte Takes The Mound To Open The Second Half

After an overachieving first half, the Yankees will begin their march to the playoffs with a tough three-game set against their rivals the Boston Red Sox, on the road in Boston. With injuries degrading most of the lineup, it'll be a series that can easily make or break the Yankees season. Entering play at six games back, the Yanks need nothing more than to just win the series. As long as they can win at least two of the three games, they wouldn't lose any ground on the Red Sox, but losing more...

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Mid-Season Yankees Awards

We're half-way through the 2013 season and for the Yankees, it hasn't been the best of years, but it also hasn't been the worst. While injuries have plagued the Yanks at every position imaginable, including even Brian Cashman, who broke his ankle while sky-diving during Spring Training. But before the Yankees kick-off the second half of the season with a huge series in Boston, I thought I'd give...

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