With only a month until pitchers and catchers report, predicting how the 2015 Yankees will fare is an extremely difficult endeavor. The roster that GM Brian Cashman has assembled includes very few sure things. This feeling of uncertainty is most pronounced in the starting rotation. Cashman chose not to throw money at the problem via free agency. He watched last season’s surprise savior Brandon McCarthy sign with the Dodgers for $48 million. New York never seemed to be real pl

Last night’s Yankee win against the Brewers was a tale of two rookies who could not have more disparate back stories. Masahiro Tanaka came from Japan carrying 155 million dollars worth of expectations. Conversely, Yangervis Solarte came to the Yankees as a cast-off from the Texas Rangers organization. The 26-year-old, career minor leaguer wasn’t even expected to make the team. Tanaka picked up the victory last night, out dueling Milwaukee’s ace Yovani Gallardo to lift his rec

The news broke on Tuesday that Greg Maddux will not be the first unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame when MLB.com writer Ken Gurnick revealed that he voted only for Jack Morris and stated, “As for those who played during the period of PED use, I won’t vote for any of them.” My initial thought was that anyone who didn’t vote for Greg Maddux as a Hall of Famer is either an attention seeking troll or a complete moron. A simple Google search of Gurnick’s name shows that inte

If Jacoby Ellsbury can get seven years and $153 million, you can’t blame Robinson Cano for thinking he is worth at least 200. As a Yankee fan, I am trying to talk myself into the Ellsbury signing, but I can’t help but think that they paid a shit ton of money for a 30-year-old oft-injured outfielder who hit 9 home runs last year. Ellsbury is certainly a nice player and taking his production away from the rival Red Sox helps narrow the talent gap with the reigning World Series

When Joe Girardi surprisingly sent Andy Pettitte and Derek Jeter to take Mariano off the Yankee Stadium mound for this last time in his storied career you could see the Captain telling Rivera, “It’s time to go.” Mo calmly smiled and waved has way through a year filled with honors and tributes along his classy retirement tour, but on Thursday night he sobbed uncontrollably on Pettitte’s shoulder as adoring fans chanted his name. “I was bombarded with emotions and feelings th