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