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Yankees news: Catching up after Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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I missed a couple of important things over the past few days because of the Christmas break so I wanted to point them out real quick. Nick Swisher signed a four-year, $56 million deal with the Cleveland Indians. The Mariners signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $2.75 million deal plus another potential $1.25 million in incentives. The Diamondbacks ...

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The Yankee beat: Bobby-V, Melancon, and the DH

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees have now dropped two out of three to the Twins and with Phil Hughes pitching on Thursday it could end up being a terrible series. Here is our recap. To make things worse, Brett Gardner is now on the DL with a strained elbow. Here's what the blogosphere was talking about. Bleeding Yankee Blue wonders ...

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Red Sox land former Yankees reliever Mark Melancon

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Everybody thought that once Jonathan Papelbon left the Red Sox Daniel Bard would just slide into his place as the team's closer. However, the Red Sox are going to try Bard in the rotation next year and are searching for their next closer through a trade or a free agent signing. This afternoon they landed a ...

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Yankees Notes: Jeter, Burnett, Teixeira, Aceves, Melancon

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees offense didn't show up yesterday as they lost 2-1 to the Boston Red Sox thus splitting the four-game weekend series. Phil Hughes was on the mound and struggled through the first two innings before settling down and giving a strong performance. Here are some notes: Hughes needed 57 pitches to get through 2 innings ...

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Yankees Notes: Roster Moves, Scranton, and Protests

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees are coming off of a rather tough stretch where they went a disappointing 4-8. Now that the Red Sox and Rays are behind them they will start rolling against some weaker competition. I'm not sure if that includes the Mets who have been both up and down this year, mostly down. The two ...

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Yankees Notes: The What Did I Miss? Edition

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Hey BBD readers, if you haven't noticed I have been gone since Sunday, I was off getting engaged, so I haven't paid any attention whatsoever to the Bombers. The crew here has done a great job keeping you updated on the daily ins-and-outs and what-have-yous, but for my own sake, and the sake of anyone ...

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Not Updates On Chan Ho Park Yet

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

If you watched yesterday's game and saw Chan Ho Park warming up in the bullpen might have been surprised when they didn't see him in the game. No he didn't have another bout of diarrhea. This time, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, he aggravated his right hamstring while throwing in the pen. There will be ...

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Minor League Monday: April 5th, 2010

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Chris Barrows

The Yankees opened up their season with a 9-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox, but plenty of the Yankees organization hasn't started playing yet. Since no minor league games have been played yet, I figured we'd take this edition of Minor League Monday to tackle what's ahead for the Yankees Minor League system. With ...

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Another Look at the Yankees Farm System

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Thanks to Frankie Piliere we already got a look at some of the Yankee minor leaguers today through his scouting reports. Now, we'll get more of a journalists take on the Yankees farm system instead of a scout's thanks to Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. First Mayo takes a look at players near the top of the ...

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Yankees Bench Seems Set with 5 More Cuts

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees cut five more players from the big league camp yesterday, outfielder Greg Golson, righties Mark Melancon and Jonathan Albaladejo, and infielders Juan Miranda and Kevin Russo, according to Marc Carig of The Star-Ledger. The cuts of Miranda and Russo have pretty much cemented the opening day bench ensuring a spot for Ramiro Pena. Backup ...

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