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Yankees Rumors: Cubs Looking Into Nick Johnson

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via the Chicago Sun-Times: With a payroll budget that figures to leave little room for big-shot free agents, indications are that general manager Jim Hendry is focusing more on the likes of lefty-hitting Nick Johnson -- if the medicals look good enough -- for first base and is keeping an eye on former Cub Kerry ...

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Yankees Decline Options on Wood, Johnson, and Berkman

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

This was expected, but now it's official. Via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: As expected, the Yankees have declined the option to extend the contracts of Kerry Wood, Lance Berkman and Nick Johnson through next season. All three will become free agents. My guess is that the only one of these three ...

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Quote: Cashman Admits to Bad Offseason

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Via the NY Daily News: "I didn't have a great winter last year," the general manager said. "A lot of the things I wound up doing didn't benefit us as much as I wish they would. Some didn't benefit at all." Yeah, Cashman had a bad offseason. Fresh off winning the 2009 World Series, ...

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Yankees Not Picking Up Options for Wood, Berkman, or Johnson

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees have team options for three players, Kerry Wood ($11M), Lance Berkman ($15M) and Nick Johnson ($5.75M) and it doesn't appear that they will pick up any of the three. “They’re all pretty obvious,” Brian Cashman said. “I have to sit in the office and look at the numbers and stuff ...

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Yankees News: $40 Parking, Hughes, Sabathia, Pettitte, and More

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees and Twins go back at it tonight at Yankee Stadium. Phil Hughes is on the mound for the Bombers and Brian Duensing is on the bump for Minny. Game time is 8:37 despite how badly I would love the game to start at 7:37. Here are some notes: Going to a playoff game ...

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Yankees Notes: Swisher, Marte, Aceves, Johnson, Pettitte

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Phil Hughes did not pitch well last night as he allowed five earned runs in just 3.2 innings. Javier Vazquez came on in relief and pitched pretty well with the exception of a solo-shot by Aaron Hill in the 5th. The Yankees' bats were silent for most of the night, although they ...

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Yankees Notes: A-Rod, Pettitte, Swisher, Johnson, Marte

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

Here are some bits for the day: Alex Rodriguez left Monday's game with a stiff calf that an MRI revealed to be a low-grade strain in his left calf. He's day-to-day. Andy Pettitte experienced another setback so he went in for an MRI that revealed that his injured groin wasn't improving. The Yankees have ...

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Bad News: Nick Johnson Feels Pain in Wrist

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The other day the Yankees got bad bullpen news when Alfredo Aceves suffered a setback and today they get some more as Nick Johnson felt pain in his wrist while taking batting practice. He is being sent back to New York for further tests, this could mean the end of his season. Nick Johnson has clearly ...

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Yankees Injury Updates: Johnson, Aceves, Thames, Mitre

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

A lot of teams have been dealing with injuries and fortunately the Yankees injuries have been relatively mild. Here is a rundown of a couple of players and how they've been doing: Nick Johnson - Out with a wrist injury, he has been hitting off a tee this week with hitting coach Kevin Long. No ETA ...

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Yankees Offensive Rankings

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

People have been bemoaning the Yankees offense for the past couple of days and even weeks. It's true that their offense has been inconsistent of late, but with two of their biggest pieces Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez missing time that his to be expected. Overall though, their numbers look pretty good. Tm BatAge R/G R 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS ▾ OPS+ BOS 31.4 5.54 388 173 7 93 371 24 7 275 463 .279 .354 .469 .823 115 NYY 30.3 5.47 372 118 17 77 354 42 13 283 441 .276 .360 .440 .801 118 CIN 29.3 4.88 337 125 17 83 327 50 22 226 508 .276 .342 .449 .790 109 DET 29.7 4.57 306 143 11 60 287 27 8 235 447 .274 .343 .425 .768 104 MIL 28.6 4.82 328 131 15 83 311 40 10 248 502 .260 .336 .431 .767 107 MIN 28.6 4.78 325 132 15 59 305 30 7 271 388 .272 .348 .417 .766 106 29.2 4.48 9181 3750 373 1907 8759 1284 481 6948 14210 .259 .330 .406 .735 97 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: ...

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