Seattle balances cash with caution
Buster OlneyA year ago, it was the Yankees who began the winter with their pockets full of cash, ready to spend on the best free agents, and after locking up CC S...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 08, 2009
Nats perplex with Bruney deal
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Yankees: A source confirmed on Monday night that the player to be named later in the Brian Bruney trade will be the Nationals' top choice in Thursday's Rule 5 draft. The Yankees will...
Blog | December 07, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 1
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...has now faced 27 batters in October and retired only 14 of them. With Joba Chamberlain, Brian Bruney, Robertson, and Alfredo Aceves available, Girardi's patience with Hughes may be wearing a bit thin...
Blog | October 28, 2009Will Howard get a pitch he can hit?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Marte or Coke. Instead, Werth will get Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes or Dave Robertson or Brian Bruney. Then, if the inning's still alive, whichever lefty didn't get Howard will be summoned...
Blog | October 28, 2009Yankees set roster
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...ve finally got the Yankees' roster. Off: Francisco Cervelli and Freddy Guzman On: Eric Hinske and Brian Bruney Makes sense to me. Especially if LoHud's Sam Borden is right: Dropping Cervelli indicates the...
Blog | October 28, 2009WS Game 1: Yankees' roster moves
David Kull...In case you hadn't seen the news story today, the Yankees added Eric Hinske and Brian Bruney to their World Series roster and dropped Freddy Guzman and Francisco Cervelli. Yankees manager Joe Girardi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009Will Angels run past Yankees?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...hellip;that's a tough assignment for guys like A.J. Burnett, David Robertson and Brian Bruney.) And, the Yankees should do their best to avoid allowing batters to reach via an error...
Blog | October 12, 2009Sox, Yankees look to October
Peter GammonsThis series was circled back in January, when the idea of a Red Sox-Yankees series at Yankee Stadium on the second-to-last weekend of the season seeme...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2009Hughes looking, feeling good as RP
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...just one perfect inning (and nine pitches!). It's easy to second-guess him because Brian Bruney came in and blew the lead -- and got the win; nice scoring rules, MLB! -- but Bruney...
Blog | July 01, 2009Wang over Hughes?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...General Manager Brian Cashman suggested Hughes's stay in relief will be temporary, perhaps until Brian Bruney returns from an elbow injury. --snip-- "It's one of those 'What are...
Blog | June 04, 2009Why not send Phil Hughes to bullpen?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;t mean they can't still benefit from his talents. From my SportsNation chat today: Brian (Hoboken): Why has there never been much discussion about putting Phil Hughes in the Yanks bullpen? Joba...
Blog | May 19, 2009Yanks need A-Rod and Hughes to perform
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...his hips. Mark Melancon, the team's top relief prospect, joined the Yankees to replace Brian Bruney, whose elbow has landed him on the D.L. Angel Berroa was promoted to take over...
Blog | April 27, 2009Atlanta's potential trade partners
...ranks ahead of leadoff-type Willy Taveras, who has 12 extra-base hits for the season, and Brian Giles, whose career is nearing an end. Escobar I wrote here earlier in the week that the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 04, 2009
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