Yankees' spring plans for Joba, Hughes
Peter Gammons...tough going the other way," says Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. Cashman feels David Robertson and Damaso Marte can pitch the seventh and eighth innings in front of Mariano Rivera, but a Yankees run...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009
Blame the system, not the Yankees
Peter Gammons...small-market team afford the $16M Nick Swisher is owed the next two years? No. Or Damaso Marte's $4M. Any more than the Marlins could afford the $2.25M Jeremy Hermida could take...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009
Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...time Matsui batted. Too obvious? Well, in the top of the seventh with two Phillies aboard, Damaso Marte trotted in from the bullpen and struck out Chase Utley with three pitches. With Mariano Rivera...
Blog | November 04, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the tying run in the seventh inning and CC Sabathia having thrown 102 pitches, Girardi summoned Damaso Marte from the bullpen, and Marte got ahead of Howard quickly before retiring him on an easy...
Blog | November 02, 2009Baseball's next great economic disparity
Buster OlneyBaseball's financial structure appears to have reached a tipping point that can be defined simply. "The arbitration process is now outdated," said a h...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009
Kneejerk Reactions: Game 3
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Move: It's a small thing, but let's give Girardi some credit for sticking with Damaso Marte as his No. 1 lefty reliever, despite Marte's limited (and terribly ineffective) service during the...
Blog | November 01, 2009Will Howard get a pitch he can hit?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...a lot of Sabathia and Pettitte, and then he's going to see a lot of Damaso Marte or Phil Coke. Oh, and Story No. 1-A might be Girardi's attempts to neutralize...
Blog | October 28, 2009World Series Alums: Arkansas Duo Has What It Takes
High School BaseballBy Mark Tennis, ESPNRISE.com Deputy Editor Contributing: Paul Muyskens Arkansas is not exactly a baseball hotbed, but in this year's World Series ...
Blog Entry | October 28, 2009The top matchups of the World Series
Buster OlneyThese are my top matchups of the World Series, beyond the battle of old friends CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee: The Yankees' hitters against Cliff Lee's f...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009
Figuring Yankee rotation
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWith the world still awaiting the puffs of smoke that will signal Joe Girardi's intentions regarding his starting pitchers in the World Series, Dan Ro...
Blog | October 27, 2009Second-guessing Girardi
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...in a non-save situation, and Rivera did throw 17 pitches. But Girardi used left-hander Damaso Marte for one pitch, and replaced him with another left-hander, who was allowed to throw three...
Blog | October 20, 2009Parsing the Pirates' streak
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotYes, today everyone's talking about the Pirates. Not only Howard Bryant, but Dejan Kovacevic and Joe Posnanski, too! Kovacevic provides all the ...
Blog | September 08, 2009Pirates swindle Yankees
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Yankees with outfielder Jose Tabata and pitchers Jeff Karstens and Daniel McCutchen for Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte in July 2008. It was a move that seemed to help the Yankees at the time...
Blog | September 07, 2009Getting the Band Back Together
Adam AbdallaIt's official, folks, the White Sox have called up Scott Podsednik. We all saw the move coming after they signed him to a one-year minor league deal, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2009Prospects uncertain, but still held in high regard
Peter Gammons...four highly respected BA writers. None of the four lists had Chase Utley in its top 50. Marte Cain At the time, Jesse Foppert of the Giants was the fourth-best prospect in the game...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 04, 2009
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