Atlanta's potential trade partners
The Atlanta Braves rank 22nd in the majors in runs scored and 20th in OPS, and today they are a game under .500 -- and two games out of first place in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 04, 2009
Aroldis Chapman: A left-handed Strasburg
...a Daisuke Matsuzaka-like feeding frenzy to ensue. Jose Contreras signed a $32 million deal with the Yankees earlier this decade, but he was much older than Chapman. Matsuzaka was 25-years-old when the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 02, 2009
The trade market goes bear
The cost for four prime seats in new Yankee Stadium, as initially marketed, was $810,000 for...
Blog Entry | Conversation | July 01, 2009
Hughes looking, feeling good as RP
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotPeter Abraham on the Yankees' newest and bestest middle reliever: Phil Hughes found something last week he thought he had lost...
Blog Entry | July 01, 2009The King's growing command (and demand)
...got his record deal when he was 28 years old. Just imagine what the Mets, Angels, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox or Cubs might be willing to pay Hernandez as a healthy, elite pitcher at age...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009
NFL hoping players avoid rookie mistakes
Tim Graham, AFC East...With the misdeeds of Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress filling headlines, commissioner Roger Goodell wants to get new players indoctrinated immediately. "I think it's great what [Goodell] is doing for the league...
Blog Entry | June 30, 2009Hinske fortifies Bombers
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotRiver Avenue Blues' Mike Axisa on the deal that might save the Yankees' season (and yes, I'm joking, but not completely): Hinske [Eric] Hinske, 31, hit...
Blog Entry | June 30, 2009Romero's change and the Jays' chances
...Jays are probably something of a long shot in a division stacked with the Red Sox and Yankees and Rays, they've have managed to hang in contention; Toronto is just three games behind in...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2009
You can't root against Mo
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...It has been a tremendously fun part of this job. I've been rooting against the Yankees for as long as I've been a baseball fan, and not just on principle; when...
Blog Entry | June 29, 2009DeRosa dealt to Cards while Cubs cry
...hand, received exactly what they wanted in Perez. As Cleveland discussed DeRosa with the Mets, Red Sox, Yankees, Cubs and other teams, the Indians made it clear that they had to get a young pitcher...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 28, 2009
Sunday, June 28
...Angeles Sparks. Major League Baseball - New York Yankees at New York Mets The...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 28, 2009Piniella confronts Bradley, seeks change
Television producers and directors like to focus on Lou Piniella because the Cubs manager is often like an active volcano, his anger coming in discern...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2009
Nady out; Yankees pat?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...39;s season is over and next year is in question, too. According to several teammates, the Yankees outfielder told them late Thursday night that his right elbow requires Tommy John surgery, a procedure that...
Blog Entry | June 26, 2009For A-Rod and Yanks, a slump brings whispers
...be answered, but it's a question that will continue to be asked, probably more within the Yankees organization than anywhere else. And really, if you want, just consider the question in terms of money...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2009
Survivor, NL East edition
...one hand. You know the New York Mets have lost their best...the Braves shut out the Yankees, Atlanta GM Frank Wren spoke...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 24, 2009
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