Yankees Blog | ESPN New York A baseball official monitoring the potential Robinson Cano sweeptakes said he thought the Yankees' biggest rivals for Cano, if he hits free agency, would not be the Dodgers, but the Phillies or the Cubs. The Phillies, who are in the midst of one of those gazillion dollar new TV deals, would have to decide if they wanted to turn to Cano and turn away from Chase Utley, while the Cubs could look to fast-forward their rebuilding process. The official thought that Cano would end up with $200 million over eight years.
New York Yankees June 18, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News YANKEES (37-31) Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix 3B Reid Brignac SS Chris Stewart C LHP CC Sabathia (6-5, 4.07) Sabathia vs. Angels ANGELS (30-38) Peter Bourjos CF Mike Trout LF Albert Pujols DH Mark Trumbo RF Howie Kendrick 2B Chris [...]The post Game 69: Yankees at Angels appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 16, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix 3B Reid Brignac SS Chris Stewart C LHP CC SabathiaThe post Ichiro batting second appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 16, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News YANKEES (37-30) Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Lyle Overbay DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Thomas Neal LF Reid Brignac SS Chris Stewart C RHP David Phelps (4-3, 3.90) Phelps vs. Angels ANGELS (29-38) Mike Trout LF Josh Hamilton RF Albert Pujols DH Mark Trumbo 1B Howie Kendrick 2B Alberto [...]The post Game 68: Yankees at Angels appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 15, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Lyle Overbay DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Thomas Neal LF Reid Brignac SS Chris Stewart C RHP David PhelpsThe post Neal, but not Hafner, in lineup vs. RHP appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 15, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano DH Vernon Wells LF Thomas Neal RF David Adams 2B Reid Brignac SS Austin Romine C LHP Andy PettitteThe post Ichiro sits; Neal starts appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 14, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News YANKEES (37-29) Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson Cano DH Vernon Wells LF Thomas Neal RF David Adams 3B Reid Brignac SS Austin Romine C LHP Andy Pettitte (5-3, 3.82) Pettitte vs. Angels ANGELS (28-38) Mike Trout LF Josh Hamilton RF Albert Pujols DH Mark Trumbo 1B Howie Kendrick 2B Alberto [...]The post Game 67: Yankees at Angels appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 14, 2013New York Post Getty ImagesRobinson Cano. The days of the Yankees being considered locks to retain their own big-money free agents are in the past. And with Robinson Cano appear headed to the open market, the Dodgers again appear ready to spend big this offseason. The Dodgers and MLB have a tentative agreement...
New York Yankees June 14, 2013KFFL New York Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long said he will start throwing batting practice to ...
June 13, 2013
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New York Yankees June 13, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News YANKEES (37-28) Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix SS Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Kevin Youkilis 3B Ichiro Suzuki RF Chris Stewart C RHP Hiroki Kuroda (6-5, 2.84) Kuroda vs. Athletics ATHLETICS (40-27) John Jason DH Seth Smith LF Jed Lowrie SS Josh Donaldson 3B Brandon Moss 1B Josh Reddick RF [...]The post Game 66: Yankees at Athletics appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 13, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News There’s a very specific reason Jayson Nix is hitting in front of Robinson Cano: Joe Girardi wants to put someone who has hit lefties in front of someone who has not. In other words, he sees Nix as a deterrent to teams using left-handed relievers against both Brett Gardner and Cano. “They have three lefties [...]The post Pregame notes: “Maybe you protect one of your lefties” appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 13, 2013Full Count | WEEI ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – David Ortiz and Robinson Cano are buddies. That was evident when Ortiz picked Cano to be a participant in the Home Run Derby during the 2011 All-Star Game. But, evidently, Ortiz is drawing the line regarding the pair’s friendship. After Cano and Mets David Wright were named captains for the American [...]
Boston Red Sox June 13, 2013The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News YANKEES (37-27) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Mark Teixeira 1B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Kevin Youkilis 3B Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Austin Romine C RHP Phil Hughes (3-4, 4.80) Hughes vs. Athletics ATHLETICS (39-27) John Jason C Seth Smith LF Jed Lowrie SS Josh Donaldson 3B Josh Reddick RF Brandon [...]The post Game 65: Yankees at Athletics appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog.
New York Yankees June 12, 2013Kansas City Star Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano told the New York Post that there's "no chance" that he would select Royals DH Billy Butler to participate in this year's Home Run Derby on July 15 at Citi Field in New York. Cano is still stinging from the reception he received last year at Kauffman Stadium for bypassing Butler for the Derby.
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