Tonight was the first game in a four game set between the Athletics and Yankees.  It did not start off well as Dustin Moseley gave up three runs in the first inning.  I thought this would be it with Trevor Cahill on the hill with his sub-3 ERA.  However, the Yanks answered right back with three runs [...]

The Yankees will now return home after taking two out of three from the White Sox to host the Oakland Athletics.  This will be a four game series and a series that the Yanks desperatley need to keep up with the Rays.  Here are the pitching match-ups: Monday Trevor Cahill (14-5, 2.43 ERA) vs. Dustin Moseley [...]

Earlier today, Andy Pettitte threw his second bullpen session since having a set-back while coming back from a strained groin.  While on Friday Pettitte only threw 75%, he went all out today and said he felt great.  He was very encouraged because he let everything go and threw 100% off of a mound for the first [...]

Today the Yankees and the White Sox played the third game of a three game series in Chicago.  This rubber game would be started by the young Ivan Nova for the Yanks and Gavin Floyd for the Sox.  Mark Teixeira was a late scratch from the lineup because of his right thumb bruise so the Yankees [...]

Nick Swisher only spent one year with the Chicago White Sox.  This is because him and manager Ozzie Guillen never really got along.  So in the off-season of 2008-2009 the ChiSox traded Swisher to the Yankees for Wilson Betemit.  From this information, it is obvious why Swish would want to play very well against his former [...]

Mark Teixeira came out of tonight’s game after one at-bat.  I am sure that all Yankee fans held their breathe when they saw this.  However, after today’s game it was announced that Tex has a mild bone bruise in his right thumb.  It happened in Friday night’s game when he dove after a ball in [...]

Tonight, the Yankees looked to get back on track after a brutal loss last night in the second game of this three game set in Chicago.  With a pair of great south paws on the hill, the stage was set for a great game.  Nick Swisher set the tone for the game in the top of [...]

After last night’s game and AJ Burnett’s horrendous performance, Joe Girardi said that he would re-evaluate the starting rotation after the weekend.  This means that if Ivan Nova pitches well tomorrow, AJ could lose his spot in the rotation.  This is because Nova will have secured his spot with another good start and Javier Vazquez could re-take Burnett’s [...]

Coming off of a day off, one would think that the Yankees would have come out tonight with some energy.  However, they proved that logical thinking does not always pan out.  After having a 1-0 lead handed to him by the offense, AJ Burnett surrendered four runs in the bottom of the first to make it a 4-1 [...]

Andy Pettitte threw a 25 pitch bullpen session today and said that he felt no pain in his groin.  Although he was not throwing with maximum effort, things are still looking better than they were a week ago.  He is scheduled to throw again on either Sunday or Monday, where he will probably go with full [...]

After today’s day off, the Yankees will play a three game weekend series in Chicago against the White Sox.  It is a good time for the Yanks to play the Sox because they have just placed relievers Matt Thorton and JJ Putz on the disabled list.  The lineup will have to do what it does best and work the [...]

After having a great July, the Yankees should be dissappointed with their performance thus far in August.  Through 24 games they are 12-12 and have gotten awful pitching from AJ Burnett and dead-armed Javier Vazquez.  While reading in between the lines, one can see that the Yanks have only had one day off this month.  [...]

Unfortunatley, there are still people on the disabled list at this point in the season.  What is worse is that they are important enough where I have to give injury reports about them.  Nick Swisher was scratched about an hour before tonight’s game with swelling in his knee caused by a foul ball he hit off [...]

Tonight the Yankees went for their third straight series win in the third game of a three game set in Toronto.  The Blue Jays got to Phil Hughes right off the bat as Vernon Wells tripled in a run and then scored on a Jorge Posada passed ball.  Then in the third, Wells struck again with [...]

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned a name for themselves by hitting a lot of homers this season.  Last night, however, the Yankees gave them a taste of their own medicine by hitting five home runs en route to an 11-5 win.  In case you missed it, to give you some perspective on how many were actually [...]

Before today’s game, Joe Girardi announced that Ivan Nova will pitch Sunday in Chicago instead of Javier Vazquez.  This means that Vazquez will move to the bullpen.  This will be good for him because he will not have to pace himself throughout an entire game.  He will only pitch a few innings at a time and [...]

Tonight, Ivan Nova made his first Major League start against the very powerful Blue Jays.  The Yankees were able to give Nova an early lead with a first inning RBI double by Robinson Cano.  In his first two innings of work, Nova worked his way in and out of trouble.  But in third, he was unable to hold the [...]

With Lance Berkman on the DL, the Yankees designated hitter spot is a little bit unknown right now.  However, if Brian Cashman doesn’t want this to be the case, there are two very good options that have been placed on Waivers.  I am talking about Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon.  Ramirez would make sense because he [...]

The Yankees bullpen has been great in the last few weeks and has been a large part in why the team is still in first place.  However, they are still missing a piece.  Alfredo Aceves went down in May with a lower back injury that has kept him out for the last three months.  If they [...]

The Yankees took a flight out tonight up to Toronto to face the Blue Jays in a three game set starting tomorrow.  I think the Yanks will play very well in this series for two reasons.  First of all, they are playing very good baseball and are coming off of a 5-2 homestand.  Second of [...]