Pittsburgh Wins Burnett Deal
It’s a done deal – finally. After weeks of flirting with the notion of an A.J. Burnett trade, the Yankees and Pirates have officially come to terms as Pittsburgh agrees to send Exicardo Cayonez and...
View ArticleQuantifying the Value of Brett Gardner’s Speed
Brett Gardner’s quietly become one of the better left fielders in baseball. Since 2010 he’s totaled 11.3 fWAR (Wins Above Replacement as determined by FanGraphs), the thirteenth highest total among...
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez’s Contracts: A look at MLB’s two most lucrative deals
Alex Rodriguez signed his first mega-deal with the Rangers, all the way back in January 2001. It was to pay him just over $25 million a year for an entire decade, equally absurd in length and dollar...
View ArticleLooking Back at the Jonathan Sanchez-Melky Cabrera Trade
Well, Jonathan Sanchez has had one helluva season in Kansas City. And not in a good way either. After throwing 53.1 horrific innings – 7.76 ERA, 6.08 K/9, 7.43 BB/9, and a league worst 6.10 SIERA –...
View ArticleIchiro Trade Reaction
Early Monday evening – and on the heels of a busted trade rumor, maybe – the Seattle Mariners sent right-fielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees, in exchange for two pitching prospects. Seattle...
View ArticleCurtis Granderson: Turning an above-average bat into a league average starter
In one of the more evenly made three-team deals in recent memory, the Yankees acquired All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from the Tigers following the 2009 season, in exchange for sending...
View ArticleA-Rod to Miami? Yanks Better Be Prepared to Pay Big
Not even to the World Series yet and the rumor mill is in full force, this time linking Alex Rodriguezto the Marlins in a potential offseason trade that, ironically, started out as a joke between...
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