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Post by jiminy on Apr 2, 2024 19:49:57 GMT -5
Chris Kirschner: Gerrit Cole on his elbow: “I feel good right now. Still doesn’t have a date when he’ll throw but should be soon. He’s still ineligible to return until the end of May because he’s on the 60-day IL.
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Post by rizzuto on Apr 2, 2024 20:49:34 GMT -5
The Yankees have traded left-hander Nick Ramirez to the Dodgers for cash considerations, per announcements from both clubs. Ramirez had been designated for assignment on the weekend. The Dodgers opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring righty Brusdar Graterol to the 60-day injured list. That is very surprising. |
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Post by inger on Apr 3, 2024 7:00:01 GMT -5
The Yankees have traded left-hander Nick Ramirez to the Dodgers for cash considerations, per announcements from both clubs. Ramirez had been designated for assignment on the weekend. The Dodgers opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring righty Brusdar Graterol to the 60-day injured list. That is very surprising. I thought he was a shoe-in for the Yankees pen this year. He got outs last year. I wonder if he wanted a trade because he wants an MLB slot and they accommodated him?… |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 3, 2024 8:26:59 GMT -5
I thought he was a shoe-in for the Yankees pen this year. He got outs last year. I wonder if he wanted a trade because he wants an MLB slot and they accommodated him?… The Dodgers sent two relievers to the Yankees in the offseason to clear 40 man roster spots and now, one week into the season, they are trading for Ramirez. |
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Post by qimqam on Apr 3, 2024 8:31:12 GMT -5
I thought he was a shoe-in for the Yankees pen this year. He got outs last year. I wonder if he wanted a trade because he wants an MLB slot and they accommodated him?… Nick Ramirez was nothing but a junk inning eater ... He was Terrible in important situations These guys are a dime a dozen ... we always seem to have one of them on the roster i.e Lucas Luetge, Chasen Shreve and now Luke Weaver They are a step or two above IKF |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 3, 2024 8:36:11 GMT -5
I thought he was a shoe-in for the Yankees pen this year. He got outs last year. I wonder if he wanted a trade because he wants an MLB slot and they accommodated him?… Nick Ramirez was nothing but a junk inning eater ... He was Terrible in important situations These guys are a dime a dozen ... we always seem to have one of them on the roster i.e Lucas Luetge, Chasen Shreve and now Luke Weaver They are a step or two above IKF IKF has already hurled a scoreless inning in that game the Jays got no hit. |
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Post by jiminy on Apr 3, 2024 9:37:05 GMT -5
Baseball Prospectus | Rob Mains ($): This is paywalled, but anyone who has an interest in the economics of baseball should give it a read. Mains digs through Forbes’ analysis of MLB finances to gauge the economic trajectory of the sport as a whole. He notes that the uncertainty around local TV deals has slowed the pace of franchise value appreciation, but MLB teams remain extremely profitable. If you leave the Mets and Padres to the side, the other 28 teams averaged a 9.3-percent profit margin, a huge number. The Yankees lead the way in revenues, and though they technically saw an operating loss of $21.9MM, that figure doesn’t consider profits from regional sports networks, real estate, or the team’s share of MLB’s leaguewide investment fund. It’s safe to assume that the Yankees are still making money hand over fist.
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Post by fwclipper51 on Apr 3, 2024 12:56:58 GMT -5
From MLB Rumors 4/3/2024
The New York Yankees have signed right-hander Phil Bickford to a minor league deal, as announced by the club’s Triple-A affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Jon Heyman of the New York Post (X link) reports that Bickford will earn $1.1MM. if he makes New York’s active roster. He has a MLB pitching career record of 11-8 with a 4.43 and 2 saves in 179 MLB games with the Brewers, Dodgers and the Mets.
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Post by jiminy on Apr 4, 2024 9:32:30 GMT -5
NJ.com | Randy Miller: Speaking of Cole, the Yankees ace has done all he can to be a positive presence in the clubhouse and dugout, becoming in essence a second pitching coach (although he refused to call himself that). Several of the younger pitchers, including Clarke Schmidt, pick his brain during the game, asking him to break down what he’s seeing. And, as those of us who heard the reigning Cy Young on the YES broadcast Tuesday night can attest, the man knows what he’s talking about — he basically has a PhD in baseball. Although it’s much more fun when he shows off that knowledge while on the mound, he’s still been a net positive this season.
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Post by jiminy on Apr 4, 2024 9:39:11 GMT -5
New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Series Preview Can the Yankees keep their winning run going as they open up their home slate against a division foe? www.pinstripealley.com/2024/4/4/24120551/new-york-yankees-toronto-blue-jays-series-preview-probable-pitchers-home-opener-stroman-gil-gausmanYou can’t ask for too much more than what the Yankees have done to start this season. After going into Houston and sweeping the Astros, they followed that up by taking two of three on the road against the reigning NL champion Diamondbacks, as they went 6-1 on their year-opening road trip. Now, the Yankees are finally headed home to play some games in the Bronx, where another familiar foe awaits them. Starting on Friday afternoon, the Yankees will host the Blue Jays in a three-game series. The Yanks and Jays have had some notable run-ins in recent years, and this year could provide the same. Before the action gets going, let’s take a look at the expected pitching matchups for the next couple days. Friday: Marcus Stroman vs. Yusei Kikuchi (1:05 pm ET) Getting the start in the home opener will be a likely amped up Marcus Stroman, taking on the team he first came up with. Stroman was good in his first go-round, as he got a win in Houston. All three runs the Astros scored on him were unearned, as he allowed just four hits in six innings. He’s only ever faced his former Blue Jays team once, allowing one run in five innings when he was a member of the Cubs in 2022. For his career, Kikuchi has mostly been a below-average pitcher, but not really when he’s faced the Yankees. In 53 career innings against the Bombers, he has a 3.57 ERA with 49 strikeouts. That includes a sub-2.00 ERA last year. He did get tagged pretty well by the Rays in his first start of this season, though. Saturday: Clarke Schmidt vs. Kevin Gausman (7:05 pm ET) Schmidt was pretty solid in his season debut last Sunday, until some demons from last year reared their head again. After allowing just one run in the first five innings, the Astros lineup started to get to him after the shift to their third time through the order in the sixth. He was pulled after allowing a run on two doubles, with one of the runners he left on scoring later in the inning. That dinged his overall numbers after what had been a pretty good start. So much of this season for him is going to come down to figuring out how to overcome his third at-bat struggles, so we’ll see if he does any better in this one. Gausman was one of the AL Cy Young finalists along with Gerrit Cole last year, and a non-zero chunk of his season came via the 0.67 ERA he put up in 27 innings against the Yankees last year. He followed that up with a decent opening effort this year, as he held the Rays to one run on two hits in 4.1 innings. Sunday: Luis Gil vs. Bowden Francis (1:35 pm ET) After an incredibly exciting spring training, Gil followed that up with an incredibly exciting first start of 2024. He struck out six Diamondbacks in 4.2 innings, as he looked every bit the pitcher that took the bull by the horns in the race for the last starter spot this spring. Francis has gotten major league time in both 2022 and ‘23, but this will be the first time the Yankees have ever faced him, and we know the old adage about the Yankees facing a new pitcher. He was solid in a small sample size as a reliever in previous years, but he did get hit around by the Astros in his first career MLB start, allowing seven runs on 10 hits in 5.1 innings. |
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Post by fwclipper51 on Apr 4, 2024 11:46:05 GMT -5
From MLB Rumors 4/4/24
The Yankees Outright Tully to AAA Scranton
April 4: Tully went unclaimed on waivers and has been assigned outright to the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Because he’s been previously outrighted, Tully has the right to reject the assignment in favor of free agency. However, he intends to remain with the Yankees, MLBTR has learned.
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Post by JEGnj on Apr 4, 2024 16:31:23 GMT -5
Quick note is I can't wait for Opening Day at the stadium tomorrow. The team needed a day off to come back home and get acclimated but being 6-1 want to keep it rolling.
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 4, 2024 19:14:18 GMT -5
Yankees game on Monday moved to night game due to the eclipse. Good news for me, since I'll get to see most of it now.
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Post by inger on Apr 4, 2024 19:31:47 GMT -5
Yankees game on Monday moved to night game due to the eclipse. Good news for me, since I'll get to see most of it now. I thought it to be stupid to play during the eclipse, considering that looking directly at the corona around the edges can damage vision, the lighting challenges, etc… |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 4, 2024 19:52:35 GMT -5
Yankees game on Monday moved to night game due to the eclipse. Good news for me, since I'll get to see most of it now. I thought it to be stupid to play during the eclipse, considering that looking directly at the corona around the edges can damage vision, the lighting challenges, etc… Why are they playing in a Monday afternoon game in the first place? |
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