The 2019 MLB All-Animosity Team
This season's roster features a new generation of players to dislike
Major League Baseball has its All-Star teams and I have my All-Animosity Team. This season’s roster features a new generation of players to dislike.
Off Day Dreaming: Yankees Won’t Be Chasing Any Team in Second Half This Season
The Yankees enter the All-Star break with a commanding lead in the division for the first time in a long time
The first half of the season is over and the Yankees have already clinched the division. I forgot what it felt like to win the division so early in the season and it feels even better than I remember it feeling.
Zack Britton Is a Big Problem
Zack Britton is going to receive special treatment for his name and he’s going to pitch in high-leverage spots three months from now when the Yankees can’t afford to have him walking the park and failing to miss bats.
Off Day Dreaming: Yankees Have Clinched AL East
With a sizable division lead, the Rays and Red Sox aren't catching the Yankees this season
The Yankees have won the division. Yes, on July 1, with essentially half the season left, I’m calling the division for over for both the Rays and Red Sox.
Off Day Dreaming: Yankees Keep Finding Ways to Win
The Yankees have their issues, but that hasn't slowed them down from opening a big division lead
Despite their injury and starting pitching issues, the Yankees are set up for a relaxing second half, one in which they won’t have any chasing to do in the division for the first time in a long time.
Clint Frazier Doesn’t Have a Yankees Future
The Yankees' young power bat might have played his last game with the team
My biggest fear since the Yankees traded for Clint Frazier is coming true: Frazier is going to get a full-time major league opportunity and realize his potential with a team other than the Yankees.
This Is Not the James Paxton the Yankees Traded For
The Yankees' left-hander has failed to go five innings in half of his starts this season
We’re nearly halfway through the season, and overall, James Paxton has been the guy I feared the Yankees trading for aside from a pair of April starts. He needs to better. He has to better.
Off Day Dreaming: Yankees’ Starting Pitching Will Be What Sends Them Back to Wild-Card Game
The Yankees' starting pitching has been the team's weakness this season and it's getting worse
The Yankees have now played 66 games and their starters have pitched six innings in 25 of them and have provided 21 quality starts. That’s not good. If it doesn’t change, they will be back in the wild-card game.
Yankees’ Bullpen Management Is Baffling
The Yankees' extra rest for their elite relievers has made them ineffective when called upon
The Yankees’ bullpen is the team’s strength and gives them the best chance to win the division and avoid the wild-card game. If the super bullpen isn’t used when needed then what’s the point of even having it?
The Cheap Yankees’ Decision to Pass on Dallas Keuchel Is Inexcusable
Ownership and the front office has failed the team and its fans again
The ownership and front office of the Yankees should regret the decision to pass on Dallas Keuchel. But given the way they have operated in recent years, they won’t.