Breaking Camp: Yanks Finalize Roster, Finish Spring Training

(Tampa, FL) – The Yanks (12-15) play their last spring training game today and then head north for their opener on Thursday March 21 vs. Detroit.  Some final roster decisions were made with both Eric Chavez and Eduardo Nunez making the club.  The bigger surprise is that both Austin Romine and Jesus Montero will return [...]

Sorting Things Out: One Man’s Scranton Roster Prediction

The Farm System Continues to Look Promising (New York, NY) – As the Yanks sort out their prospects and get closer to opening day the roster for Scranton looks more predictable.  One blogger has take a shot at forecasting it and the whole article can be read here. In short here are the predictions (from [...]

FNY First: A Sec 430 Member Sees the Yanks in Spring Training

Emmett Shares  some Thoughts and Great Photos (Tampa, FL) – Finally a Friday Night member has made it to Spring training.  Our very own Emmett, his Dad and his brother Sean got to see the Bombers in action this past weekend.  They saw an offense slugfest with the Nationals prevailing over the Yanks by a [...]

Spring Board: Yanks Working out the Kinks

First Week of Games Shows Some Promise (Tampa, FL) – Well the 2-5 record is not exactly overwhelming but the Yanks got a weeks’ worth of games under their belts and will continue to work towards the opener on March 31.  Starting pitching, limited to 2 innings or so per player, has been pretty good, [...]

Finally: Pitchers and Catchers Report!

(Tampa, FL) – Yankee fans suffering through a rough NY winter finally got some warmer temps to work with as well as the very happy news that pitchers and catchers reported to spring training today.  Given the fairly light off-season in terms of signings this year’s exhibition season is primarily to get in shape for [...]

Non-Roster Invites for 2011 Spring Training

(New York, NY) – The Yanks announced their non-roster invites for spring training.    It is an interesting group as usual with high hopes for some such as Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon, and Eric Chavez but all will get a close look.  The total list is as follows: Starting pitchers LHP Manny Banuelos, RHP D.J. [...]

Mar 19 – Rounding Into Form: Yanks Top Tigers 6-2

A-Rod Goes Deep, CC Goes into the 6th Inning (Tampa, FL) – The Yanks improved to 8-8 in spring training with a solid 6-2 win over the Tigers today.  CC Sabathia pitched well over 5 1/3 innings and A-Rod hit first first dinger and it was a long blast.  Jeter picked up 2 RBI’s and [...]

Mar 14 – Warming Up: Yanks Split a Pair, Move to 5-6 in Grapefruit League

Home squad tops O’s 5-3, while Travel team Loses to Tigers 6-2 (Tampa, FL) – The Yanks moved to 5-6 in spring training as the players start to loosen up.  On the warm Saturday in Florida, Jeter, Tex, Cano and Jorge all had 2 hits or more and Javy Vazquez and Aceves looked well enough [...]

Feb 18 – Best Words of Winter: Pitchers and Catchers Report

The Stirrings of Spring Training Begin (Tampa, FL) – In what always seems like an eternity, the moment has arrived.  Yankee pitchers and catchers reported to camp on Wednesday to be shortly joined by the rest of the team and invites.  Soon enough game action will begin. A quiet round of applause from all please.

Feb 9 – Spring Training Invites: Yanks Extend to 20 non-roster players

(Tampa, FL) -As Spring Training inches closer the Yanks extend more invitations and now some 60 players will descend upon Tampa in about 9 days or so.  Some of the non-roster players are as follows: Marcus Thames, 32, was originally selected by the Yankees in the 30th round of the 1996 First-Year Player Draft. He [...]