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Yankees defeat Blue Jays in Spring Competition

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New York got past the Jays tonight in Tampa. AJ Burnett wasn’t great but he did good. he pitched 3.1 innings, allowed 3 hits, allowed 1 run, 3 bases on balls, and 1 strikeout. Rivera had a perfect inning tonight. Edwar Ramirez made his first apperance since rejoining the team he allowed 1 hit in 1 inning. At the dish, Eduardo Nunez had a home run. Xavier Nady had a triple. Pena, Posada, Swisher, Cabrera, and Matsui all had RBIs in this game.

Yankees Ground Astros in Spring Training Affair

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The Yankees raise their win streak to 6 games today as they defeated the Astros 4-1 today. Chien-Ming Wang started for the Bombers had a great day. He pitched five innings, allowed only one run on three hits, and he struck out three batters. Phil Coke got the win his second of the spring (2-0) while pitching one inning. Brett Tomko continues to revive his career, pitching one scoreless inning of one hit ball. He gets credit for a Hold. Jose Veras pitched one scoreless inning and also got a Hold. Jonathan Albaladejo got the save, his first of Spring Training. He struck out one batter in one inning. At the plate Melky Cabrera, Angel Berroa, and Eric Duncan had RBIs in this game. Austin Jackson had a stolen base off Doug Brocail in the second inning. Justin Snyder also collected a stolen base off of Brocail.

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Yankees Win Against Buccos

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The New York Yankees were coming in yesterday with a 4 game win streak. Can it continue? CC Sabathia making the start for the Yankees under the lights at George M. Steinbrnner Field. CC pitched great, struck out 7 in 4 innnings of 1 run ball. Mariono Rivera making his first Spring appearance pitched a perfect inning, striking out 2 batters. Now to the Big Thunder of the Yankees. Hideki Matsui hit a 2-run double in the 1st inning to put the Yankees up early. Then later he hit a 2-run homer in the 3rd. Melky Cabrera had a RBI double, Ramiro Pena had a RBI single, and Posada had a RBI single.

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Yankees defeat Twins in Spring Contest

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Andy Pettitte was amazing today allowing only 2 hits over 3 scorless innings. Jorge Posada caught his first game of the spring and stroked two hits, while scoring a first-inning run on Hideki Matsui’s fielder’s choice. Melky Cabrera doubled and scored on a Ramiro Pena single for the Yankees’ second run, and Mark Teixeira added a sacrifice fly in the third inning. Angel Berroa gave the Yankees some breathing room with a two-run double in the sixth. Infielder Doug Bernier left the game after being taken out with a hard slide at second base in the second inning.

Yankees Split Squads for 2 Matchups Today

The New York Yankees will play the Astros and the Pirates today. I don’t know how they are planning to split up but AJ Burnett is expected to pitch in one of the games. He threw two shutout innings in his last game and that is showing some really early promise. Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera are too close to call still. You can see the games here on MLB.tv.

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Nady, Bruney, and Cabrera File for Arbitration

Well 111 players filed for arbitration and 3
of them or players on the Yankees. For some who don’t know
what arbitration is, it is a court hearing the clubs point
out everything the player does wrong and the player has to
try to counter that with what he does right. Okay back to
these three guys. The only person I can see having a chance
at winning his case is Xavier Nady, he put up the best
numbers and played great in the second half of the season.
Melky Cabrera would have a better case if he played as well
this year as he has in previous years, for this case very
little chance. Brian Bruney probably won’t have that great of
a chance either he is a middle of the road reliver and puts
up okay stats so maybe he could get a little reward maybe a
million.

AL East Preview: Pre-Spring Training

This will be the first of several previews and reviews of the AL East. So lets get right to it.

Baltimore Orioles: The Baltimore Orioles are a young up and coming team. They have some quality players with one being Nick Markakis. They upgraded their pitching by adding Koji Uehara who will reportedly be the #2 Starter. They have the talent ot be a good club in a couple years but don’t expect much thhis year. Brian Roberts wll get his steal and the O’s shouldn’t have trouble scoring runs if they get steady production out of the middle of their line-up.

Toronto Blue Jays:  The Blue Jays as everyone know have probably one of the most dominating pitchers in the league in Roy Halladay. Their rotation has a few question marks after the 3rd starter. They have two very talented outfielders in Alex Rios and Vernon Wells. These two guys will be the biggest part of the offense so expect quite a few runs put up on your team if they play the Jays. Lyle Overbay needs to produce or he is just taking up a spot from a young player that they could call up. I think Toronto has a very balenced team and they have a shot taking the third spot in the AL East.

Tampa Bay Rays: Last year wasn’t a fluke. The Rays have valuable young players and great steady starting pitching. David Price will have a great year if he has he stuff we saw in the post-season. The young core of players will have some new responsibilities since they will have the bulls-eye on their back. Their bullpen has alot of question marks in the closing role if Troy Percival doesn’t stay healthy. Pat Burrell is a great addition for the DH spot. They have to produce runs if they want to compete.

Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox will make the playoffs, okay got that out of the way. The Red Sox as everyone knows have a great core of players and excellent starting pitching. John Smoltz not as good as everyone thinks he still has to pitch against a great offensive division. The Jason Varitek departure is a big loss to the pitching staff because now they have to make the transition to a new catcher in Josh Bard. They will put up tons of runs even against great pitching. We know they have fought against the odds but they are not the loveable losers anymore.

New York Yankees: The Yankees made huge strides in the off-season by signing CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira. They have a great pitching Staff with the first 4 starters. The offense shouldn’t struggle for runs. They may put up the most runs in the league. The center spot in the outfield is undecided between Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera. The bullpen is a little shaky but if they get to the 8th inning with a lead Damaso Marte and Mariano Rivera will shut teams down. As of now they are the favorites to win the AL East.

Projected Yankees Line-up

Here is what I thought some fans would like to see.

1. Johnny Damon LF

2. Derek Jeter SS

3. Mark Tiexeria 1B

4. Alex Rodriguez 3B

5. Hideki Matsui DH

6. Xavier Nady/ Nick Swisher RF

7. Jorge Posada C

8. Robinson Cano 2B

9. Brett Gardner/ Melky Cabrera CF

SP. CC Sabathia

SP. AJ Burnett

SP. Chein Ming Wang

SP. Joba Chamberlain

SP. Phil Hughes

CL. Mariano Rivera

 

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