Other off-season pieces: 11/25/25 11/18/25 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. Yankees re-sign Michael Arias You know things are a little slow when this is my opening note. The Yankees didn’t tender Arias a contract last Friday, but decided to bring him back on a minor league deal. This isn’t uncommon. [&hel
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 11/25
1. Michael Kay brings up Fernando Tatis Jr. Suspended in 2021 due to PED usage, Tatis hasn’t been the same offensively since. During that 2021 campaign, he hit .282/.364/.611 (158 wRC+) with 42 home runs and 25 stolen bases. At 22 years old, he already had two Silver Sluggers, two top-five MVP finishes, and an […]
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 11/21
Other off-season pieces: 11/18/25 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. The Yankees non-tender Mark Leiter Jr., Ian Hamilton, Scott Effross, Jake Cousins, and Michael Arias This middling reliever bloodbath frees up five slots on the 40-man roster. And the crowd goes mild. “Could they have used these slots for Rule 5
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 11/18
Other off-season pieces: 11/15/25 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. The Yankees add three prospects to the 40-man roster. The three they protected (Elmer Rodriguez, Spencer Jones, Chase Hampton) were the top three on my primer list, so I consider that a win. FYI: His Baseball Reference page has been changed to reflect the [&he
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 11/15
Other off-season pieces: 11/7/25 10/30/25 Japanese Free Agents Rule 5 Primer 1. Paul Skenes “wants to be a Yankee” (?) I bet people are already coming up with strange trade proposals to land Skenes, who won the National League Cy Young Award unanimously in his second season. Let’s go to Fantasy Land for a second […]
Yankees Notes: Rule 5 Primer
The deadline for Rule 5 protection is coming next week, so it is time to look at who the Yankees will be looking to protect. The Yankees already added one player to their roster last week: RHP Kervin Castro. However, this was to prevent him from leaving via minor league free agency. The 40-man roster sits at […]
A Look at Three Japanese Free Agents
“If not the Dodgers, then who?” That’s the first question every organization will ask this year. Until proven otherwise, the Dodgers will be the favorites to land any Japanese player they decide to glance at. However, a 7-word blog post that says “They are all going to the Dodgers” doesn’t capture an audience. We
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 11/7/25
Previous Notes: October 30, 2025 1. Yankees pick up Tim Hill‘s option This was a no-brainer, since Hill costs only $3M in 2026. The soft-tossing worm killer pitched to a 3.09 ERA (4.30 FIP) over 67 innings with a 64.8% ground ball rate. Among pitchers who tossed 60+ innings, he ranked third in baseball in […]
Yankees Notes and Opinions for 10/30/25
1. The YES Network’s attempt to streamline broadcasts. We learned this week that John Flaherty, Dave Valle, and Jeff Nelson will not be returning to the YES Network. Flaherty was the YES Network utility player, consistently showing up as a studio analyst, color commentator, and fill-in play-by-play guy. Nelson was their “spackle”
Yankees MILB 10/16: Where are they now?
A look at the prospects the Yankees have traded/lost over the last several years. This list is comprehensive (in my opinion) but likely not complete. So many prospects are lost to minor league free agency or latch on somewhere after the Yankees release them. Impossible to keep up with all of them. The Ryan McMahon deal: LHP […]