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New York Yankees Analysis
MLB Playoff Appearances For Each Team From 1995-2025
Grading The Deal: Yankees Embrace Their Inner Yankee, Sign Gerrit Cole
Even if Gerrit Cole's deserving of the accolades sent his way over the last couple years, this sort of mammoth contract to a pitcher still might seem crazy at first glance. Read more »
2019 ALCS Preview: Houston Astros Vs. New York Yankees
Regardless of who wins it, this should be a great series between the two best teams left in the mix and should go the distance as it did in 2017. Read more »
2019 ALDS Preview: New York Yankees Vs. Minnesota Twins
While the Twins are an excellent team, and clearly much easier to root for as a neutral than the Yankees, there's not really any individual area that you can say Minnesota has a clear cut advantage over New York. Read more »
RIYL: A Cinematic Rooting Guide To The 2019 MLB Playoffs
Before we dig deep into the statistics, let's help out the fans who are not fortunate enough to have their team playing past this weekend make up their minds about who to cheer for in the coming weeks. Read more »
Favorite Things: An American League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Yankees, Astros and Twins will enter the All-Star break as our top-3 in the American League. Read more »
Everybody Hurts: On The Yankees And Their Many Injuries
The Yankees have endured an ungodly number of injuries to start 2019. How have they done it? By actually being ready for it, and then by getting a little lucky. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: AL East
While the Red Sox mainly stood pat, the Yankees made some aggressive moves to come after their throne. Read more »
2018 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Red Sox, Astros and Dodgers comprise this year's top-3 with the Yankees and Cubs right behind them. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Yankees Add An Ace In James Paxton Trade
So, the Yankees basically went out and got themselves an ace, even if it was one who has some question marks. Read more »
Baseball In A Nutshell: AL Wild Card Preview
The 2018 Athletics are basically a microcosm of baseball in 2018, built on the twin foundations of dingers and a lockdown bullpen. Read more »
Worry Index: Are The Yankees In Trouble?
Barring a complete and historic collapse, yes, the Yankees will make the postseason. But we have long lived in a world where Yankees fans expect more than the postseason, more than a pennant. Read more »
Predictions For The 2018 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Predicting the regular season awards, division winners and what will happen in the always unpredictable October. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: AL East
How the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Jays and Orioles looked to improve this winter. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Marlins Trade Giancarlo Stanton To Yankees
While you could certainly make an argument that New York should have held out for next year's premium quality free agent bumper crop, the Yankees are hedging their bets at worse in trading for Giancarlo Stanton. Read more »
2017 ALCS Preview: Houston Astros Vs. New York Yankees
The Astros were a 101-win team while the Yankees had a Pythagorean record of 101 wins. While Houston has a slight edge, this series is a proverbial toss-up. Read more »
Where The Wild Games Are: Previewing The AL & NL Wild Card Games
Predicting who's going to win a best-of-one series is always going to be a fool's errand. But let's at least look at both games and find some things to pay particular attention to during the games. Read more »
A Beautiful Mess: On The Crazy AL Wild Card Race
Only three teams are truly out of the Wild Card race, which will make the finals weeks of the season a glorious mess. Here's how we're sorting it out. Read more »