While Hank Steinbrenner can shoot off his mouth all he wants these days, every now and then, a piece comes along that reminds us of the checks and balances in the Yankee organization. This time, we’ve got Kat O’Brien talking with a...

Triple-A Scranton Game 1 ( 4-0 win over Louisville in 7 innings ) Brett Gardner & Juan Miranda: both 1 for 2, 1 R - Gardner drew 2 walks, stole a base & was caught trying to steal another … Miranda launced a 2-run bombed & drew a...

Jim Callis of Baseball America posted his first mock draft today , and has the Yanks taking Arizona prep southpaw Kyle Lobstein. Callis writes: The obvious move would be for New York to use its financial muscle to pay what it takes to get whatever...

Instead of dealing with media blackouts and questionable May weather, the Yanks and Mets are going to send their stadiums out in style in June with a two-stadium, one-city double header, date TBD. The Yanks will skip Darrell Rasner’s start, and...

It’s kinda crappy out. It’s not supposed to let up, according to The Weather Channel. Though they’ve been wrong before. Everywhere I’ve read at this point claims the game is on. So let’s hope they can get it in. Not...

Just one-quarter of the way through the season, and we’re already getting anonymous stories from Jon Heyman about Hank Steinbrenner’s regretting not making the Santana deal . According to Heyman, Hank is upset with Cashman for Phil...

Part of what makes the draft so much fun is the element of the unknown. Very few fans have actually seen these kids play, making it easy to conjure up images of superhuman hitters with menacing stances and 24-inch biceps, or pitchers with lightning...

Lots of shouting going on in the IPK thread . I think it’s a bit overblown. He threw more strikes this time, did a decent job of keeping the ball on the ground, and got through innings with fewer pitches, which is an improvement over his starts...

Via PeteAbe comes some news on All Star Game coaches. Terry Francona, the AL manager, has invited Yanks’ manager Joe Girardi to join him on the All Star Game coaching staff. That’s a nice gesture for Francona, but I have to believe some...

Franz Lidz wrote up a short profile of Jason Giambi in this month’s Portfolio . It starts with quite the story about the G Man: Jason Giambi has a deep, dark secret. Deeper than his compulsion to sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door,...

Triple-A Scranton was rained out. Chad Jennings says they’ll play two tomorrow . Homer Bailey-Dan Giese matchup in game one of the double-dip. Double-A Trenton ( 7-2 win over Portland ) they beat Justin Masterson during the regular season...

We all know and love Krazy Kyle Fansworth. He’s the one we love to hate, coming out of the bullpen to give us all heart attacks, and despite his successes this year, we all fear that he’s just one bad inning away from melting down...

Fresno State RHP Tanner Scheppers, a surefire first round pick in next month’s Rule 4 draft, suffered a stress fracture in his shoulder and will be out of action a minimum of 6 weeks. The injury cripples his draft stock, and this could now be a...

The Yanks and Devil Rays are still slugging it out, and the three of us will all be out for the evening by the time this game wraps up. As the Yanks trail the Rays, though, we can talk briefly about Ian Kennedy’s return from the Minors. On...

Well, that was a short exile. Just 11 days after his demotion, Ian Kennedy is back with the Yankees. We’ve all certainly debated the pluses and minuses of his demotion and his quick return for the last 11 days. Let’s see how he does now...