December 20th, 2022: Benintendi, Kiner-Falefa, Rodon, Minor League Signings
Remember the guy who caught Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball and turned down ...
2022-12-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
RAB Thoughts posts
December 16th, 2022: Bauers, Norwood, Warren, Mailbag
In case you missed it Thursday night, Carlos Rodon is coming to the Yankees. It's a six-year contract worth $162M. Not gonna lie, I didn't think the Yank...
2022-12-16 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostQuick thoughts after the Yankees sign Carlos Rodon
2022 fastball whiff rate leaders: 1. Gerrit Cole, 2. Carlos Rodon.
The Yankees just made the 2023 team a whole lot better. Lefty Carlos Rodon is ...
2022-12-16 02:03:22 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 13th, 2022: Murakami, Kepler, Carpenter, Rodon, LeMahieu, Mattingly, Blake
On this date 21 (!) years ago, the Yankees signed Jason Giambi to a seven-year contract worth $120M. At the time it was the fifth largest contract in baseball history behind Alex Rodriguez ($252M), Derek Jeter ($189M), Manny Ramirez ($160M), and M...
2022-12-13 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 9th, 2022: Judge, Rodon, Taillon, Red Sox, Rule 5 Draft, Mailbag
By projected 2023 WAR, 13 of the top 30 free agents remain unsigned, and the trade market has been weirdly quiet this offseason. The most notable ...
2022-12-09 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostQuick thoughts after the Yankees re-sign Aaron Judge
“Just park the Brinks truck over there.”
In the end, the Yankees couldn’t afford to let Aaron Judge leave and Judge wanted to remain a Yank...
2022-12-07 15:15:57 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 7th, 2022: Kahnle, Judge, Yoshida, Rule 5 Draft
Tuesday was a day. I don’t know if it was a good day or a bad day, but it was definitely a day. We seem to be inching closer to Aaron Judge’s decision and I’m ready for this to be over. His free agency, I mean. Not his time as a Yankee. Anyw...
2022-12-07 05:25:37 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 6th, 2022: Cashman, Judge, Verlander, Arraez, Hendriks
The first real day of the Winter Meetings is in the books and Aaron Judge remains unsigned. The good news is he’s unsigned and not a San Francisco Giant or a Los Angeles Dodger or a Yakult Swallow or whatever. But, he’s still unsigned, which m...
2022-12-06 14:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 5th, 2022: Judge, Reynolds, Donaldson, Hicks, Torres, Britton, Rodon
Good thing I ran that Jacob deGrom vs. Max Scherzer poll Friday morning, eh? That one avoided the 2022-12-05 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Free Agent Faceoff: Jacob deGrom vs. Justin Verlander
Why not both?
The calendar has flipped to December and the No. 1 priority in Yankeeland remains Aaron Judge. He has not signed yet but might at ...
2022-12-02 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostDecember 1st, 2022: Judge, Winter Meetings, Cortes, Mattingly, Mailbag
I apologize if you saw this post in your inbox and thought it was Friday. I know how soul-crushing it can be to think it’s Friday, only to realize it’s really Thursday. It’s the worst. I have something else in the works for Friday though, so...
2022-12-01 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 29th, 2022: Judge, Gallo, Smith, Nimmo, Torres, Carpenter, YES
The long holiday weekend is over and I’m already out of leftovers. I am sad. I didn’t miss anything important by skipping Friday’s post, so I feel less guilty, 2022-11-29 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
November 22nd, 2022: Non-Tender Deadline, Hot Stove, Bold Predictions, Biggest & Best of 2022, Mailbag
Reminder: I am skipping this Friday’s post and
2022-11-22 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 18th, 2022: Hot Stove Rumors, Awards, Mailbag
Reminder: I am planning to skip next Friday’s post. I’ll cover any breaking news that pops up, otherwise I’m going to take it easy during Thanksgiving weekend and I hope you do too. It’s good to take your mind off the Yankees every once in...
2022-11-18 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 16th, 2022: Rizzo, Vasquez, Ridings, Minor League Free Agents, Bullpen Market
I apologize for pushing Tuesday’s post back a day, but a) the Offseason Plan went live Monday, and b) I figured I’d wait a day so I could cover Tue...
2022-11-16 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 11th, 2022: Qualifying Offers, Roster Moves, Hot Stove Rumors, Rule 5 Draft, Mailbag
Offseason Plan update: It will be published next week. I hope to get it up before the Rule 5 Draft protection deadline Tuesday so it doesn’t look like I’m just copying whatever the Yankees do, but I’m also not going to work myself to the bon...
2022-11-11 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 8th, 2022: World Series, Boone, Cashman, Judge, Diamondbacks
Site note: I am planning to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Nov. 25th. That is two weeks from Friday and it is the day after Thanksgiving. If there is breaking news, I will happily cover it, otherwise I’m going to lay low during the...
2022-11-08 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees and the 2022-23 Offseason Calendar
The Astros are the 2022 World Series champions and the offseason is here. This will be the first “normal” offseason in a few years. Last offseason was cut into two halves by the lockout and the offseason before that was mid-pandemic, when no o...
2022-11-06 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 4th, 2022: Aaron Hicks Trade, Mailbag
The Yankees finally put the 2004 Red Sox highlights away and will hold their end-of-season press conferences with Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman on Friday. Cashman’s contract expired on Oct. 31st, so the fact the Yankees are trotting him out ther...
2022-11-04 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNovember 1st, 2022: Arbitration, Qualifying Offers, Hot Stove
The Yankees’ season ended nine days ago and we’ve yet to hear anything from the organization beyond a few q...
2022-11-01 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostQuick thoughts after Hal Steinbrenner says Aaron Boone will return in 2023
Another year, for some reason. (Getty)
The only manager in Yankees history to return for a fifth season after failing to win a World Series withi...
2022-10-26 22:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 26th, 2022: World Series, Judge, Rizzo, LeMahieu, Holmes, Effross, Blake, Mailbag
The first post of the offseason. Always a weird one. We haven’t heard a peep from the Yankees since their season ended Sunday night, and if they're going to make a significant change (like firing Aaron Boone), I think Wednesday would be the day....
2022-10-26 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 4 of the 2022 ALCS
See ya. (Getty)
You know when I knew the 2022 Yankees were doomed? It wasn’t when they crashed in August or when they waited until the postsea...
2022-10-24 15:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 3 of the 2022 ALCS
The end is coming. (Getty)
The Yankees are down 3-0 in the ALDS and, honestly, that makes the series seem closer than it really is. This has been...
2022-10-23 02:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts before Game 3 of the 2022 ALCS
The ALCS resumes Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium and it is as close to a must-win as it gets without being a literal must-win. The Astros are starting Cristian Javier in Game 3. He of course started the combined no-hitter earlier this year. The...
2022-10-22 15:09:18 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 2 of the 2022 ALCS
Yawn. (Getty)
New day, same ol’ loss to the Astros. The Yankees are down 2-0 in the ALCS because Houston capitalized on the few opportunities ...
2022-10-21 04:46:17 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 1 of the 2022 ALCS
Go away, Josh. (Getty).
Hey, the Yankees batted with a lead against the Astros! That lead lasted only six batters, but they had a lead. That’s ...
2022-10-20 04:55:14 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts before Game 1 of the 2022 ALCS
This place again. (Getty)
The ALDS finally concluded Tuesday night in the Bronx and the ALCS begins Wednesday night in Houston. The Yankees are ...
2022-10-19 18:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 5 of the 2022 ALDS
Three wins down, eight to go. (Getty)
What felt like the longest best-of-five series in baseball history is finally over. The Yankees are going ...
2022-10-19 03:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post