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New York Yankees Firing on All Cylinders to Begin The Season

Posted: 17th April 2010 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
If there has been one thing that has plagued the New York Yankees the past few years, it has been their slow starts to the season. The Yanks then have to finish the season strong to be in contention. However, 2010 is starting off great for the reigning World Series Champions. The Yankees are 7-3 entering Saturday's afternoon game against the visiting Texas Rangers. The Yankees are a half-game in front of ...

10 Bold Yankees Predictions for 2010: The Path to a Repeat

Posted: 1st April 2010 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
Here we find ourselves, days before the beginning of yet another exciting baseball season. Opening Day marks the beginning of a long journey for thirty teams that are hungry to become World Series Champions. While outsiders may have different expectations, each team wants to be the last one standing. The reigning World Series Champion New York Yankees will look to repeat with a younger, more athletic roster. Although some of ...

2010 MLB Predictions: Robinson Cano Will Break Out This Year

Posted: 30th March 2010 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
The peaks and valleys of a Major League Baseball career are inevitable and are emotionally and physically difficult on players. A 20 game hitting streak can be followed by a 1-20 slump with one tweaked swing. Watching Robinson Cano over the years in pinstripes, he perfectly fits the bill of a streaky, peaks and valleys player. Cano broke into the majors in early May 2005, taking over for the veteran Tony Womack. He ...

Jesus Montero: Where Does He Project?

Posted: 26th March 2010 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
When you see Jesus Montero step to the plate, you see more of an NFL linebacker than a baseball player. The 6'4'', 225 pound, 20-year-old catcher hails from Guacara, Venezuela. Signed as a 16-year-old by the New York Yankees in 2006, Montero was tagged as the heir to Jorge Posada—high standards for just a teenager. Declared the best player and hitter of all international signees in 2006, Montero joined the Gulf ...

Four Hitters That Won’t Repeat Their 2009 Season

Posted: 24th March 2010 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
From season to season, players are faced with the task of repeating or increasing their previous season's statistics. However, fantasy baseball throws this same task at millions of fantasy owners. Roaming through numerous mock drafts and expert opinions on draft day throws many players and stats in your face to try and decipher. When you are finally on the clock, the pressure is on. Nobody ever wants to draft a ...

Does Curtis Granderson Spell The End For Johnny Damon in Pinstripes?

Posted: 9th December 2009 by Gavin Bedell in MLB
With rumors swirling throughout the baseball world at this year's Winter Meetings, the biggest move so far has been the three team trade between the Yankees, Tigers, and Diamondbacks. It is rumored the Yankees will receive Curtis Granderson, the Tigers will receive Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth, Phil Coke, and Austin Jackson, and the Diamondbacks would receive Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy.  The trade featured two big time prospects. Jackson was the Yankees' top ...

Brandon Jacobs Not Playing Up To His Salary

Posted: 2nd December 2009 by Gavin Bedell in NFL
Close your eyes. Bring yourself back to the 2007-2008 NFL Season, when the New York Giants 6'4'', 264 pound running back was bulldozing over linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs. Brandon Jacobs helped the Giants run over the NFC and beat the almost undefeated, 18-1 (every Giants fan loves saying that) New England Patriots. Fast-forward a year to February 26, 2009, when the Giants rewarded Jacobs with a four year, $25 million extension. ...