Associated Press
Be honest, did you really think the Yankees would allow the Red Sox to crush them all winter, start to finish, without some sort of counterpunch? Did you swallow Brian Cashman’s promise not to give up a first-round draft pick just to sign Rafael Soriano?
If you were having night sweats worrying about the Yankees’ bizarre passivity, you can relax: Soriano is on his way to the Bronx, agreeing in principle Thursday night to a creative three-year, $35 million contract that gives the Bombers the best late-inning combination in baseball.
Between Soriano and Mariano Rivera, those last six outs will be dominated by power fastballs and historic cutters. The Red Sox, for all their on-paper might, won’t have quite the same blow-away capability after the seventh inning, a fact...
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You want to take something meaningful away from Andy Pettitte’s first time back on a major-league mound in a year and a half? Then you go right ahead. Go ahead and break down Pettitte’s 6⅓-inning, 94-pitch... more »
Two hundred million dollars won't necessarily buy you wins. But it sure can buy you a lot of margin for error. If there's a difference between the rosters of the two favorites in the American League East this year, it's that.... more »
Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher likes to call Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon “the mad scientist,” and with good reason. When the two teams met, in St. Petersburg, Fla., on the opening weekend of the regular ... more »
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