Prized Target Castillo heads to the Upper Northwest… Time will tell if Luis Castillo is sleepless in Seattle, but the Mariners added firepower to their playoff chances with the acquisition of the pitcher from the Cincinnati Reds. Most Yankee fans had wanted to see Castillo in Pinstripes, and there were times where we felt it might happen but…

Breakout Reliever may be lost for season… The Yankees held on to beat the suddenly high-flying Baltimore Orioles, but the price was heavy. Yankees extremely dependable setup artist Michael King exited last night’s win in the bottom of the eighth inning due to elbow pain. Preliminary diagnosis is an elbow fracture which would cost King the remainder…

High-flying Yankees run into first extended slump of the season… It was inevitable the Yankees would hit a rough patch over the course of the long season. The frustration is it happening when the Yankees are playing several series against the hated Boston Red Sox. Since they won the first two games of the four-game set in Boston last weekend…

Former Card rejuvenated in New York… Matt Carpenter, thought to be on the fast track to retirement in his final years with the St Louis Cardinals, has been a brilliant discovery by GM Brian Cashman and his horde of analytical gurus. “Carpenstache,” as Daniel Burch of The Greedy Pinstripes likes to call him, has hit more…

Houston’s tough, but Yankees march on… I really wanted a victory in Houston, Texas on Thursday night. The Yankees’ 2–1 loss to the Astros ultimately means nothing other than a rare loss for the Yankees. Yet, a win would have left better feelings, for Yankees fans, until the two teams renew their rivalry in an isolated…

Next loss is almost Legal Drinking Age… Sadly, there was no ‘rally in their bones’ last night as the Yankees fell to the Houston Astros, 3–1. The loss dropped the Yankees to 52–19, still the best record in Major League Baseball. Every other team in the AL East won yesterday but the Yankees lead over the second-place…

The Yankees Bandwagon is starting to get full… Let’s party like it is 1998. It is a little early to compare this Yankees team to one of the greatest Yankees teams in the history of baseball but the ride, at least through today, has been one helluva jaunt. It boggles the mind that the Yankees have a ten-game…

Yankees Juggernaut continues to steamroll the AL… Well, it was not a kind week for the elite Yankees starting rotation, but the team continues to find ways to win. After last year’s roller coaster season, it is so wonderful to have a team that competes hard every night (Wednesday night’s 8–1 clunker against the Twins excluded). No…

Taillon and Cole take perfection to late innings… David Wells and David Cone once threw perfect games in back-to-back seasons. Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole nearly did it in back-to-back games although both fell in the later innings of their respective runs for perfection. Thursday, Jameson Taillon was perfect until Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh lined…