Evan Roberts' MLB Power Rankings
Who could have seen this coming? Baseball enters its home stretch with surprise teams all over Roberts' rankings. Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to slide... and slide...
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Who could have seen this coming? Baseball enters its home stretch with surprise teams all over Roberts' rankings. Meanwhile, the Yankees continue to slide... and slide...
Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 and further tighten the AL East race.
Baltimore Orioles closed in on the AL East-leading New York Yankees with an 8-3 victory Sunday.
Curtis Granderson is being held out of the New York Yankees' lineup for the finale of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles because of tendinitis in his right hamstring.
Shortstop J.J. Hardy's bases-loaded error let New York complete a seventh-inning comeback and the Yankees stung the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 Saturday to restore their AL East lead to three games.
Curtis Granderson left Saturday's game with tightness in his right hamstring.
Eduardo Nunez was among the Yankees' call-ups and was placed into the starting lineup on Saturday.
Orioles rookie Miguel Gonzalez struck out a career-high nine over seven shutout innings in a masterful pitching performance and Mark Reynolds homered twice.
No, they wouldn't trade places with the Mets. Not for all the money in the world. But the Yanks would sure like to put together a little winning streak as their crosstown counterparts just did. Like, starting Friday.
Consider MLB on notice; there's a new sheriff in town. Cincinnati gets the top spot in Evan's weekly rankings, while the Yankees continue to slip and slide downward.
If the Rocket really wants to come back, he should probably put in a call to Sandy Alderson. The Mets have nothing to lose at this point, including their franchise reputation.
Tommie Agee had a spectacular impact on the 1969 "Miracle Mets."
They're baaaack! The Yankees, finally off the schnide, are again the top team in the AL. But it's just not enough to take No. 1 in Evan's top ten.
Boomer and Craig began this Monday edition of the Morning Extravaganza by talking about the Yankees, as they continue to 'tread water' as the Booms put it.
Felix Hernandez silenced Yankee bats as the Mariners shutout the Yankees 1-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Panic in the Bronx? Not exactly. But they're no longer the best team in baseball.
Joba Chamberlain finally made his long-awaited major league return on Wednesday, but gave up a home run to his first batter.
Robinson Cano hit a grand slam in a seven-run third inning, New York won for just the fourth time in 13 games and restored a 6½-game lead in the AL East.
The infielder decided to stray away from a televised grooming, like Jose Reyes had when his dreadlocks were cut on the MLB Network last winter.
Sure, the Yankees have given back some of their comfortable lead. Still, only Washington and Cincinnati have better records than New York.
Before turning it over to Jerry Recco so that he could deliver his first update of the morning, Craig attempted to offer Yamkees' fan comfort by telling them it is not time to panic.
Boomer and Craig opened up today's edition of the Morning Extravaganza by talking about the struggling Bronx Bombers, who saw their lead in the A.L. East trimmed to 5.5 games.
Chris Davis hit a go-ahead grand slam in the Orioles' seven-run second inning and Baltimore rallied from five runs down to beat the New York Yankees 11-5 on Tuesday night.
The Yankees can breathe a sigh of relief.
As the inventor of the sport -- just ask him, he'll tell you -- Bobby Valentine sees all and knows all. Always has. But this time, he's probably seeing it wrong.
