Yankees' Rivera Not Concerned With Rehab Status
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera would prefer to not know the status of his recovery from a torn ACL.
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Yankees closer Mariano Rivera would prefer to not know the status of his recovery from a torn ACL.
The regular season is not the issue for the Yankees. But once they get to the postseason, there may be dark times around the corner.
The blood clot in Dillon Gee's right shoulder probably proved the end of his season. But it's not the end of the world.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has insisted all along the target for Mariano Rivera's return is 2013. But what if he's ready this season? Is that even possible?
A jury of their peers anointed Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter as the most overrated players in our pastime. A-Rod, of course, led the poll with 17 percent. Jeter was a distant place in the race, at 9 percent. Hater in the house?
The Yankees acquired reliever Chad Qualls from the Phillies on Sunday.
Neil Keefe and Sweeny Murti look at the Yankees after losing CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte on Wednesday and losing a game they should have won on Thursday.
Andy Pettitte broke his ankle on the same day the Yankees put CC Sabathia on the disabled list, and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead homer to help New York beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Wednesday for a three-game sweep.
The bottom line is this—yes, this Yankee team is a bit flawed offensively at times. And they score a lot of runs on home runs. There's nothing wrong with that. It doesn't automatically mean they are destined for another early exit in October.
As we head into Round 2 of the 2012 Subway Series, I am often asked what is the best game in this series I have ever seen since I have been at all of these encounters.
"My surgery was a success, it went perfectly," Rivera tweeted. "I am looking forward to beginning my rehab soon. Thanks as always for your prayers."
Neil Keefe and Sweeny Murti look at the Yankees after two months of play with the Mets headed to the Stadium this weekend for the first part of the Subway Series.
For the first time since interleague play began in 1997, Mariano Rivera will not be part of the Yankees-Mets matchup.
Neil Keefe wonders where the Yankees would be if Andy Pettitte didn't come out of retirement this season.
Rivera said the blood clot in his right calf has cleared up and he is set for surgery on his injured knee.
It's like Pettitte hasn't missed a beat, which is remarkable considering he took 19 months off.
If ever the Yankees were ripe for the picking, it's now. The Mets are the better baseball team heading into the first leg of the Subway Series, which is astonishing considering all we know and have seen.
Right-hander Rafael Soriano is expected to stay the Yankees' closer when reliever David Robertson makes his return to the mound, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reported.
Is it too early to panic Yankee fans? Steve Silverman believes the Yankees' powerful lineup will carry them during the summer.
The 2012 Stanley Cup Finals might be the final hurrah in Martin Brodeur's glorious career.
One of the most ridiculed and criticized -- yet successful -- closers in Mets history is making a comeback. Good ol' Armando Benitez has resurfaced with none other than the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi will not commit to using David Robertson as his closer when the right-hander returns from a ribcage injury.
The Yankees – yes, I'm making it official – cannot win the World Series this year. In fact, they can't even reach the Fall Classic. Let's take the whining up an octave: they may not make the playoffs.
First Mariano Rivera, now David Robertson. The Yankees are running out of healthy pitchers to put in the closer's role.
The 27-year-old -- who took over for Mariano Rivera when he tore his ACL and was lost for the season -- has been unavailable since Saturday with soreness in his left side, and received an MRI on Tuesday.
