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Yankees trade RHP Tyler Clippard to Nationals for reliever Jonathan Albalad
2007-12-05 22:33:00 The Washington Nationals completed their trade for right-hander Tyler Clippard, getting him from the New York Yankees for Jonathan Albaladejo on Wednesday after both players cleared physicals. The deal was reported on Tuesday, but the Nationals wanted to give Clippard an enhanced MRI exam of his elbow and shoulder to make sure there was not ...
By: MLB News Blog
Yankees set to trade RHP Tyler Clippard to Nationals for reliever Jonathan
2007-12-05 00:21:00 The New York Yankees found a fresh arm for their bullpen Tuesday, reaching a preliminary agreement to trade Tyler Clippard to the Washington Nationals for right-hander Jonathan Albaladejo in a quiet swap of young pitchers. The deal was subject to physicals, according to a person familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity ...
By: MLB News Blog
Wang Keeps Up The Momentum
2007-06-07 15:24:00 Chien-Ming Wang gave the Yankees exactly what they needed facing the White Sox Wednesday night. Not only did he pitch well, he pitched a one run complete game. He looked like the Wang we all came to know and love when he started as a rookie, all the way up until his name started to be mentioned in the same sentence as Cy Young's last season. The Yankees need momentum. As this writer mentioned in his previous column, quoting the old baseball adage that in baseball, momentum ends with the next day's pitcher, then Yankee fans have every reason to be nervous with Mike Mussina scheduled to take the mound against the White Sox Thursday night in Chicago. Without going on a rant, this writer will just state that he has very little confidence that Mussina will give a good performance. There's no need to compile stats when offering up the observation that Mussina pitches well until he decides its okay to give up a home run or two. His game will sometimes fall apart after that. This season,...
By: Mr. Grudge
Yankees Quick Check: Pitching + Run Support + Defense=Win
2007-05-29 22:54:00 Tyler Clippard came through for his seasoned, big league teammates Tuesday night against the White Sox. In return, the defense and the offense chipped in to help him out. This Yankees' season could have been scripted by the late, great, Kurt Vonnegut himself, as this cosmically challenged team found itself fraught with a plague of injuries, poor plays, and silent bats in the lineup. If momentum ends with the next day's starter, the Yankees have stumbled every fifth day with a new, unproven arm sent out to the mound to earn his first major-league win and to keep the team from slipping further down the greased pole that is the AL East standings. Tuesday night's game represented the prototype game which the Yankees need if they are to get back to .500 and then mount some sort of run at either a wild card berth, or, dare I say it, the division title. There's been a lot written about the talent that's on this team and how eventually these players will begin to play better baseball b...
By: Mr. Grudge
Yankees Quick Check: Taking It Day By Day
2007-05-24 23:10:00 A quick and un-scientific survey of the dwindling number of Yankees fans at my place of employment on Thursday revealed that hope is still alive in Yankees Land. "Day by day, that's the only way I can take them." Reported one of the longest tenured and most stalwart of the fans I surveyed. "They looked good last night," He continued "and they blew it the night before, and the kid Clippard did great against the Mets. Let's see how they do against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this Friday. coming up." He said the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" for dramatic effect. It was like saying "General George Patton," instead of merely "Patton." Tyler Clippard takes the mound again against the younger, more competant of the Weaver brothers for the Angels. The Yankees have a good chance in that game as no one named Mike, Moose, or Mussina will be pitching for them. Such was the general consensus as I made my rounds, polling my co-workers. Apparently a memo went out to all Yankee fans anno...
By: Mr. Grudge
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