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February 19th, 2024: Spring Training Storylines, Moore, Snell, Manfred

Position players will join the pitchers and catchers in Tampa today, and the Yankees will hold their first full squad workout Tuesday. The first (not photoshopped) picture of Juan Soto in a Yankees...

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February 16th, 2024: Effross, Trivino, Andrews, Groshans, Trevino, Prospects To Know, Mailbag

Twenty years ago today – 20! – the Alex Rodriguez trade was finalized. It was agreed to on Feb. 14th, Bud Selig approved the money on Feb. 15th, and it was announced 20 years ago today on Feb 1...

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February 13th, 2024: Spring Training, Fallen Prospects, Hader, Jones

UPDATE: I goofed. Aaron Boone's start of Spring Training press conference is Wednesday, not today. My bad. It will be on YES though (or maybe just the app, not 100% sure). Sorry ab...

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2024 Preseason Top 30 Yankees Prospects

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February 8th, 2024: Non-Roster Invitees, Not Top 30 Prospects, Mailbag

Spring Training begins next week and my annual Top 30 Prospects List runs tomorrow. Baseball is fast approaching. On that note, the 2024-02-08 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Quick thoughts after the Yankees acquire Caleb Ferguson

The Yankees have their Wandy Peralta replacement. On Monday, the Yankees acquired left-hander Caleb Fer...

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February 5th, 2024: Bullpen, Extension Candidates, Girardi

Reminder: My annual Top 30 Prospects List goes live this Friday. It’s written and organized and everything. I just need to read through a few times, and even then I know a few typos will slip thr...

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February 2nd, 2024: Burnes, Peralta, Snell, Loáisiga, Allen, Mailbag

Reminder: My annual Top 30 Prospects List will go live next Friday (one week from today). I wrote the 30th player capsule this past Monday, which has to be the earliest I’ve ever finished them. N...

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January 30th, 2024: Schmidt, Bullpen, Chapman, Torrens, Gage, Winter Ball

Pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa in two weeks and one day. The first Grapefruit League game is only three weeks and four days away. What is that, only seven RAB posts between now and the ...

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January 26th, 2024: Hall of Fame, Mailbag

January really flew by, huh? Can’t believe it’s already the 26th. Still so many free agents left to sign too. Teams should really get on that. Here now is today’s post. It’s a little shorte...

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Previewing the Yankees’ potential non-roster invitees to Spring Training 2024

In two weeks and six days Yankees pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training, and the long jo...

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January 22nd, 2024: ZiPS, Snell, Bullpen, Kim, Minor Moves

Do you know what happened 10 years ago today? The Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka. Ca...

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January 19th, 2024: Mailbag, First Base, Rodón, Keller, Matsui

My annual Top 30 Prospects List goes live three weeks from today. I’d say I’m 35% done. Compared to most years, I’m ahead of where I usually am three weeks out, not that it matters any to you...

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January 15th, 2024: Roster Check-In, Neris, Cease, Pitching Prospects

UPDATE: I updated the Brendan Beck section because I missed some recent injury news. My bad.

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ORIGINAL POST: The offseason has been so slow and we...

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January 12th, 2024: Arbitration, Bullpen Targets, Minor League Signings, International Free Agency, Mailbag

The Yankees made it official earlier this week: pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training on Wednesday, Feb. 14th. Position players will follow on Monday, Feb. 19th. We’re getting clos...

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Quick thoughts after the Yankees sign Marcus Stroman (and Luke Weaver)

The Yankees added 40% of a rotation in the span of a few hours Thursday. The big move: Marcus Stroman. ...

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Quick thoughts as the Yankees reportedly emerge as the favorite to sign Marcus Stroman

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January 9th, 2024: Pitching Market, Veteran Starters, Gómez, Peraza, Arbitration, Roessler

I am going to post one last reminder just in case some of you are just now sitting back down at your desk after a long holiday season vacation: 2024-01-09 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

January 5th, 2024: Poteet, Thompson, Montgomery, Judge, Rizzo, Cortes, Domínguez, Effross, Mailbag

Another reminder: I announced a minor change to RAB and started a new pricing tier earlier this week. N...

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January 2nd, 2024: Montas, Weaver, Urshela, Red Sox, Cabrera

Happy New Year, everyone. In case you missed it Monday, I announced a minor change to RAB. Thank you to...

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2024, everyone. May 2024 go better than 2023 for the Yankees, and for you as well. If you had a great 2023, I hope 2024 is even better. And if you’re like me and can...

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December 29th, 2023: Florial, Morris, Imanaga, Mailbag

Welcome to the final post of 2023. I’m glad 2023 is almost over. The Yankees were boring and mediocre, I had to say goodbye to my cat, and I had to cancel my first real vacation in forever becaus...

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December 26th, 2023: Rodriguez, Soler, González, Burdi

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone. I hope Santa left you something better than the Josh Donaldson trade under the tree. What a gift that was, eh? Let’s get today’s post. I was tied up...

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A few more quick thoughts after Yoshinobu Yamamoto goes to the Dodgers

It has been not even a full 24 hours since Yoshinobu Yamamoto agreed to a 12-year contract worth $325M ...

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Quick thoughts after Yoshinobu Yamamoto heads to the Dodgers

The YamaSoto dream is dead. According to multiple reporters, Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto has ...

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December 21st, 2023: Downs, Giants, Mailbag

I'm aware of the new issue of post emails coming with a “Continue Reading” button that redirects you to the Patreon site. It hasn’t happened to me yet (even with non-RAB Patreon posts) but I...

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Quick thoughts on the latest Yoshinobu Yamamoto rumors

This is Day 30 of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s 45-day posting window. All indications are his meetings are ov...

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December 18th, 2023: Yamamoto, Imanaga, McKinney, Minor League Signings

First Juan Soto held up the trade market, then Shohei Ohtani held up the free agent market, and now Yoshinobu Yamamoto is holding up the pitching market. I feel frozen. I have a bunch of stuff on m...

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December 14th, 2023: Yamamoto, Verdugo, Mailbag

The Yankees introduced Juan Soto with a Zoom call earlier this week (no press conference? weird) and boy, he certainly went to the Scott Boras school of media training. Soto answered everything by ...

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Poll: Plan B behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto

At some point soon, likely within the next 7-10 days, Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pick a...

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