RAB Thoughts

December 20th, 2022: Benintendi, Kiner-Falefa, Rodon, Minor League Signings

Remember the guy who caught Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball and 2022-12-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

December 16th, 2022: Bauers, Norwood, Warren, Mailbag

In case you missed it Thursday night, Carlos Rodon is coming to the Yankees. It's a six-year contract w...

Quick thoughts after the Yankees sign Carlos Rodon

2022 fastball whiff rate leaders: 1. Gerrit Cole, 2. Carlos Rodon.

The Yankees just made the 20...

December 13th, 2022: Murakami, Kepler, Carpenter, Rodon, LeMahieu, Mattingly, Blake

On this date 21 (!) years ago, the Yankees signed Jason Giambi to a seven-year contract worth $120M. At the time it was the fifth largest contract in baseball history behind Alex Rodriguez ($252M),...

December 9th, 2022: Judge, Rodon, Taillon, Red Sox, Rule 5 Draft, Mailbag

By projected 2023 WAR, 13 of the top 30 free agents remain unsigned, and the trade market has be...

Quick thoughts after the Yankees re-sign Aaron Judge

“Just park the Brinks truck over there.”

In the end, the Yankees couldn’t afford to let A...

December 7th, 2022: Kahnle, Judge, Yoshida, Rule 5 Draft

Tuesday was a day. I don’t know if it was a good day or a bad day, but it was definitely a day. We seem to be inching closer to Aaron Judge’s decision and I’m ready for this to be over. His f...

December 6th, 2022: Cashman, Judge, Verlander, Arraez, Hendriks

The first real day of the Winter Meetings is in the books and Aaron Judge remains unsigned. The good news is he’s unsigned and not a San Francisco Giant or a Los Angeles Dodger or a Yakult Swallo...

December 5th, 2022: Judge, Reynolds, Donaldson, Hicks, Torres, Britton, Rodon

Good thing I ran that Jacob deGrom vs. Max Scherzer poll Friday morning, eh? That one avoided the 2022-12-05 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Free Agent Faceoff: Jacob deGrom vs. Justin Verlander

Why not both?

The calendar has flipped to December and the No. 1 priority in Yankeeland remain...

December 1st, 2022: Judge, Winter Meetings, Cortes, Mattingly, Mailbag

I apologize if you saw this post in your inbox and thought it was Friday. I know how soul-crushing it can be to think it’s Friday, only to realize it’s really Thursday. It’s the worst. I have...

November 29th, 2022: Judge, Gallo, Smith, Nimmo, Torres, Carpenter, YES

The long holiday weekend is over and I’m already out of leftovers. I am sad. I didn’t miss anything important by skipping Friday’s post, so I feel less guilty, 2022-11-29 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

November 22nd, 2022: Non-Tender Deadline, Hot Stove, Bold Predictions, Biggest & Best of 2022, Mailbag

Reminder: I am skipping this Friday’s post and

November 18th, 2022: Hot Stove Rumors, Awards, Mailbag

Reminder: I am planning to skip next Friday’s post. I’ll cover any breaking news that pops up, otherwise I’m going to take it easy during Thanksgiving weekend and I hope you do too. It’s go...

November 16th, 2022: Rizzo, Vasquez, Ridings, Minor League Free Agents, Bullpen Market

I apologize for pushing Tuesday’s post back a day, but a) the Offseason Plan went live Monday, and ...

The Official 2022-23 RAB Offseason Plan

November 11th, 2022: Qualifying Offers, Roster Moves, Hot Stove Rumors, Rule 5 Draft, Mailbag

Offseason Plan update: It will be published next week. I hope to get it up before the Rule 5 Draft protection deadline Tuesday so it doesn’t look like I’m just copying whatever the Yankees do, ...

November 8th, 2022: World Series, Boone, Cashman, Judge, Diamondbacks

Site note: I am planning to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Nov. 25th. That is two weeks from Friday and it is the day after Thanksgiving. If there is breaking news, I will happily cov...

The Yankees and the 2022-23 Offseason Calendar

The Astros are the 2022 World Series champions and the offseason is here. This will be the first “normal” offseason in a few years. Last offseason was cut into two halves by the lockout and the...

November 4th, 2022: Aaron Hicks Trade, Mailbag

The Yankees finally put the 2004 Red Sox highlights away and will hold their end-of-season press conferences with Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman on Friday. Cashman’s contract expired on Oct. 31st,...

November 1st, 2022: Arbitration, Qualifying Offers, Hot Stove

The Yankees’ season ended nine days ago and we’ve yet to hear anything from the organization beyond a 2022-11-01 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Quick thoughts after Hal Steinbrenner says Aaron Boone will return in 2023

Another year, for some reason. (Getty)

The only manager in Yankees history to return for a fift...

October 26th, 2022: World Series, Judge, Rizzo, LeMahieu, Holmes, Effross, Blake, Mailbag

The first post of the offseason. Always a weird one. We haven’t heard a peep from the Yankees since their season ended Sunday night, and if they're going to make a significant change (like firing...

Thoughts after Game 4 of the 2022 ALCS

See ya. (Getty)

You know when I knew the 2022 Yankees were doomed? It wasn’t when they crash...

Thoughts after Game 3 of the 2022 ALCS

The end is coming. (Getty)

The Yankees are down 3-0 in the ALDS and, honestly, that makes the s...

Thoughts before Game 3 of the 2022 ALCS

The ALCS resumes Saturday evening at Yankee Stadium and it is as close to a must-win as it gets without being a literal must-win. The Astros are starting Cristian Javier in Game 3. He of course sta...

Thoughts after Game 2 of the 2022 ALCS

Yawn. (Getty)

New day, same ol’ loss to the Astros. The Yankees are down 2-0 in the ALCS bec...

Thoughts after Game 1 of the 2022 ALCS

Go away, Josh. (Getty).

Hey, the Yankees batted with a lead against the Astros! That lead laste...

Thoughts before Game 1 of the 2022 ALCS

This place again. (Getty)

The ALDS finally concluded Tuesday night in the Bronx and the ALCS b...

Thoughts after Game 5 of the 2022 ALDS

Three wins down, eight to go. (Getty)

What felt like the longest best-of-five series in baseba...