RAB Thoughts

January 31st, 2020: Tanaka, Senzel, Flores, Thole, Loaisiga, Rule Changes, Mailbag

Couple things. First, I wrote a ...

January 28th, 2020: Happ, Andujar, Urshela, Judge, Top 100 Prospects, Astros, Alvarez, Medina, Garcia

In case you missed the announcement last week, I will indeed put together my annual Top 30 Prospects List...

Previewing the Yankees' potential 2020 non-roster invitees to Spring Training

Spring's comin'. (Presswire)

In two weeks and five days Yankees pitchers and catchers will repor...

January 24th, 2020: Jeter, Top 100 Prospects, Ottavino, Avilan, Minor League Signings, IFA Deals, Mailbag

Some news: I've decided to put together my annual Top 30 Prospects post. I am certain it will take no more than 24 hours to regret this decision, but I figure once I announce it, I'm committed, so ...

January 21st, 2020: Hall of Fame, Arenado, Torres, Andujar, Infield, Manfred, Tanaka, Cressey

Only three weeks and one day until pitchers and catchers report to Tampa. Do the Yankees have another move up their sleeve before then? Or was the offseason plan really just sign Gerrit Cole, re-si...

January 17th, 2020: Cora & Beltran, ZiPS, Britton, Nelson, Cole, Mailbag

Folks, the sign-stealing stuff is gonna get a whole lot dumber before we get any real answers (if we ever get any real answers), and yesterday was pretty dumb on the ol' internet. I hope you're rea...

January 14th, 2020: Astros, Arbitration Signings, Judge, Voit, Tarpley, Escotto, Sabathia, Tanaka

Four weeks and one day until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training. I'm in full countdown mode, if you can't tell. I'm ready for the offseason to be over and baseball to return. Here are ...

January 10th, 2020: Paxton, Torres, Andujar, Iannetta, Tropeano, Red Sox, Maybin, Mailbag

Today's an important day on the offseason calendar. It is the deadline for teams and their arbitration...

January 7th, 2020: Cressey, Trades, Mets, Three-Batter Rule, Triple-A Rotation, Colas, Herrera, Hudson, Thames, Draft, Arb-Eligibles

Pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa five weeks from tomorrow. Spring Training is slowly drawing closer, and thank goodness for that. I'm starting to get sick of the offseason even with the i...

January 3rd, 2020: German, Torres, Roster Check-In, Lefty Bats, McHugh, Haase, Mailbag

Happy New Year everyone. I hope your 2020 is going better than your 2019. Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in six short weeks. It's so close and yet so far at the same time. Anyway, ...

December 31st, 2019: The Decade in Review

Welcome to the final day of 2019 and the final day of the 2010s. Did you know Marty McFly traveled to 2015 in Back to the Future 2? My hoverboard is five years overdue! Anyway, with the 2020s less ...

December 27th, 2019: Betances, Gregorius, Longest Tenured Yankees, Perez, Mailbag

Only a few days remain in 2019. Pretty crazy, isn't it? Feels like the whole Y2K freakout was only a few years ago. May the next 20 years be better than the last 20 years, for the Yankees and all o...

December 23rd, 2019: Lindor, Happ, Kratz, Krause, 2019 Draft, 2020 Draft, Hader, Maldonado, Panik

Happy holidays, folks. I have family obligations the next few days and I don't feel like waking up earlier than I need to tomorrow to publish the regularly scheduled Tuesday post, so here it is a d...

December 20th, 2019: Cole, Panik, Gardner, Adams, Voit, Ellsbury, Mailbag

The Yankees announced their key Spring Training dates yesterday. Pitchers and catchers will report on Wednesday, Feb. 12th, and position players on Monday, Feb. 17th. 2019-12-20 13:40:27 +0000 UTC View Post

December 17th, 2019: Ellsbury, Happ, Urshela, Warren, Luxury Tax, Free Agency, Schwarber, Coaches

At some point soon, maybe even tomorrow, the Yankees will introduce Gerrit Cole with a press conference in Yankee Stadium. Cole is currently in New York -- "Unfortunately," he jokingly told 2019-12-17 14:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post

December 13th, 2019: Gardner, Romine, Hader, Cole, Rule 5 Draft, Mailbag

(I accidentally hit publish while writing this post yesterday afternoon, so I hope you enjoyed the partial preview that hit your inbox before I took the post down.) 

Happy Friday the 13t...

Thoughts after the Yankees land Gerrit Cole

(Presswire)

Eleven years after being the team's first round pick, Gerrit Cole is finally a New Y...

Thoughts after Didi Gregorius signs with the Phillies

(Presswire)

The Sir Didi era is over. 2019-12-11 01:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post

December 10th, 2019: Cole, Gregorius, German, MLB

It's been a sneaky quiet two days at the Winter Meetings aside from the Stephen Strasburg deal. No trades yet and the only other Major League free agent signing is ... Joely Rodriguez? Joely Rodrig...

December 9th, 2019: Cole, Gardner, Gregorius, Betances, Bullpen, Gausman, Voit, Maybin, Rule 5 Draft, Sabathia

(UPDATE: I never received the email for this post when it went live, so I'm sending an update just to make sure the email goes out.)

I gotta say, this offseason is much more ...

Quick thoughts after the Yankees make Gerrit Cole a contract offer, maybe

Sunday brought us significant hot stove news even though the Winter Meetings don't begin in earnest until Monday. According to 2019-12-09 01:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post

December 6th, 2019: Cole, Free Agents, Rotation, Adams, Hall of Fame, Kim, Mailbag

It has been brought to my attention that embedded GIFs do not work in the Patreon email or in the mobile app. I had no idea and I'm sorry I didn't know about it sooner. That's a Patreon problem, no...

December 3rd, 2019: Cole & Strasburg, Didi, Treinen, Profar, Non-Tenders, Hill, Backup Catcher, Minors, Misc.

Hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving. Last week I said Didi Gregorius would be signed by time this post roll...

November 26th, 2019: Ellsbury, Happ, Hill, Roster Check-In, Granite, Hall of Fame, Balkovec, Mailbag

As a reminder, I am going to skip this Friday's regularly scheduled post because it is the day after Thanksgiving. I will of course cover any breaking news, otherwise I'm going to enjoy the long ho...

November 22nd, 2019: Gardner, Gregorius, Betances, Mailbag

A wild free agent signing has appeared. The White Sox gave Yasmani Grandal a four-year contract worth $18M annually yesterday. Grandal reportedly discussed a four-year contract worth $60M with the ...

Thoughts following the 2019 Rule 5 Draft protection deadline

The Rule 5 Draft protection deadline came and went Wednesday night and the Yankees made a flurry of roster moves, as is the case every year. The Yankees added seven prospects to the 40-man roster a...

November 19th, 2019: Prospects, Blake, Bird, Rule 5 Draft, Sign-Stealing, Bold Predictions, Alternate Jerseys

Just a heads up, I am planning to skip next Friday's regularly scheduled post since it is the day after Thanksgiving. If there's breaking news, I'll cover it, otherwise I'm going to enjoy the long ...

November 15th, 2019: Hot Stove Rumors, Dominguez, Andujar, Cubs, Sign-Stealing, Mailbag

Rocco Baldelli beat out Aaron Boone for the Manager of the Year award earlier this week -- they received the same number of first pl...

November 12th, 2019: Coaches, Betances, Dodgers, Pirates, Deivi, Minors

The GM Meetings began yesterday and Brian Cashman confirmed the Yankees have interest in Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, among others. "Of course we're going to talk to Strasburg. We’ll talk t...

November 8th, 2019: Pitching Coach, Dickerson, Kim, Backup Catcher, Awards, Minors, Robot Umps, Mailbag

The GM Meetings are next week and those usually bring some hot stove rumors and/or news. Four years ago the Yankees made the Aaron Hicks trade at the GM Meetings. Last year they re-signed CC Sabath...