Curtis Granderson News

Do we cancel the rest of the season and give Joe Girardi a contract extension and Manager of the Year honors? And do we just get it over with in Flushing and proclaim Terry Collins a goner after this year, if not sooner? It's an interesting dualism - on one side a manager who is battling an injury situation that makes plague look like the common ... (more)

Going into 2013, we all knew about the Yankees "austerity" plan; get below $189 million for 2014.

For almost nine years the Colorado Rockies were the only organization Nelson knew, beginning the day he was drafted ninth overall in 2004 and ending when he was traded to the New York Yankees on May 1. After playing 10 games for the Yankees, Nelson was designated for assignment on May 15.

Against the Toronto Blue Jays this season, the only thing that has stopped the Yankees was a day full of rain.

Reid Brignac has arrived in the Yankees clubhouse, on a misty morning at Yankee Stadium.

Curtis Granderson's versatility is only matched by his affability. The Yankees lined Granderson up for his first Major League game in right field Saturday against Toronto, and the longtime center fielder assured his manager that he wouldn't have a problem at the new position.

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When Yankees manager Joe Girardi is preparing for bed at the end of the night, he makes a phone call to one of his employees to prepare a fine bottle of wine.

May 15, 2013; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista and left fielder Emilio Bonifacio and center fielder Colby Rasmus get congratulated by second baseman Maicer Izturis and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki after a win against the San Francisco Giants at the Rogers Centre.

So we are now a quarter of the way through the baseball season and much to everyone's surprise, the New York Yankees sit atop the American League East.

The Toronto Blue Jays are finally starting to play up to expectations. They will be put to the test this weekend, as they start a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

The New York Yankees have been clobbered by injuries to tentpole players before and during the 2013 season, and now they could be without pitcher Andy Pettitte .

Alexi Amarista, one of the smallest everyday players in the major leagues at 5-foot-8, 152 pounds, mashed an 0-2 pitch over the wall in right-center field for a home run Sunday at Tropicana Field in St.

Not many owners, it seems, based on the number of hurlers being offered up in fantasy trades and the ensuing reluctance of owners to add any.

Outfielder Curtis Granderson became the first of the Yankees' injured stars to return to the lineup, rejoining the team 21 2 months after breaking his right forearm in his first at-bat of spring training.

Robinson Cano hit a two-run double, Lyle Overbay delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and the Yankees rallied in the seventh inning after King Felix was forced to make an early exit, beating Seattle 4-3 Tuesday night.

Aaron Harang has pitched in 304 games in his 12-year Major League career, but the one team he's yet to face is the Yankees.

I was very happy to see Curtis Granderson back in the New York Yankees ' lineup on Tuesday.

It's good that Curtis Granderson is back for the New York Yankees . Eventually, Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis will be back.

Padres 3, Orioles 2: Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera each hit a two-out RBI single off Baltimore closer Jim Johnson in the ninth inning.