Jesus Montero News

Cashman and the Yankees will hope this is only a snapshot and that the picture improves long term.

If your fantasy baseball team is in need of power, grabbing a DH on the waiver wire or trading for one can certainly solve that problem, as they often are some of the game's best sluggers.

Age and injuries are the great equalizers and the three powerhouse teams in the ultra-competitive American League East division -- Yankees, Red Sox and Rays -- have cornered those markets.

One of my favorite perks of this job came at the old Stadium, sitting next to now-retired Newsday columnist Steve Jacobson, a world-class storyteller who covered the Yankees as a beat in his younger days.

While Lee Judge warns against us "playing GM", it is natural for any sports fan to think they might be able to do better than the people in charge, much like it is natural for any constituent to to think they can do better than their elected leaders.

Denver Post sports writers Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders post the Rockies Mailbag on Tuesdays during the 2012 MLB season.

Yu Darvish has come a long way since taking some lumps in his major league debut against the Mariners.

If I missed something important in one of these it's because I was less plugged-in than usual yesterday.

Jason Dufner made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Byron Nelson Championship, his second win in four weeks.

With a win today in Denver, the Mariners finished their 10-game road trip with a record of 4-6. Sure, the Mariners handled a nearly 40-year-old Andy Pettitte and swept through the Rockies , but let's not forget they lost by four runs or more at least five times and saw a potential win against Cleveland turn into a loss in extra innings.

Nick Flanagan won the Nationwide Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am for the second time in six years, beating fellow Australian Cameron Percy on Sunday with a par on the third hole of a playoff.

New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira, left, and Seattle Mariners catcher Jesus Montero react after Teixeira stuck out with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Sunday, May 13, 2012.

But as years turn into weeks and week into days, the spotlighted careers of today's best will ultimately dwindle.

Don't look for Bryce Harper on the below lists of the current top five Rookie of the Year candidates in each league.

The Mariners' rookie catcher Jesus Montero came to Seattle from the Yankees billed as one of the best young hitting prospects in baseball.

In the 15 years since Interleague Play was introduced, Seattle has posted the sixth-best record in the Major Leagues in crossover games with a .545 winning percent .

ASSOCIATED PRESS Mariners pitching coach Carl Willis tries to calm down starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, right, after Cleveland scored its fourth run in the first inning.

In recent weeks, it's been difficult to put together a list of the top five contenders for the ROY in the American League, as there just weren't many options to choose from.

The New York Yankees have suffered injuries to their top-two relievers - Mariano Rivera and David Robertson - and are now left with Rafael Soriano as the closer and an undetermined bridge to get to him.

Russell Martin , the bane of many Yankee fans, is hitting .182/.314/.318 over 29 games, good for an 81 wRC+ . Mark Teixeira , who's largely gone under the radar in 2012, is hitting .223/.275/.369, good for a 71 wRC+. Not only has Tex been an inferior offensive player this year, but he's doing it from an offense-first position and getting paid about ... (more)