Shawn Kelley News

In the wake of Mike Zunino 's promotion today, there was rationalization. You can always count on some kind of spin from certain corners, and this time, one of the primary talking points is that this was a short term move, and if Zunino's only here for a few weeks, what's the problem? Even a couple of dozen challenging big league games won't hurt ... (more)

One day last month, Yankees reliever Shawn Kelley found himself on the phone with his agent, Mike McCann, attempting to wrap his head around defense-independent pitching statistics.

It's not as if Joe Girardi has options when it comes to right-handed-hitting outfielders, so the Yankees manager continued to start Vernon Wells in left field yesterday, hoping life returned to the bat that was hitting .301 with 10 homers on May 15. Wells rewarded Girardi with singles in his final two at-bats of a 3-1 win over the Mariners at ... (more)

That doesn't mean the swapping will immediately begin at tomorrow's conclusion of the final round of the MLB draft.

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I'm condensing the chart and recap into one post tonight because A) the team allowed me to work ahead by having a Win Expectancy I don't really have too much to say about this game.

It's draft day. Rather, it's the first of what is now three draft days. It's a bit of a futile pursuit since the returns typically take a long time and are notoriously unpredictable.

David Robertson had a stat thrown his way in the Yankees' clubhouse before Tuesday night's game against the Indians at Yankee Stadium.

The Mariners lost on a walk-off in extras last night. What else is new? Meanwhile, the Tacoma Rainiers had quite the offensive night down in Colorado Springs Wednesday.

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

The Smoke & Mirrors Tour that has produced baseball's biggest surprise sailed into the Inner Harbor last night and met its match.

Andy Pettitte and Chris Stewart became the latest Yankees to get hurt, and emergency Seattle starter Hector Noesi pitched into the fifth inning in place of ailing Aaron Harang to lead the Mariners over New York 3-2 Thursday night.