Chris Carelli, Pro Blogger

The Baseball Stance

My observations and occasional critical analysis of matters related to Major League Baseball, with much of the focus on the New York Yankees. Content relates to players, teams and the general business events surrounding the game. The intention is to share my insights with the casual fan and the passionate enthusiast who follows baseball year round.

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February 22, 2013
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The New York Yankees finally made the right call yesterday when they realigned the outfield during practice drills. The change isn’t set in stone, but if given the proper time to evolve the Yankees outfield has the potential to be very effective. For some time I and many others believed that Brett Gardner was the better option to man center field which would have shuttled Curtis Granderso...

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February 12, 2013
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Members of the New York Yankees have begun to arrive at their Spring Training destination in Tampa, Fl ready to embark on their quest for a 28th World Series championship title. Pitchers and catchers reported this morning and position players must be in camp by Feb. 17. When a club spends over $200 million on their payroll, it is hard to imagine that the team would have many question marks. But...

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January 17, 2013
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The common argument lazy analysts make about the 2013 New York Yankees is that their overall roster age will prevent them from success this season. I’m not saying it won’t be an issue, but it is much less worrisome than some other items in front of general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi. In my view, the production of the “Core 3” of the New York Yankees &ndas...

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January 10, 2013
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The Major League Baseball season is a little more than five weeks short of Spring Training. There are three high profile free agents left on the market who could be serious difference makers for the team which ultimately signs them. Let’s take a look at the players and why they’ve lasted this long on the market. Major League Baseball Trade Rumors published their top-50 free agents o...

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January 5, 2013
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The New York Yankees have been insistent that they will stay in-house at the catcher’s position heading into the 2013 season. It began with the choice to let Russell Martin go to the Pittsburgh Pirates, after the Buccos offered him a two-year, $17.5 million contract. The Yankees at that point began to spew the rhetoric that they were content with the crop of catchers in their system &ndash...

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