pinstripealley.com - 19 days ago
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by Michael Appleton - AP
"Yes, Lord?"
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The focus of last offseason, and of every offseason since Clemens and Pettitte bolted to Houston, has been pitching.
It has ...
Hot Stove 2009: What About John Lackey?
zellspinstripeblog.com 18 days ago — Via Sports Illustrated :
The world champion Yankees have top free-agent pitcher John Lackey on their free-agent shopping list, sources said. The Yankees aren’t expected to be as aggressive this winter on the free market as last offseason and they haven’t firmed up all their plans ...
Nostalgia vs. Common Sense
nybaseballdigest.com 18 days ago — One of the biggest surprises to me during the GM meetings is the belief the Yankees will attempt to keep Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte, and Hideki Matsui versus focusing on Matt Holliday, Jason Bay, and John Lackey. To me that’s the wrong move because it is predicated on nostalgia of the ...
The Yankees and John Lackey -- a little more speculation
pinstripealley.com 18 days ago — IF the New York Yankees pursue an expensive free agent who did not just help them win a World Series -- and at this point that appears to be a big IF -- the early speculation is that their target will be Angels ' starting pitcher John Lackey .
From Jon Heyman of SI.com
The world champion ...
The case against Lackey came two years ago
riveraveblues.com 15 days ago — Following the 2007 season, the Yankees needed pitching. They’d just been eliminated from the playoffs because their ace, Chien-Ming Wang , failed twice to hold down the Cleveland Indians. While Wang was still one of the league’s better ...
Lackey To Yankees?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 22 days ago — "The free agency period officially opened for business Thursday and Angels right-hander John Lackey was among the 79 players to file. ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney writes in today's blog that if the Yankees want Lackey, the best free-agent pitcher available, then they will get him, "because ...
Rotation Depth is a Must
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 18 days ago — Last offseason, we got a complete overhaul of the pitching rotation. After the debacle of the 2004-2008 rotations, it was clear that the Yanks needed some help. So, Brian Cashman took advantage of a strong pitching market and went out and got C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett for the rotation. The ...
Poll: Who will sign Lackey?
fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com 9 days ago — There’s little question that John Lackey will be the richest pitcher in this free-agent derby and there’s not much hope he’ll stay with the Angels.
With Andy Pettitte contemplating retirement, it appears the Yankees are the logical ...
Do we want John Lackey?
feedproxy.google.com 14 days ago — Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald :
A major-league source said that the Red Sox met with free agent starter John Lackey’s agent at the GM meetings this week in Chicago. The Red Sox expressed preliminary interest in the right-handed starter, who is arguably the top free agent starter ...
The Yankees would pay Lackey A.J. Burnett money
bases.nbcsports.com 18 days ago — That's $82.5 million over five years, but according to SI's Jon Heyman, Lackey "sees himself in a higher echelon than Burnett." I think he's right to see himself that way. He's not as erratic as Burnett, and as Heyman notes...
Yanks and Lackey Not a Fit
nybaseballdigest.com 9 days ago — OK, this article isn’t to say that John Lackey isn’t a good pitcher. He is.
And this isn’t to say I wouldn’t want the Lackey on the Yankees. I sure would.
This is to say when the terms “Zito-money” get thrown around regarding John Lackey’s free agency, it’s time to pull back on the reins a ...
Whitey impressed by Pettitte's perfect postseason —
NY Post: Sports 19 days ago
From one October pitching legend to another: Job well done. Whitey Ford won't see Andy Pettitte anytime soon to deliver that message, but yesterday Ford told The Post he's extremely proud of the manner in which Pettitte performed this postseason as...
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