#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s

#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s

“#Greg Maddux almost signed with the Yankees in the 1990s” One medical emergency could have dramatically changed the landscape of baseball in the 1990s. Greg Maddux, who was a key part of the Braves’ powerhouse teams in the 1990s, revealed on an episode of the “Toeing the Slab” podcast with David Cone that he didn’t…

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#Max Scherzer, Aaron Judge among MLB’s over-hated, overrated

#Max Scherzer, Aaron Judge among MLB’s over-hated, overrated

“#Max Scherzer, Aaron Judge among MLB’s over-hated, overrated” Welcome to the 15th annual edition of Overrated and Over-hated!  The mission here, as always, is less to offer thumbs-up or thumbs-down verdicts on people, actions and ideas in the baseball world (and a few non-baseball issues) and more to push back at established narratives. To encourage…

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#Dillon Lawson’s plan to renovate the Yankees lineup

#Dillon Lawson’s plan to renovate the Yankees lineup

“#Dillon Lawson’s plan to renovate the Yankees lineup” Sign up here to get Inside the Yankees delivered to your inbox each Friday morning. Before Dillon Lawson was hired by the Yankees to be their new major league hitting coach, he had been hired by Steve Bieser — twice. Bieser, the head coach at the University of…

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#Henry Davis’ road from Westchester to top MLB Draft pick

#Henry Davis’ road from Westchester to top MLB Draft pick

“#Henry Davis’ road from Westchester to top MLB Draft pick” Three years in Kentucky didn’t remove New York from Henry Davis’ blood. “New Yorkers don’t make excuses with stuff like that,” Davis, the Pirates’ top catching prospect, told Sports+ in a recent interview as he discussed growing up as a ballplayer in our four-season region….

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#Time for Yankees to move on from Gary Sanchez

#Time for Yankees to move on from Gary Sanchez

“#Time for Yankees to move on from Gary Sanchez” One of the more underrated Hot Stove terms? “Pref list.”  Clubs identify their need, they lay out all of the options to fill that need, and then, integrating the acquisition cost, they “pref” them out, in order of their pref-erence.  When it comes to the Yankees…

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