Chien-Ming Wang News

Rumors across town are circulating about the status of Chien Ming Wang and whether or not he will be tendered a contract by the Yankees.

Via Diamond Notes with a h/t to BBTF - Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, a non-tender candidate, told Taiwanese reporters Thursday that his first choice was to remain with New York.

The decline of the Cleveland Indians over the past two years, from playoff contender in 2007, to league average in 2008, to cellar dweller in 2009, has been perhaps the most dramatic in the major leagues.

I was thinking it had more to do with rejection of a belief. From the den of USS mariner to it's disciples that frequent this blog, the Mariners from the top down including GMz said you are wrong.

Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball has the full list of arbitration eligible players announced by the MLBPA on Thursday.

The MLBPA released the list of 210 players eligible for arbitration, though only five of them belong to the Yankees, who must decide by December 12 whether to offer them arbitration or non-tender them.

For a team that just won the World Series, the Yankees don't currently have much in their rotation for 2010.

Joe Girardi enjoys uplifting moment and announces hea s changing goal and number to 28.

So they made it. The Yankees, World Series Champs. The crazy part of this is that they made it with half ofA their cylinders firing, sputtering across the line.

The Yankees' 2009 season was more like a season divided in two. The first ended in May and was all about wind tunnels and boli and Chien-Ming Wang's utter inability to get anyone out.

The Yankees used a three-man rotation in the postseason, unwilling to take a chance on the inconsistent Joba Chamberlain or the little-used Chad Gaudin .

The pitchforks and burning torches are out for Joe Girardi today; this in the wake of A.J. Burnett's epic failure in Philadelphia.

A.J. Burnett was awful in Game 5, and while many will now second-guess Joe Girardi's decision to start him on short rest, you won't see any of that in this space.

He now gets the ball for his first World Series start knowing that the Yankees don't want to head to Philadelphia down two games to none.

Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang talks with team trainer Gene Monahan in July. Keep up with the latest news on The Times's baseball blog.

Did I say five-game sweep or what? Honestly, this year's Dudgers put on a worse performance in the NLCS than last year's Dudgers.

October, 14 2009 19:49:33 RSS A Edit Post Delete Post The Yankees have always had something that other teams wish they could.

Given his druthers, Joe Girardi would like to start C.C. Sabathia in Games One, Four, and Seven for the pennant.

If you're not sure how you feel about the Yankees' determination to pitch CC Sabathia three times in this American League Championship Series , just look to the heavens.

As the Yankees trotted to the first-base line before Wednesday's Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Chien-Ming Wang was part of the team once more, acknowledging the cheering crowd with mixed feelings.