Derek Jeter News

Brignac had been designated for assignment by the Rockies on Thursday. He was hitting .250 with a homer and six runs batted in over 29 games for Colorado.

At some point in every Major League Baseball season, small sample size ceases to apply, context can be applied and conclusions on players, teams and pennant races can be made.

When Yankees manager Joe Girardi is preparing for bed at the end of the night, he makes a phone call to one of his employees to prepare a fine bottle of wine.

Pettitte was placed on the 15-day DL Friday because of a strained left trapezius muscle in his upper back.

The Blue Jays rolled into a key series with the Yankees here Friday riding a hot offence that will have to stay that way if the club is to make any noise in the AL East Division .

Pascack Valley and Northern Valley residents who watched the Yankees game Thursday night may have spotted a familiar face in the crowd.

The mound conference lasted only a minute or two, long enough for the chill of recognition to spread through Yankee Stadium: Something was wrong with Andy Pettitte.

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The New York Yankees were aiming to stay close with a patchwork lineup assembled to buy them time until the likes of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson returned from injury.

Although the report included notes on future Hall of Famer , a report on a 30-year-old non-prospect stood out.

The Seattle Mariners look to continue their climb to .500 against the New York Yankees .

In the last week, we've seen our fair share of injuries, as J.A. Happ was nailed in the head with a line drive and both Bryce Harper and Shane Victorino had nasty run-ins with the outfield wall.

Curtis Granderson rejoined the New York Yankees on Tuesday, 2 1-2 months after breaking an arm in his first at-bat of spring training.

We're getting into the heart of May, the time of year when players who stumbled of the gate may have already lost their jobs.

Felix Hernandez celebrates with John Jaso after his two-hit shutout at Yankee Stadium last August.

Cleveland's starter held a makeshift New York lineup to four hits, and the Yankees wasted a solid outing by David Phelps in losing Monday's doubleheader opener 1-0. Jason Kipnis homered in the first off Phelps as the Indians won for the 13th time in 15 games and improved to a major-league best 16-5 since April 20.

The Yankees came in as baseball's hottest team, scaling to the top of the AL East despite missing several of their biggest stars.

Going into the 2011 season, 45 of 45 so-called experts on ESPN predicted the Boston Red Sox would win the American League East crown.

Derek Jeter's ability to hit to all fields has made him one of the greatest Yankee hitters of all-time Elsa/Getty Images When dealing with arguably the most storied franchise in all of sports, it is difficult to determine an order for the greatest pure hitters in the history of the New York Yankees .

You may recall last year I wrote about 'The Battery - Baseball's Power Source', where I discussed the symbiotic relationship between pitcher and catcher and how all the energies on the field funnel down that path.