40-man Roster:
Infielders:
M. Teixeira BR BP E MLB
R. Cano BR BP E MLB
D. Jeter BR BP E MLB
A. Rodriguez BR BP E MLB
N. Johnson BR BP E MLB
R. Peña BR BP E MLB mi
J. Miranda BR BP E MLB mi
K. Russo BR mi
R. Corona BR mi
E. Nuñez BR mi
Outfielders:
C. Granderson BR BP E MLB
N. Swisher BR BP E MLB
B. Gardner BR BP E MLB mi
R. Winn BR BP E MLB
J. Hoffmann BR BP E MLB mi
G. Golson BR BP E MLB mi
Catchers:
J. Posada BR BP E MLB
F. Cervelli BR BP E MLB mi
Starting Pitchers:
C. Sabathia (L) BR BP E
A. Burnett BR BP E
J. Vazquez BR BP E
A. Pettitte (L) BR BP E
J. Chamberlain BR BP E
P. Hughes BR BP E mi
C. Gaudin BR BP E mi
S. Mitre BR BP E mi
R. Sanchez BR BP E mi
I. Nova BR mi
H. Noesi BR mi
Relief Pitchers:
M. Rivera BR BP E
D. Robertson BR BP E mi
D. Marte (L) BR BP E mi
C. Park BR BP E
A. Aceves BR BP E mi
M. Melancon BR BP E mi
J. Albaladejo BR BP E mi
B. Logan (L) BR BP E mi
Coaches:
J. Girardi (Mgr) BR BP
T. Peña (Bench) BR BP
Kevin Long (Hit) BR
D. Eiland (Pitch) BR BP
M. Kelleher (1B) BR BP
R. Thomson (3B) BR
M. Harkey (Pen) BR BP
Non-Roster Invitees:
Jorge Vazquez BR mi
B. Laird BR mi
M. Thames BR BP E MLB
R. Gorecki BR BP E MLB mi
D. Winfree BR mi
J. Weber BR mi
C. Curtis BR mi
Mike Rivera BR BP E MLB mi
J. Montero BC mi
A. Romine BC mi
P.J. Pilittere BR mi
D. Moseley BR BP E mi
J. Hirsh BR BP E mi
R. Pope BR mi
Z. Segovia BR BP E mi
R. Ring BR BP E mi
A. Sanit BR mi
40-man Roster:
AAA:
W. De La Rosa (L) BR mi
AA:
C. Garcia BR mi
High-A:
A. Brackman BR mi
Select Minor Leaguers:
AAA Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees:
C. Malec BR mi
Z. McAllister BC mi
K. Igawa (L) BR BP E JB mi
K. Whelan BR mi
W. Arias (L) BC mi
G. Kontos BR mi
AA Trenton Thunder:
M. Vechionacci BR mi
E. Gonzalez BR mi
J. Snyder BC mi
J. Gil BR mi
J. Bleich (L) BR mi
A. Horne BC mi DL
G. Duff BR mi
J.B. Cox BC mi DL
A Tampa Yankees:
C. Joseph BR mi
M. Cusick BC mi
M. Banuelos BR mi
D. Mitchell BR mi
D. Betances BC mi DL
J. Ortiz BC mi
C. Heyer BC mi
C. Nolte BC mi
B. Smith BC mi DL
Low-A Charleston RiverDogs:
D. Adams mi
B. Suttle BC mi
S. Heathcott BR mi
K. De Leon BR mi
J. Murphy BR mi
K. Higashioka BR mi
P. Venditte mi
J. Heredia BC mi DL
Low-A Staten Island Yankees:
Rookie Gulf Coast Yankees:
C. Smith BR mi
G. Sanchez
Key:
BR = Baseball-Reference
BP = Baseball Prospectus
BC = Baseball Cube
E = ESPN
MLB = MLB.com hit charts
mi = MiLB.com
JB = Japanese Baseball.com
Vazquez trade
M. Cabrera BR BP E MLB
M. Dunn (L) BR BP E mi
A. Vizcaino BR mi
Granderson trade
A. Jackson BR mi DET
I. Kennedy BR BP E mi AZD
P. Coke (L) BR BP E DET
Rule 5 draft
Z. Kroenke BR mi AZD
K. Texeira BR mi SEA
2009 Yankees
J. Damon BR BP E MLB DET $8m/1yr
H. Matsui BR BP E MLB LAA $6M/1yr
X. Nady BR BP E MLB CHC $3.3+/1yr
J. Hairston Jr. BR BP E MLB SD $2.125M/1yr
E. Hinske BR BP E MLB ATL $1M/1yr
F. Guzman BR BP E MLB mi PHI mL
S. Duncan BR BP E MLB mi CLE mL
C. Ransom BR BP E MLB mi PHI mL
A. Berroa BR BP E MLB mi NYM
J. Molina BR BP E MLB TOR mL
K. Cash BR BP E MLB mi
C. Stewart BR BP E MLB mi SD mL
C. Wang BR BP E mi WAS $2M/1yr +bonuses
B. Bruney BR BP E mi WAS
E. Ramirez BR BP E mi TEX
J. Veras BR BP E CLE
B. Tomko BR BP E mi OAK
J. Towers BR BP E mi LAD
S. Jackson BR mi PIT
A. Claggett BR BP E mi PIT
2009 mLers/campers
D. Bernier BR BP E MLB mi PIT mL
E. Duncan BR mi ATL mL
J. Leone BR BP mi mL TEX
J. Rodriguez BR BP E MLB mi
T. Linden BR BP mi
T. Battle BC mi
K. Anson BC mi retired
E. Hacker BR mi PIT
H. Sanchez BR BP E mi
J. Johnson BR BP E mi
The Bombers introduce their Winter Meetings booty this afternoon at a 1 p.m. news conference. We welcome your comments on the proceedings during and afterwards.
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AJ blows out his shoulder putting the jersey on
The wives are hot.
[2]
LOL … sigh
Sabathia gets #52
Burnett lacks the ability to smile, it would appear ….
Burnett gets #34
Well,
They are.
AJ gets the uniform on. One obstacle cleared.
Diane,
I assume he’s in blinding pain.
[7] Part me of dreads five years of your posts that wait for Burnett to get injured in some freak, Pavano-ish way.
Part of me looks very much forward to it. =)
(Sorry Diane, but Mattpat – are we talking regular hot or “Jamie Kotsay hot”?)
CC is boring,
My goodness … Warner Wolf outside of a studio …. at a press conference …. !
[10]
… but he seems to be sincere …
Gene Monahan …. line 1
Amber Sabathia is gorgeous. I can justify his being whipped.
Karen Burnett has a real MILFy quality to her. Definitely you best friend’s hot mom.
Holy christ, AJ Burnett is Boomhauer.
[14]
Oh my goodness … Matt …. you are dead-on right …. its Boomhauer.
I wonder if A.J. can be “King of the Hill”
I’ve heard Michael Kay say “last year” 14 thousand times in regards to Burnett.
This is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
Yeahmanilltellyouwhatthedangolyankeesandthedangolyankeesilltelleyouwhatdangoldhank
AJ Burnett is a “horse.”
So was Barbaro, I guess.
[17] at least i don’t get super wide screen from that.
How is it that AJ Burnett leapfrogs Wang for the number 2 spot? Wang is demonstrably better.
Something about horses.
[19] The text runs right under the right-hand column of links and then off the screen. Hooray?
[15] Boomhauer it is!
[20] is that official? I mean I know folks are putting him there but will Girardi automatically make burnett the #2?
[22] just thinking of the old banter where you get perma wide screen.
[24] Ohhhh cry! Ohhhh sob! Ohhhh woe! (guilty >;) I wish the background wasn’t gunship gray here. I liked the bright tan we had before, but maybe because I was so used to it. But then, I remember growing up, when we moved to a house where I finally had my own room, Mom asked me what color I wanted the room to be painted and I said “tan” because I just liked it and it seemed like a warm color. Mom shrugged and got tan (which when dried, looked more like mauve) with dark chocolate brown for the trim (which the previous owners had painted multi-colored, likely explained by the ganja found growing in the basement). I dunno, right now it’s kinda cold in here…
I agreed. Change please.
[6] Burnett got Phil Hughes’ number? I wonder if there’s any more to read into that…
[2] are there pictures somewhere?
[9] VERY few women are “Jamie Kotsay hot”. she is unreal!!!
[17] yeah, i’m glad we didn’t get the wide screen!
[28]
[28] Is that Mark Kotsay’s wife?
[30] YES!!! she is soooo amazing!!!
i was able to find a few photos of amber sabathia and a possible one of burnett’s. apparently, karen is elusive (as is jamie kotsay, unfortunately), and an ex stripper…
neither of them hold a candle to jamie kotsay…
interesting:
In their first 13 years …
Abreu Bernie Williams
BA .300 .305
HR 241 241
OBP .405 .390
SLG .498 .492
C.C. was very sweet. I love that he got a chill saying that he plays for the Yankees.
Burnett sounds like he wants to win. Now he as to stay off the DL.
i watched all the cc/aj videos at YES. aj kinda has a randy johnson look about him. they both pretty much said all the right things. hey, we got two big talented power arms and saved prospects. let’s hope they stay healthy and productive!
yeah, both wives were super attractive, but nowhere close to jamie kotsay level…
So I’m watching the interviews, which is cool. But man, where is the love for my man Wang. Like others have said, just how the hell is AJ the #2 starter – has he really ever been as good as Wang? I’m not even down on AJ – I may think it’s too many dollars for too many years, but I sure as shit ain’t going to complain about his mere presence. But damn, Wang busts his foot and everyone forgets about him. If those who wanted to judge him on the 19-win seasons tended to overrate him, I sense a significant under rating of our man lately.
I’m glad they show love for Joba and Mo, but man… And oh by the way, there is never enough Po love either.
i hear ya. i definitely think wang should be slotted 2nd in the rotation. flame throwing lefty, heavy sinking righty, full arsenal power righty, andrew eugene pettitte (???), joba/phil/ipk/acevedo…
btw, looks like boston is quickly closing in on tex. word is 8/$22per… if manny is to stay in LA, we should pick up adam dunn…
[32] Which just underscores how great Bernie was, considering he put those numbers up at CF , not in the corner.
[20][23] In the grand scheme, who cares? After the first week it won’t matter who is number 1 or 2 or whatever. Over the whole season the difference will mean maybe one start. And in any case, we al know that Burnett will probably end up on the DL. By the end of the year, things will work themselves out.
[36] It will really piss me off if Boston ends up “winning” this offseason, when Tex turns into some great slugger until he’s 37, and CC blows out his arm in the second year of his contract…
just read the Tex rumors…not a good way to start my Friday!
who on earth is Jamie Kotsay?? i’ll stick to Fujiwara Norika please…
so is Adam Dunn next up or what?? What exactly is Cashman doing?!?!
On the subject of Wang – and beyond – is it inconceivable that Wang and Chamberlain outperform Sabathia and Burnett. Wouldn’t that be a kick in the pants? Chamberlain is a bit of an X factor, and the innings cap is an issue, but I think it’s quite possible. If Chamberlain pitches consistently like he did last year, he could give Sabathia a run for his money. And Wang is already better than Burnett.
[40] Wang much better than Burnett based on performance!! The obsession with “stuff” pitchers really irritates me…like the old scouts obsession with “raw tools” over performance…
[41] But Wang has great “stuff”: a 94 mph sinker!!!
However, was Wang “much better” than Burnett on performance last year? Wang was hurt, and put up a partial season of 4.07 ERA, 109 EAR+, 1.34 WHIP. Burnett pitched a whole season, 4.07 ERA, 105 ERA+, 1.32 WHIP.
That looks just about the same to me.
As for their careers, wang has been better, but not really by that much. We all love Wang, but Burnett i is basically just about as good…when he’s on the mound. The question with Burnett is not whether he can pitch, but whether he can stay healthy. (And Wang, BTW, is no stranger to injury.)
[42] oohh..unclear post by me! of course, Wang has good “stuff” too..just meant looking at performance & age, rather than projecting based on stuff….really not sold on Burnettt, but now he’s here so got to get on board the rah-rah train when he starts..
so can we start a signthebigdonkeyadamdunn.com thing now?? am off Manny now after thinking about it..
[27] Yeah, Hughes switched back to 65.
Boston news reporting that according to the Red Sox, who met with Tex today, the Sox are not a factor in the Tex negotiations, and the Sox have been outbid “by a ton”
Sounds like the Yanks, but I guess we won’t know for a few more days
[42] Comparing Wang’s MOST injured year vs Burnett’s least isn’t a fair comparison, is it? Unless you’re trying to knock Burnett. And speaking of Wang’s injury, it was a freak-ish base-running injury; he’s not injury-prone, as Burnett is. And anyway even if one were to agree the two are about equal, the tie in terms of rotation status should go to the incumbent.
I know Wang’s not a swing-and-miss guy, but I’m not going to hold the Yankees’ infield against him (though I don’t think it’s as bad as some claim, either).
[45] I ‘m guessing it’s the Angels … Hoping anyway – though I’m not convinced Teixeira is such a force that him coming to the Sox really frightens me. Manny is far more intimidating. If by some miracle he wound up back with Boston, that would worry me more.
A cursory Google search reveals a bunch of very recent articles suggesting Teixeira is going to the Red Sox. Ah, well. I still prefer the Yankees’ moves, but kudos to the Red Sox. They need him – with Manny gone and Big Papi questionably effective under those circumstances, I can see why they’d go whole hog, especially after the Yankee signings.
Now John Henry says no. Who the hell knows whats going on.
[46] My contention was only that the statement at [41] that Wang is “much better” than Burnett is not supported by the numbers, either last year or for their career. You can look up the stats–Wang has been better, but not by a huge amount. The major difference is that Wang has been less injured over the few years he has been in MLB.
And if you think that I am cherry picking stats, consider:
Year, name, ERA, ERA+, WHIP
2005, Wang, 4.02, 105, 1.25
2005, Burnett, 3.44, 115, 1.26
2006, Wang, 3.63, 124, 1.31
2006, Burnett, 3.98, 115, 1.31
2007, Wang, 3.70, 121, 1.29
2007, Burnett, 3.75, 119, 1.19
2008, Wang, 4.07, 109, 1.32
2008, Burnett, 4.07, 105, 1.34
As for injuries, Wang missed most of 2008 with a freak injury running the bases. He was on the DL at the start of 2007 (hamstring) and missed a bunch of 2005. He also had injuries in MiL, if I recall correctly (but I could be wrong).
Again, I am not saying Wang is bad, nor am I justifying Burnett’s silly contract. But when they are both on the mound, Wang has not been that much better than Burnett over the course of their careers. When they are both on the mound…that is the big difference.
[46] One last point–”rotation status” is, as I suggested above, largely irrelevant from #1 to #4. The difference is only honorific, but in practical terms it makes little difference.