AGRI Biz

According to George King of the NY Post , the Yankees have scouts following the Houston Astros in hopes that they will be interested in trading their first baseman Lance Berkman . The Astros are currently in last place in their division, and Berkman is owed $14.5 million this year plus a $2 million buyout on an option. Making things interesting is that Berkman has been with the same team his ...

Day 2 of the draft is over. Today was rounds 2-30. So far The Yankees signed 12 high schoolers, 18 college students, 13 position players, 15 right handed pitchers, and two left handed pitchers. Here is the round by round breakdown: 1. Cito Culver, ss, West Irondiquot HS, Rochester , NY 2. Angelo Gumbs, SS-CF, Torrance HS, California 3. Rob Segedin, 3B, Tulane –  DES 4. Mason Williams, CF, West Orange ...

Rumors have spread about the White Sox looking to sell , now that it is apparent that the White Sox will not compete this year. The Yankees don’t have any glaring needs. They could use a DH-type to replace Nick Johnson , especially if it turns out Johnson will miss the season. They could also perhaps use some bullpen help or some outfield depth. Neither is pressing, however. So who do ...

The Yankees made a controversial choice in the first round of the amateur draft last night when they drafted shortstop Chris “Cito” Culver at 32nd overall. The reason why the pick was controversial is because he was not recognized as the best player available left on the draft board. He was also not expected to be a first round draft pick. In fact, Baseball America didn’t even have him listed in ...

Brian Cashman spoke with reporters yesterday and announced that the Yankees plan to activate center fielder Curtis Granderson from the disabled list come this Friday. This is big news for the Yankees who have been inconsistent in the outfield, both offensively and defensively, since he went down. Granderson last played on May 1st, and Marcus Thames has gotten most of the playing time in his absense. During that time he ...

Here are a couple of quick items this afternoon.   According to Jack Curry of the YES Network   The Yankees have called up veteran catcher Chad Moeller from Triple-A Scranton to replace Jorge Posada , who could miss up to a month with a broken foot. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, the Yankees transferred Nick Johnson to the 60-day DL. Moeller will serve primarily as the backup to Francisco ...

Buster Olney of ESPN spoke with the agent for Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee last night about the southpaw’s future plans, and apparently signing a contract extension with the M’s is not in it. “We’re five months away from free agency,” said Braunecker, “so I think that’s the most likely scenario at this point.” “We’ve not really had any significant discussions with Seattle. I wouldn’t anticipate a deal [with the ...

Last night my dad called me and asked me if I wanted to go to the Yankee game with him on Sunday. I told him I had plans for Sunday and asked him why we didn’t just go Saturday (today) instead. I was promptly told, no and reminded that Javier Vazquez is pitching today which meant that he didn’t want to go. “With so many good pitchers on the staff ...

I have no problem proclaiming to the world that I’m a huge nerd, so it’s no surprise that I really like infographics.  For those of you unfamiliar with what an infographic (or information graphic) is, according to Wikipedia it is a “visual representation of information, data or knowledge.”  Also known as interesting info portrayed in a cool way. So when I came across an infographic that tried to measure the value of a team’s ...

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada was hit in the knee with a pitch from Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie in the second inning yesterday and had to come out of the game after he felt numbness while running the bases. There is no long-term damage done to Posada, but he will probably have to sit at least a day according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. “I’ll just take it day by day and ...