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When Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano received an invitation to participate in this years Home Run Derby, the All-Star was surprised and excited. He did not think twice about it. Cano accepted the invitation and had every intention of participating. Then the Yankees stepped in. The problem however is that it seems the Yankees stepped in without Cano knowing. When it became public knowledge that Cano would ...

The All-Star break is approaching and that is usually when trade talks start heating up. Rumors are flying around all over the place: chat rooms, internet blogs , news reports, etc. One of my favorite places to find the latest rumors is MLBTradeRumors.com . Here are the following moves and rumors from the Yankees and Mets that have popped up this past week: Yankees - The Yankees have been scouting ...

The Double G Sports Expert Panel has been polled once again to come up with our Major League Baseball Power Rankings for June. This is the third installment of our power rankings this season. For last months rankings, click here . Once again there was quite a bit of movement up and down the rankings. The biggest jump was the Atlanta Braves who moved from 20th in May ...

Battle of the Blogs Fantasy Baseball reached its midway point last week. The league has become very competitive, while remaining a friendly competition among bloggers from all over the country. Some teams are off to fantastic starts, while others will be playing catch-up the rest of the season or preparing for next year. It's just like live baseball. The top team in the league at the halfway point is Royals ...

The American League East had looked a bit strange for much of the beginning of the 2010 baseball season. The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top since the start. At many points, they've had a significant lead over the rest of the division. That has since changed. The Toronto Blue Jays had been rolling early on and ...

Don't expect the New York Yankees to publicly admit to wanting both or either of these players. According to MLBTradeRumors.com, George A. King III of the New York Post says the Yankees are likely to be interested in both Mariners starting pitcher Cliff Lee and Astros first baseman Lance Berkman. The Yankees have five quality starters on the team at this point, so many may think pursuing Lee would be pointless. In ...

Yes, there was some baseball played outside of Washington D.C. last night--and some exciting baseball at that. Mike Pelfrey pitched a gem yet in the Mets' 11-inning, 2-1 victory over the first place Padres. The righty went nine innings, giving up just one run on five hits. The only run came on an RBI double in the first inning by Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. Pelfrey struck out six in the nine ...

Last night's loss to the Boston Red Sox has to leave a bad taste in the Yankees mouths. With a 5-0 lead after seven innings and Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera lurking in the bullpen, the Yankees likely thought this game was over and they would sweep the short two game series. Think again. For the second straight night, the Yankees bullpen blew a fairly comfortable lead against the Red Sox. It was ...

Jenrry Mejia made the New York Mets' roster after impressing the coaching staff throughout spring training. But the youngest pitcher to make the Opening Day roster since Dwight Gooden in 1984 is being sent back to the minors, according to an ESPN Source . With the Mets' starting rotation currently a mess, the team has decided to send Mejia to the minors to stretch him out and ...

The New York Mets wasted a quality start last night in the loss to the Washington Nationals . The two teams entered the night tied for second place in the National League East . John Maine took the mound for the Mets and put together a very nice outing. Maine went six strong innings for New York, giving up two runs on seven hits. The two runs came on ...