George Nicholas Kontos (twitter: @G_Kontos)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 12, 1985 in Lincolnwood, IL
High School: Niles West HS (Skokie, IL)
School: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2011 (Age 26)   vs. LAA 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER
Teams (by GP): Giants/Yankees 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$493k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.140, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 5/20 Roto Think Tank: FAAB Rundown Home Leagues: May 20, 2013: NATIONAL LEAGUERick Ankiel $22. Other bids: $9, $9, $8, $3, $1.D.J. LeMahieu $21. Other bid: $5.Burch Smith $10Eric Stults...
• 5/15 Splash Hit Blog: Make up your mind, George Kontos: I knew among qualified relievers on the Giants, George Kontos had the lowest Left on Base % of all of ‘em. I thought this...
• 5/11 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Have Offensive Outburst In Win Over Atlanta Braves: Coming into tonight’s game, Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson had a career record of 8-4 against the San Francisco Giants,...

• 4/20 My Pinstripes: Cerving Notice: Francisco Cervelli has his smile back A year ago Francisco Cervelli was not a happy man. He had nailed down the backup...
• 4/18 Splash Hit Blog: Pulse Check: Sixteen games in for the #SFGiants: There being 162 games in the season, 16 games in seems like a fine place to check in with 10% of the regular season finding its...
• 4/16 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Series Win In Chicago, New Series In Milwaukee and Side Notes: The San Francisco Giants start a three game series tonight in Milwaukee after taking three out of four from the Cubs in Chicago....
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Why Aren't There More Early-Season Trades?: Last week, the Rockies traded catcher Ramon Hernandez to the Dodgers for starting pitcher Aaron Harang. It was a minor deal...
• 4/6 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Tigers, Cardinals vs. Giants, Angels vs. Rangers: Day Six Observations: Tigers 8, Yankees 4 Miguel Cabrera: In addition to his four hits, one of which was a double, Cabrera knocked in a...
• 4/4 Splash Hit Blog: GIFPost: Pitching and Defense from Game 3 of Giants-Dodgers: The game ended 5-3, but the Giants had plenty of moments where their pitchers and their defense came through for them. Tim Lincecum...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : Kershaw Smacks 1st HR And Nets Win In Dodgers Opener – Before LA Loses 2 In A Row: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.04/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Everything just went right for the...
• 4/4 Sports Out West: San Francisco Giants opening series vs. Dodgers analysis: The San Francisco Giants began right where they left off last year. Again, San Francisco’s pitching led the way in their opening...
• 4/2 RoxPile: Morning Links: Rockies News 4/2: The Colorado Rockies opened their 2013 season with a 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers yesterday. Here’s what else is happening...
• 4/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Shortage of Good Pitching on Opening Day: 1953: Yes, that is the last time that anybody in baseball achieved what Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw did on Monday....
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day: The anti**** and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball,...
• 4/1 TheLeadoffWalk: Opening Day Recap and Observations: Giants vs. Dodgers:      Giants 0, Dodgers 4 This was the Clayton Kershaw show from the first pitch until the last. L.A.'s...
• 4/1 Raising Matt Cain: It's Kershaw's Day: Matt Cain pitched well. Six innings, no runs, eight strikeouts (Game Score 71). Clayton Kershaw pitched better (Game Score 86),...
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers 4, Giants 0: Clayton Kershaw Is Just Living the Dream: Sometimes, the words just fail you. Because what we saw today… I have no idea how to describe it. If I could vocalize it,...

• 3/27 Sports Out West: Giants news: Chad Gaudin wins final bullpen spot: Right-hander Chad Gaudin had his contract purchased Tuesday morning by the San Francisco Giants, which means he has earned the...
• 3/25 numberFire: San Francisco Giants 2013 Statistical Preview: Pitching: Madison Bumgarner as a Cy Young Candidate? Editor Zach Warren is all aboard the bandwagon.See More Matt Cain Madison Bumgarner Tim...
• 3/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BYB READERS WANT JESUS MONTERO BACK!: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 3/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IF YOU COULD GET 1 GUY BACK, WHO WOULD IT BE?: There has been a lot of daydreaming ever since CurtisGranderson got shut down with a broken forearm, read HERE.  Many...

• 2/8 AroundTheFoghorn: Season in Review: Matt Cain: Matt Cain. That sentence alone would be a solid season in review article, it really would. When you think of “Matt Cain in 2012”...
• 2/6 AroundTheFoghorn: Season in Review George Kontos (@G_Kontos): When you get traded from the Yankees to the Giants, I wouldn’t doubt there were plenty of snickers going around that Kontos...

• 1/29 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: George Kontos: With the Super Bowl coming up, there hasn’t been very much San Francisco Giants news. I’m sure you just keep hearing...
• 1/29 22gigantes.com: Is San Francisco the new Titletown USA?: Never before in San Francisco sports history have two Bay Area teams won a World Series and Super Bowl in the same season. That...
• 1/9 Pinstripe Pundits: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Brian Cashman’s 5 Year Trade History: As we continue to have no transactions to analyze this offseason, let’s take a look back at some of the trades made over...
• 1/4 Pinstripe Pundits: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Brian Cashman's 5 Year Trade History: As we continue to have no transactions to analyze this offseason, let's take a look back at some of the trades made over the past...

• 12/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES! WE NEED A YANKEE INTERVENTION!: “Beam me up, Scottie!  No life forms here!”  This is how I felt until, "Bam!", we signed Youk and Ichiro in...
• 12/14 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Ichiro, Wilson, Gaudin, Durbin and Kontos: Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News says (via Twitter)  his source tells him that Ichiro Suzuki had a two-year, $15 million...
• 12/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Where the 2012 Yankees got value and where they over spent: The Yankees spent over $200 million on their roster last year, but that money is only good if they got what they paid for. So...
• 12/6 Chicken Friars: The Padres’ Best Rule 5 Picks: Yesterday I focused on the Padres’  Rule 5 Draft busts. In order to keep the Rule 5 coverage going, we now look at the Padres’...

• 11/14 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Rooks: The Giants took a big risk early in the season when they traded away veteran backstop Chris Stewart for a rookie relief pitcher...
• 11/13 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The LOOGYS: Jose Mijares had his two big LOOGY moments in two big 8-3 wins. The first was Game Four of the LDS in Cincinnati. The Giants...
• 11/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees reassign MiLB pitching coordinator Contreras, hire Patterson: The Yankees seem to be in the middle of an overhaul among the coaches they’ve chosen to produce their minor league...

• 10/25 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 2 preview: What will Pablo do tonight? After an epic performance in Game 1 of the 108th World Series, in which Pablo Sandoval went 4-for-4...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Sandoval Crushes Three Homers In Game One Win: In the world of baseball today, it seems like it would be foolish to predict so much as a loss to Justin Verlander, who won the...
• 10/25 AroundTheFoghorn: World Series: San Francisco Giants Win Game 1: The San Francisco Giants won Game 1 of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers tonight at AT&T Park. The game, by all...
• 10/25 Raising Matt Cain: Panda Reigns in Game One: Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols have hit three home runs in a World Series game. Add Pablo Sandoval to the list....
• 10/25 Baseball Musings: Comeback Time?: George Kontos comes on with one out in the ninth and allows a single to Delmon Young and a two-run homer to Jhonny Peralta. The...
• 10/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees Modern Art: If it were 2002 instead of 2012 and the Yankees had been humiliated by getting swept in the ALCS, there wouldn’t be organizational...
• 10/21 Chicken Friars: A Review of Instant Replay: Trying to get Major League Baseball to do anything new and different is like trying to explain the Internet to your grandparents....
• 10/19 mlbreports.com : 2012 NLCS Recap: The Cardinals are 1 Win Away from the World Series: Friday October 19th, 2012 Kyle Holland:  The 2012 postseason has been all but “normal” so far, considering all division...
• 10/12 mlbreports.com : 2012 NLDS Wrap: Giants Defeat the Reds and Will Face Either the Cards or Nats in the NLCS: Friday October 12th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Game One: Reds 5, Giants 2: The first game of the National League Division Series...
• 10/11 Raising Matt Cain: And The Band Played On: The Giants continued their magical season with an extraordinary win against the Reds today. I think I typed that sentence yesterday....
• 10/11 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game Five Recap: Giants 6, Reds 4: Alternate title: The Giants are going to the NLCS, baby!!! – I dislike Mat Latos. Strongly. Part of it is because he comes...
• 10/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants & Cincinnati Reds NLDS Game 4 Recap: Giants Tie Series: Tim. F-Yeah. Lincecum. This game started off rocky for Barry Zito, and while there was a lot of offensive support, George Kontos...
• 10/8 Redlegs Review: Reds take 2-0 lead in NLDS against the Giants: Reds fans had no complaints about staying up late for game two of the NLDS in San Francisco thanks to starting pitcher Bronson...
• 10/7 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giant Bats Go Cold As Reds Win Game 1 Of NLDS: Thanks to the MLB schedule makers having to throw together this seasons playoff format like a early morning of forgotten homework,...
• 10/7 Giants Nirvana: NLDS Game One Recap: Reds 5, Giants 2: The Giants caught an enormous break in this one when, eight pitches into his outing, Johnny Cueto was forced to exit the game...
• 10/6 Giants Nirvana: The NLDS Roster: The Giants’ NLDS roster has been announced, and it’s devoid of any surprises. In fact, it’s identical to the...
• 10/3 Raising Matt Cain: Finally, a meaningless game: The Giants eliminated the Dodgers last night, but they didn't go quietly. It was an agonizing finish as the Giants needed six...
• 10/1 The Captain's Blog: What Goes Around Comes Around as Red Sox and Yankees Meet for Last Time: By pushing back Clay Buchholz’ spot in the rotation one game in order to make room for Zach Stewart and his career ERA over...

• 9/12 AroundTheFoghorn: Bumgarner Goes Yard; Giants Even Up Series: The San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies tonight at Coors Field, 9-8, and they did it partly on the long ball. Brandon...
• 9/12 It's About the Money (Stupid): It’s about the (injuries), stupid!: Most of you have probably seen this already, but Joel Sherman had an article in the Post the other day in which he examined...
• 9/4 Giants Nirvana: Thoughts on Yesterday’s 9-8 Giants Victory: Yesterday’s game was quite a rollercoaster ride, as illustrated by the win probability graph. The Giants couldn’t have...

• 8/30 AroundTheFoghorn: The Return of Barry Zito, Giants Still Win 6-4 Over Houston: Remember that guy we’ve been bagging on for years? The one that for the most part has been missing this season? Well, the...
• 8/27 Tomahawk Take: Braves Split in San Francisco, Head To San Diego: The Braves beat up on an unbelievably poor Tim Lincecum last night, winning 7-1.  This gave the team a split, leaving the Braves...
• 8/12 Raising Matt Cain: Heating Up: It hit 100 here this afternoon, the hottest day of the year so far. Things are getting hotter and hotter in the NL West, too....
• 8/9 AroundTheFoghorn: Vogelsong Shuts Down Birds; Giants 15, Cardinals 0: What was really lost throughout the game was that Ryan Vogelsong threw 7 shutout innings and allowed only 3 hits and 3 walks....
• 8/8 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Closer by Committee (or Moving Back One Inning?): Wow, changes were even more drastic than I originally thought.  As reported by all the usual suspects in the SF Bay Area...
• 8/7 StanGraphs: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/6 StanGraphs: Live Blog: San Francisco Giants (59-49) at St. Louis Cardinals (59-49): 9:53 PM: That’s another win, the fourth in a row for the now 60-49 Cardinals. The Reds are losing to Milwaukee 5-2 as the...
• 8/6 Giants Nirvana: Giants Claim Jose Mijares Off Waivers: Earlier today, the Giants acquired left-handed reliever Jose Mijares from the Kansas City Royals via waivers. The Giants simply...
• 8/2 mlbreports.com : Giants and Dodgers: Who Will Take the N.L. West Crown?: Thursday August 2nd, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Now that each team is for the most part set going into the final stretch, the NL...
• 8/2 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Jonathon Niese Paints Masterpiece in 2-1 Win: The Giants were happy to put Hunter Pence, their biggest acquisition at the trade deadline, into the lineup yesterday for his...

• 7/24 Giants Nirvana: Giants Beat Padres 7-1, Improve to 54-42: The Giants tagged Clayton Richard for four runs in the first inning of tonight’s game and it was cruise control the rest...
• 7/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankee beat: bad trades, no trades, and the lottery: Hiroki Kuroda got a rare 7-inning shutout thanks to the rain as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 6-0 behind a 4-run 1st inning....
• 7/6 AroundTheFoghorn: Barry Zito Blunders, But Giants Still Get Win Versus Pirates: After an absolute debacle in D.C. the Giants had Barry Zito on the mound with hopes of stopping their three game losing streak...
• 7/6 Bay Area Sports Guy: After Santiago Casilla’s latest meltdown, is it time for the Giants to replace him?: At first glance, Santiago Casilla‘s stat line doesn’t look too bad. He currently has a 2-4 record with 21 saves (good...
• 7/3 Baseball Musings: Maybe it was the Dodgers: Tim Lincecum‘s hot streak didn’t last long as the Nationals score five times in the first three innings to take a...
• 7/2 Raising Matt Cain: It's on like Donkey Kong: The Giants have played 80 games and find themselves one game up in the NL West with a 45-35 record. Their "Pythagorean" or "expected"...
• 7/1 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants Season Recap: Tipping Point: Don’t look now, but we’re just nine days away from the All Star break and the conclusion of the first half of the 2012 season....

• 6/30 Raising Matt Cain: Latos'd again: The Giants were toast against their bête noire Mat Latos. Latoast? No matter. It wasn't pretty. Now I know how Reds fans felt...
• 6/26 AroundTheFoghorn: Zito Shuts Down Dodgers; Bats Come Alive in 8-0 Shutout: That headline contains two very specific things that I rarely get to write. I have to admit, I wasn’t optimistic about last...
• 6/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: Looking at possible bench replacements: Matt’s article today highlighted the struggles that Andruw Jones is having with left-handed pitching, and got me thinking...
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | George Kontos not going on bereavement leaveSan Francisco Giants P George Kontos will not go on the bereavement list, and he'll rejoin the team Friday, June 22....[+] San Francisco Giants P George Kontos will not go on the bereavement list, and he'll rejoin the team Friday, June 22.
• 6/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | George Kontos heading to bereavement listThe San Francisco Giants will put P George Kontos on the bereavement list so he can attend his grandfather's funeral....[+] The San Francisco Giants will put P George Kontos on the bereavement list so he can attend his grandfather's funeral.
• 6/13 Giants Nirvana: On Clay Hensley’s Splits and George Kontos’ Chances to Stick Around: Last night during the game, Jon Miller and Duane Kuiper were talking about Clay Hensley‘s season. Specifically, they were...
• 6/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: Frankie Cervelli should be promoted for the playoffs… now!: Francisco Cervelli did not respond well to being demoted. He was not shy about being confused and distraught over the whole...
• 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | George Kontos in, Steve Edelfsen out: The San Francisco Giants recalled P George Kontos from Triple-A Fresno Saturday, June 9, and optioned P Steve Edelfsen to Fresno...[+] in the corresponding move.

• 5/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees demote Cody Eppley to make room for Pettitte: In order to make room for Andy Pettitte on the active roster, the Yankees demoted right handed reliever Cody Eppley to Triple-A...

• 4/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Chris Stewart has 1st big game in Pinstripes: When the Yankees traded for Chris Stewart on the final day of spring training it came as a big shock. It also came as a shock...
• 4/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Cash & Girardi know how to build a strong bullpen: Both Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman have  gotten their share of criticism for different things throughout their tenure.  However,...
• 4/7 Yankees Fans Unite: Francisco Cervelli: Behind the demotion: When the Yankees finished the final game of Spring Training vs. the Mets on Wednesday, it seemed that the Yankees had their roster...
• 4/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: The Giants wanted Phelps for Stewart: The trade for Chris Stewart was confusing and somewhat bothersome because while George Kontos wasn’t a great arm, he...
• 4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Pregame notes: With less than two hours to go until the regular season opens for the Yankees, here are a few news bits to chew on while you wait: Michael...
• 4/6 NY Baseball Digest: Molina Taking Double-A Demotion in Stride: TRENTON, N.J. – At age 30, the last place catcher Gustavo Molina figured he would be arranging his locker is in the clubhouse...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Padres, Dodgers, Phelps: Three NL West teams -- the Giants, Diamondbacks and Rockies -- open their seasons today. Here are some links from the NL West... The...
• 4/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the Yankees roster as we wait for the 1st pitch: At around 3:00 pm today, James Shields of the pesky Tampa Bay Rays will deliver the first pitch of the season to New York...
• 4/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees claim righty Cody Eppley off waivers: It didn’t take long for the Yankees to replace George Kontos, who was traded for catcher Chris Stewart on Wedneday,...
• 4/5 Call to the Pen: New York Yankees Acquire Catcher Chris Stewart; Option Francisco Cervelli: Yesterday the New York Yankees acquired veteran catcher Chris Stewart from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-hander...
• 4/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cervelli shocked at demotion to Triple-A: Francisco Cervelli isn’t an especially good hitter, he isn’t even an especially good defender, but he does enough...
• 4/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: A recap of how the Yankees finalized their roster: Things looked pretty set for the Yankees last week, but then Michael Pineda and Cesar Cabral got hurt and things changed a...
• 4/5 NY Baseball Digest: Thoughts on Chris Stewart Deal: I reached out to a good friend in the Giants organization who had this to say about new Yankees backup catcher Chris Stewart:...
• 4/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Brief musings on an odd trade: Yesterday, right after their game against the Mets, the Yankees traded minor league reliever George Kontos to the Giants for...
• 4/5 Baseball Musings: Minor Trade: The Yankees Analysts review the trade of Chris Stewart to the Yankees and George Kontos to the Giants. Basically, the Yankees...
• 4/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Pettitte, Cervelli, Kontos: Freddy Garcia started the final spring training game today, going an unimpressive 4.2 innings, giving up 4 hits, 3 runs (all 3...
• 4/4 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CERVELLI'S THE ODD MAN OUT: The Yankees completed their roster moves today and Twitter is blowing up. There are a ton of Francisco Cervelli fans, me included...
• 4/4 Giants Nirvana: Brandon Belt is Free (and Other Satisfying Roster Moves): The Giants announced their Opening Day roster today and, lo and behold, Brandon Belt has made it. That’s not entirely surprising,...
• 4/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees trade Kontos for Stewart and send Cervelli to AAA: In a flurry of moves this afternoon, the Yankees made a few that don’t make a whole lot of sense. It appears that Austin...
• 4/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees trade Kontos, will send Cervelli to AAA: Via Mark Feinsand, the Yankees will trade reliever George Kontos to the Giants for catcher Chris Stewart. Stewart, a career...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Giants, Yanks Swap Chris Stewart For George Kontos: 2:32pm: The Yankees have acquired Stewart in exchange for right-hander George Kontos, reports MLB.com's Bryan Hoch (on Twitter). Kontos,...
• 4/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: David Phelps makes the Yankees Opening Day roster: In the search for a longman out of the bullpen, the Yankees have decided to go with David Phelps, according to Mark Feinsand...
• 4/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: Deadline to set rosters is 5:00 pm Wednesday: The Yankees have until 5:00 pm on Wednesday to set their roster. 23 spots are locked in as long as nobody gets hurt in this...

• 3/30 Yankees Fans Unite: Kuroda looks sharp as Yankees and Braves tie at 5: By the way that Hiroki Kuroda was pitching, it almost had the atmosphere that the Yankees were playing a regular season game rather...
• 3/30 NY Baseball Digest: Why Not Take Both Clay Rapada and Cesar Cabral?: Earlier in the week Mike Silva wrote a piece about whether the Yankees should take Clay Rapada or Cesar  Cabral. His points are...
• 3/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Kuroda, Cust, Montero: Hiroki Kuroda was strong yet again in today’s 7.0 innings of work, giving up 6 hits,  2 runs, and 6 strikeouts. Cory Wade...
• 3/22 Yankees Fans Unite: Warren shuts down Red Sox but Sox climb back to tie Yankees game at 4: David Phelps was scheduled to make the start for the Yankees tonight, but Mother Nature had other plans. Phelp’s wife was...
• 3/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES TIED THE SOX...I'M NOT KIDDING: It's the spring but this game was played like the World Series if you were Bobby Valentine. It was a desperation in the Red Sox...
• 3/21 Yankees Fans Unite: Offense comes to life as Yankees beat the Pirates 10-3: For the first three innings the story revolved around Michael Pineda. He was scheduled to have a 75-80 pitch count which should...
• 3/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES CUT 4 MORE: (In Photo: David Phelps)Why? Because the Yankees want them to get more work in, that's why. At the end of the day, there is...
• 3/21 NY Baseball Digest: Andy Pettitte Stunts Yankee Pitching Prospect Growth, Again: Andy Pettitte returned to the New York Yankees spring training camp yesterday, this time for keeps. He will throw batting practice...
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Four optioned: The New York Yankees optioned Ps D.J. Mitchell, George Kontos and David Phelps and 3B Brandon Laird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...[+] Tuesday, March 20.
• 3/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Offense comes to life as Yankees beat the Pirates 10-3: For the first three innings the story revolved around Michael Pineda. He was scheduled to have a 75-80 pitch count which should...
• 3/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Nightly Links: Pineda, Garcia, Cuts: If you missed Michael Pineda‘s start tonight, he slightly improved his fastball. Jack Curry has him topping out at 94 on...
• 3/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees option Phelps, Mitchell, Kontos, and Laird to the minors: The Yankees first round of spring training cuts was a much larger group, but the four they cut today are much more significant. Pitchers...
• 3/20 It's About the Money (Stupid): Camp notes 3/20: Update: The Yankees also optioned David Phelps, D.J. Mitchell, George Kontos, and Brandon Laird to Triple-A. 17 days to...
• 3/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees injury news: Nunez is back and the rest: Eduardo Nunez has been out for about two weeks after getting hit on the hand with a pitch, but he took BP and infield practice,...
• 3/19 Yankees Fans Unite: Nova struggles as Yanks lose 6-3 to Orioles: If Joe Girardi’s competition for the rotation spots started already, then Ivan Nova certainly didn’t make his case...
• 3/19 Yankees Fans Unite: Spring Training: 3/17/12 Lineup: Lineup vs. Astros Brett Gardner, LF Curtis Granderson, CF Robinson Cano, 2B Alex Rodriguez, 3B Raul Ibanez, DH Andruw Jones, RF...
• 3/18 Yankees Fans Unite: Nova struggles as Yanks lose 6-3 to Orioles: If Joe Girardi’s competition for the rotation spots started already, then Ivan Nova certainly didn’t make his case...
• 3/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Spring Training: 3/17/12 Lineup: Lineup vs. Astros Brett Gardner, LF Curtis Granderson, CF Robinson Cano, 2B Alex Rodriguez, 3B Raul Ibanez, DH Andruw Jones, RF...
• 3/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees spring training injury roundup: 3/15: You’ve heard about Freddy Garcia taking a comebacker yesterday and his negative x-rays, but he is hardly the only Yankee...
• 3/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Checking in on the race for the last roster spot: Before spring training started, I took a look at the possible competitors for the Yankees’ 25th roster spot, saying that...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | George Kontos to throw bullpen Saturday: New York Yankees P George Kontos (oblique) will throw a bullpen session Saturday, March 10. Barring any setbacks, he might fall...[+] back into a regular spring routine, and might face hitters within a few days.
• 3/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | George Kontos cleared for full workouts: New York Yankees P George Kontos (oblique) has been cleared to resume full workouts. Kontos will have another long toss session...[+] Wednesday, March 7, and he might throw in the bullpen again in a few days.
• 3/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Accelerating The Learning Curve With $189 Million: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) With Hal and Cash making the magic number of $189 million official...
• 3/6 NY Baseball Digest: David Phelps Impresses on the Mound – What Else is New?: The Yankees began their Grapefruit League action Saturday with a huge win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankee fans were...
• 3/6 My Pinstripes: Yankees Take Grapefruit Opener: There are some basic rules in Spring Training:1. Stay healthy. This rule far exceeds any other.2. Get your batting eye ready;...
• 3/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankee Top Ten Relief Prospects (Part 2): As I’ve said before, the Yankees have been the best organization at developing relief pitchers over the last decade. With all...
• 3/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Delcarmen out 4-5 days with strained lat: Barring any injuries, the Yankees 25 man roster is just about set. The only spot that is up for grabs is a final bullpen or...

• 2/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Completing a Bullpen: Yesterday we heard that David Aardsma had signed a one year deal with the Yankees, along with an option for 2013, a deal that...
• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Two fighting for sixth bullpen spot: New York Yankees RPs Cesar Cabral and Brad Meyers appear to be battling for the sixth and final bullpen spot heading into spring...[+] training. P George Kontos (oblique) is also in that mix, but he is dealing with a stiff oblique.

• 1/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Luis Ayala choosing between the Angels and Orioles: The Yankees have seven starters to fill five spots and with no room in the rotation for the five near major league ready starters...
• 1/14 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Working on Robertson for Trumbo Deal?: Source: #Angels and #Yankees discussing Mark Trumbo. Robertson in play.Sat Jan 14 01:36:11 via webScott SwaimMLBInsideNews Would...
• 1/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Getting To Know Your Bullpen Candidates: Watching the new prospects is my favorite part of spring training. Unless you’re a Trenton or Scranton local, very few of us...

• 12/4 NY Baseball Digest: The New Yankees Payroll World: The economy has official gone into the toilet. A report today via Joel Sherman indicates the Yankees are finally taking a hard...

• 11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: New York Yankees 2012 preview: starting roster:   The Yankees roster doesn’t look like it will have too many big changes next season; however, one thing I’ve learned...
• 11/17 Yankees Daily: Yankees prepare for the Rule Five Draft: Tomorrow is the deadline for teams to set their 40-man roster for this year’s Rule 5 Draft. According to RiverAveBlues, The...
• 11/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: A look at the Yankees’ in-house pitching depth: The Yankee rotation being in flux going into the season is a story we have heard before, and it resolved itself quite nicely in...

• 10/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Grading 2011 and Looking Ahead: Bullpen: The last part of the team we’ll look at is the bullpen. This was the strongest unit on the team as the pen led the American...

• 9/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THIS YANKEES LOSS TO RAYS MAKES HISTORY: OK, it was the final game of the season, Game 162. Everything has been wrapped up, the American League East, and the home field...
• 9/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks end regular season swept on road for first time all year following Rays’ dramatic late-inning comeback to clinch Wild Card: The Yankees capped off the 2011 regular season by getting swept on the road for the first time all year — and swept for...
• 9/27 Bronx Baseball Daily: Pictures of the Yankees Rookie Hazing: It’s a tradition that at the end of each year team’s dress their rookies up in some silly get-up. There is usually...
• 9/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES CLINCH! DIVISION TITLE NEXT!: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/21 My Pinstripes: Cano Pulls Up The Sox: It has to be painful for Boston Red Sox fans right now. Not only has their team been in a tremendous slump for weeks, but now...