New York Yankees

New York Yankees star rookie pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is already on the disabled list because of elbow problems, but the news received late Thursday night is even more devastating. MLB.com's Bryan Hoch reports that Tanaka has a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow, the injury that normally leads to Tommy John surgery. There is no…

The New York Yankees have a starting rotation decimated with injuries, which has left them with only Masahiro Tanaka and Hiroki Kuroda remaining from the Opening Day roster. Ivan Nova is out for the season, and Michael Pineda is out until at least August and possibly longer. In addition, ace CC Sabathia will not return from the disabled list in…

With most of this year's rules discussions revolving around the new instant replay use and the home-plate collision rules, we can often forget that a lesser-invoked but still important rule could have an impact on the results of a game as well as those over the next few days. While watching the beginning of the May 18 Pirates at Yankees game, I…

I believe everyone has heard about the whole Michael Pineda incident with the use of excessive pine tar. In case you haven't, on April 10th against the Red Sox Pineda had a foreign substance in his right palm which then later was known to appear like pine tar. Michael refused to say it was pine tar and stated "it's dirt." even though the replays…