Columnists: Joel Sherman

Latest Columns

• 3UP: The Jeter and Mo Edition

  1.In today’s Post I wrote this column on the Yankees having their greatest doubt about Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera since they were unproven entities in the spring of 1996. I think we have become so used to having...   February 18, 2013

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• Yankees worried about Jeter and Rivera for first time since '96

  TAMPA — The last time there was this much doubt in spring training about Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera was 1996. Actually, to say there was doubt about Rivera would be to elevate his meaning. Joe Girardi, a new Yankee...   February 18, 2013

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• Up-and-comers could hold the key to Yankees’ season

  TAMPA — The Yankees’ age is overt.  They have the oldest player in any camp in Mariano Rivera, 43. Andy Pettitte, 40 and Hiroki Kuroda, 38, are projected to be the majors’ oldest and fourth-oldest starters. Ichiro...   February 17, 2013

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• Results, not words will decide Yankees fate for Youkilis

  TAMPA — Can we move beyond the sideshow stories involving Kevin Youkilis now? He has shaken Joba Chamberlain’s hand. Explained his heart still being in Boston. Professed his love for all things New York and Yankees. So...   February 16, 2013

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• Yankees keeping close eye on Pineda for reason

  TAMPA — The sky was overcast. The stands at George M. Steinbrenner Field were empty. The general inactivity was such that you could hear cars zooming past on Dale Mabry Boulevard not far beyond the right-field fence....   February 15, 2013

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• Yankees need sure thing, and no reason to doubt they’ll get it from Rivera

  TAMPA — He wore No. 42, and appeared lean and regal, and his mere presence in late morning on the back diamonds of Yankee spring training initiated calls of “Mariano, Mariano” from fans stationed behind the fences that...   February 14, 2013

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• Yankees could be giving A-Rod the Kevin Brown treatment

  TAMPA — Alex Rodriguez has been called many bad words, particularly in the aftermath of the latest accusations involving use of illegal performance enhancers. Cheater. Fraud. Scourge. And more. But one of the worst...   February 13, 2013

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• Girardi sees 95 wins, but lack of depth could spell end of Yankees' era

  TAMPA — The door to the Yankees clubhouse opened at 10 a.m. yesterday — essentially the start of their spring training — and, oh my gosh, Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart really were the catchers. This wasn’t some...   February 13, 2013

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• 3UP: The Bourn Files

   1. There was a story in the local Florida media in the past few days about a father-son team saying they found footprints that were of such length and depth that, in their opinion, the prints only could have been made...   February 12, 2013

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• PED impact among baseball issues heading into 2013 season

  We are back in a familiar, yet uncomfortable place for major league baseball as spring training arrives. We are again discussing illegal performance enhancers and who did what and when. Silly was anyone who believed we...   February 10, 2013

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• Mets, Boras in familiar game of chicken over Bourn

  The Mets and Scott Boras are engaged in a game of chicken. The powerful agent is saying he has attractive offers elsewhere for Michael Bourn. The Mets are essentially challenging him to prove those offers exist by...   February 06, 2013

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• Yanks hope latest A-Rod drug link provides contract escape

  This was a few years ago during yet another all-too-frequent Alex Rodriguez tempest. He was taking batting practice, that bemused/perma-smile look on his face, a now-familiar shield against the redundant attacks on his...   January 30, 2013

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• Despite Mets’ secret visit, Bourn deal a long shot

  It remains a long shot — a bunch of moons aligning just right — but the Mets have not given up on being Bourn winners.  To that end, general manager Sandy Alderson and assistant GM John Ricco travelled to Houston last...   January 29, 2013

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• A-Rod's doc reveals playoffs were lost cause, chronic pain not from 'roids & hope for healthy July return

  The doctor scheduled to perform the upcoming hip surgery on Alex Rodriguez declared the injury had zero to do with steroids, but everything to do with A-Rod’s impotent October. In an exclusive interview with The Post,...   January 08, 2013

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• Clarity hard to come by on PED Hall of Fame debate

  My Hall of Fame ballot sits on my desk as I wait longer than ever to apply check marks, stalling for a clarity I know is never coming. I wish, like so many of my brethren, I could be ironclad: Vote in none of those...   December 30, 2012

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• A big season by Hughes could seal end of time with Yankees

  Sure the Yankees have stepped away from players they wanted in the past for financial reasons, but never this often, to so many different teams of all market sizes, and over so few dollars  In this quirky new baseball...   December 27, 2012

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• Yankees will be less reliant on long balls next season

  You know that Yankees team so many of their fans screamed for last season, one less reliant on homers and more capable of building runs with items such as sacrifices and speed? Well, be careful what you wish for … I...   December 23, 2012

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• Final verdict on Mets' Dickey deal will come later

  Trading a Cy Young winner is not unique. It now has happened 10 times in just the past 58 months — three times involving Cliff Lee and twice Zack Greinke. Heck, Travis d’Arnaud has been a key component in the return...   December 19, 2012

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• Cano can learn from Anthony heading into contract talks

  Robinson Cano should use Carmelo Anthony as a role model. It would help the Yankees and it would enhance his free-agent value next offseason — particularly to the Yankees. Cano and Anthony have a good deal in common, at...   December 16, 2012

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• A deal may not be popular, but it’s smart for both clubs

  In a vacuum you do not trade a Cy Young winner, nor do you acquire a 38-year-old pitcher in exchange for your best prospect. But the Mets and Blue Jays are not operating from inside vacuums. Therefore, I not only...   December 16, 2012

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• Hamilton's deal with Angels has ramifications that stretch way beyond SoCal

  Josh Hamilton agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels yestrerday and, ladies and gentlemen, let the fallout begin: 1. So much for L.A. being laidback, at least when it comes to roster building. The...   December 14, 2012

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• Different Youkilis evaluations from Valentine, Ventura

  You play detective. You try to figure out who Kevin Youkilis is these days, now that the Yankees have given him $12 million to be Alex Rodriguez’s replacement for half a season — maybe longer. So you place calls to the...   December 13, 2012

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• Mets right to use leverage in Dickey negotiations

  We HAVE beaten the Mets up for so many years over bad business practices — I’ll see your Oliver Perez and raise you a Luis Castillo — that we should acknowledge how well they are playing the R.A. Dickey negotiations. ...   December 12, 2012

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• Age an issue, but Yankees have fooled us before with quiet offseasons

  The Yankees are not spending to honor their Steinbrenner-ian heritage. They are getting old and fragile in too many places. They are not developing suitable replacements from their system.  So they are vulnerable to...   December 11, 2012

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• Greinke signing means Dodgers have replaced Yankees as baseball's biggest spenders

  If it needed any further punctuation, the Dodgers established that they — not the Yankees — are the financial heavyweights of baseball yesterday by reaching agreement with Zack Greinke on a six-year, $147 million...   December 09, 2012

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• Greinke delays Yankees’ chance at Hamilton

  Zack Greinke is the dam of this baseball offseason. Like a dam, the free-agent pitcher is blocking the natural flow of baseball winter activity. Until he resolves his situation — likely picking either the Rangers or...   December 08, 2012

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• Yankees' chances for Hamilton hinge on Greinke decision

  Zack Greinke is the dam of this offseason. He is blocking the natural flow of baseball winter activity. Until he resolves his situation – likely picking either the Rangers or Dodgers – the upper ends of the market will...   December 07, 2012

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• By George, old Yankees’ brass wouldn’t pass on Hamilton

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The dominoes began to fall at the Winter Meetings in Orlando two years ago as the Red Sox traded for Adrian Gonzalez, then signed Carl Crawford. A few days later Cliff Lee spurned the Yankees to...   December 07, 2012

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• Cashville, Tenn. for everyone but frugal Yankees

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Yankees and Mets came to the Winter Meetings and have made news with their third basemen and by bucking the industry trend when it comes to spending bucks.  It would be technically incorrect to...   December 06, 2012

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• Yankees should sign Chavez, Keppinger, Pierzynski to replace A-Rod, Martin

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. —The first steps the Yankees should take to replace Alex Rodriguez are to sign Eric Chavez and Jeff Keppinger to platoon at third, and A.J. Pierzynski to catch. Even Joe Girardi acknowledged Tuesday the...   December 05, 2012

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