On-Base Perception

Robinson Cano waited an extra day to make his final Home Run Derby conestant selection. He didn't disappoint with his choice.

The Yankees second baseman, who will captain the American League squad in Monday's Home Run Derby, went with Oakland A's outfielder Yoenis Cespedes as his final selection Tuesday afternoon.

Cespedes joins Cano, Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers and Chris Davis...

Manny will be Manny -- in Texas.

The Texas Rangers have agreed to terms with outfielder Manny Ramirez, the team announced Wednesday.

Ramirez had been spending the 2013 season playing with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He left the team on June 20 after hitting .352 with eight home runs (including the occasional moon shot).

The 41-year-old will report...

When I agreed to go to Wednesday’s All-Star Game menu sampling at Citi Field, I figured it’d be a small, quick affair. They’d unveil one or two big dishes, we’d try them, the chef would answer questions at the end. Event over.

I couldn’t be more wrong. There was so much food, ranging from traditional to the exotic, that it was impossible to try it all. And if the event was any indication,...

There are, by a rough estimate, approximately 1,200 baseball players in the major leagues. 68 will have the chance to play in the 2013 All-Star Game July 16 at Citi Field.

This means one thing: there will be snubs. There are a few players across Major League Baseball that have put up solid numbers this season yet still find themselves on the bubble for an All-Star Game berth.

We at Newsday...

The disabled list keeps on growing for the Yankees.

The Yankees placed Andy Pettitte on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained right trapezius, a day after the 40-year-old tweaked the muscle in a start against the Seattle Mariners.

The veteran lefthander was pulled after 4 2/3 innings after he felt discomfort in his shoulder. The team announced after the game that he had suffered...

Desperate for an offensive spark, the Yankees are turning to...David Phelps?

Yes, you read that right: Phelps, Wednesday night's starter, will bat eighth on Wednesday night against the Rockies at Coors Field.

Phelps will bat ahead of catcher Austin Romine and behind third baseman Chris Nelson.

The last time a Yankees starting pitcher batted eighth in the lineup? Don Larsen, back...

MLB investigators have found what they believe is evidence that a representative of Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez purchased medical records from a person connected to former South Florida clinic Biogenesis, according to a report by the New York Times.

The Times had reported Thursday that MLB had purchased documents from an ex-employee at the former anti-aging clinic with the intent...

The Yankees' game against the Indians Thursday night was postponed because of rain.

The game was initially scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. but was pushed back to 8:30 p.m. The game was officially postponed about a half hour later.

It is the second straight game that was rained out. The Yankees and Indians were rained out Wednesday night as well.

No make-up day has been announced....

Throughout spring training, we asked you to vote on whether or not certain Mets and Yankees players that were "on the bubble" would make the team.

With the 2013 season just a few days away, here's how you voted (along with the part where we must tell you that these results are the furthest thing from scientific.)

YANKEES   TOTAL VOTES "IN" VOTES (%) "OUT"...

The Yankees have cut backup first baseman/outfielder Juan Rivera, Newsday's Erik Boland reports.

Rivera said he was told that he was cut so that the Yankees could hold on to outfielder Ben Francisco and first baseman Lyle Overbay. Both Francisco and Overbay were signed during the middle of spring training.

Rivera, who played for the Yankees from 2001-03, rejoined the club in January...