Boone Logan

The Yankees have finalized a deal with their last arbitration eligible player as they have reached a agreement with Boone Logan on a one-year $1.875 million contract, according to an AP report. Headed to arbitraton, Logan proposed a $2.1 million deal while he countered with $1.7 million. This deal is right in the middle, but includes a $25K bonus if he appears in at least 55 games this season. Logan will likely be the Yankees primary reliever next season with Hideki Okajima and Cesar Cabral...Read Full Story

According to those who've watched spring training this year, Clay Rapada looks like he'll be the main lefty out of the pen as the season begins.Read Full Story

In my pre-season wrap-up and predictions, for those of you who read and are willing to give proper attribution to wisdom and insight, I offered the following, " Boone Logan will be awful."The Yankees were briefly spared this indignity because Boone didn't make the team coming to NYC. Instead, we lived through the initial humiliation of HO Ho Park, who made the team ahead of Boone.Ho Ho, of course, came back to pitch well once, before sustaining his Jose Reyes injury which will require endless...Read Full Story

Though few of us have ever tried it,In this time of Yankee spring.Soon Joe Girardi must decide it: Keep Boone Logan… or Royce Ring?It’s not a job you'd go and sit to,As if to write some sales pitch slogan,Hence, Joe Giradi must commit to:One Royce Ring or one Boone Logan.It’s sort of like your little brother,In your footsteps, coming soon,Joe takes one, then drops the other.Either Royce, or else, it’s Boone.Unto my wrists, I'd bring incision,From agonizing o'er the choice,Girardi must make...Read Full Story

Via Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York: “I need to get more aggressive,” Logan said. “I’m aiming the pitches a little bit. I need to get back in my groove. It is not fun going out there and not doing your job, giving up hits to lefties, walking lefties. My job was to get them all out and I’m not doing that right now…” “…The slider is the pitch,” Logan said. It sounds like Boone Logan may be putting too much pressure on himself or maybe he simply isn’t as good as he was last season. Logan, 26...Read Full Story