A "Catch Up" Linkapalooza

There's been a lot of real good stuff coming out around the blogosphere in the last couple days.  Being the caring, giving individual that I am, I figured it would be nice to provide it all in one small, easy-to-open package.

- The guys at the newly formed The Yankee Analysts are churning out quality stuff at an alarming rate.  Mike J-D examined Kevin Millwood & Edwin Jackson as potential back-of-the-rotation options.  We were both in agreement that Jackson was a far better option.

- Mike Imbrogno from TYA had a great two-part series comparing the 2011 Yankee batter projections, first against the 2010 positional averages and then by spot in the batting order.  Bottom line, the lineup is going to be good this year.  No reason for concern there.

- Jamie Insalaco at Bomber Banter put something right into my wheelhouse with his commentary on the current Mets ownership fiasco and an open invitation to Mets fans to come join the Evil Empire.

- Cliff Corcoran at Pinstriped Bible has a fantastically in-depth look at every pitcher in camp who is competing for the last 3 spots in the 14-man pitching platoon.  If you aren't up to speed on any of the new guys, this is a great read.

- William at The Captain's Blog goes nostalgic and traces the complete history of Yankee Spring Training, all the way back to 1901.  That's just good hustle by William right there.

- "All A.J. All The Time" was the perfect title for this post by Jason at IIATMS, as he collects recent commentary on A.J. and shows the breakdown between 2009 A.J. and 2010 A.J.

- Continuing the "examine A.J." trend is Mike Axisa at RAB, who breaks down A.J.'s 2010 K rates by pitch type.  Admittedly, it's hard to draw any conclusions from this, but it does make it clear that the curveball will be a key for A.J. in 2011.

- And lastly, if you didn't already listen to the epically hilarious on-air battle between Francesa and Mike from Hackensack, do yourself a favor and check it out NOW at LenNY's Yankees.  Lenny hits the nail on the head with his 2 favorite parts.

I am definitely going to use the "because they are magical" argument a lot more when discussing the Yanks this season.