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riveraveblues.com Matt Linder To conclude the final installment of my look back at the 2017 New York Yankees season, here is part two of the bullpen review.  In addition to the relief pitchers who spent all of 2017 in pinstripes, there were also important contributors who were members of the team for only part of the season.  Kathy Willens/AP Let’s start with one of the two guys who was on the Yankees opening day roster, but did not make it to the end of the season with the team: Tyler Clippard.  Coming into 2017, he was expected to be the team’s seventh inning guy.  Like his fellow late inning relievers, he put together a productive April and May.  Through the first two months, he had an ERA of 1.64 with 29 strikeouts in 22 innings.  However, you could see signs that his early-season success might be fluky.  In May, he walked seven batters in only 12.1 innings.  As an extreme fly...

Patrick Zeng @Roundtripper891 Southsideshowdown.com Brian Cashman is one of the best general managers in all of baseball. He might even be one of the best general managers in all of professional sports. With some great moves in his back pocket, Cashman was out to make a deal that would help spark a sputtering Yankees team that has the worst record in the MLB since mid June. Last night the Yankees acquired David Robertson, Tommy Kahnle as well as Todd Frazier from the White Sox for Blake Rutherford, Tyler Clippard and two other solid prospects, but don't expect it to be season saving. The Yankees biggest needs have been well publicized at this point in the season. They need a first baseman as well as starting pitching over anything else. The bullpen additions are going to be really good for New York. Robertson helps to give more support to a struggling duo of Aroldis Chapman and Dellin Betances and gives Joe Girardi another option in the seventh or eight inning. Kahnle cou...