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Wall Street Journal | Daniel Barbarisi: Over the past ten years, the Yankees have been adding more and more scouts to their organization. A lot of them are recent retirees like Matt Daley, who have been having great success evaluating players that, just a few years, or even months, before, they had found themselves playing against.
Fangraphs | David Laurila: Laurila has a great interview with Pinstripe Alley's favorite pitcher - David Cone! There's some fascinating stuff in here about Cone's strategy against various hitters, so be sure to check this one out.
LoHud Yankees Blog | Chad Jennings: Even after his big day, Greg Bird was still very humble, crediting a lot of his success not to himself, but to Carlos Beltran's good at-bats in front of him. Bird's the best.
NJ.com | Ryan Hatch: Dellin Betances has set a bit of Yankee history, becoming the first Yankee reliever ever to post 100 strikeouts in back-to-back seasons.
New York Daily News | Andrew McCarron: In the midst of Derek Jeter's contract negotiations back in 2010, GM Brian Cashman reportedly told the Yankee great that he'd prefer to have Troy Tulowitzki instead of The Captain.