| Hot | 5/19/2013 9:14:00 AM |
Description: Mariners OF/DH Raul Ibanez is 1-for-11 with two strikeouts against Indians right-hander Justin Masterson. | Insight: Ibanez is red hot, hitting six homers and driving in 14 runs over his last seven games, but he has struggled to hit Masterson, who will be on the mound Sunday. | | |
| Hot | 5/18/2013 8:44:00 PM |
Description: Mariners OF/DH Raul Ibanez has homered six times in the last seven games. | Insight: Ibanez has driven in 14 runs during that span. The 40-year-old was batting .158 with a .511 OPS, two homers and five RBI at the end of April, but he has raised his average to .236 and his OPS to .839. | | |
| Hot | 5/15/2013 10:22:00 PM |
Description: Mariners OF/DH Raul Ibanez went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and a two-run homer Wednesday against the Yankees, his former team. | Insight: Ibanez hit 19 homers in 384 at-bats with the Yankees last season, and he has returned to Yankee Stadium with three homers over the last two games. Overall, he has four homers and 11 RBI over his last four games. | | |
| 5/4/2013 10:30:00 AM |
Description: Mariners OF/DH Raul Ibanez has had some success against Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and should find his way into the lineup on Saturday. | Insight: Ibanez has struggled early on but his short swing works well in this situation and he's 10-for-28 (.357) with three homers in his matchups with Dickey. | | |
| 12/22/2012 9:09:00 PM |
Description: The Mariners have agreed to a one-year deal with OF/DH Raul Ibanez. SOURCE: Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports | Insight: Any hopes that Ibanez would carry fantasy value in 2013 just got washed away as he'll return to one of the worst hitter's parks in baseball. Ibanez previously played for the Mariners from 1996-2000 and 2004-08. The 40-year-old hit .240 with 19 homers and 62 RBIs for the Yankees last season and belted several clutch postseason homers. | | |
| 12/16/2012 11:38:00 AM |
Description: The New York Post's George King reports that the Rangers are interested in signing free agent outfielder/DH Raul Ibanez. | Insight: Even at age 40, Ibanez still managed to produce 19 HR for the Yankees in 2012. He was a monster during the postseason (.318, 3 HR, 5 RBI) and proved to be the team's best clutch hitter down the stretch. Rangers Ballpark is just as hitter-friendly as Yankee Stadium so this wouldn't be a bad place for Ibanez to end up. | | |
| 10/16/2012 9:52:00 AM |
Description: The Yankees 2012 postseason hero, Raul Ibanez, has an ugly history against Tigers ace Justin Verlander. In 29 at-bats, Ibanez is batting just .103. | Insight: Ibanez has been incredible this postseason, delivering three homers and five RBI over six games. He's hitting .438 with an OBP of .550, but this matchup is certainly unfavorable. | | |
| Hot | 10/14/2012 10:06:00 AM |
Description: Raul Ibanez contributed more late-game heroics Saturday in a loss versus the Tigers. Trailing by two in the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees DH smacked a game-tying homer over the right field wall to send the game into extra innings. | Insight: Ibanez has been incredible this postseason, delivering three homers and five RBI over his last five games. He's hitting .461 in 13 playoff at bats. | | |
| 10/11/2012 9:21:00 AM |
Description: New York DH Raul Ibanez rescued the Yankees Wednesday night with a game-tying pinch hit homer in the bottom of the ninth. Three innings later, he won the game with another solo blast, this time off Orioles lefty Brian Matusz. | Insight: Ibanez continues to come through in the clutch for the Yankees. The 40-year-old entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Alex Rodriguez, who went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts before being taken out of the game. | | |
| 9/22/2012 9:30:00 PM |
Description: Yankees outfielder/DH Raul Ibanez delivered two homers Saturday in an extra-innings win over the A's. | Insight: Ibanez's second homer tied the game at nine in the bottom of the 13th inning. Before today, Ibanez hadn't homered in a game since August 5th. That's a string of 30 consecutive games without a homer. | | |
| 9/12/2012 9:25:00 AM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez is a career .500 hitter (6-for-12) against Red Sox right-hander Aaron Cook with a 1.367 OPS. | Insight: His role has diminished ever since Ichiro Suzuki arrived in New York and he's batted just .048 over his last eight games, but if he's in Wednesday's lineup he is worthy taking a shot. | | |
| 8/20/2012 11:30:00 AM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez is a career .455 hitter (5-for-11) against White Sox starter Gavin Floyd with three homers and a 1.727 OPS. | Insight: His role has been diminished ever since Ichiro Suzuki arrived in New York, but if you see him in the lineup on Monday be prepared to start him. | | |
| 8/12/2012 12:17:00 PM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez will be on the sidelines for Sunday's game against Toronto. | Insight: He didn't start Friday or Saturday's game either and it's clear that his role has been diminished now that Ichiro Suzuki (.262, 5 HR, 39 RBI, 18 SB) is on the team. | | |
| 8/1/2012 12:43:00 PM |
Description: Yankees outfielder Raul Ibanez won't start Wednesday's matinee against the Orioles. | Insight: Ichiro Suzuki (.261, 5 HRs, 30 RBIs), who has played 1,546 career games in right field and 266 in center, will be making his first-ever appearance in left field Wednesday in Ibanez's absence. | | |
| 7/20/2012 8:21:00 PM |
Description: Yankees outfielder Raul Ibanez is not in the starting lineup for Friday's tilt against Oakland. | Insight: Ibanez was terrible in June (.162, 2 HRs, 7 RBIs) but he's starting to come around in July (.310, 1 HR, 5 RBIs). | | |
| 7/17/2012 6:57:00 PM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez is out for Tuesday night's game against Toronto. | Insight: Ibanez (.242, 12 HRs, 40 RBIs) came through with a clutch grand slam in Monday night's win but he'll have to settle for watching Tuesday's Yankees/Blue Jays matchup from the sidelines. | | |
| 7/15/2012 12:00:00 PM |
Description: Yankees outfielder Raul Ibanez is a must-start Sunday against Los Angeles. In 27 career at bats, Ibanez holds an astounding .519 batting average against Angels righty Jered Weaver with four homers and seven RBIs. | Insight: At age 40, Ibanez (.241, 11 HRs, 36 RBIs) isn't the stat-sheet stuffer that he used to be, but we're expecting a big game from him Sunday against Weaver. | | |
| 7/13/2012 6:37:00 PM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez will get the night off as the Yankees open the second half of their season Friday night against the Angels. | Insight: Jayson Nix (.221, 3 HRs, 7 RBIs) will get the start at DH for the Yankees on Friday. | | |
| 7/8/2012 7:15:00 PM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez will not start Sunday night's series finale against the Red Sox. | Insight: Ibanez finishes the first half with a .240 average and 11 home runs. He's owned in 28.6 percent of ESPN fantasy leagues. | | |
| 7/1/2012 6:56:00 PM |
Description: New York outfielder Raul Ibanez is out of the Yankees' lineup on Monday after a foul ball struck him in the mouth during Sunday's game against the White Sox. | Insight: Ibanez (.233, 11 HRs, 35 RBIs) cut his lip and broke one of his teeth, so he'll need a day or two to recover. With Ibanez out, Derek Jeter (.299, 7 HRs, 25 RBIs) will DH while Jayson Nix (.231, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs) take's Jeter's place as the starting shortstop. | | |
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