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November 21st, 2025: Imai, Rule 5 Draft Protection, Mailbag

Not for nothing, but given what I’ve seen out there on them internet streets, the reaction to Trent Grisham taking the qualifying offer is absurdly over the top. It’s hysterical, and not in a haha t...

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Quick thoughts after Trent Grisham accepts the qualifying offer

The Yankees have their 2026 center fielder and, presumably, their leadoff hitter (to begin the season, at least). Trent Grisham is one of a 2025-11-18 22:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post

November 18th, 2025: Judge, Yarbrough, Bellinger, Chisholm

Congrats to Tyler Wade for getting the Aaron Judge MVP party invite.

The 2025-26 Offseason Plan went live l...

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The Official 2025-26 RAB Offseason Plan

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November 13th, 2025: Domínguez, Rowland, Imai, Coaching Staff, Awards, Mailbag

Three reminders. One, the Offseason Plan is coming tomorrow. Two, the MVPs will be announced tonight. Aaron Judge will either win his third or be the runner-up for a second time. And three, I’m plann...

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November 10th, 2025: Tucker, Murakami, Minor League Free Agents

On this date 19 years ago, the Yankees traded Gary Sheffield to the Tigers for three pitching prospects who combined to give up 12 runs 5.2 innings with the Yankee...

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November 7th, 2025: Bellinger, Hill, Loáisiga, Grisham, Spring Training, Judge, Fried, Mailbag

Offseason Plan update: I think we’re good to go for next Friday, Nov. 14th. I can’t 100% commit to that just yet because there’s a chance real life gets in the way (including the Yankees doing something that requires immediate attention), but we’re on track for next week. I’d say it’s...

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November 3rd, 2025: World Series, Bold Predictions, Cole

Shoutout to my brother for reminding me Hal Steinbrenner said “we’ll see if it pays off” when asked about the Dodgers and their spending back ...

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The Yankees and the 2025-26 Offseason Calendar

The Dodgers are World Series champions and the 1998-2000 Yankees are no longer the last team to repeat as baseball's title winners. It was a good run. The World Series is over and the offseason has already begun, and several important dates are on the horizon. Here is the 2025-26 MLB offseason ca...

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October 31st, 2025: Coaching Staff, Mailbag

There are changes coming to the YES booth in 2026. Andrew Marchand (subs. req’d) says John Flaherty and Jeff Nelson are out with David Cone, Joe Girardi, and Paul O...

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October 27th, 2025: Blue Jays, Phillies, Chisholm, Rotation

The World Series is tied 1-1 and each team has won the exact type of game they have to win. The Blue Jays wore down Blake Snell in Game 1 and battered the bullpen. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was magnificent in Game 2 and the Dodgers mustered enough offense. On paper, the Dodgers have significant starting...

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October 24th, 2025: Okamoto, Bellinger, Domínguez, Volpe

The World Series begins tonight and either the Blue Jays will win their first championship since their back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993, or the Dodgers will become the first repeat champions since the 1998-2000 Yankees. A real no-win situation for Yankees fans, eh? Too bad the Blue Jays and D...

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October 21st, 2025: World Series, Tucker, Skubal, Free Agency, Warren, Center Field

Terrible news: Jesus Montero died this past weekend. He was only 35. Reports out of Venezuela say he was hit by a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle. Just awf...

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October 17th, 2025: Injuries, Qualifying Offer, Coaching Staff, Domínguez, Mailbag

Now that it has been over a week since the ALDS ended and we've had time to decompress, I'm not sure there's anything to take away from the series other than the Yankees got beat. Their two best starters gave up 13 runs in 5.1 innings and Aaron Judge's supporting cast did a bunch of nothing after...

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October 13th, 2025: Arbitration Projections, Bellinger, Weaver, Murakami, 2026 Draft

It has been five days since the Yankees lost the ALDS and they haven’t signed Kyle Tucker or traded for Tarik Skubal yet. Are they even trying? Here's an update on the usual offseason projects:

October 10th, 2025: Judge, Rodón, Williams, Rice, Lombard

The first post of the offseason is always a weird one. I have a list of things I want to write about, but also the season just ended, and I’m not ready to get into all that just yet. Given the quick turnaround from the 2025-10-10 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Thoughts after Game 4 of the 2025 ALDS

Five innings. The Yankees held a lead for five innings in the four-game ALDS. They were outscored 38-19 and outhomered 9-4, and there just weren’t many moments during their 17 head-to-head games th...

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The Yankees have lost the 2025 ALDS

There will be no Game 5 of the ALDS. The Yankees were unable to follow Tuesday’s spirited comeback with a Game 4 win Wednesday, going out mostly with a whimper against Toronto’s bullpen game. Cam...

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Thoughts before Game 4 of the 2025 ALDS

Confession: I wrote a “Yankees lose” version of last night’s very quick post around the third in...

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Very quick thoughts after Game 3 of the 2025 ALDS

Aaron Judge has his postseason moment and the Yankees have a pulse. Once down 6-1 in Game 3, the Yankees scored eight answered runs the rest of the way, none bigger than the three on Judge’s toweri...

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Thoughts the day before Game 3 of the 2025 ALDS

Since Wild Cards became a thing in 1995, seven teams have erased a 2-0 deficit in the Division Series, including the Yankees twice. They did it against the Athletics in 2001 (the Derek Jeter Flip Pla...

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Thoughts as the Yankees get routed in Game 2 of the 2025 ALDS

As I write this, George Springer hit a home run to give the Blue Jays a 12-0 lead as the Yankees continue to get humiliated in October/Toronto. Perhaps getting pushed to the limit in the Wild Card Se...

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Thoughts after Game 1 of the 2025 ALDS

The Blue Jays have their first postseason win since 2016 and the Yankees are down 1-0 in the ALDS. Since Wild Cards became a thing in 1995, the team that wins Game 1 is 88-32 in best-of-five series. ...

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Quick thoughts before Game 1 of the 2025 ALDS

The first ever Yankees vs. Blue Jays postseason series will begin in a few hours. Doesn’t the postseason feel so long when you’re in the Wild Card Series? This is just the ALDS! The Yankees would...

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Thoughts after Game 3 of the 2025 Wild Card Series

The AL East will be settled properly. It’ll be Yankees vs. Blue Jays in the ALDS after Thursday’s win over the Red Sox in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series. The Yankees are the first team since the ...

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The Yankees are going to the 2025 ALDS

A star was born on a Thursday night in the Bronx. Cam Schlittler, who started this season in Double-A, pitched the Yankees to the ALDS with a masterpiece against the Red Sox in Game 3 of the Wild Car...

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Thoughts before Game 3 of the 2025 Wild Card Series

One way or the other, something that hasn’t happened in a long time will happen tonight. Either the Yankees will beat a non-AL Central team in a postseason series* for the first time since beating ...

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Thoughts after Game 2 of the 2025 Wild Card Series

The Yankees aren’t done yet. Wednesday night the Yankees forced a Game 3 against the Red Sox with a Game 2 win, and they did it thanks to two players who were not in the lineup in Game 1. Ben Rice ...

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Very quick thoughts before Game 2 of the 2025 Wild Card Series

The season is on the line tonight at Yankee Stadium (6pm ET on ESPN). Either the Yankees win and force a Game 3 tomorrow, or the season ends way too quickly and we’re asking the same “why can’t the Yankees beat non-AL Central teams in October? “ question. 2025-10-01 17:36:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Thoughts after Game 1 of the 2025 Wild Card Series

And just like that, the Yankees are on the brink of elimination. The offense didn’t do much against Garrett Crochet and Aroldis Chapman in Game 1 Tuesday, the bullpen blew a lead (surprise!), and n...

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