UPDATE: The Game 1 starting lineup is exactly how I laid it out below. Every so often I guess right and look smart. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ben Rice are on the bench, and Amed Rosario ...
2025-09-30 15:52:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees did what they had to do these last two weeks, but it was what they did two months ago that cost them the AL East title. The Yankees finished with the same 94-68 record as the Blue Jays – the same 94-68 record as the 2024 Yankees – and the American League’s best run differential ...
2025-09-29 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier this week I said I hoped we would have clarity about the AL East race by the end of the White Sox series, and clarity we have. The Yankees erased a five-game deficit in the last 10 days and are ...
2025-09-26 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: It's convoluted, but the Yankees can clinch a postseason spot tonight with a win, per MLB. A win tonight gets the Yankees to 89 wins, and because the Guardians and Tigers play this week and the Red Sox and Tigers play this weekend, it's not possible for all three of those...
2025-09-23 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe AL is an argument for the third Wild Card spot and the NL is an argument against it. Without it, the NL races would be over. We’d know exactly who’s going to the postseason already, if not the exact seeding. In the AL though, the Wild Card race would be so much more interesting with only ...
2025-09-19 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe consecutive winning seasons streak lives on. Friday night was the 82nd win of the season, giving the Yankees their 33rd straight season with a winning record. They haven’t had a losing season since going 76-86 in 1992. The current streak is the second longest in the history of the four majo...
2025-09-15 10:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhat a rancid few days for the organization. Let’s just get right to today’s post. (Davy Andrews had a good piece on Cody Bellinger’s season and the player he is these d...
2025-09-12 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees had a pregame ceremony to honor CC Sabathia’s Hall of Fame induction on Sunday (here’s the full ceremony) and they did not announce No. 52 will be reti...
2025-09-09 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCody Bellinger was named AL Player of the Week for last week. He went 12-for-27 (.444) with two home runs. Who do you think was the last Yankee other than Aaron Judge to...
2025-09-05 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostOn this date in 1996, David Cone returned from his aneurysm and threw seven no-hit innings in Oakland. Here’s the box score. The Yankees were reeling at the time. They’d lost 15 of their pr...
2025-09-02 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostJust a heads-up, it’ll be a shorter post Tuesday. It's Labor Day weekend and I’m gonna take it easy and recharge a bit before things get crazy the next few weeks. Anyway, I was flipping through games Wednesday night and saw the Angels started Oswald Peraza at first base, in case you’re wond...
2025-08-29 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s behind the paywall, but the Baseball Prospectus crew had a...
2025-08-25 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSpencer Jones got back on the horse Wednesday and slugged his minor league leading 31st home run of the season (video). He hit it off Alek Manoah. I’m not sure if that makes it more or less impre...
2025-08-22 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostOn this date in 1997, the Yankees got blown out by the Angels (box score), and Wade Boggs threw the eighth inning. He broke out his famed knuckleball (2025-08-19 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s a thing I realized this week: MLB still hasn’t released the 2026 schedule. The new schedule usually comes out during the All-Star break. It is now Aug. 15th and we’re still waiting. I’m sure MLB has a preliminary schedule drawn up. The league might be waiting to see if the Rays can...
2025-08-15 10:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees cut Aaron Boone out of Old Timers’ Day. He was on the list of attendees but wasn’t involved in the cere...
2025-08-11 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostOne of my all-time favorite comebacks happened on this date in 2000. The Yankees went into the ninth inning down 3-2 to the Athletics. Jason Isringhausen’s first pitch: Bernie Williams game-tying homer. Jason Isringhausen’s second pitch: David Justice walk-off homer. Two pitches, two homers. ...
2025-08-08 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostOn June 2nd, the Yankees had a 6.5-game lead in the AL East. On July 2nd, they lost and slipped into second place. On August 2nd, they lost and slipped into third place. The Yankees are 60-53 even though their run differential says they should be 66-47 and 2025-08-05 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: Forget about Cam Schlittler being sent down for Luis Gil on Sunday. The Yankees released Marcus Stroman today. I didn't expect that given the precarious state of the rotation (and no starter trade Thursday), but you can't say it's undeserved. Stroman has a 6.23 ERA (5.15 ...
2025-08-01 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I did not realize this going into trade deadline day, but there were only three games on the schedule Thursday. The Yankees played in one of them, and of course it featured an almost three-hour rain dela...
2025-08-01 02:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy thoughts: CC Sabathia was officially inducted into the Hall of Fame this past weekend. 2025-07-29 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The trade deadline is 6pm ET Thursday, and because the Yankees have a 1pm ET getaway game that afternoon, there’s a chance someone will get pulled off the team plane because they’ve been traded, 2025-07-28 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: Want to add two things quick. One, the injury is to Judge's throwing arm, his right arm, which is his back arm when hitting. That's good. Injuries to the front elbow (like Didi G...
2025-07-26 20:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: The Yankees have announced the trade. It is as reported: McMahon for Herring and Grosz with no money changing hands. Aaron Boone said he's not sure when McMahon will join the tea...
2025-07-25 18:34:55 +0000 UTC View PostLet’s open with a positive: Spencer Jones hit three home runs Thursday (video) and batted twice with a chance to hit a fourth (strikeout and popup). He’s up to 13 homers in 19...
2025-07-25 10:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostSo much for a David Robertson reunion. He signed with the Phillies over the weekend. It will be his third stint in Philadelphia. Robertson will make about $6.2M the rest of the yea...
2025-07-22 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOver the weekend the Yankees announced they have signed 18 of their 19 draft picks. Only 19th rounder RHP Hayden Morris hasn’t signed, and Adam Busack says Morris is going back to school. I’ll have a sig...
2025-07-21 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: The Yankees say Ian Hamilton is starting tonight. Will Warren and Marcus Stroman will start Saturday and Sunday, respectively. I'm not sure if Hamilton is just an opener for Cam Schlittler, or if this is a full blown bullpen game. Today would be the day to do it with the ...
2025-07-18 10:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The 2025 MLB Draft is complete and 615 picks were made across 20 rounds. The Yankees forfeited their second round pick as part of the Juan Soto leaves/sign Max Fried series of moves, so they had 19 selec...
2025-07-16 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees used their first 2025 draft pick, No. 39 overall, on Georgia HS SS Dax Kilby on Sunday. Of course he wasn’t one of the 2025-07-15 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post