Category: New York Yankees

Can the Twins finally overcome their long-running history of postseason losses to the Yankees in New York? They’ll get another shot in tonight’s American League Wild Card Game. After a full regular season of drama and intrigue, the postseason is finally here — and back in the Bronx. The 2017 playoffs begin tonight at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees and... more

The “Baby Bombers” punched their ticket for a showdown with the Indians in the American League Division Series presented by Doosan, with Didi Gregorius, Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge all homering to overcome Luis Severino’s first-inning exit, leading the Yankees to an 8-4 victory over the Twins on Tuesday in the AL Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium. On an... more

The first day Sonny Gray stepped into the Yankees’ clubhouse, he could feel it. The expectation of getting to the postseason with this group and the right-hander being an important part of it. “My first day in New York, I got that vibe,” said Gray, who was tabbed on Wednesday to get the ball for Game 1 of the American... more

Wilson Ramos’ go-ahead two-run homer as part of a seven-run fifth inning helped the Rays rally for a 9-6 victory Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, averting a series sweep while all but nixing the Yankees’ hopes of securing the American League East title. Despite Aaron Judge’s American League-leading 51st home run, the Yankees’ elimination number in the division was reduced... more

Expertly commanding a lethal splitter that vanished from the strike zone all afternoon, Masahiro Tanaka recorded a career-high 15 strikeouts in a brilliant seven-inning performance that led the Yankees to their 90th win of the season, a 4-0 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. With the victory, the Yankees maintained some hope of overtaking the... more

Aaron Judge eclipsed Babe Ruth’s 96-year-old record for the most roundtrippers hit at home by a Yankees player, and CC Sabathia walked off to a standing ovation on Saturday at Yankee Stadium as New York defeated the Blue Jays, 2-1, in its penultimate game of the regular season. Judge’s 484-foot blast, according to Statcast™, off Marcus Stroman was his American... more

Aaron Hicks robbed Wilson Ramos of a grand slam with an unbelievable catch, Jordan Montgomery settled in to complete six solid innings and Starlin Castro homered as the Yankees secured home-field advantage for a potential American League Wild Card Game with a 6-1 victory over the Rays on Tuesday evening at Yankee Stadium. With the win, the Yankees closed within... more

Never in baseball history has a first-year player hit more home runs than Aaron Judge, who now stands alone among the best rookie home run hitters of all time after New York’s 11-3 win over the Royals at Yankee Stadium on Monday. Judge hit two home runs to set the new single-season rookie record of 50, breaking the previous mark... more

Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez launched back-to-back homers, and Didi Gregorius also went deep as the Yankees continued to fire on all cylinders in pursuit of a postseason berth, completing a series sweep of the Twins with an 11-3 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Judge connected for his American League-leading 45th homer and Sanchez hit his 32nd homer,... more

Ryan Goins pulled off a hidden ball trick that caught Todd Frazier napping, then slugged a grand slam that ended Masahiro Tanaka’s night as the Blue Jays trounced the Yankees, 8-1, on Friday evening at Rogers Centre. The Toronto shortstop flawlessly executed his trick play in the third inning after Jose Bautista snared a Jacoby Ellsbury liner to right field,... more

It was supposed to take a while for the Yankees to rebuild after selling off some key veterans last season — or at least, that was the outside perception. The Yanks never bought into that, and as they sprayed cold bubbly in the visiting clubhouse at Rogers Centre, there was great optimism about accomplishing much more in October. The Yankees... more

I In what was likely the final home game of Jose Bautista’s career with the Blue Jays, the franchise icon helped lead a 9-5 win over the Yankees in the series finale at Rogers Centre on Sunday afternoon. In the top of the first inning, Bautista’s teammates stayed in the dugout as he took the field alone to a standing... more

Aaron Judge hit his American League-leading 44th home run and Jaime Garcia turned in his best start for his new club before Aroldis Chapman extinguished a threat in the eighth inning, converting his first five-out save in more than two years as the Yankees secured a 2-1 victory over the Twins on Monday at Yankee Stadium. In what could have... more

CC Sabathia recovered from a shaky first inning to provide six solid frames and Brett Gardner drove in a pair of runs on Tuesday evening, leading the Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Twins in another meeting of the top clubs in the American League Wild Card hunt. The veteran left-hander limited Minnesota to a solo homer and a... more

The Yankees settled back in at home Thursday night. With 14 of their final 17 regular-season games set to be played at Yankee Stadium, it was time to get comfortable. It was time, as manager Joe Girardi said, to take advantage of the schedule. “It starts tonight,” Girardi said before the game. It certainly did. The Yankees scored six times... more

After watching Aaron Judge thump his pitching staff all season, Orioles manager Buck Showalter decided that he wanted no part of him with the game on the line on Sunday afternoon, intentionally walking the rookie slugger to bring the potential winning run to the plate in the ninth inning. Showalter’s gamble paid off. Zach Britton struck out Gary Sanchez to... more

With the effects of Hurricane Irma relocating this series to Citi Field, the Yankees had a prime opportunity to capitalize on playing road games in their home city. They did just that, concluding their “visit” with a 3-2 victory over the Rays on Wednesday, taking two of three in the series. A three-run second inning, highlighted by Brett Gardner’s two-run... more

The offensive philosophy that Gene Michael always encouraged the Yankees to follow involved finding players who could make pitchers work, steal an occasional base and slug home runs. When they did all three in the first inning of Thursday’s 9-1 victory over the Orioles, manager Joe Girardi remarked that they’d just witnessed “a Stick special.” Wearing black armbands on their... more