Category: New York Yankees

Mark Teixeira broke open the game with a fourth-inning grand slam, and the surprising New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 on a soggy Friday night to extend their winning streak to six. Read More more

After the New York Yankees traded away Carlos Beltran, Andrew Miller, and Aroldis Chapman in this year’s trade deadline, it seemed like this was a season for loss. However, with new young players, including two time player of the week, Gary Sanchez, to go along with what already is a solid core of teammates, the team is proving doubters wrong... more

Hanley Ramirez dealt the decisive blow to complete perhaps the biggest win of the season for the Red Sox, a three-run, walk-off homer to secure a 7-5 win over the Yankees on Thursday night at Fenway Park. Ramirez’s homer, which came off closer Dellin Betances, capped a five-run ninth for Boston. Read More more

Just a week has passed since the Yankees’ seven-game winning streak resuscitated dreams of playoff baseball in the Bronx, but 48 hours at Fenway Park have sounded an alarm that time is running out on this long shot. Read More more

The Yankees believe that Starlin Castro’s first season in pinstripes could be over after he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his right hamstring, sustained in a 6-5 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park. Read More more

Gary Sanchez’s increasingly convincing candidacy for the American League Rookie of the Year Award kept the Yankees’ postseason dream alive for another day. Sanchez slugged a three-run homer off Brad Boxberger in the seventh inning, lifting the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Rays on Tuesday at Tropicana Field. Read More more

Gary Sanchez continued a sensational and historic start to his Major League career on Wednesday, homering twice and driving in five runs to lead the Yankees to an 11-5 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field. Read More more

After a terrific 6-1 record the week before, the Yankees found themselves right in pursuit for a potential Wild Card spot. However, a reason skid as of late, now drops the Yankees back to four games out. The Yankees opened up a three game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bryan Mitchell was back on the mound for another go,... more

Blake Snell hurled five effective innings and Corey Dickerson homered, helping the Rays put another dent in the Yankees’ postseason hopes with a 2-0 victory on Thursday night at Tropicana Field. Brad Miller drove in the game’s first run to help Tampa Bay take the finale of this three-game series with New York, which opened the day 2 1/2 games... more

The Blue Jays widened their lead for the top spot in the American League Wild Card race as Jose Bautista’s three-run home run in the eighth inning broke a scoreles tie in Toronto’s 3-0 win over the Yankees on Saturday at Rogers Centre. Read More more

The Blue Jays bolstered their own pursuit of a postseason spot, while dealing the Yankees another blow in their hunt for an American League Wild Card berth, in a walk-off 4-3 win on Sunday at Rogers Centre. Read More more

In a game marred by two early bench-clearing incidents, the Yankees scored five runs in the ninth inning — three coming on homers by Mark Teixeira and Aaron Hicks — and defeated the Blue Jays, 7-5, on Monday night at Rogers Centre to salvage the finale of the four-game series. NY Yankees: Read More more

It all comes down to this, the final week of the 2016 regular season. While some teams are getting ready to play some October baseball, other teams are already prepared to head off to the golf course. As for the New York Yankees, their fate is yet to be decided. For the last month, the Yankees have been flirting with... more

Tyler Austin’s late home run delayed a potential Red Sox celebration while keeping his club alive in the playoff chase for at least one more evening, as the rookie’s two-run shot lifted the Yankees to a 6-4 victory on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. NY Yankees: Read More more

Gary Sanchez’s remarkable march through the history book continued on Tuesday as the Yankees’ rookie hit his 20th home run in his 51st career game, equaling an 86-year-old Major League record. NY Yankees: Read More more

Mark Teixeira was the one mobbed by his teammates at home plate, hitting a walk-off grand slam off Joe Kelly in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yankees to a 5-3 victory, but the Red Sox still clinched the American League East title on Wednesday evening at Yankee Stadium. NY Yankees: Read More more