Category: New York Yankees

For two weeks now, Gleyber Torres has been in the Major Leagues with the Yankees. For two weeks now, the Yankees have been winning games, day after day, night after night. Call it The Gleyber Effect if you want, or just point out the Yankees have lost only one game since he showed up. And point out that it was... more

When the Red Sox rocketed to the best start in franchise history, holding a 7 1/2-game lead in the American League East as recently as April 20, the Yankees’ response could effectively have been summed up with a series of shrugs and yawns. There was no breaking news there: They knew Boston had a good team, and they expected to... more

The internal data circulating throughout the clubhouse, digging deep into columns like exit velocity and walk rate, suggested that Brett Gardner was due for a breakout performance. The numbers crunchers had this one nailed, foreseeing his best night of the season, as Gardner highlighted a four-run eighth inning that vaulted the Yankees into first place in the American League East.... more

Aaron Judge tracked J.D. Martinez’s eighth-inning drive to the right-field wall, timing a leap with precision as he pushed his glove into the crowd. He returned to the warning track with empty hands, briefly searching for the baseball before realizing that it had landed somewhere among the anguished faces in the seating area. After the Yankees rallied to tie the... more

Aaron Judge homered as part of a four-RBI performance and Gleyber Torres also went deep, but it was not enough to overcome Sonny Gray’s stumble against his former club as the Yankees lost for the second consecutive evening, dropping a 10-5 decision to the Athletics on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Facing Oakland for the first time since being shipped... more

The anemic batting average displayed in 10-foot-tall, high-definition numbers during each of Neil Walker’s plate appearances seemed impossible to ignore, but throughout his slow start to the season, his confidence was not shaken. Believing fiercely in his track record and ability, the veteran was certain that the hits would begin to fall. A prominent piece of the team’s recent winning... more

The Yankees’ wait for the authentic Giancarlo Stanton — the one who terrorized pitchers in 2017 — may finally be over. It may have been a slow start for the defending National League MVP since his trade to New York from Miami, but with four hits and three RBIs on Sunday vs. the A’s, the slugger appears to be on... more

What Yankees manager Aaron Boone keeps referring to as a “good problem” is slowly coming to the surface. The Yanks returned infielder Brandon Drury from his rehab assignment, reinstated him from the 10-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday. In addition, the rehab assignments for first baseman Greg Bird and outfielder Billy McKinney were transferred to... more

As Jordan Montgomery made the long walk to the visitors’ clubhouse after throwing seven pitches, the Yankees’ bullpen had to prove that they were up to a formidable challenge, going toe-to-toe with one of the best outings of Justin Verlander’s career. New York’s lineup could produce no answers for Verlander, who tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in an... more

Facing an Astros club that has grown accustomed to seeing some of the best starting pitching that the game can offer, Luis Severino showcased an electric arsenal that would fit in on any staff. Backed by a two-homer, four-RBI performance from Giancarlo Stanton, Severino struck out 10 and pitched the first complete game of his big league career, with the... more

The Yankees were staring at the possibility of settling for a solid road trip and a well-fought rematch of the American League Championship Series, but a ninth-inning rally vs. the Astros produced a better outcome for the Bombers, who could savor an even happier flight home on Thursday afternoon. Gleyber Torres blooped a game-tying two-run single and Aaron Judge knocked... more

On a night when three of the “Baby Bombers” showed off their muscle, CC Sabathia continued his renaissance and Miguel Andujar enjoyed the first game-winning hit of his young career, lifting the Yankees to a 7-6 victory over the Indians on Friday at Yankee Stadium. The sizzling Yankees walked off to celebrate their 13th win in 14 games, supported by... more

The last time that the Yankees enjoyed a run like this, Joe Torre was writing the names of Derek Jeter, Paul O’Neill, Scott Brosius and Bernie Williams into the lineup on a nightly basis, presiding over a powerhouse squad that was destined to bring home the 24th World Series title in franchise history. It remains to be seen whether the... more

The Yankees always knew they had a chance. Get a couple guys on, get a pitch they could handle, and eight innings where the offense couldn’t get going would be largely forgotten. Just like that. It didn’t matter that the Yankees had no hits in the first five innings Thursday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, or that they still had just... more

The roars flowed in cascading waves toward the visiting dugout, making Angel Stadium sound like a West Coast version of The Bronx, and Didi Gregorius was unsure how — or whether — he should respond. Aaron Judge pushed his teammate to the top step, where a curtain call was accepted some 3,000 miles from the Yankees’ home. “It was a... more

The most potent lineup in the big leagues continued to slug with abandon on Saturday, batting around in each of the first two innings to support Masahiro Tanaka’s solid six-inning, nine-strikeout effort. The sizzling Yankees coasted to their eighth consecutive victory, an 11-1 drubbing of the Angels. Aaron Hicks drove in three runs to highlight the early attack as the... more

CC Sabathia continued his late-career renaissance with seven sparkling innings and Gary Sanchez launched a mammoth home run, leading the Yankees to their ninth consecutive victory, a 2-1 decision over the Angels on Sunday evening at Angel Stadium. Sabathia’s newfound penchant for generating soft contact served him well against the Halos’ lineup, which managed one run on five hits against... more