• Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    The pandemic spared the diabolical Astros widespread abuse for their scandalous sign-stealing cheatathon, and maybe, just maybe, no boobirds in the Yankee Stadium stands this season will prove to be a boon to Giancarlo Stanton. If Stanton strikes out five times in a game again, he won’t hear them. Such is life when you sign …
  • Aaron Judge gets back to it with big blast in Yankees return

    Aaron Judge gets back to it with big blast in Yankees return

    Aaron Boone didn’t need to witness Aaron Judge drive a James Paxton pitch into Monument Park to know a stiff neck that had idled the hulking right fielder had vanished into a cool Bronx summer evening. “I felt like it was going to be a couple of days. I have been there in the course …
  • Aaron Judge’s injury concerns are blocking his superstardom

    Aaron Judge’s injury concerns are blocking his superstardom

    Giancarlo Stanton and Clint Frazier played catch Monday afternoon, in short right field at Yankee Stadium, and Brett Gardner and Mike Tauchman did the same alongside them. That’s a solid outfield quartet right there. It naturally becomes a far better unit when Aaron Judge joins them to create a fab five. Yet Judge spent the …
  • Aaron Judge sits again as list of Yankees uncertainties grow

    Aaron Judge sits again as list of Yankees uncertainties grow

    Ten days from Tuesday, the Yankees open a 60-game season that doesn’t have a blueprint for anybody to follow. However, the Yankees could be without several key players when they face Nationals ace Max Scherzer next Thursday evening in Washington. The headliner among the possible absentees is Aaron Judge. When spring training 2.0 started earlier …
  • ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate. According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.” “It’s just something we …
  • Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    When spring training was knocked out by the coronavirus on March 12, the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL title despite knowing they would start the season with Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Luis Severino on the injured list. Three-plus months later, the Yankees remain the favorites and, barring …
  • Yankees mailbag: Now is not the time to give up on Clint Frazier

    Yankees mailbag: Now is not the time to give up on Clint Frazier

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Is this Clint Frazier’s final opportunity with the Yankees? Even with the injury history to [Aaron] Hicks, …
  • Yankees mailbag: Gleyber Torres has a long leash at shortstop

    Yankees mailbag: Gleyber Torres has a long leash at shortstop

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. If Gleyber Torres becomes a liability at shortstop, will Yankees quickly pivot and move him back to …
  • Girlfriend’s arrest was ‘gut punch’ for Yankees’ Aaron Judge, says insider

    Girlfriend’s arrest was ‘gut punch’ for Yankees’ Aaron Judge, says insider

    During Major League Baseball’s spring training, from mid-February until early April, the Phoenix area is a hotbed of activity as 15 teams converge on the sprawling desert city and its suburbs. The center of the nighttime action is Mastro’s Steakhouse in Scottsdale, where a New York Strip will cost you $71 but also gain you …
  • Astros troll Yankees, Aaron Judge over cheating allegation

    Astros troll Yankees, Aaron Judge over cheating allegation

    Quite a few Yankees took swings at their rival Astros over Houston’s illegal sign-stealing scandal this winter, but now they’re getting a taste of their own medicine. Astros shortstop Carlos Correa mocked Aaron Judge on Saturday after a U.S. District Court Judge ordered the unsealing of a letter sent from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to …