• Yankees blast five home runs in absurd fourth inning

    Yankees blast five home runs in absurd fourth inning

    It’s looking like it will be eight straight wins for the Yankees. The Bombers lived up to their name in a ridiculous fourth inning, hitting five home runs against the Blue Jays, including a stretch of three in a row. The streak was started by Brett Gardner, DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit, going back-to-back-to-back. After …
  • Kyle Higashioka belts 3 home runs in Yankees’ destruction of Jays

    Kyle Higashioka belts 3 home runs in Yankees’ destruction of Jays

    Remember that bobsled to baseball hell without a brakeman the Yankees couldn’t halt last week? They have swapped it for an escalator headed to heights recently thought impossible. Backed by a season-high seven homers, three by reserve catcher Kyle Higashioka and two from DJ LeMahieu, Gerrit Cole dominated the Blue Jays on the way to …
  • Yankees winning losable games again just in the nick of time

    Yankees winning losable games again just in the nick of time

    Let’s winnow down Saturday’s ballgame at Yankee Stadium to a single word: Losable. When you commit three errors, when you go 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, when your guy hits the ball the hardest of anyone and it’s an out, when their guy drives in a run with a blooper … stir, add bourbon …
  • Aroldis Chapman’s high heat sets off bench clearing as Yankees beat Rays

    Aroldis Chapman’s high heat sets off bench clearing as Yankees beat Rays

    The Yankees finally beat the Rays on Tuesday night, but not without some late drama. With two outs in the ninth, Aroldis Chapman’s 101 mph fastball went behind Mike Brosseau’s head. After the umpires huddled, both benches were warned, and Chapman fanned Brosseau to finish the 5-3 Yankees win. But before everyone left the field, …
  • Yankees get devastating Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres injury news

    Yankees get devastating Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres injury news

    The injury news keeps getting worse for the Yankees. Aaron Judge is headed back to the Injured List and it doesn’t sound like Gleyber Torres will be back anytime soon. On a Zoom call with fans Thursday, general manager Brian Cashman said Judge (calf strain) will be shelved twice as long as the first time …
  • Familiar injury puts Aaron Judge back in Yankees limbo

    Familiar injury puts Aaron Judge back in Yankees limbo

    Three at-bats are what the Yankees got from Aaron Judge’s return from a strained calf and the injured list on Wednesday. When their anemic lineup gets the next one is unknown. Thursday, one day after Judge left the second game of a doubleheader against the Braves in Atlanta due a right calf issue, the right …
  • Yankees mailbag: Why Miguel Andujar isn’t going anywhere

    Yankees mailbag: Why Miguel Andujar isn’t going anywhere

    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. What is the likelihood the Yankees trade Miguel Andujar at the deadline? — Chester Lemon Andujar has …
  • DJ LeMahieu extremely bummed about Yankees’ injury mess

    DJ LeMahieu extremely bummed about Yankees’ injury mess

    If Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton hadn’t beaten DJ LeMahieu to the injured list, the second baseman would still be bummed about being unable to play due to a sprained left thumb. That Judge and Stanton are also out makes dealing with the injury more difficult for the Yankees’ most complete hitter and another example …
  • Giancarlo Stanton shares Yankees’ fans pain: ‘I am disappointed in myself’

    Giancarlo Stanton shares Yankees’ fans pain: ‘I am disappointed in myself’

    Aroldis Chapman stepped off the COVID-19 injured list and joined the Yankees on Monday night when they looked to sweep a four-game series against the rancid Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge, out with a right calf problem, expects to bounce off the IL on Saturday, the first day he is eligible. That is …
  • Yankees recall Miguel Andujar as DJ LeMahieu joins top bats on IL

    Yankees recall Miguel Andujar as DJ LeMahieu joins top bats on IL

    DJ LeMahieu landed on the 10-day IL on Sunday with a sprained left thumb suffered on a swing in Saturday’s win over the Red Sox. The Yankees now have three of their top hitters on the IL, with LeMahieu joining Aaron Judge (right calf strain) and Giancarlo Stanton (left hamstring). The three have the highest …