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The Yankees picked up another win Saturday night, but it came with another costly injury. DJ Lemahieu left Saturday’s 11-5 victory over the reeling Red Sox with a sprained left thumb suffered on an awkward swing. So far, though, nothing has slowed the Yankees’ offense. On Saturday, they belted three homers — including one from …
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They have lost Giancarlo Stanton for who knows how long due a problem with a hamstring that supports a ripped upper body. Aaron Judge, who led the AL in homers with nine and RBIs with 20 going into Thursday’s action, missed Wednesday’s game due to lower-body tightness. Aaron Boone was hopeful he would get Judge …
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Friday night wasn’t a complete loss. Masahiro Tanaka looked like his October version, tossing five shutout innings to give the Yankees’ starting rotation a needed boost. That’s where the positives end. The Yankees usual potent bats couldn’t solve the Rays’ deep bullpen and fell, 1-0, to open this four-game series at Tropicana Field in St. …
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PHILADELPHIA — Remember that seven-game winning streak the Yankees carried into South Philly on Wednesday night? A loss in the first of two games that evening killed the run but a nightcap win put the Yankees in a position to cop two of three from Joe Girardi’s Phillies at Citizens Bank Park before flying to …
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BALTIMORE — DJ LeMahieu exceeded all expectations in his first season with the Yankees a year ago and he has picked up right where he left off. The second baseman led off Wednesday’s 9-3 win over the Orioles with a homer and propelled the Yankees’ newest free-agent treasure, Gerrit Cole, to his second win of …
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When the coronavirus shut down spring training on March 12 the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL East despite not having Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Luis Severino for the scheduled March 26 start of the regular season. Now with a 60-game schedule beginning Thursday in Washington against the defending World …
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Clarke Schmidt won’t break camp with the Yankees, but the pitching prospect made the most of his opportunities in both spring trainings. The 24-year-old right-hander on Tuesday was named the 2020 James P. Dawson Award winner, given to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training. “Highly touted coming in and has delivered in every …
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DJ LeMahieu played in his second exhibition game of spring training 2.0 on Monday night and will get plenty of at-bats Tuesday in simulated games against Yankee hurlers. Is it enough for the second baseman to be ready for Thursday’s Opening Day in Washington after reporting late to the Yankees’ camp due to COVID-19? “I …
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Luke Voit saw DJ LeMahieu on Wednesday and was bubbling with excitement that the All-Star second baseman has made it back from COVID-19. Right-hander Luis Cessa, who like LeMahieu tested positive for COVID-19 and wasn’t allowed to be at Yankee Stadium for spring training 2.0 until testing negative twice, posted on Instagram Thursday that he …
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Adam Ottavino isn’t a fan of a runner starting an extra-inning game on second base. And he has company in Chad Green and Jordan Montgomery. In Tuesday night’s intrasquad game, the Yankees put a runner on second several times. Ottavino started the top of the third inning with Tyler Wade on second. “It is not …
The Yankees picked up another win Saturday night, but it came with another costly injury. DJ Lemahieu left Saturday’s 11-5 victory over the reeling Red Sox with a sprained left thumb suffered on an awkward swing. So far, though, nothing has slowed the Yankees’ offense. On Saturday, they belted three homers — including one from …
