• Brian Cashman defends Aaron Boone’s staff as potential changes loom

    Brian Cashman defends Aaron Boone’s staff as potential changes loom

    General manager Brian Cashman is searching for answers to explain why the Yankees are hovering around .500 and threatening to become also-rans in the AL East.
  • Aaron Boone ejected after losing it on ump in Yankees’ nightcap

    Aaron Boone ejected after losing it on ump in Yankees’ nightcap

    The heat got turned up in the temperature-controlled Tropicana Field on Saturday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and hitting coach Marcus Thames received fifth-inning ejections from home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza in Game 2 of the doubleheader. Bench coach Carlos Mendoza assumed manager duties. The ejections appeared to be related to a number of high-and-tight pitches that …
  • Aaron Judge still isn’t swinging a bat in his Yankees rehab

    Aaron Judge still isn’t swinging a bat in his Yankees rehab

    Marcus Thames has been able to work with a handful of players who stayed in Tampa during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Yankees hitting coach is still waiting for Aaron Judge to be healthy. “It’s been tough,’’ Thames said on YES Network of Judge not being able to swing as he recovers from the fractured …
  • This was one very strange Yankees batting practice

    This was one very strange Yankees batting practice

    USA GAG — With the world slowing down around them, the Yankees that have so far remained in town tried to maintain some kind of normalcy, which is why several of them showed up to take batting practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Wednesday with hitting coach Marcus Thames. Not surprisingly, even that has …