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Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn’t have much to offer on suspended pitcher Domingo German saying he was done with baseball on Friday. “It’s very unclear. Obviously I have seen the Instagram stuff, but I don’t have much more clarity. I know there hasn’t been much between the club and he about what exactly is going …
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With the Mets and Yanks planning to pipe in old crowd noise during their home games — fabricated excitement that should only inspire ridicule — I wonder if players will be called out of the dugout to tip their caps to cardboard cutouts. And how about recorded “Boston Bleeps!” chants? Anyway, these are a few …
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Alex Rodriguez was the wrong messenger. In a conference call Thursday, Rodriguez recommended players accept a revenue-sharing plan before attempting a clarifying tweet Friday that he “never mentioned the word salary cap.” A-Rod often has trouble with words, including that salary cap is not a “word,” but two of them. He also has difficulty with …
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Domingo German’s future with the Yankees is in doubt after the right-hander posted a note in Spanish on Instagram Friday night that translated to: “I left baseball. Thanks my people.’’ German has 63 games left on a suspension he’s serving after violating MLB’s domestic violence policy last year. Though only 60 games are scheduled this …
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Clint Frazier was widely praised for saying he would wear a mask during games throughout the regular season in an attempt to not just protect himself, but those around him. But because this is 2020, he also drew criticism from some. “It was interesting,” Frazier said Friday of the reaction. “I got a lot of …
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Not even COVID-19 is slowing Aroldis Chapman down. The Yankees closer posted a series of intense workout videos to his Instagram story Thursday, days after manager Aaron Boone announced that he would be away from the team for the “foreseeable future” after testing positive for the coronavirus. Chapman was said to be experiencing mild symptoms. …
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Alex Rodriguez is one of the bidders on the shortlist to purchase the Mets, but he may have already lost his potential locker room. Preparing for his third season as an analyst for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast, the former three-time American League MVP seemingly argued for MLB to adopt a salary cap system. The …
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For baseball players not in the postseason, October is dark. Maybe you get surgery if you need it. Otherwise, you lay low, recover from the grind and enjoy the tranquility. Which made the Yankees October 2004 phone call to Steve Sparks, an active player entering free agency, all the more unusual. How Sparks reacted to …
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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 …
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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 …
Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn’t have much to offer on suspended pitcher Domingo German saying he was done with baseball on Friday. “It’s very unclear. Obviously I have seen the Instagram stuff, but I don’t have much more clarity. I know there hasn’t been much between the club and he about what exactly is going …
