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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 …
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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 …
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The Yankees and J.A. Happ will try to work out details of how to handle his 2021 vesting option, a negotiation that possibly will impact how he is used this year and if he is still with the club next year. MLB and the players association reached an agreement Monday that covers how a variety …
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Masahiro Tanaka’s recovery from taking a 112-mph line drive off Giancarlo Stanton’s bat on the right side of his head on July 4 is going well, according to the veteran right-hander, for which he is thankful. However, the chance of Tanaka being ready to start the fourth or fifth game of the regular season that …
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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 …
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An agreement made between MLB and the MLB Players Association on Monday could force the Yankees into an uncomfortable position of maximizing trying to win this year versus adding $17 million they will not want on their 2021 payroll. MLB and the union finalized that all vesting options will be paid in full, but what …
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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 …
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The 1996 Yankees roster consisted of a mix of veteran stars and the emergence of the Core Four, powering the team to a World Series title. That group kept it loose and enjoyed strong camaraderie in the clubhouse. Besides Brian Boehringer, that is, who gave off some chilling vibes. Brian BoehringerDiamond Images/Getty Images “I tell …
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Brett Gardner said he was “disappointed and concerned” for Aroldis Chapman in the wake of the closer’s positive test for coronavirus. Still, the outfielder has not altered his view of what lies ahead. “It doesn’t affect the way I look at the season,’’ Gardner said. “Going into this, I think we’re all prepared for this …
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The wait for Clint Frazier appears set to continue. All signs pointed to Frazier getting ample time in the outfield early in the regular season, with Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton all dealing with injuries during spring training. Then came the shutdown in March due to the coronavirus, and now that the reset …
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 …
