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While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate. According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.” “It’s just something we …
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Forgetting whatever other barnacle issues have latched themselves onto the issue of masks, let’s be perfectly honest about something: They aren’t the most comfortable thing to get used to. That’s not political. That’s not controversial. That’s just how it is. If you wear glasses, they help fog those glasses up, constantly. On hot and humid …
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Masahiro Tanaka is arriving in New York this weekend from Japan ahead of the Yankees holding a second spring training at Yankee Stadium which starts Wednesday. Since signing a seven-year deal for $155 million that didn’t include a $20 million posting fee to the Rakuten Golden Eagles, this will be Tanaka’s seventh trip to a …
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When spring training was knocked out by the coronavirus on March 12, the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL title despite knowing they would start the season with Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Luis Severino on the injured list. Three-plus months later, the Yankees remain the favorites and, barring …
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Wait … is the coast clear? Have the warring parties really retreated to their bunkers at last? Have we actually typed the words “pro rata” into laptops for the last time? Is it really OK to start talking about baseball again? You remember baseball, don’t you? Pastoral game. Nine to a side (well, 10 for …
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Rob Manfred did what he did not want to do, but had to do. He told the players where and when. The commissioner implemented a season that will be 60 games if the union by 5 p.m. Tuesday signs off on health and safety protocols, and agrees to show up to spring training on July …
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Ken Griffey Jr.’s famous distaste of the Yankees reemerged Sunday during the airing of a documentary about the Hall of Fame slugger. The bitterness began when former Yankees manager Billy Martin had an employee order a young Griffey Jr. to pipe down while he was in the Yankees clubhouse with his father, Ken Griffey Sr. …
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The most influential players huddled virtually all weekend to discuss where they stood on MLB’s last offer, including with slight modifications that came Sunday. But all indications were they remained resolved against accepting the current version of a proposed 60-game season. That will only push commissioner Rob Manfred to more seriously move toward pressing the …
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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. Is this Clint Frazier’s final opportunity with the Yankees? Even with the injury history to [Aaron] Hicks, …
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“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” — Stuart Smalley What the hell are we doing here? Are Rob Manfred and Tony Clark still cursing the day the other was born? Are owners still crying poverty? Are players still lathered up over their counterpart’s wrongdoings of the past decade? Or might we pay attention to …
While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate. According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.” “It’s just something we …
