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Aaron Boone said he was leaving spring training due to coronavirus concerns earlier this week, but a few Yankees continue to work out at Steinbrenner Field. Among them to show up Thursday was DJ LeMahieu, who told reporters he plans to remain in Tampa during the shutdown rather than return to his home state up …
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Former Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes could not have been more surprised by what was in his mail, and he didn’t waste any time revealing it to his Twitter followers. It was an invitation by the Yankees to attend Old Timers’ Day on Aug. 9. “Really guys? I’m 33,” Hughes tweeted on Wednesday. Hughes, who retired …
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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 …
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USA GAG — A day in the life of the Yankees, in the age of coronavirus: At 10:55 Tuesday morning, Aaron Boone departed George M. Steinbrenner Field in his silver Mercedes, off to his Connecticut home. The Yankees’ manager had nothing to do here. About an hour and a half later, Boone’s boss, Brian Cashman, …
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Coronavirus has made its way to another Yankees minor leaguer. After 17-year-old pitcher Denny Larrondo was the first professional baseball player to test positive for COVID-19 on Friday, another minor leaguer in the organization has tested positive, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed. The Yankees have quarantined their minor leaguers as they follow the direction of …
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USAGAG — Yankees minor-league pitcher Denny Larrondo was the first professional baseball player to test positive for coronavirus, a source confirmed Monday. The 17-year-old right-hander from Cuba was signed by the Yankees in 2018 and pitched 12 games for the Yankees’ Gulf Coast League team last season. General manager Brian Cashman declined to comment on …
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USA GAG — In this age of coronavirus, a safer locale Friday can transform to a less safe place by Sunday. A sound strategy can turn unsound in fewer than 48 hours. Yet everyone can agree on the greater reality, which chose George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday as its latest declaration: Right now, nowhere …
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Brian Cashman addressed the Yankees players on Sunday morning about the new work rules that were to go into effect immediately to further reduce usage of spring training facilities and that motivated players to begin disbanding, a source told The Post. The Yankees had said initially they would stay unified and work out regularly as …
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USAGAG — The Yankees have reported the first known case of coronavirus to hit baseball. The team confirmed a minor-league player tested positive for COVID-19. The unidentified player, according to the Yankees, was quarantined Friday morning after experiencing a fever. He was on the minor-league side of the Yankees’ spring training complex in Tampa, which …
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MLB issued guidelines Sunday telling clubs to cease any organized informal workouts, further closing down camp activity and, thus, making it more and more obvious that regular-season games will not be played before May — if then. MLB is saying that this is being done to further honor governmental requests for social distancing during the …
Aaron Boone said he was leaving spring training due to coronavirus concerns earlier this week, but a few Yankees continue to work out at Steinbrenner Field. Among them to show up Thursday was DJ LeMahieu, who told reporters he plans to remain in Tampa during the shutdown rather than return to his home state up …
