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June 15th, 2023: Subway Series, Volpe, Severino, Injuries, Germán, LeMahieu, Mailbag

Hal Steinbrenner was in New York for the quarterly owners’ meetings earlier this week and he spoke to reporters afterward. 2023-06-15 19:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post

June 12th, 2023: Offense, Cole, Volpe, Subway Series

John Sterling added to his legend this weekend. A foul ball ricocheted and hit him in the forehead Saturday night, but he shook it off and didn’t miss a pitch. 2023-06-12 19:45:48 +0000 UTC View Post

June 9th, 2023: Judge, Cortes, Rodón, Weber, Bader, Severino, Schmidt, McKinney, Mailbag

Between off-days, postponements, and the West Coast trip, it feels like it’s been a month since the Yankees played a normal schedule. They've been playing at some odd hour or under an apocalyptic...

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June 5th, 2023: Judge, Donaldson, Kahnle, Stanton, Severino, Cole, Allen, Weber, Cortes, Prospects

Do you know what Tuesday is? Tuesday – June 6th – is the 10-year anniversary of the Yankees drafting Aaron Judge. Where does the time go? 2023-06-05 20:07:23 +0000 UTC View Post

June 1st, 2023: Donaldson, Kahnle, Stanton, Judge, Germán, Bader, Mailbag

Mike Petriello has a good breakdown of Anthony Rizzo’s season – .304/.376/.505 (146 wRC+) ...

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May 29th, 2023: Severino, Offense, Vásquez, Kiner-Falefa, Boone, Injuries, Volpe

It's Memorial Day, traditionally an important mile marker on the baseball calendar (2023-05-29 18:12:52 +0000 UTC View Post

May 26th, 2023: Cole, Cortes, Kiner-Falefa, Vásquez, Donaldson, Stanton, Kahnle, Rodón, Mailbag

I’m sure many of you have noticed a little less John Sterling in your lives lately. He skipped a few games two weeks ago because his triplets graduated college, and more recently he’s been unde...

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May 22nd, 2023: Severino, Rortvedt, Allen, Feliz, Judge, Cole, Volpe, Prospects

When’s the last time the Yankees and Orioles played an important series? 2012? Gotta be. That was the last time both teams were serious contenders in the same season. It’s only May, but yeah, t...

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Quick thoughts after the Yankees designate Aaron Hicks for assignment

So long, Hicksie.

Honestly, I’m surprised it happened. Well, no. It’s more like I’m surpr...

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May 19th, 2023: Judge, Schmidt, Germán, Severino, Hamilton, Trevino, Trade Deadline, Mailbag

Memorial Day is approaching and this is the time of year things in the baseball world start looking normal. Projected contenders that started slow are heating up (Astros, Cardinals, Dodgers, etc.) ...

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May 15th update

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for the well wishes about my cat. We had to put her down Monday afternoon. The poor thing had tumors all over her liver. I’m sad but it’s also a reli...

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May 12th, 2023: Volpe, Bullpen, Peraza, 2023 Draft, Mailbag

It took 425 days, but MLB and the MLBPA finalized the 2022-26 Collective Bargaining Agreement earlier this week. They agreed to terms last March and the lawyers spent the last 14 months haggling ov...

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May 9th, 2023: Rays series, Judge, King, Defense, Rodón, Prospects

Vida Blue, a key member of the 1972-74 A’s dynasty, 2023-05-09 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

May 4th, 2023: Bader, Cabrera, Offense, Peraza, Trivino, Rays, Mailbag

Six years and one day ago, Brett Gardner hit a go-ahead two-out, two-strike, three-run home run in the ninth inning at Wrigley Field. 2023-05-04 23:05:02 +0000 UTC View Post

May 2nd, 2023: Boone, Bauers, Cordero, Shakeup, Judge, Severino, Rodón, Loaisiga

The Yankees were in last place on May 1st for the first time since 2016 and eight games back on May 1st for the first time since 1984, when the Tigers were in the AL East and started the season 35-...

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April 28th, 2023: Judge, Volpe, Catchers, Reynolds, Cardinals, Mailbag

On this date in 2017 the Yankees erased a 9-1 deficit and beat the Orioles 14-11 in 10 innings at Yankee Stadium. 2023-04-28 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

April 25th, 2023: Peraza, Schmidt, Hicks, Offense, Injuries, Prospects

Shameless self-promotion: I ...

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April 21st, 2023: Volpe, Peraza, Cabrera, Hamilton, Calhoun, Mailbag

Six series, no series losses. The Yankees are 5-0-1 in their six series this year and they’re the only team in baseball without a series loss. They keep making it difficult on themselves by losin...

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April 17th, 2023: Cole, Volpe, Holmes, Germán, Stanton, Rays, Prospects

The four-series winning streak to begin the season came to an end this past weekend, though the Yankees are the only team in baseball to not lose a series this year, so that’s something. Series s...

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April 14th, 2023: Cordero, Judge, Rodón, Severino, Bader, Mailbag

Would you believe this is only the fifth time in franchise history the Yankees have won their first four series of the season? They also did it in 1922, 1926, 2010, and 2020. I would have guessed a...

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April 11th, 2023: Judge, Volpe, Schmidt, Brito, Bench, Loáisiga, Bullpen, Prospects

Weekend series in Baltimore just aren’t the same without Kenny Singleton in the booth. I’m not sure what Singleton is up to these days (other than having his Twitter account hacked) but I hope ...

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April 6th, 2023: Torres, LeMahieu, King, Donaldson, Happ, Reynolds, Rodriguez, Mailbag

Esteban Rivera wrote a good piece this week examining Anthony Volpe's leads. With the...

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April 4th, 2023: Stanton, Volpe, Brito, Schmidt, Florial, Minors

I’ve seen enough: the Yankees are the best team in the National League. Three 5+ run wins and one two-run loss (in which the go-ahead run was on base in the ninth inning) is a fine start to the n...

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March 31st, 2023: Opening Day, Brewer, Mailbag

My pal Dayn Perry w...

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Quick thoughts prior to Opening Day 2023

YES DTC update: The YES Network launched t...

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March 28th, 2023: Brito, Opening Day Roster, Bold Predictions

It was a busy weekend in Yankeeland. Some good news (Anthony Volpe won the shortstop job!) and some bad...

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Quick thoughts after Anthony Volpe makes the Opening Day roster

I wonder if he’ll live with his parents.

#VolpeningDay has become a reality. Sunday afternoo...

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Quick thoughts after Luis Severino is shut down with a lat strain

Ugh, not again.

Yet another pitcher is hurt. Luis Severino has been shut down with a “low gra...

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March 24th, 2023: Donaldson, Shortstop, Higashioka, Severino, Kiner-Falefa, Rodón, Kahnle, Rortvedt, Mailbag

How great was the end of the World Baseball Classic? Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout in a one-run game with two outs in the ninth. Incredible. If it were a movie, it would have been cheesy as hell, bu...

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Poll: The Starting Shortstop

Two good shortstop prospects > one good shortstop prospect. (Getty)

Opening Day is eight da...

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