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Yankees hot start fueled by timely hitting, situational baseball

PHOENIX — Not everyone can start the season like Juan Soto, Anthony Volpe or Oswaldo Cabrera. And while these three Yankees played a big role on a team that started 5-0, they also provided productive outs to get past runners, draw walks, and push opposing starting pitchers up, which isn’t all that appealing. The category […]

Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez seeks more aggression as bats slump

The numbers through four games aren’t great for the Mets. Not only did they lose everything, but their lineup wasn’t particularly effective, as they were near the bottom of the majors in nearly every important offensive category. But that’s not what really stood out to hitting coach Eric Chavez. “I’m not looking at individuals, I’m […]

Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo stays hot as spring hitting streak hits seven

Notes from Wednesday’s Yankees spring training in Dunedin, Florida: No one can beat Liz Anthony Rizzo had three hits in the 9-4 loss to the Red Sox, extending his Grapefruit League hitting streak to seven games. He has 11 hits in 18 at bats this spring. Anthony Rizzo celebrated with three hits on Wednesday. USA […]

Darryl Strawberry’s work ‘far greater than hitting a baseball’

Darryl Strawberry, a baseball great, went from hitting home runs to saving hearts. Former Mets catcher Barry Lyons, a recovering alcoholic, credits Stroh, now an evangelical minister, with saving his life. Lyons, 63, has been clean for 12 years and said an encounter with former drunkard Strawberry set him on the path to sobriety. Barry […]

Yankees’ James Rowson focuses on situational hitting

TAMPA — Aaron Judge has been doing it regularly throughout his college career and now James Rowson is beating him to the ground. During several rounds of batting practice each day, the Yankees’ new hitting coach divides groups of four batters into two teams and instructs them on various game scenarios: runner on second base, […]