Juan Soto deal could complicate Yankees’ ability to retain Clay Holmes
In an ideal world, Clay Holmes would return to a Yankees team that just won a championship. “We won the World Series and we’re going to do it again next year with the same team,” Holmes said recently. “As players, that’s what we’re focused on.” Holmes tries not to focus on her long-term future and […]
Juan ‘Chi Chi’ Rodriguez, popular Hall of Fame golfer, dead at 88
Juan “Chichi” Rodriguez, the Hall of Fame golfer whose eccentric antics on the green and inspiring life story made him one of the game’s most popular players throughout his long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88 years old. Rodriguez’s death was announced by Senator Carmelo Javier Rios of Rodriguez’s native Puerto Rico. He did […]
Yankees’ Aaron Boone has mulled Juan Soto-Aaron Judge lineup change
Aaron Boone just isn’t ready to do that right now. But the Yankees manager said Wednesday that he has at least considered swapping Aaron Judge and Juan Soto in the batting order “over the last couple weeks.” Boone said he was hesitant to part with either Judge or Soto, who had the top two OPS […]
Juan Soto laments Yankees opponents walking Aaron Judge
Juan Soto isn’t buying into what Aaron Boone is now calling “the Aaron Judge treatment.” After Judge was intentionally walked three more times in Sunday’s 4-3, 10-inning win over Toronto, Soto said he didn’t like that strategy. “It’s unfortunate because I want him to get up to bat,” Soto said. “I’m doing my best. [get] […]
Juan Soto’s ex-hitting coach believes Yankees are ‘good fit’
Kevin Long held the same position with the Nationals for four years, interspersed with stints as hitting coach with the Yankees and Philadelphia. The 2018-2021 seasons were the first four seasons of Juan Soto’s major league career. Few know Soto’s approach and personality at the plate better than Long, who is in his third season […]
Yankees offense needs to be more than Aaron Judge, Juan Soto
Luis Severino is currently the Mets’ best starting pitcher and starting scout. When a former Yankees teammate recently teased him in a group chat about not starting in the Subway Series, he fired back with a body blow that he made public last week: “I’m not scared. Right now, there are only two good hitters, […]
Juan Soto’s latest two-homer outing further awes Yankees teammates
While the Yankees’ victory wasn’t solely down to the batting prowess of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge, Soto still managed to inflict significant damage on the Rays. The left-handed slugger went 3-for-5 with one double, one deep solo homer and one three-run homer in the Yankees’ dominating 9-1 win on Monday afternoon. This was Soto’s […]
Yankees’ Juan Soto bolts out of batter’s box to swing at bug
Juan Soto was swinging for the fences but not for the fastball down the middle. The Yankees slugger had to leave his plate because of a bug and began flailing his arm just as Rays pitcher Shane Baz was about to deliver a pitch in the top of the second inning. Soto was unable to […]
Juan Soto does it all in Yankees’ win over Rays
Just like he has done so far this season, Juan Soto gave the Yankees all he had on Friday night. In the first inning, he hit a single to the opposite field to the left, and in the third inning, he hit a single off a bunt, which led to a four-run lead. In the […]
Juan Soto, Aaron Judge inseparable duo in AL’s win in All-Star Game
ARLINGTON, Texas — Juan Soto kept his eye on Aaron Judge on the field. The judge responded by returning the favor. The Yankees’ road show, comprised of arguably the best duo in baseball, was inseparable on Tuesday, with the first-year teammates playing and acting as if they’d been in the same outfield together for decades. […]