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Yankees offense thriving against top-end pitchers this season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees hit two home runs and a big blowout Sunday against the Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow, who allowed a season-high-tying eight hits and five runs over six innings. On Monday, the Yankees wore down Royals pitcher Seth Lugo with a single and a sacrifice fly, giving up four runs in seven […]

Orioles have two pitchers undergo season-ending UCL surgery

The news couldn’t get any worse than this. The Orioles, who are battling the Yankees for the lead in the American League East, will be without two key players for the time being, leaving a large gap in their starting rotation. Baltimore received word Friday that left-hander John Means and right-hander Tyler Wells will undergo […]

Padres manager tired of pitchers throwing at Fernando Tatis Jr.’s head

The Padres had had enough with everyone throwing this close to Fernando Tatis Jr.’s head. Tatis has a .245 batting average and a .775 OPS, but Padres manager Mike Shildt noted that Tatis “pitches too much.” “That’s enough. That’s really all there is to it,” Shildt said Friday. According to USA Today. “If you want […]

Yankees come up short in pitchers’ duel with rival Orioles

BALTIMORE — The first of 17 games was against the defending AL East champions. On Monday night, in the first showdown between division rivals and the American League’s top two offensive teams, the Orioles nudged the Yankees 2-0 in front of a lively crowd of 23,184 at Camden Yards. I overtook him. Clark Schmidt and […]

Do pitch counts protect pitchers from MLB injury epidemic?

Mets Director of Baseball Operations David Stearns was asked why there have been so many major arm injuries recently and why pitchers have been sidelined. “I wish there was a reason,” Stearns said before Tuesday’s game against the Pirates. “I think this is a very complex issue and a really important issue.” [and] This is […]

Pitch clock to blame for pitchers’ elbow injuries, MLBPA exec says

Major League Baseball’s two top pitching stars, Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians and Spencer Strider of the Atlanta Braves, were among the players to suffer elbow injuries within the first few days of the season. Not to mention, Jonathan Loaisiga of the New York Yankees, Yuri Perez of the Miami Marlins, and Trevor Gott […]

Yankees’ Jose Trevino building chemistry with young pitchers

TAMPA — When Gerrit Cole made his first (and only) start in the Grapefruit League on March 1, there was a class going on inside the Yankees dugout. At the time, Jose Trevino was recovering from a calf strain and was sitting on the dugout railing alongside three of the Yankees’ leading pitchers: Will Warren, […]