Yankees’ Jon Berti draws first career start at first base vs. Royals
Jon Barty got his feet wet at first base during training last week, but now he's playing boldly in Game 2 of the ALDS. The Yankees will have Berti start at first base for the first time in his career against the Royals on Monday. Oswaldo Cabrera started Game 1, but veteran first baseman Anthony […]
Yankees, Royals make MLB history in wild first game of ALDS
of new york yankees They defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-5 in the American League Division Series opener on Saturday, but it certainly wasn't easy. But it happened historically. The Yankees have accomplished many great things in the club's illustrious history, but what happened Saturday was a first. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this […]
Bobby Witt, Aaron Boone enraged during Yankees’ win over Royals
No one was happy in his penultimate at-bat of the Yankees' 6-5 victory over the Royals in Game 1 of the ALDS. Yankees relief pitcher Luke Weaver, who became the team's closer after the season, struck out Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr. in a dramatic eight-pitch play. Facing a full count, Weaver threw a 96 […]
Key Royals acquisitions helped lead team on trip to playoffs
The Royals' defending World Series champion MVP wanted to know how far the team was from making it again last season. General manager JJ Piccolo didn't lie to franchise great Salvador Perez, who made a name for himself as the Mets killer in October 2015. Why would he say something like 106 Loss refuted? “When […]
Yankees’ rivalry with Royals was once fiercest of them all
I once wrote a book called “The Emperor and the Idiot,'' about the history of the rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, for which I interviewed nearly 150 former baseball players, managers, and executives. What struck me most was that almost all of these players had played for teams other than the Yankees and […]
Five things Yankees fans should know about Royals
Five things Yankees fans need to know about the Royals heading into Game 1 of the ALDS at Stadium on Saturday night: 1. The last person left Their postseason berth is historically unlikely, as they were just the third team in the expansion era to lose at least 106 games and make the playoffs the […]
Seth Lugo transformed from Mets bullpen piece to Royals stud
Seth Lugo is entering the postseason as a key part of the Royals' starting rotation, a far cry from the Mets' bullpen where he spent most of his first seven seasons in the majors. He became the Padres' starter after signing as a free agent a year ago and re-signed with Kansas City after a […]
Royals pose stout ALDS challenge for Yankees as ‘dangerous team’
The Yankees' last 10 postseason appearances didn't end in a canyon of heroes. So no matter how good the club feels heading into October, or what its potential path to the World Series is, Brian Cashman believes it all comes crashing down in just a few games. I know that very well. But the Yankees […]
Aaron Judge will have to overcome his Royals struggles in ALDS
It's been a long time since Aaron Judge looked like Aaron Judge in the postseason. His last dominant playoff series was in 2018, when Judge posted a 1.194 OPS in a loss to the Red Sox. And Judge's most recent postseason series ended with a disastrous 1-for-16 loss in the 2022 ALCS vs. Houston following […]
Patrick Mahomes calls out ex-teammate for supporting Yankees over Royals in ALDS: ‘He might have to move’
The New York Yankees will play the Kansas Royals in the ALDS for the first time in 44 years in the postseason. The showdown will be so big that it could cause a rift between the quarterback of the defending NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs and his former Super Bowl-winning teammates. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes […]