Juan Soto a last-minute addition to Yankees lineup despite hand injury
TORONTO — A last-minute substitution saw Juan Soto return to the lineup Sunday. The Yankees star right fielder arrived at Rogers Centre on Sunday morning with his bruised right hand feeling “much better” and was scheduled to conduct a pregame workout to see if he would be able to play after struggling to swing the […]
Yankees trounced by Blue Jays as they hold breath on Juan Soto
TORONTO — The Yankees were counting on Juan Soto again, but they delivered another lackluster performance without him Saturday afternoon. The Yankees were brought back to reality with a 9-3 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre a day after Soto starred in a game in which he scored a season-high 16 runs. Meanwhile, […]
Orioles bothered by ‘strange’ Juan Soto play before Aaron Judge injury
Two innings before Aaron Judge was hit by a pitch on his left hand Tuesday night, the Orioles were troubled by a “weird play” by third baseman Juan Soto in a 4-2 win over the Yankees. Soto, who was leading off at second base, was running toward third base when Giancarlo Stanton hit a slow […]
Yankees’ Aaron Judge, Juan Soto are frontrunners in AL MVP race
BOSTON — My highly unscientific and highly informal American League MVP poll showed little chance of a true showdown inside the Yankees clubhouse. The top two MVP candidates live just a few feet apart in this bleak locker room, and the actual race couldn’t be more different. The real-life AL MVP, of course, in that […]
Yankees’ Juan Soto gives update on how his forearm is feeling
BOSTON — Juan Soto may not be completely out of the woods just yet, but he and his forearm are feeling better than they were a week ago. Soto missed last weekend’s series against the Dodgers with inflammation in his left forearm but made his sixth straight appearance in the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the […]
Aaron Judge, Juan Soto are inching closer to big historic achievement
The combination of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge promised to be a standout pairing from the moment the Yankees acquired Soto in the offseason, and that’s exactly what happened. Soto started hitting line drives right away in the opening series at Houston, and Judge got off to a slow start but has been nearly impossible […]
Yankees ‘hope’ for a Juan Soto return on Monday
Juan Soto sat out his third straight game on Sunday, but there is optimism about the outfielder’s immediate future. Manager Aaron Boone said he was “hopeful” Soto would return as the right fielder for Monday’s game at Kansas City, and Soto said he was feeling good after the team’s 6-4 win over the Dodgers. “Let’s […]
Unexpected heroics don’t change state of Yankees without Juan Soto
The sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium started chanting “We want Soto” for the third straight inning, and you couldn’t blame them: Soto hadn’t thrived in the first two games of this high-profile matchup against the Dodgers, and his replacement, Trent Grisham, was hitting .082 at the plate. Call it tough love. Call it inspiration. Call […]
Alex Rodriguez’s plan to fix Mets will irk Yankees: ‘Get Juan Soto’
Alex Rodriguez has a simple plan for the Mets. But it came at the expense of his former team. Before the Yankees played the Dodgers on Saturday, manager Kevin Burkhart asked on Fox: “How would you improve the Mets?” David Ortiz, A-Rod and Derek Jeter offered scathing analysis in the “How Do We Fix the […]
Yankees not rushing Juan Soto back as he misses second straight game with elbow issue
The Yankees’ starting lineup for their second game against the Dodgers this weekend will again be without Juan Soto, with manager Aaron Boone saying he’s “going to wait a couple of days” for the outfielder to return. Soto left Thursday’s game against the Twins with soreness in his left forearm, but didn’t play after tests […]