Yankees ready to deploy their Luis Gil advantage in Game 4
CLEVELAND — Lewis Gil spent most of the season as one of the top right-handed starters in the majors. He has spent nearly three weeks as a spectator, making his last appearance on September 28th. Gill will return to action on Friday and is scheduled to start Game 4 of the ALCS against the Guardians. […]
Guardians show their mettle after taking Yankees’ gut punch
CLEVELAND — The Guardians showed the Yankees don't have a glass jaw. Despite MLB's best closer, Emmanuel Clase, blowing himself up in the eighth inning, the Guardians still came back Thursday, hitting a game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the ALCS to save their season. He hit a two-out, two-run, […]
Luke Weaver, Clay Holmes implode in Yankees’ bullpen letdown
CLEVELAND — The Yankees suffered a heartbreaking loss and sprinted through their Bizarro bullpen. Tim Hill and Tim Meza, who were rarely used, put runners on base and got big outs. Key players Luke Weaver and Clay Holmes hit big home runs with runners on base. Luke Weaver reacted to the Yankees' loss to the […]
Yankees catchers provided mixed bag in ALCS Game 3
CLEVELAND — The Yankees haven't gotten much from their catchers this postseason — as Austin Wells has seen his late-season slump extend into the playoffs. The rookie was part of a lineup change for Game 3 of the ALCS, replacing Jose Trevino in a matchup with Cleveland left-hander Matt Boyd. Trevino hit an RBI single […]
Ian Hamilton leaves ALCS Game 3 with injury in Yankees bullpen blow
CLEVELAND — The Yankees' bullpen, which has been great throughout the postseason, suffered its first hit on Thursday when Ian Hamilton left Game 3 of the ALCS against the Guardians with a strained left calf. It happened in the bottom of the 6th inning, when the Yankees were leading 2-1, with one out and second […]
Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt hopes to avenge 2022 playoff moment against Guardians
CLEVELAND — In Game 3 of the ALCS on Thursday, Clark Schmidt will return to the mound where he suffered perhaps the biggest loss of the playoffs two years ago. In the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 3 of the 2022 ALDS against Cleveland, Schmidt replaced Wandy Peralta with two outs and 1st […]
Aaron Judge finally has his postseason moment as Yankees keep winning ugly
In October, when the ugly wins, sometimes it looks more beautiful. For the Yankees, they have a 2-0 lead in the ALCS and appear to be just two wins away from advancing to the World Series. Yet another night, the Yankees squandered an early chance to take the game ahead, and they had enough until […]
John Sterling describes Yankees baserunning blunder in hilarious fashion
Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is involved in a run in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Jason Zens/New York Post John Sterling's unique way of expressing his movements on the field added something special to the Yankees' base-running errors Tuesday […]
Anthony Rizzo bailed out Yankees in bleakest of moments
Jazz Chisholm, inexplicably, danced a little too far from second base. That may be averted in mid-May in Miami for the second of a four-game series against the Rockies in front of a crowd of 4,705 at Lawndepot Park. That's not something you should dare to do in mid-October in the Bronx, in front of […]
Gerrit Cole’s postseason has been a worrying Yankees rollercoaster
Unstable, dominant, unstable. These are Gerrit Cole's three postseason starts. So far, it's been good enough for the Yankees. That streak continued Tuesday night, thanks to more strong work from the bullpen, as the Yankees defeated the Guardians 6-3 in the Bronx to take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS. But this wasn't Cole at […]