Yankees hang on for dear life in badly needed win over Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — They may not be pretty, but the Yankees aren’t competing in a beauty contest. Given how ugly they’ve been recently, they don’t care about style points and will take the win any way they can. On Wednesday night, it relied on its relief pitchers to pull off a close 2-1 win […]
Aaron Boone gets vote of confidence as Yankees struggle
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Yankees’ latest summer slump has reached a familiar stage: Aaron Boone has begun to struggle. And while much of the recent fan anger has been focused on Boone, who pitched a 5-3 loss to the Rays on Tuesday night, marking the team’s 17th loss in their last 23 games, general […]
Alex Cora pleads with Red Sox bosses for moves as Yankees flounder
The Yankees are making it pretty easy for Alex Cora to pitch. The Red Sox manager continues to plead with his front office to bolster a team that is two games behind as the Yankees struggle to make a breakthrough. Boston beat the Athletics, 12-9, on Tuesday night to move 10 games above .500 for […]
Yankees’ Gleyber Torres records RBI single in return to lineup
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Fresh off returning from a two-game mental “reset,” Gleyber Torres spent the two games leading up to Tuesday resting physically. But the Yankees second baseman has recovered from a groin strain and returned to the lineup on Tuesday against the Rays, and manager Aaron Boone is hopeful his issues are now […]
Yankees fall to Rays after Brian Cashman calls out team for poor play
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees arrived at Tropicana Field on Tuesday hoping to snap out of a multi-week slump. They even took the lead in the top of the first inning. But the good vibes didn’t last long, and the Yankees continued their troubling downward slide. Carlos Rodon gave up four runs in the […]
Brian Cashman laments Yankees’ dreadful skid: ‘Gone on long enough’
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Yankee has been taking on water for the past three weeks, but Brian Cashman is working to stabilize the ship. Cashman had been scheduled to visit the team’s facility in Tampa this week ahead of the MLB draft, which begins Sunday, but instead made the trip […]
Yankees and Reds have 4th of July national anthem standoff
Players from the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds engaged in a lengthy, patriotic standoff after the national anthem was played before a Fourth of July game in the Bronx. The stalemate, which began with at least five players involved, was eventually whittled down to four after Yankees starting pitcher Marcus Stroman finished warming up. […]
J.D. Davis facing uphill climb for Yankees playing time
J.D. Davis wasn’t expected to be a long-term solution to the Yankees’ corner infield problems, with D.J. LeMahieu and Osvaldo Cabrera struggling at third base and Anthony Rizzo out with a broken arm and struggling before the injury. Still, when the Yankees acquired the 31-year-old in a trade with the Athletics late last month for […]
Yankees’ once-mighty rotation has become most glaring disaster
When a team that was once the best in baseball suddenly loses 15 of 20 games, there are a number of factors that could be contributing to that. And the Yankees have delivered plenty since their comeback began in mid-June. But nothing is more devastating than a starting rotation that went from the best in […]
Yankees’ slump rocks sportsbooks as Orioles now favored in AL East
Commercial content, 21+. Things were starting to go wrong in the Bronx, and the Yankees’ odds and standings advantage in the American League East evaporated. The Orioles beat the Bronx Bombers to win the division and were priced at -135 at BetMGM to win the division for the second consecutive year. BetMGM told The Post […]