Mets survive late Yankees’ rally to win Subway Series opener
The Mets removed two key players from their active roster on Tuesday and then added some new faces to a team that has recently shown explosive offense. Just to add to this, they took on their city rivals and their ace. Either Gerrit Cole is still in bad shape or the Mets are just swinging […]
J.D. Davis cannot get over ‘surreal’ chance to play with Yankees
J.D. Davis was out of work for a few days, but when he bounced back he was back in the running and on a bigger stage. The Yankees acquired Davis from the last-place Athletics on Sunday to bolster their faltering core, but he arrived at Citi Field on Tuesday as part of the first-place team […]
Yankees need DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres to have their Luis Gil moment
Luis Gil starts the final game of the two-game Subway Series on Wednesday night, but if he overturns the worst start of his career last week with another poor performance and continues to do so for the remainder of this season, he will have done his job for 2024. The Yankees had to get through […]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. changes tune on potential Yankees trade
One of the Yankees’ fiercest rivals may be open to playing in New York. Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., speaking to Spanish outlet Virus Deportivo before the Blue Jays-Red Sox game in Boston on Monday, said he wouldn’t play in the Bronx “even if I had to die” in 2022, but expressed openness to […]
How Mets, Yankees remember Subway Series classic Matt Franco Game
The Subway Series still had that new car smell, that incredible atmosphere and that October tension. The city celebrated the second anniversary of the revived Subway Series (Yankees vs. Mets), soaking up every bit of something that had been thought extinct for 40 years. “People were walking into a dream world,” then-Mets manager Bobby Valentine […]
Subway Series a chance for Yankees to reset amid rough patch
The Yankees entered the Subway Series in tough circumstances for the first time this season. The Yankees had lost just three of their first 22 series this season but have now lost three straight series heading into Tuesday’s showdown with the Mets at Citi Field. But the chance to play two games under slightly better […]
Yankees, Mets reach Subway Series facing similar issues
By the end of May, the Yankees were 40-19 and the best team in the American League, playing flawlessly. Their starting pitching was the best in baseball. Their offensive line featured two MVP candidates. Clay Holmes had a 1.48 ERA. The Yankees (52-28) still sit atop the AL East and will probably be OK, but […]
Top-heavy Yankees lineup thin after Giancarlo Stanton injury
Brian Cashman surprised us all at the GM meetings in November by saying he thought Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton would get hurt, but he didn’t get any politeness points. GMs don’t generally make negative predictions about players, especially star players, but in fairness, Cashman was right. Stanton’s injuries are unfortunately becoming predictable. And whatever you […]
Ben Rice’s father, Dan, exudes the pride of being a Yankees parent
His parents drove up from Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Saturday and returned to the stadium Saturday night to watch Ben Rice play his third game this week for the New York Yankees, this time against the Braves. “It’s scary to even think about something like this happening,” Dan Rice said over the phone. “I always say, […]
Yankees legend David Wells thinks Trevor Bauer deserves another MLB chance
David Wells’ latest controversial opinion? Trevor Bauer, who hasn’t pitched in the major leagues for three seasons since being suspended for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy, should be given a second chance. The former Yankees pitcher slammed “woke culture” and companies like Nike and Bud Light during the team’s Old Timers Day last season, but […]