Ben Rice has all the tools to be more than Yankees flash in the pan
At the very least, Ben Rice joins the ranks of other Yankee prospects like Kevin Maas, Shane Spencer and Shelley Duncan who emerged like shooting stars but never again came close to matching the power and explosiveness of their early years. If that’s all there is to it, Rice will play a key role for […]
Michael Kay calls Yankees July 4th national anthem standoff ‘childish’
Michael Kay is done with the shenanigans. The longtime Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network expressed his disgust for the team’s Fourth of July standoff with the Reds on his eponymous radio show on Friday. Yankees pitchers Cody Poteet and Ian Hamilton got into a standoff with Reds pitchers Graham Ashcraft and Carson Spiers […]
Anthony Volpe, DJ LeMahieu cost Yankees run in bizarre blunder
The game was tied at the end of the ninth inning, but the Yankees’ efforts cost them a run that could have decided the outcome. If Anthony Volpe had run faster, the Yankees would have scored. Or maybe if DJ LeMahieu had run slower, the Yankees would have scored. The Yankees lost 5-3 in the […]
Nestor Cortes’ latest home gem wasted by Yankees
Nestor Cortez seems to be active locally. Friday night’s series opener at Yankee Stadium ended in disaster with a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox in the 10th inning, but it was a solid performance from the Yankees’ starting pitchers. Cortes pitched six innings, allowing just three hits (one of which was a solo home […]
Yankees’ spiral worse than ‘rough patch’ after latest disaster defeat
These aren’t “tough times” as manager Aaron Boone sometimes refers to them. No, these aren’t just tough times. The Yankees seem to be in trouble, and if this team wants to get there, they need to start playing like champions. In other words, we need to wake up. This team is full of solid, experienced […]
Yankees suffer latest gut-punch loss in extra defeat to Red Sox
The situation could get worse at any time. The Yankees were one strike away from securing the win they needed, but instead fell to yet another miserable losing streak. After Clay Holmes gave up a two-run lead with two outs in the top of the ninth, Tommy Kahnle gave up a two-run homer in the […]
Yankees’ Gleyber Torres exits game with apparent injury
The Yankees added Gleyber Torres to their injury concern list. Torres left Friday’s game in the fourth inning with an apparent injury after taking an infield hit. The second baseman, who has been playing through a groin injury in recent weeks, appeared to be in some discomfort after running around first base. Gleyber Torres left […]
Yankees’ Anthony Volpe needs to ‘keep making adjustments’
Anthony Volpe will need to continue to adjust no matter where he bats in the order. That’s the message from Yankees hitting coach James Lawson, who watched the Yankees shortstop perform well through the first few weeks of the season before falling into a long slump and falling out of the top of the lineup […]
Yankees will use Aaron Judge at DH ‘a lot’ to help conserve energy
Aaron Judge won’t get much rest during the All-Star break, but manager Aaron Boone is giving him midseason rest. Boone said Friday that Judge will play “a lot” as the designated hitter while Giancarlo Stanton is out with a hamstring injury, and he plans to use the stretch to conserve the slugger’s body to continue […]
Yankees still plan to split Austin Wells, Jose Trevino behind plate
The Yankees played their 90th game of the season on Friday night, with Austin Wells making his 45th start as catcher and matching Jose Trevino for the win. But with the lineup struggling outside of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto, Wells’ left-handed hitting could make a bigger impact. The Yankees have weathered tough times starting […]