Carlos Rodon tosses gem as Yankees use small-ball to beat Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees benched the 19-foot-4 slugger. In the visiting dugout, which was certainly wider than usual, were Aaron Judge (6-foot-7), who was given the first rest of the season, Giancarlo Stanton (6-foot-6), who sat on the bench with Juan Soto as the designated hitter, and Anthony Rizzo (6-foot-3), who was given […]
Trent Grisham’s timely homer helps Yankees avoid sweep with win over Dodgers
When Trent Grisham came to bat in the bottom of the sixth inning with the team trailing by one run and a runner on third base, the Yankee Stadium crowd was begging for a substitution. As Juan Soto, missing his third straight game with forearm inflammation, leaned against the dugout railing, most of the 48,023 […]
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 […]
Jasson Dominguez has four-hits, homers in Yankees rehab start
Jasson Dominguez continues to perform well during an extended rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He pitched nine innings in center field for the first time since returning from Tommy John surgery last year, before being replaced in the 10th. Dominguez had four more hits, including a home run, before leaving the game. Yankees center fielder […]
Gerrit Cole pounds strike zone in second Yankees rehab start
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Gerrit Cole pounded the strike zone in his second rehab start. The Yankees ace took the mound after four days of rest against the same Double-A hitters he faced in his rehab start earlier this week, pitching 4 2/3 innings against the Somerset Patriots at TD Bank Ballpark, throwing 44 of his […]
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 […]
Luis Gil-Jose Trevino partnership paying big dividends for Yankees
Luis Gil will look to continue his impressive start to the season on Sunday against the Dodgers, and the breaking right-hander credits some of his success to Jose Trevino. Gill, speaking through a translator, said Saturday that having a catcher helps him “keep his concentration” while he’s on the mound. That’s no coincidence. Budding Yankees […]
Gleyber Torres make another error, and this time it hurt Yankees
Gleyber Torres made a routine error for the second straight night during the Yankees’ 11-3 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday night at the Stadium. Torres dropped a pop fly into shallow right field on a play he was casually following on Friday, then booted up an easy grounder from Shohei Ohtani in the top […]
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 […]