Anthony Rizzo snaps extra-base hit slump in Yankees’ win
Anthony Rizzo hit his second extra-base hit since May 12. Yankees beat Twins 9-5 Wednesday night at the stadium. He entered Wednesday’s game struggling, going 3-for-21 with a .650 OPS, good for 19th among first basemen. Rizzo, who was 1-for-4 in the win, insisted Wednesday he was feeling “good.” Anthony Rizzo celebrates after hitting a […]
Aaron Judge, Carlos Rodon propel Yankees to seventh straight win
If you needed another example of how bad the Yankees were last season, they actually lost the season series against the Twins. These are the same Twins that the Yankees have beaten regularly over the past few years, decades or more. Now, the Yankees are back atop the American League East and once again treating […]
Yankees confident Spencer Jones will start to break out in Double-A
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Spencer Jones hasn’t been as impressive in his Double-A season opener as he was in spring training with the Yankees this year. Jones, the Yankees’ first-round draft pick (25th overall) in 2022 out of Vanderbilt University, won the James P. Dawson Award as the camp’s best rookie. But it’s been a struggle […]
Luis Gil dominates again to push Yankees past Twins for sixth straight win
After a highly successful West Coast road trip, the Yankees again displayed their recent dominance on Tuesday in the Bronx. The team’s newest star, Luis Gil, pitched another six scoreless innings, hitting another huge home run (this time to Giancarlo Stanton), and Aaron Judge added two hits and two RBIs. And of course, the Twins […]
Luis Gil’s brilliance just part of magic around these Yankees
The Yankees make so many good plays in the game. And if we had unlimited space, we’d share it all with you: Gleyber Torres is steadily improving his hitting game in Gleyber Torres fashion, and on Tuesday night he hit a home run. Anthony Volpe’s maturity at the plate flashed again, surviving an 0-2 deficit […]
Anthony Rizzo’s offensive woes continue for Yankees: ‘a grind’
Head coach Aaron Boone described Anthony Rizzo’s season so far as “a struggle.” The first baseman was hitless again in the Yankees’ 5-1 win over the Twins on Tuesday night at the Stadium and has not gotten a hit in his last three games. It’s part of a long slump in which Rizzo has just […]
What Twins had to say about Yankees’ Luis Gil
He has a fastball in the high 90s mph and a sharp slider. Both are quality pitches that have improved Luis Gil. But the Twins, the team he last held scoreless, believe his changeup has been the reason they’ve had trouble hitting the 26-year-old right-hander so far this season. Yankees pitcher Luis Gil allowed just […]
Yankees’ Anthony Volpe emerging as ‘stud on both sides of the ball’
Anthony Volpe is halfway through the Yankees’ West Coast road trip and the 21-game hitting streak that earned him a spot on the All-Star team is gone. But one doesn’t need statistics that put him on par with Joe DiMaggio to prove how Volpe has impacted the Yankees as he continues to make strides in […]
Yankees’ Luis Gil keeps building case to start All-Star Game
There’s still more than a month until the All-Star Game. But Luis Gil, one of the American League’s top starting pitchers, will have a chance to improve on that potential on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium against the Twins, the team that traded the then-20-year-old Gil to the Yankees in 2018 for outfielder Jake Cave. “Lewis […]
It’s on Yankees to end New York’s combined century of championship droughts
Madison Square Garden was quiet and dark on Monday. No suites needed cleaning, no ice to be trimmed or smoothed, no concession stands to be set up, no organ to be tuned. Bryson Tiller was scheduled to perform in the theater next door. Melanie Martinez was up next in the Great Hall on Wednesday and […]