Jose Trevino, Jon Berti power Yankees to sweep over White Sox
Where things are going particularly well for most teams is that they are getting contributions from the bottom of the table. That’s increasingly becoming the norm for the Yankees. The strong batting lineup is starting to show its strength frequently from 1-9, and on Sunday, it was once again the bottom half that led the […]
Yankees’ rotation raises bar to historic level with dominant week
The Yankees’ rotation has been a strength all season, but it has kind of improved over the past week. After Luis Gil’s six-inning, 14-strikeout performance in Saturday’s 6-1 win over the White Sox, Yankees starting pitchers have allowed just two earned runs in 39 innings over the last six games, with an ERA. It is […]
Yankees’ gift from nowhere a big reason for their strong start
The reason the Yankees didn’t pursue Orlando Hernandez too hard in 1996 was because of his half-brother, Livan. It’s also forgotten that Hideki Irabu received a much bigger fanfare in 1997 than El Duque did a year later. After all, Hernandez had been banned from Cuban baseball because authorities feared he would defect like Liban. […]
Juan Soto hits two big blasts for first Yankees multi-homer game
Juan Soto returned to being Juan Soto. After a quiet eight games in which he went 4-for-31 at bat, the Yankees’ star outfielder made a big splash Saturday against the White Sox, hitting home runs in two of his first three at-bats. This was Soto’s first multi-home run game as a Yankee and the 18th […]
Yankees’ Nestor Cortes tosses gem after controversial illegal pitch
After Nestor Cortez was called for illegal pitching, the rest of his pitching could only be described as terrible. Cortez retired the last eight batters he faced to lead the Yankees to victory Friday night, as Aaron stormed out of the dugout to take up defense midway through a seventh-inning gem. He was unfazed by […]
DJ LeMahieu’s Yankees injury return still not imminent
DJ LeMahieu’s second rehab stint got off to a better start than the first, but manager Aaron Boone said the infielder is unlikely to make his season debut with the Yankees before the start of the West Coast tour starting next Friday. said. “I think it’s been a week. [from now] Before the Yankees beat […]
Aaron Judge sets tone as Yankees down White Sox for fifth straight win
The Aaron Judge Show continued Friday in the Bronx. And as the Yankees continued to thrive in front of sold-out crowds, he had plenty of company. The center fielder hit his sixth timely hit in 11 games in the bottom of the first inning, setting the tone for Friday’s brutal 4-2 victory over the White […]
Clarke Schmidt gem leads Yankees to sweep over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS — Clark Schmidt finally reached the promised land Thursday for the first time in his career, also known as a seven-inning completion. Then he stepped into the unknown of the bottom of the eighth inning, breezed through the game, and thwarted that milestone along the way. Schmidt pitched a career-high eight innings, at which […]
Explosive ‘Bronx Zoo’ docuseries on 1990 Yankees debuts on Peacock
They may not have won much on the field, but they certainly won behind the scenes. The 1990 Yankees were the franchise’s worst team in the last 100 years, but with a roster that certainly made things interesting, they were featured in a three-part documentary series on NBC’s Peacock, “The Bronx Zoo ’90: Crime,” “Chaos, […]
Yankees plan to take Jasson Dominguez’s injury rehab slowly
MINNEAPOLIS — Jasson Dominguez has one rehab game left, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. And even if his 20-day rehab period expires, the Yankees outfielder may still need some time to continue his full strength in the minors after missing all spring training while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. unknown. […]