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Jonathan Loaisiga out until at least June in Yankees injury blow

Jonathan Loaisiga has already returned to injured reserve. After appearing in three games in the first week of the season, the Yankees relief pitcher landed on the 60-day IL on Friday morning with a strained right flexor muscle. Dennis Santana was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre ahead of Friday’s home opener against the Blue Jays. […]

Yankees’ road trip success make for more special Bronx opener

The big ballpark in the Bronx will be cloudy, but only for now. Fifteen or 25 years from now, your memory will lie. Because that’s how it always is on opening day on the home baseball calendar. It can really rain during the home opener. Once in 1996, it snowed so much that it looked […]

Solar eclipse forces Yankees to change start time with Marlins

The Yankees have changed the start time for Monday’s game against the Marlins from 2:05 p.m. to 6:05 p.m., the team announced. The ceremonial first pitch for the series opener for both teams in the Bronx was scheduled to be thrown minutes before the solar eclipse began in New York City. News of the start […]

Aaron Judge belts long homer, clutch hit in 11th to fuel Yankees

PHOENIX — Before the series started at Chase Field, Aaron Boone told Aaron Judge that he wanted him to go to the pool in right-center field someday. The Yankees captain fulfilled his duty Wednesday in the biggest game of his young season, helping the team win the series. Judge hit his first home run of […]

Alex Verdugo soaked in every second of first Yankees home run

PHOENIX — Alex Verdugo seemed to have been waiting for this moment, waiting a while before hitting the bases after hitting his first home run as a Yankee. The outfielder hit a two-run home run on the first pitch of the 10th inning Wednesday to give the Yankees the lead, before defeating the Diamondbacks 6-5 […]

Yankees outlast Diamondbacks in extras to end season-opening road trip

PHOENIX — The Yankees are coming back in style. Although they had to play overtime before boarding the plane back to New York, the Yankees finished off a strong season-opening road trip with a resilient effort Wednesday afternoon. After taking a lead in the top of the 10th inning and then losing momentum, the Yankees […]

Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu making small progress from foot injury

PHOENIX — On the same day manager Aaron Boone announced that DJ LeMahieu had been diagnosed with a nondisplaced fracture in his right foot, the veteran infielder took a hit in the cage and returned to Tampa to continue his pitching program. LeMahieu has continued to make small steps since then, as he took a […]

Yankees’ Gerrit Cole opens up about elbow injury rehab

Gerrit Cole, broadcaster? At least the current AL Cy Young Award winner and Yankees ace joined the YES Network broadcast in the bottom of the second inning Tuesday night in Arizona to provide an important rehab update. Cole said his rehabilitation from his elbow injury (neuroinflammation and edema) is progressing “well” and he has had […]