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 […]
AL-best Yankees find another way to win — even on day they lose
A mostly positive atmosphere has been filling Yankee Stadium every day recently, with the stadium packed for the big game against the Dodgers. On a beautiful, perfect summer Friday in the Bronx, Yankees fans’ emotions briefly swung from immense relief and joy to momentary disappointment, but one loss out of 162 games is not going […]
Yankees dominated by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the pitcher who got away
Just over five months after Yoshinobu Yamamoto left the Yankees for the Dodgers, the Japanese ace is back with the Dodgers. He showed the Yankees exactly what they were missing. Yamamoto pitched seven scoreless innings on Friday night, allowing just two hits and walking two while striking out seven, and the Dodgers won 2-1 in […]
Yankees drop nail-biting series opener to Dodgers in extras
The Yankees and their fans found relief on Friday afternoon and then spent the rest of the night raising heart rates across the tri-state area for a variety of reasons. The encouraging news that Juan Soto was only suffering from forearm inflammation immediately led to a highly anticipated showdown between the Yankees and Dodgers that […]
Yankees, Juan Soto need to figure out long-term deal
Calm down everyone, everything will be fine. At least that’s the case for today. As first reported by the Post, Juan Soto was diagnosed with only left forearm/elbow inflammation during an MRI this afternoon. Soto is expected to be “day-to-day.” Even better, the city as a whole seems to have weathered the downturn. It doesn’t […]