Yankees’ Aaron Judge gets ejected for first time in career after ‘bulls–t’ call
For the first time in a generation, the New York Yankees captain was ejected from a game. Aaron Judge spiked the ball in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday’s Yankees-Tigers game after claiming a called strike three. This was Judge’s first ejection since entering the big leagues in 2016, considering no player in […]
Yankees still not ‘overly concerned’ with Aaron Judge’s slow start
Like everyone else, the Yankees are still waiting for Aaron Judge to be Aaron Judge. He was hitting just .197 entering Friday night with a very un-Judge-like OPS of .725. Just when he looked like he was about to break out recently, hitting three home runs in five games, including homers in back-to-back games in […]
Yankees’ bats come to life in ninth inning for walk-off win over Tigers
Just when it looked like the Yankees had batted in Milwaukee, they came back to life Friday by scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Tigers 2-1 in the Bronx. The Yankees, after a mostly silent series in Baltimore, scoring just six points in four games, were then completely […]
Yankees’ Gerrit Cole expected to throw off mound Saturday
Manager Aaron Boone said Gerrit Cole played catch on Friday, but the right-hander’s next real test is expected to be Saturday, when the Yankees ace takes the mound for the first time since being sidelined with elbow inflammation. He said he was planning to get off the train. March. “This is a step,” Boone said […]
Yankees’ Carlos Rodon regresses after promising stretch: ‘It sucks’
BALTIMORE — Carlos Rodon went from his best two games of the season to his worst start. The Yankees left-hander hit three solo home runs on Thursday, but that was before he was unable to overcome a four-run hit in the fifth inning of a 7-2 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards. . “Our […]
Gerrit Cole not throwing off mound yet as Yankees take it slow with ace
BALTIMORE — Yankees forward Gerrit Cole’s daily updates are all positive as he continues to work on improving his pitching lately. The team was adamant about not saying when the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner would return from the elbow neuritis and edema he experienced midway through spring training, but on Wednesday the calendar […]
Clay Holmes picks up big five-out save in Yankees’ victory
BALTIMORE — Five days after Aaron Boone declined a request for a six-out save from Clay Holmes, he asked for a five-out save. The Yankees closer answered the call. With the Yankees clinging to a two-run lead in the eighth inning and the Orioles on the brink of a comeback, Holmes came on the scene […]
Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu closing in on resuming baseball activities
BALTIMORE — Wednesday marks a week since DJ LeMahieu was out of action for at least a week to receive treatment for a non-displaced foot fracture. The Yankees’ veteran infielder has not yet resumed baseball activities, but he may do so soon. “Not yet, but I know he came in feeling good today,” manager Aaron […]
Luis Gil’s career-best night lifts Yankees to win over Orioles
BALTIMORE — One way to counter the Yankees, who only scored two points? Don’t give up on anything. Lewis Gil made it look easy Wednesday night, getting the best start to his young career by shutting out the Orioles at Camden Yards and leading the Yankees to a 2-0 victory. Yankees pitcher Lewis Gil (81) […]
Yankees come up short in pitchers’ duel with rival Orioles
BALTIMORE — The first of 17 games was against the defending AL East champions. On Monday night, in the first showdown between division rivals and the American League’s top two offensive teams, the Orioles nudged the Yankees 2-0 in front of a lively crowd of 23,184 at Camden Yards. I overtook him. Clark Schmidt and […]