Yankees’ Austin Wells blasts home run as team tests lineup options
TAMPA – Manager Aaron Boone says he can imagine the “number” of in-house hitters who will become the Yankees' lead hitter this year. On Friday, Austin Wells received the first crack in his first blow and counted it. With the untraditional option to emerge as the first batter, Wells only needed two pitches to claim […]
Yankees’ Gerrit Cole shows off new weapon in solid first spring start
Tampa – Gerit Cole's Night Words: Change. A year after he began his first spring start before his elbows began barking, Cole's arms and elbows felt that he had changed enough to start a few months of saga. “I always feel different [than this time last year]Cole said after his first Grapefruitreeg outing on Friday. […]
Yankees left holding their breath in Luis Gil injury scare
Tampa – An injury has begun due to the Yankees rotation. Lewis Gill shortened the bullpen session Friday after experiencing tension near his right shoulder, coach Aaron Boone said. This year's real-life Al Rookie heads to the MRI on Saturday to find out what's wrong. Yankees pitcher Lewis Gill #81 threw live batting practice while […]
Yankees legend Bernie Williams using music to help rare disease patients
Bernie Williams knows that many people recognize that he wore pinstripes and hits from both sides of the plate to win the World Series title with the New York Yankees. That's where his main legacy lies in the baseball game. However, over the years of the Yankees' Manning Center Field, Williams' love for music, especially […]
Yankees’ no-beard policy: Bernie Williams reacts to ditching rule
Bernie Williams, a four-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees, will see how his old team is approaching the season in Tampa, Florida for training this spring. However, while he was there, there could be quite a bit of a harsh difference in the appearance of those players as he was rubbing down […]
Healthy Eric Reyzelman dreaming big after surprise Yankees breakout
Clearwater, Fla. — Eric Raiselman's breakout season was shocked even for Eric Raiselman. Last year, Yankees prospects were largely happy just returning to the mound. He was undergoing Tommy John's surgery as a freshman at the University of San Francisco. He finished jointly at LSU, where he threw only the fastball and rode that fastball […]
Yankees’ Jasson Dominguez grappling with new position change
Clearwater, Fla. — Yankees manager Aaron Boone has pledged to give Jackson Dominguez a “full runway” this spring to learn the field on the left. It's still very early, but Dominguez may need all the space you can get before the lift-off. In his fourth spring training game, “The Martian” went on his second adventure […]
Yankees’ Scott Effross ‘needs some time’ to recover from new injury
Clearwater, Fla. — After Scott Efross did something he returned from back surgery with Tommy John, he now bumped into again. Tests revealed that the Yankees' bailout suffered Grade 2 hamstring tension on the first only pitch of his outing against the twins on Tuesday. “He needs a while,” coach Aaron Boone said Thursday before […]
Nolan Arenado insists his long spring trip wasn’t for Yankees’ ‘showcase’
Tampa – It will take some time to see Nolan Arenado appear on the Yankees radar. On Wednesday, in a strange development, he appeared on the field of their spring home. A highly available cardinal three-base hand, Arenado has become a proven veteran to embark on a long-standing, long-standing road trip. The 2012 major leaguer […]
No doubts about what Paul Goldschmidt brings to Yankees
Tampa – His current beliefs from his former clubhouse are consistent. Player and character Paul Goldschmidt will help the Yankees. The spring matchup with the Cardinals provided a reunion-style atmosphere with the baseman of the new Yankees who had six almost amazing seasons in St. Louis. He did not return to the seventh season as […]