Yankees’ Anthony Volpe getting close to busting out: Aaron Boone
Manager Aaron Boone believes the climb has begun, but the roller coaster where Anthony Volpe reached another valley on the plate has reached another valley. When he entered play on Friday, he has tended to be more likely to get red hot throughout his major league career, with a cold, cold spurt, 6-43 (.140) with […]
Jayden Stroman starring on LI with Yankees star brother nearby
Jaden Stroman is a hit on Long Island. The younger brother of Yankees right-handed Marcus Stromann is following the family business as a right-out pitcher for Patchigue Medford. He’s getting ready to play at Duke next year, so he’s hitting a cool .500. But you don’t know that Stroman is a baseball royal just by […]
Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt collects another three hits in hot start
CLEVELAND – Aaron Boone wanted to rest Paul Goldschmidt during the Yankees’ 13-day stretch of 13 games, which ended Wednesday. Veteran bats won’t allow that. So Boone compromised him on Wednesday with DH and Goldschmidt just kept hits, earning three hits in a 5-1 win over the Guardians at Progressive Field. The 37-year-old has scored […]
Yankees’ Cody Bellinger ‘sticking with the process’ despite struggles
CLEVELAND — As Cody Bellinger was piling up hits at Grapefruitreug this spring, Aaron Boone joked that he should pace himself for the regular season. Of course, it’s not that simple, but almost a month after the season, Bellinger is still trying to settle in the plate groove. “Obviously I want to get better,” Bellinger […]
Yankees undone by sloppy sixth inning, fall to Guardians again
CLEVELAND – Will Warren was working on a one-hit shutout when he scored the mound in six innings. Afterwards, nine batters – only two of them faced – the Guardians stirred up enough runs to win the game. It quickly happened by their own, but the Yankees’ two-run lead turned into a 3-2 defeat at […]
Giancarlo Stanton takes key step toward Yankees injury return
CLEVELAND – At the stadium where the Yankees were placed on wide shoulders last October, Giancarlo Stanton stepped up to the plate Tuesday to test his elbow. The Yankees slugger practiced field batting for the first time at Progressive Field as he continues to try to make a comeback from the illness that has been […]
Yankees call up Tyler Matzek for intriguing new bullpen option
CLEVELAND – The veteran non-roster arm that was bustling with the Yankees this spring has finally arrived. The Yankees chose to sign left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek on Tuesday. That strong camp was engulfed in diagonal tensions that he recovered from five minor league matches and threw. Yoendrys Gómez, who pitched three innings on Monday night […]
Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. bails on ball with broken bat flying his way
CLEVELAND – Jazz Chisholm Jr. has given up on his body this season to make some sparkly plays in defense. On Monday night, he bailed a soft liner hit to 2 base as there was something more about how to get out of the corner of his eye: a broken bat. The play turned into […]
Marcus Stroman still not close to making his Yankees injury return
CLEVELAND — The Yankees initially thought that Marcus Stroman would surge quickly and quickly return from the injured list. However, 10 days after his final start, Stroman still experiences some issues with his left knee, and doesn’t sound particularly like he’s coming back. “He’s still feeling a few things there, so he’s not. He’s thrown, […]
Yankees’ no-hitter controversy exposes bigger issue bothering Aaron Boone
CLEVELAND – At the end of the day, putting aside the drama and controversy over the fact that two innings happened, the official scorer made it right. Chandler Simpson’s groundball hit from Paul Goldschmidt’s gloves on six Sundays at Stein Brenner Field, and could have been called that way given Simpson’s lightning speed, as Max […]