The 2022 MLB draft is just under three weeks away, and it’s time for my second mock draft projecting the first 40-plus picks of this year’s event. The draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles, and we’re still approximately two weeks away from when agents start to know whether their players are definitely …
The Yankees called up JP Sears to start Tuesday’s game as a luxury, wanting to give their regular five starting pitchers an extra day of rest during a busy stretch of 20 games in 20 days. The left-hander fell right in line to keep the Yankees’ winning ways alive and well. Sears tossed 5 ²/₃ …
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The Yankees have now completed 23 comeback victories this season, but none have come like this, and it’s a relatively safe bet that no matter what happens over the next four months, no more will again. “I don’t think so,” Josh Donaldson said, asked if he’d ever been a part of a rally sparked by …
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Reggie Jackson shared an elevator the other day with Yankees fans, one of whom was telling his buddies how much he despised Jose Altuve. “I hate that little sawed off SOB,” the gentleman proudly told his chums. And that’s where Mr. October, now an Astros executive, entered the convo. “He’s my favorite player,” Jackson told …
Yankees fans must stop blaming Jose Altuve for Astros’ cheating Read More »
DJ LeMahieu has the ultimate protection in the Yankees’ lineup, usually batting ahead of Aaron Judge. LeMahieu’s game-tying home run in Sunday’s eighth inning set the stage for Judge’s latest accomplishment on his MVP résumé, a three-run blast to lift the Yankees to a 6-3 victory in 10 innings over the Astros in The Bronx. …
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Yankees do-everything star Aaron Judge punctuated his unreal week in his incredible start with yet another walk-off hit, a lined home run that beat the despised Astros to split a tight and tense four-game series, and keep him on pace to beat Roger Maris’ true home run record and keep the Yankees on pace for …
Aaron Judge’s dream Yankees season just keeps getting better Read More »
No team in baseball history ever has gone two straight games without registering a hit. For a while Sunday, it appeared the team with the best record in baseball and the most runs scored in the American League might become the first. One day after three Houston pitchers tossed a combined no-hitter against the Yankees, …
Yankees beat Astros on Aaron Judge walk-off home run in 10th Read More »
Houston Astros pitcher Cristian Javier and two relievers combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 19 years, shutting down the best team in baseball for a 3-0 victory at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Javier (5-3), a 25-year-old right-hander without a complete game in 84 professional starts, set career highs with 13 …
Cristian Javier, Houston Astros bullpen combine for no-hitter vs. New York Yankees Read More »
Aroldis Chapman pitched one scoreless inning in relief Friday night on a rehab assignment at Double-A Somerset as he makes his way back to the Yankees from Achilles tendinitis, giving up a hit and striking out one batter. Chapman hit 99 on the radar gun, according to a MyCentralJersey.com report. Chapman reportedly didn’t speak to …
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