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Seems likely that the Yankees are finished with their left field search - at least until the Pirates either pull star Bryan Reynolds off the market or trade him. That's according David Cone, who posited his theory on an episode of Toeing The Slab: A Pitching Podcast on Jomboy Media on Tuesday. "You just get the feeling that they're waiting on Bryan…

It might be Oswaldo Cabrera. It might be Aaron Hicks. It might be Estevan Florial. Or the Yankees' next left fielder could, well, come straight out of left field. The Yankees don't know who will play the position for them in 2023, and manager Aaron Boone said there could be a spring training competition for the position, though the front office has…

Yankees games are going to sound a little bit different in 2023. The YES Network has canned retired MLB outfielder Cameron Maybin as it looks to shake up its broadcast lineups for next year, according to a report from the New York Post's Andrew Marchand. In addition to Maybin's ouster, Carlos Beltran will appear in studio instead of during games,…

Tim Locastro realized his childhood dream of playing for the Yankees. Now, the speedy New York native will get to stay in the city, but will move across it. The Mets and Locastro have agreed to a minor-league deal, according to a report from Sports Illustrated's Pat Ragazzo. Want to bet on MLB? It's reportedly a minor-league deal with an invite to…

Ryan Spilborghs spent seven seasons as an outfielder for the Rockies, occasionally playing against former Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran. Spilborghs understands the criticism of Beltran over the 2017 Astros electronic sign-stealing scandal. He doesn't, however, believe it should hold Beltran out of the Hall of Fame. Beltran is currently on his…

NEW YORK - It was about as ideal as an offseason day as it could have been for Harrison Bader. He visited Yankee Stadium early in the day. Then the Yankees center fielder traveled to Liebman's Deli in the Bronx - just five minutes from where he graduated from Horace Mann School. While he was there, the 28-year-old slammed some pastrami with chef…

The Yankees lost a piece of their bullpen depth to a division rival. On Thursday, the Blue Jays claimed righty reliever Junior Fernandez off waivers from the Yankees. The Yankees had designated Fernandez for assignment on Dec. 21 - the same day they officially added free agent prizes Tommy Kahnle and Carlos Rodon to the 40-man roster. Want to bet…

Brian Sabean guided the Giants to three World Series titles in the 2010s as their general manager. But as he got bumped upstairs, he became less and less of an influence within the organization. "I expected to do more or to be more involved and in some cases it didn't turn out that way," Sabean said in a conference call Tuesday. "At my age, I still…

Ex- Yankees outfielder Cameron Maybin faced Carlos Rodon in the majors and has watched from afar as a YES Network analyst. Want to bet on MLB? The Yankees sure hope so. They gave the 30-year-old lefty a six-year, $162-million contract to pair him with ace Gerrit Cole atop the Yankees' rotation as they take aim to end their 14-season World…

There aren't many people in baseball with as much general manager experience as Brian Cashman, who has been at his post with the Yankees since 1998. Brian Sabean, however, isn't too far off - and the Yankees just brought him aboard. Want to bet on MLB? Sabean will serve as Cashman's executive advisor, according to a press release from the Yankees…

MILWAUKEE - The New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers begin a weekend series on Friday night at American Family Field. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m., EST. YES and MLB Network (out of market) will televise the game. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER The pitching matchup is Yankees right-hander Frankie…

Re-signing Andrew Benintendi had been the Yankees' primary intention for left field this offseason, but the 28-year-old found a better offer elsewhere Friday. Benintendi took a five-year, $75-million deal from the White Sox on Friday, according to ESPN's Jesse Rogers. The outcome wasn't terribly surprising for the Yankees. Some inside the…

While the Yankees have been busy trying to convince lefty ace Carlos Rodon to make his home in the Bronx, they also made a pair of smaller moves. The Yankees signed first baseman/outfielder Jake Bauers and reliever Art Warren to minor-league deals, according to the Minor League Baseball transactions page. Want to bet on MLB? The Yankees had…

CC Sabathia knows a thing or two about being a lefty ace at Yankee Stadium. The retired Yankees great believes Carlos Rodon would flourish in the Bronx. "I feel like he could pitch anywhere," Sabathia said Monday while at a holiday event for his PitCCh-In Foundation that hosted approximately 200 children in need at Space Events in Englewood. "He's…

SAN DIEGO - The saga is over. As of early Wednesday morning, the Yankees had re-signed superstar Aaron Judge to a nine-year, $360-million deal. The Giants had reportedly been in the mix for the 30-year-old slugger, who also turned down a big offer from the San Diego Padres, according to a source close to the negotiations. Want to bet on MLB? Here…

SAN DIEGO - The Yankees made their first big signing at the MLB Winter Meetings on Monday. No, it wasn't Aaron Judge. The team announced the new, four-year contract of general manager Brian Cashman. Want to bet on MLB? The 55-year-old Cashman had been working without a deal since Oct. 30. He'll continue in his role as senior vice president and…

It reads like a made-for-TV movie, and it might very well be Aaron Judge's real life. Small-town kid goes to New York City, becomes a star, gets paid to go back home and lives happily ever after. Want to bet on MLB? Yet, it just doesn't feel like the most likely scenario. Unless we've been hallucinating and the writing on the wall was never even…

NEW YORK - The Yankees hope to know whether star infielder DJ LeMahieu will need surgery in six weeks. That's when doctors will check in on LeMahieu, who is rehabbing ligament damage to his right second toe. The injury held him out of the playoffs and let to his second-half downturn. Want to bet on MLB? "There is a question about which direction to…

Anthony Rizzo is back, and so is his balky lower back. But he believes he's putting himself in a position to where it should be less of a problem than it was last year. "Everything's good," Rizzo told reporters regarding his back on a conference call Wednesday - a day after he and the Yankees agreed to a two-year, $40-million deal with a third-year…

NEW YORK - Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner met with Brian Cashman for two hours Tuesday morning. And a single name - Cashman - lit up on Steinbrenner's phone as he spoke with reporters. Not long after, Steinbrenner gave the OK to sign first baseman Anthony Rizzo to a two-year deal. Yet, Cashman - the team's longtime general manager - is working…

NEW YORK - Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner seems sold that Josh Donaldson's poor offensive production was a blip and not the sign the third baseman is washed up at the plate. "Obviously," Steinbrenner said, "he had an off year offensively. I don't think that will last." Steinbrenner spoke to reporters at the Owners Meetings at MLB headquarters in…

NEW YORK - Several Yankees luminaries welcomed the news that manager Aaron Boone wouldn't be getting the boot. Hall-of-Fame shortstop Derek Jeter, all-time great manager Joe Torre and retired ace CC Sabathia were glad to hear owner Hal Steinbrenner's comments while at the Turn 2 Foundation gala Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Steinbrenner, while…

NEW YORK - Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo has a $16-million decision to make this offseason. He could opt into the second year of his deal in New York. Or he could become a free agent and seek a bigger payday. On Friday, Rizzo said he won't allow the question to enter his mind until the winter. "Early November," he told NJ Advance Media on…

NEW YORK - No, Jameson Taillon had never done it before. Yes, it would have happened in the most intense moment of the Yankees' season. And, yes, they were really going to go through with it. "Oh," Taillon said, "I was going in." The Yankees were planning to use Taillon, who has never pitched in relief, to enter in the ninth inning if Clay…

NEW YORK - That's why Little League coaches tell you to finish the play. Josh Donaldson pimped what looked like a solo shot but ended up thrown out in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the American League Division Series vs. the Guardians at Yankee Stadium. Want to bet on MLB? Donaldson hit a high fly ball to the right-field corner to lead off the…

On Saturday, the New York Yankees learned who they will face in the American League Division Series, which begins Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. With Cleveland's two-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card series, the Guardians will head to the Bronx. Want to bet on MLB? The Yankees skipped the first round of the playoffs because they…

Giancarlo Stanton has been one of the Yankees' most fearsome playoff hitters, and with the ALDS nearing, he seems to be rounding into form. "I sure hope so," manager Aaron Boone said on "The Michael Kay Show" on ESPN Radio on Thursday. "It's encouraging to see it." Want to bet on MLB? In his last three games of the regular season, Stanton hit.444…

NEW YORK - Yankees manager Aaron Boone answered carefully. Former closer Aroldis Chapman had yet another shaky outing in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Orioles, walking three of the five hitters he faced, including one with the bases loaded. "We'll continue to look for spots to get guys in and make evaluations," Boone said. Want to bet on MLB? The…

TORONTO - In his last 13 plate appearances, Giancarlo Stanton has struck out 10 times. That's hard to do, even for someone as strikeout prone as Stanton. Very clearly, there's something going on with the Yankees' slugger. Either his timing is massively off or his left Achilles tendonitis is still a problem. Or it's both. "There's concern," Yankees…

The Yankees may have the right stuff to finally slay the Astros in the postseason and reach the World Series. Houston's manager Dusty Baker believes the Yankees will have the best player on the field: Aaron Judge. "He's a bad boy," Baker told the "R2C2" podcast with CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco in a clip released Thursday. Want to bet on MLB? Baker…

TORONTO - Not long after Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris hallowed home run mark, Maris' son to ripped into Barry Bonds. Judge crushed his 61st home run of the season in the Yankees' 8-3 win over the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre on Wednesday night. Want to bet on MLB? It tied the franchise-best mark that Maris set in 1961, which stood as MLB's record…

If the Yankees want to rest Aaron Judge in the middle of his chase of Roger Maris, it makes the most sense for manager Aaron Boone to do it Wednesday against the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. It sounded like Boone might have been on board with the idea following the Yankees' AL East-clinching 5-2 win over Toronto on Tuesday night. "I'm going to…

TORONTO - Aaron Judge didn't homer, but his power was on display elsewhere Sunday night. ESPN pressured MLB officials to wait out an already long and particularly nasty rain delay between the Yankees and Red Sox at Yankee Stadium because the network was desperate to air Judge getting at least one more at-bat in his chase of 61 home runs, a person…

TORONTO - Yes, Aaron Judge was still chasing Roger Maris. But the Yankees slugger was also chasing a victory, and he was disappointed that the Blue Jays walked him in the 10th inning in a big spot before the Bombers lost walk-off style, 3-2, at the Rogers Centre on Monday night. "Game on the line, that's where you want to hit," Judge told…

NEW YORK - Aaron Boone's first season as Yankees manager was with Miguel Andujar at third base crushing 27 home runs and finishing second in the American League Rookie of the Year vote. On Friday, the team designated Andujar for assignment, his career in pinstripes peaking as soon as it began. "It's tough," Boone said after a thrilling 5-4,…

Josh Donaldson's walk-off single in the 10th inning gave the Yankees not just a 5-4 win over the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night, but it also guaranteed them a playoff spot. The Yankees' magic number was one, and they needed either to win or for Baltimore to lose. Instead, the Orioles drubbed the Astros. BUY YANKEES…

NEW YORK - Yankees left fielder Andrew Benintendi wasn't wearing a brace but there were still stitches where he had surgery to fix his broken right hand. "Feels pretty decent," he told reporters at his locker before Thursday's game against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Still, the 28-year-old has a ways to go before he can return to the lineup, and…

NEW YORK - There's a lot of unknown when it comes to how the Yankees' playoff roster will look. Manager Aaron Boone is still hoping several key players can return from the injured list and prepare themselves in time for the American League Division Series that starts Oct. 11 - presuming that the Yankees don't blow their 5 1/2-game lead in the…

NEW YORK - Danny Salazar never had a chance in pinstripes. The Yankees released the former All-Star right-hander on Tuesday, according to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER Salazar appeared in just two games and threw 2 1/3 innings at Triple-A, giving up a run. The…

Just give Aaron Judge whatever he wants. At least that's what Rays star pitcher Tyler Glasnow says, echoing the sentiment of just about every Yankees fan as Judge's free agency looms at the end of the regular season. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER "With him," Glasnow said on Jomboy Media's The Chris Rose…

Finally, the Yankees are going to unwrap their last trade deadline gift. Harrison Bader is expected to be in center field when the Yankees take on the Pirates at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. It'll be his Yankees debut after spending the early part of his tenure on the injured list. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID…

It's all but certain at this point that the American League MVP race will boil down to the Yankees' slugger vs. the Angels' two-way superstar. And we know where Yankees manager Aaron Boone stands on the issue. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER Here's what Boone said when Michael Kay asked on ESPN Radio on…

Anthony Rizzo still appears on track to return Sunday. Probably. Maybe. The Yankees first baseman is expected to face rehabbing righty reliever Scott Effross in a live batting practice before the Yankees face the Brewers at American Family Field on Friday. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER If that goes well,…

Ex- Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery has gone at his former team over how he was used a few times since getting traded to the Cardinals at the deadline. Montgomery has said the Yankees didn't want him to throw his four-seam fastball often, and that it's become a pitch that's fueled his hot start with St. Louis. "I didn't really have much…

BOSTON - Aaron Boone was ready to move on. When umpires called J.D. Martinez safe at first base in the eighth inning, the Yankees' manager - like nearly everyone inside Fenway Park - assumed the call was correct and that a run had just scored to slice New York's lead to just a run. If not for eagle-eyed replay coordinator Brett Weber, it might have…

BOSTON - Aaron Judge continued his Maris march, but it was Gleyber Torres who played hero. Torres' bases-clearing, three-run double in the 10th inning put the Yankees up for good for a 7-6 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park before 34250 fans on Tuesday night. Torres' laced Jeurys Familia's 1-1 slider on a line into right-center field, scoring…

NEW YORK - Ben Rortvedt's Yankees debut may have to wait until 2023. The Yankees demoted the 24-year-old catcher before he even had a chance to get into a game following a 10-4 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. BUY YANKEES TICKETS: STUBHUB, VIVID SEATS, TICKETSMARTER, TICKETMASTER Starting catcher Jose Trevino will take over Rortvedt's…

NEW YORK - Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson returned to the Yankees' lineup this weekend and the offense, which was as weak as mayonnaise, suddenly went Popeye. "I don't think you can understate that," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. And that's why it's too soon to crumple up this Yankees season, yell "Kobe!" and shoot a fadeaway into the…

SEATTLE - Ford Pintos run better than the Yankees did Tuesday night. They were thrown out on the bases five times, and had automatic runners thrown out in three straight innings, in a goof-filled 1-0 loss in 13-innings to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. "Mistakes," manager Aaron Boone told reporters. A lot of them. Most in crunch time. BUY YANKEES…

SEATTLE - The Yankees never expected Matt Carpenter to have done all he has for them, to transform from scrap heap pickup to perhaps the best version of his former All-Star self that he's been in years. They never expected that his lefty bat would carry them for stretches or that his mustache would become a fan favorite. Now, they might not get to…