This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK — Spencer Jones had just ripped a hard double to the center-field wall on Sunday afternoon, sending George Lombard Jr. charging around the bases to score with…
NEW YORK – The Yankees have been looking for someone to deliver when opportunity knocks. They delivered in a few of those run-scoring chances on Sunday, with Ben Rice and Jazz Chisholm Jr. answering louder than anyone. Rice stroked a two-run single as part of a three-run sixth inning and Chisholm added a two-run homer…
NEW YORK – Ryan Weathers has enjoyed a breakout season in the Bronx, one that could be interrupted after the Yankees left-hander exited in the fourth inning of Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays with left forearm discomfort. Weathers walked off the Yankee Stadium mound with an athletic trainer after throwing an 0-1 ball…
NEW YORK – For nine years, Giancarlo Stanton’s Yankees tenure has been marked by towering home runs, October highlights and an exhausting cycle of injuries and comebacks. Now, his season appears to be in jeopardy. Though he was believed to be close to returning from a second strain of his right calf, the Yankees slugger…
NEW YORK – Cam Schlittler has never hidden his affinity for “Star Wars.” With Players’ Weekend inviting Major League Baseball to flash personality, the young Yankees right-hander couldn’t choose a team: his cleats honored both the Light Side and the Dark Side. Then he went out and showed why the Force remains strong for one…
NEW YORK — Ryan McMahon became the latest player to land on the Yankees’ crowded injured list on Friday, when the infielder was diagnosed with a Grade 2 sprain of his left thumb. The injury stems from a slide into second base during Wednesday’s 5-3 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards. McMahon said he…
BALTIMORE — Gerrit Cole’s baseball career is built around five-day intervals — pitch, recover, prepare and repeat. It’s a schedule that has always worked for the Yankees ace, but through the Gerrit and Amy Cole Foundation, he and his wife are thinking much farther into the future. The Coles recently welcomed MLB.com into their Connecticut…
This Q&A is excerpted from an interview for the New York Yankees Official Podcast. Subscribe at yankees.com/podcast or the podcast platform of your choice, or watch every episode on the Gotham Sports app or MLB.com. Some of the most necessary philanthropic efforts are born out of tragedy that not even superstar athletes are immune from….
How many pitches does it take to win a Cy Young Award? Do you need a breaking ball? Do you need an offspeed pitch? Or can you do it with all fastballs, if those fastballs are overpowering enough? He’d drop in a curveball every once in a while, sure, but it was a “show-me” pitch,…
BALTIMORE – Generations of ballplayers have walked dugouts, offering some version of this timeless advice about a dominant starting pitcher: “If you’re going to get him, you’d better get him early.” The Orioles didn’t get to Gerrit Cole in the first inning on Thursday, allowing the ace right-hander to settle in. Cole spun six strong…
