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…
BALTIMORE — Aaron Judge is moving closer to reclaiming his spot in the Yankees’ lineup. The Yankees’ captain has resumed hitting off a tee, according to manager Aaron Boone, who said Judge has done so for the last two days at Yankee Stadium. “He’s hit off the tee now a couple of times, so he…
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. BALTIMORE — At each of his Minor League stops, George Lombard Jr.‘s glove arrived ahead of his bat. The defense translated immediately, and it generally took several weeks for…
BALTIMORE – Pete Alonso went into full Carlton Fisk mode, hopping down the first-base line while tracking a towering seventh-inning drive toward left field. He raised both hands to his batting helmet and howled when the call on the field was a foul ball, then griped some more when a replay was said to be…
BALTIMORE – The Yankees have spent most of the summer waiting on their offense, confident that one of baseball’s best rotations would be waiting at the other end. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that the team believes it is possible Fried will miss the minimum amount of time. In a promising sign, the left-hander…
Twenty years and seven days since Andy Pettitte’s lone career home run, his son matched him in that category in his very first game in affiliated ball. Drafted in the eighth round in July by the organization his dad won five World Series rings with, Luke Pettitte went deep during Single-A Tampa’s 12-11 loss to…
Calling all comic lovers and baseball fanatics: All Baseball Comics is debuting a collection of three officially licensed books to expand your collection. Centered on the thesis that baseball is “the story of America,” the trio of issues features one spotlight on each of the Yankees, Dodgers and Cubs. They are available for preorder now…
The Cy Young races in both leagues appear pretty well set as we head toward the final six weeks of the season. Cam Schlittler of the Yankees and Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers have each seemingly had their respective awards on lock for the past few months, and that hasn’t changed in our latest MLB.com…
