TORONTO — Mired in one of their worst offensive stretches of the season and a three-game losing streak, the Yankees eased their woes with one swing of the bat on Sunday at Rogers Centre. Despite entering the bottom of the ninth holding a 2-1 lead over the Blue Jays, some sloppy defense cost New York…
Tommy John, a reliable stalwart of big league rotations who won 288 games over three decades while seeing his name become synonymous with a medical procedure that has saved the careers of countless other pitchers, has died. He was 83. A four-time All-Star left-hander with the second-most wins of any pitcher in the Modern Era…
For starters, Weathers was the seventh overall pick in the 2018 Draft and had flashed the top-line stuff that gave him such a pedigree. His 2024 season offered a glimpse at what he was capable of, posting a 3.63 ERA in 16 starts. But more notably, injuries and inconsistency had often held Weathers from realizing…
TORONTO — Presented with the chance to pitch with his nearest competition in the American League Cy Young Award race — Dylan Cease — in the opposing dugout on Saturday at Rogers Centre, Yankees starter Cam Schlittler battled through traffic for much of the afternoon before turning the game over to the bullpen in the…
The AL Cy Young Award has become a two-horse race, and if the season ended today, it’s nothing near unanimous. Schlittler is scheduled to pitch Saturday with Cease throwing in the finale on Sunday, which lines each of them up to pitch in next week’s series (Aug. 21-23) at Yankee Stadium, too. This is where…
TORONTO — With the Yankees in need of an offensive boost, Aaron Judge took a step forward in his path back to the Bronx Bombers’ lineup on Friday. Judge played catch in New York for the first time in his rehab from a fractured right rib, which the three-time American League MVP traces back to…
TORONTO — As the Yankees and Blue Jays battled for the American League East title and in the AL Division Series in 2025, New York did so with a main piece of its rotation sidelined. That, of course, was Gerrit Cole, who spent last summer recovering from Tommy John surgery, unable to leave his mark…
NEW YORK — The Yankees withstood the attention of suitors at the 2026 Trade Deadline attempting to pry ’23 first-round Draft pick and top prospect George Lombard Jr. away from the organization, bringing up the infielder to make his MLB debut on Aug. 4. At 21 years old and 63 days, he became the youngest…
This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. MLB.com’s Matthew Ritchie handled this edition. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. NEW YORK — It’s only been a little over a week, but the common refrain peddled by Yankees players and staff about shortstop…
After a 27-minute rain delay in his outing with Somerset, Rodón allowed the first batter of the game to reach with a single on an 0-2 count, but he made quick work retiring the next two New Hampshire batters on three pitches — the final pitch of the inning being a 6-3 double play. He…
