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Yankees, Brian McCann raising the bar after recent surge
This is what the right blend of youth brings to a team: energy, talent and belief. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the sleepwalking Blue Jays on Wednesday night...
Now a pair of once written-off Yankees continue incredible run
As spring training wore down, Bryan Mitchell pretty much was assured of a significant role on the Yankees’ pitching staff. Then he fractured a toe and underwent surgery shortly before...
Yankees' no-name reliever 'super stoked' after 1st MLB save
Just think of how many times Mariano Rivera felt the same way. “Great, awesome,” said Blake Parker, who was absolutely gushing about getting the save in the Yankees’ 7-6 victory...
Yankees' spring loss in line for return start — at biggest time
September was the goal for a return to the Yankees staff from a fractured toe and subsequent surgery for right-hander Bryan Mitchell. And he’s getting a nice welcome-back present. An...
Why Brian Cashman thinks it's worth sticking with Aaron Judge
With strikeouts in 37 of 69 at-bats — and at least two in nine straight games — Yankees rookie Aaron Judge is making Bartolo Colon look like a contact hitter....
Why Yankees' rotation carousel is unnerving sign for next year
When it comes to Aaron Judge, the Yankees have other options to avoid enduring what they hope are just growing pains for the large right fielder. Rob Refsnyder is a...
Slumping Yankees rookie not named Aaron Judge breaks out
Aaron Judge isn’t the only Yankees rookie to see a historic MLB debut sour quickly. After Tyler Austin homered in his first at-bat and singled later in the same game...
Chad Green out for season, dodges surgery bullet — for now
BALTIMORE — Chad Green may avoid Tommy John surgery, but his season almost certainly is over after being diagnosed with a sprained UCL and strained flexor tendon in his right...
Yankees losses no longer can be chalked up to 'it's only one game'
BALTIMORE — Some of us used to believe if you dug a hole straight into the ground, you could get all the way to China. Now the Yankees seem destined...
Why Yankees are keeping absurd relief prospect buried in minors
Jonathan Holder, a 2014 Yankees sixth-round pick, was having a nice season, climbing from Single-A to Double- to Triple-A. But then the righty reliever did something Sunday that really gets...
The next Tony Robbins? A-Rod signs new speaking deal
SEATTLE — Alex Rodriguez’s second career won’t just include being a special adviser to Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner. Rodriguez, who played his final game with the Yankees on Aug. 12...
Yankees dream of what might have been with Bryan Mitchell
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It is impossible to accurately predict what Bryan Mitchell would have meant to the Yankees’ pitching staff had he been part of it. He had the...
Didi Gregorius picked good time to get drilled in the back
CLEVELAND — Didi Gregorius said if the Yankees had a game Monday, he would tell Joe Girardi and the medical staff he could play. However, it is fortunate there is...
Does this benching mean A-Rod's no longer full-time DH?
In a move that could lead to Alex Rodriguez being the designated hitter only against left-handed pitchers, manager Joe Girardi used switch-hitting Carlos Beltran as the DH Sunday against Twins...
Yankees to get their own look at Cuban star Yulieski Gourriel
According to several people with knowledge of the situation, the Yankees will host Cuban free agent Yulieski Gourriel in Tampa for a workout. Gourriel, 32, is expected to perform in...
How Brian McCann was able to play with a discolored big toe
TORONTO — Brian McCann played all nine innings Thursday night against the Blue Jays and broke up a double play with a clean, but hard slide into second base. Sitting...
How breakout Yankees have kept patchwork bullpen a strength
TORONTO -- When Bryan Mitchell went down in the last week of spring training, it meant the Yankees’ bullpen would be without the swingman until at least August and possibly for the...
Who will fill Bryan Mitchell's role? Girardi provides first hint
Bryan Mitchell was going to replace Adam Warren in the important swing-man role on Yankees manager Joe Girardi’s pitching staff. Now, after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured bone in...
Two fateful innings turn Yankees' strength into question mark
LAKELAND, Fla. — Jacoby Ellsbury found out Wednesday night as he watched “SportsCenter.” Starlin Castro learned the news when he showed up Thursday morning at George M. Steinbrenner Field in...
Andrew Miller defiance offset by Yankees' Bryan Mitchell crusher
TAMPA — Andrew Miller expects to pitch with a chip fracture of the pisiform bone at the base of his glove hand, which is encouraging news for the Yankees. Nevertheless,...