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Yankees must call upon their grit reserves once again
HOUSTON — One observation rushed to the forefront of the brain Saturday evening in the visitors’ clubhouse at Minute Maid Park: Compared to the last time the Yankees dropped the...
Judge and Sanchez need to bust out, or the Yankees are done
HOUSTON — Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez, ahead of schedule, helped make the future now for the Yankees. The problem is that the future is now. Lights, cameras, October. “You...
Yankees give Matt Holliday his chance at DH
HOUSTON — Matt Holliday’s playoff exile is coming to an end. The DH, who didn’t get an at-bat in the Yankees’ ALDS win over the Indians, is starting against Houston...
'Stay tuned': Girardi strongly hints at a new DH for Game 1
HOUSTON — With his DHs hitless in 20 at-bats during the ALDS, the Yankees’ Joe Girardi sounded like a manager contemplating adding a third wheel to the picture. Asked about...
MLB managers earn the bullpen-happy infamy they deserve
Game 4 of the Astros-Red Sox ALDS had entered the witching hours. That’s when managers make games crawl by tempting success, waving sorcerers’ wands at their bullpens. And that’s when...
Joe Girardi can't decide between his ugly DH options
CLEVELAND — DH takes on a different meaning when used with the Yankees’ lineup. It doesn’t mean “Don’t Hit,” but it could based on the way designated-hitters Jacoby Ellsbury and...
Yankees don't have anyone they can trust at DH
Maybe it’s time for the Yankees to let their pitchers hit. After all, they can’t do any worse than the production provided by the DH spot through the first four...
Why Joe Girardi won't give Matt Holliday a chance
Another postseason game for the Yankees, another lineup without Matt Holliday as the DH. Holliday was on the bench again Sunday at the start of the do-or-die Game 3 against...
Yanks say Chapman 'imbecile' Instagram faux pas was an accident
According to a Yankees official, Aroldis Chapman didn’t intentionally “like’’ an Instagram post comment that called Joe Girardi an imbecile following the ALDS loss Friday night to the Indians in...
Girardi reveals his plan for Ellsbury and Headley
CLEVELAND — As long as the Yankees are alive in the postseason — and that might be for just nine more innings — the DH will be determined by how...
Girardi adds Garcia and Montgomery to playoff roster
CLEVELAND — Luis Severino’s six-batter outing in Tuesday night’s wild-card game continued to impact the Yankees on Thursday, when they opened the ALDS against the Indians with a 4-0 loss....
Indians star a big fan of Didi Gregorius' game
CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor is considered by many to be the premier shortstop in the American League. At 23 he has been an All-Star the past two seasons and is...
Chase Headley quietly not happy about big-game benching
This time around, Chase Headley and Matt Holliday were the high-priced veterans to get benched by Joe Girardi. Two years after Jacoby Ellsbury wasn’t in the lineup for the wild-card...
Jacoby Ellsbury gets his wild-card chance
Pitching and hitting always will be the two most important areas in baseball. Teams that have both dominate. Teams that have one are competitive. Teams that don’t possess either are...
Jacoby Ellsbury might have played his way back into lineup
With the switch-hitting Aaron Hicks expected to start in center field Tuesday night against Twins right-hander Ervin Santana in the AL wild-card game, Joe Girardi was mulling what to do...
Joe Girardi's last-minute lineup shuffle could have major impact
The Yankees and Twins need to have their 25-man rosters for the AL wild-card game turned in to Major League Baseball by 10 a.m. Tuesday. According to Joe Girardi, the...
How Chase Headley is adjusting to new DH role
Chase Headley was the Yankees’ designated hitter against Rays’ right-hander Jake Faria Thursday night. It was the 13th game the switch hitter served as the DH, and before this season...
Breaking down Joe Girardi's agonizing playoff decisions
Benching Jacoby Ellsbury two years ago? That was easy. Announcing extended Yankee Stadium netting for 2018 should be easy, too, though for some reason it has proven not so. What...
Aaron Hicks returns with a game-saving catch
Aaron Hicks deemed his left oblique ready to go Tuesday when he was activated from the disabled list and returned to the Yankees’ starting lineup. “When you know, you know,”...
Whatever happens next, Yankees deserve this moment
TORONTO — They will refocus pretty quickly, these 2017 Yankees. They will say they have not yet surrendered on the pipe dream that is winning the AL East, will talk...