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Why surging Yankees prospect isn't yet an option to replace injured outfielder
The Yankees will be without Aaron Hicks for at least another week with the center fielder on the 10-day IL with a torn sheath in his left wrist, but prospect...
'Beloved' Yankee reemerging as prized prospect
Estevan Florial is hitting like a top prospect again.
Yankees starter ready to go for real after dominant outing
DUNEDIN, Fla.- After Jordan Montgomery tossed five no-hit innings in his Grapefruit League start against Toronto, the left-hander sounded just about ready to start the season. “It gives me a...
Yankees catching situation is getting messy behind Gary Sanchez
Observations for the Yankees' 5-1 spring training game win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Spring Into Action Outfield prospect Estevan Florial made his Grapefruit League debut after arriving late...
Aaron Boone raves about 'special' Yankees prospect
Observations from Tuesday’s Yankees workout: Funky Cold Medina Aaron Boone made a point of watching right-hander Luis Medina’s bullpen session at the minor league complex after the 21-year-old opened eyes...
Highly touted Yankees prospect makes long-awaited debut
Injuries and Aaron Hicks have gotten in the way of Estevan Florial competing for a big league roster spot the past several years. However, when Aaron Boone ticked off the...
The big Gleyber Torres shortstop question
You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of...
What a top Yankees prospect is doing during pandemic
Five days a week Estevan Florial enters Steinbrenner Field to make sure if spring training resumes the outfielder will be ready and his baseball knowledge increased. “I come here and...
Yankees still waiting to clear Aaron Judge
VENICE, Fla. — Yankees manager Aaron Boone remains unsure when Aaron Judge will be cleared to take batting practice on the field. “I don’t know, we will see. He hit...
Luke Voit has never felt his good
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — After battling core muscle injuries last year when he was limited to 118 games and underwent multiple MRI exams, a visit to a Philadelphia specialist has...
The tantalizing prospects the Yankees saved over Ellsbury, Bird
The Yankees made big noise on Wednesday with the players they let go, moving on from Jacoby Ellsbury and Greg Bird. But one reason those decisions were made was to...
Yankees can't navigate unruly pitchers market like they used to
Nothing in this trade market favors the Yankees. The Yankees knew the Mets would not trade them Noah Syndergaard and would ask for more from them than others for Zack...
No one is untouchable in Yankees' trade quest
As the Yankees pursue pitching help, for better or worse, here stands the reality about their farm system: No one is untouchable. No one should be unattainable. That speaks in...
Where Yankees' top prospect goes from here
Yankees top prospect Estevan Florial only has to look down the dugout to face his cautionary tale. It’s as old as baseball: Highly touted up-and-comer has his dream squashed by...
Yankees' star prospect goes off in long-awaited return
Estevan Florial, one of the Yankees’ top offensive prospects, returned to action Monday night for Single-A Tampa after being sidelined with a non-displaced right wrist fracture suffered during spring training....
Why the Yankees were without their setup man
BALTIMORE — Because Zack Britton didn’t pitch Tuesday and the Yankees had a two-run lead at the start of the eighth inning in the Yankees’ 7-5 win over the Orioles...
The hidden upside to so many Yankees going down with injuries
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jacoby Ellsbury is contagious. The player who never plays joined Yankees camp in the past week, and instantly the number of those who will not...
Spring standout has earned spot in Yankees rotation
TAMPA — Nothing about Luis Cessa’s big-league career screams he can fill one of the two openings in the Yankees’ rotation. A 5-11 record and a 4.71 ERA in 43...
Masahiro Tanaka looks ready for his Opening Day start
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka looks like he is ready to face the Orioles on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. Named to the prestigious start when staff ace Luis Severino’s...
Yankees' first hint of Dellin Betances panic is here
Looking at Dellin Betances’ velocity numbers on the left-center field scoreboard at Spectrum Field on Sunday wasn’t encouraging. The radar gun showed three fastballs at 92 mph and two at...