j.a. happ

Ex-Yankee's talk with wife led to retirement decision

The southpaw, who turns 40 in October, said he felt it was time to retire after having an emotional conversation with his wife, Morgan, on Opening Day.

Why Over is obvious play in this NL showdown

The San Diego Padres pitching staff has been decimated to the point at which Jake Arrieta, whose teams (the Cubs and now the Padres) have lost 11 straight times in...

Former Yankee won't get it done in this MLB interleague clash

Former Yankee J.A. Happ will struggle and the Cardinals will lose to the Royals on Sunday.

Former Yankees pitchers among MLB's most intriguing trade options

The Twins’ best two starters this year arguably are former Yankees J.A. Happ and Michael Pineda.

Ex-Yankee falls just short of no-hitter

MINNEAPOLIS -- J.A. Happ was skipped in his previous turn in Minnesota's rotation, when virus protocols prompted postponements of three straight games for the Twins. Back on the mound after...

Go with the young Tigers right-hander against the Twins

New York’s Road to Recovery has been slow and with good reason. Andrew Cuomo is still governor, Bill de Blasio is still mayor and Stitches is still The Post’s MLB...

Twins' JA Happ dances around his Yankees exit

J.A. Happ declined to take any shots at the Yankees on his way out the door. The left-hander signed a one-year, $8 million deal with the Twins and during his...

Pitcher picks new team after messy Yankees ending

J.A. Happ is now officially an ex-Yankee following a rocky final season in The Bronx.  The left-hander agreed to a one-year deal with the Twins on Wednesday, a source confirmed...

Giancarlo Stanton makes easy call, putting Yankees in hard spot

Giancarlo Stanton will not opt out of the final seven years of his contract to become a free agent. Still owed $218 million over the course of the 13-year, $325...

Yankees make decisions on two key veterans

The Yankees might look to cut costs this offseason, but Zack Britton — perhaps their best arm in the bullpen — is coming back for two more years. The Yankees...

Yankees roster could look a lot different next season

There are other questions in the Yankees’ universe besides what will become of Gary Sanchez. Like the skinny slab of rubber on a hill that sits 60-feet, 6-inches from the...

Banged-up Yankee after ouster: 'Felt like I let my team down'

In the last third of the regular season, the Yankees repeatedly said the reason Luke Voit was limping any time he toured the bases after hitting a home run was...

Breaking down issues Yankees must deal with this offseason

As the Yankees head into another long offseason following their ALDS elimination, they’ll once again be looking how to win in October, especially after being knocked about by the Rays...

'I don't regret Game 2': Aaron Boone doubles down

The Yankees are going home early, but Aaron Boone insists it is not because of the controversial pitching plan they used for Game 2 of the ALDS. Shortly after the...

Aaron Boone: J.A. Happ was 'on board' with controversial plan

A day after the Yankees bungled their pitching in an ALDS Game 2 loss to the Rays and J.A. Happ indicated he wasn’t fully sold on the plan of him...

Brian Cashman opens up on Yankees' mind-boggling decision: Sherman

The first Yankees starting pitching decision in plotting strategy for the Division Series was that Gerrit Cole would, of course, go in Game 1 followed by the trickier choice to...

Yankees' Deivi Garcia decision gets worse the deeper you dig

SAN DIEGO — The day after one of the Yankees’ most confounding on-field decisions in decades, one question sticks in my craw: Didn’t they use the opener wrong? As an...

J.A. Happ clearly wasn't happy with Yankees' curious strategy

J.A. Happ’s contentious season with the Yankees got even rockier on Tuesday after the left-hander struggled in a relief appearance in Tuesday’s 7-5 loss in Game 2 of the ALDS...

Yankees' biggest weakness is clear: Sherman

The problem wasn’t how Aaron Boone — or the Yankees research department — lined up the pitching for Division Series Game 2. It was the pitching. Or the lack of...

The Yankees really screwed this up

It wasn't enough to hold the hammer. The Yankees had that. They’d body-slammed the Rays in Game 1 of this best-of-five American League Division Series Monday night. They’d slapped around...