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Making sense of Yankees-Mets front office standoffs
The Subway Series renews with minimal on-field spark, but with the backdrop of animosity between the front offices on how potential deals for Neil Walker and Jay Bruce did not...
Bartolo Colon's influence is all over MLB, just ask the Yankees
The Yankees’ trip through Cleveland and Toronto produced the highs and lows that typify a baseball season. It takes something unconventional, something only tangentially related to their professional goals, to...
Yankees ride huge late rally to comeback victory over rivals
For most of Friday night, the Yankees seemed destined to fall a season-high 5½ games out of first place, while the Red Sox seemed poised to win their ninth straight...
Yankees vs. Red Sox: Breaking down how the rivals match up
The Yankees and Red Sox will meet for another critical series this weekend in The Bronx, with Boston streaking and having won eight straight games to wrest control of the...
Yankees' season has reached a tipping point
TORONTO — The best way to put it about CC Sabathia’s right knee is this: It hasn’t felt this bad in nearly two years, the big lefty said Tuesday night,...
Matt Holliday 'probably' headed to DL with back injury
CLEVELAND — Matt Holliday tweaked his left lower back seriously enough with a swing Friday night that manager Joe Girardi said the veteran designated hitter is facing a second stint...
Girardi calls out sloppy Gary Sanchez as Yankees drop 4th straight
CLEVELAND — Joe Girardi’s message to Gary Sanchez couldn’t have been any clearer if he were standing next to the struggling catcher. “He needs to improve, bottom line he needs...
Greg Bird closing in on taking another big rehab step
First baseman Greg Bird is traveling with the team and moving toward taking batting practice on the field which would represent a big step in coming back from surgery on...
Roster maneuvering would give Yankees ideal rotation setup
The Yankees have instituted a six-man starting rotation … for just this week, Joe Girardi insisted Tuesday. Maybe, however, this can be like one of those deals where you get...
Jaime Garcia jets around US to join family's favorite team
Ah, the glamour of travel for the pro athlete. Of course, behind the glamour hides a hellish grind. Witness the recent itinerary for new Yankees left-hander Jaime Garcia. Garcia, 31,...
Yankees' pitching wealth will lead to hard decisions
Jaime Garcia is scheduled to join the Yankees on Tuesday and while the Yankees didn’t know Monday where the veteran lefty would fit into the rotation, he will be a...
How Yankees set themselves up for more than one title run
The Yankees improved their chances to make the playoffs this season with their trade deadline work, perhaps even to compete for a championship. You know what else they did —...
Yankees see a changed rotation — and the playoffs in sight
With the addition of Jaime Garcia on Sunday, Joe Girardi said he believes the Yankees’ rotation is good enough to get the team into the postseason. Asked if he was...
Yankees get a starter, roster space and a full Sonny Gray focus
The Yankees get their rotation inventory piece out of the way. Now, they turn fully to trying to land a big-time starter with the strongest focus on Sonny Gray. The...
Yankees dealing two prospects for Sonny Gray leverage
The Yankees are obtaining a lefty and leverage. The Yankees and Twins were on the verge of finalizing a deal Sunday morning that would send southpaw Jamie Garcia to New...
Five challenges to big deals as MLB trade deadline closes in
Baseball is played over 162 games and six months and the long view — think patience, patience, patience — is almost always the best policy. Almost. As the clock ticks...
How Twins' trade-deadline indecision hurts fantasy owners
This time of the year, on the cusp of the final two months of the MLB regular season, the line between your fantasy league’s haves and have-nots becomes much more...