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This MLB team's horrific start hasn't been seen since 1907
The White Sox are having a season to forget.
Why it may be taking Yankees time to decide Aaron Boone's fate
The Yankees certainly won’t turn their backs on their analytically driven process, and they might even reinforce it.
The potential blueprint for Yankees' hitting coach hire
It’s no surprise the Yankees are looking to go in a different direction on offense.
Yankees let go of two top coaches in major staff shakeup
Thames has been on the Yankees staff since 2016 and has been the hitting coach since 2018. Nevin was criticized for sending Aaron Judge on a crucial play at home...
Brian Cashman defends coaching staff as potential changes loom
General manager Brian Cashman is searching for answers to explain why the Yankees are hovering around .500 and threatening to become also-rans in the AL East.
How Yankees' hitting coach is viewing brutal team slump
Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames says he hasn't been sleeping during the Bombers' brutal hitting slump.
Yankees coach interviews for Tigers' managerial job
Hitting coach Marcus Thames interviewed for the Tigers’ managerial job, according to MLB.com. On Wednesday, Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone both said they didn’t anticipate making any moves to the...
Two key Yankees' offensive cogs starting to heat up
Gary Sanchez homered for a third straight game in Saturday’s 11-5 win over the Red Sox as he tries to put a sluggish start to 2020 behind him. “It’s tough...
Inside Yankees' Aaron Boone's ejection: 'Just about the history'
Two pressure points hit Tropicana Field on Saturday evening. One likely will be forgotten. One likely won’t. When home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Yankees manager Aaron Boone and hitting coach...
Aaron Boone completely loses it
The heat got turned up in the temperature-controlled Tropicana Field on Saturday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and hitting coach Marcus Thames received fifth-inning ejections from home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza in...
Aaron Judge's Yankees rehab is stuck at critical juncture
Marcus Thames has been able to work with a handful of players who stayed in Tampa during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Yankees hitting coach is still waiting for Aaron...
This was one very strange Yankees batting practice
TAMPA — With the world slowing down around them, the Yankees that have so far remained in town tried to maintain some kind of normalcy, which is why several of...
How Yankees turned latest nobody into massive piece
BALTIMORE — This latest pinstriped revelation did not arrive primarily via analytics, nor by the Yankees’ ability to solve some Sphinx-like riddle and procure some secret sauce. No, if you...
Aaron Judge finally finds his power stroke: 'Tired of hitting singles'
Aaron Judge hadn’t homered since July 20 before Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox. “I’m not too concerned about home run numbers,’’ Judge said before the game. “They’ll come....
Yankees coach wouldn't be here without paralyzed mom
Marcus Thames got the news he was dreading in October 2010. The Yankees had just beaten Minnesota in the ALDS, and while his teammates headed to Texas for the next...
The Yankee who hasn't been part of recent home run surge
BALTIMORE — The recent shower of power orchestrated by Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres and Gary Sanchez has not only been welcomed by the Yankees, it has made up for a...
Aaron Boone is atop the list of Yankees saviors
Aaron Boone sounded like a self-help guru on endless loop. The Yankees manager met each new injury — and at times it felt like one a day — with statements...
Marcus Thames has a message for new-look Yankees lineup
BALTIMORE — Before Luke Voit snapped out of his mini-slump on Thursday, Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames said he wasn’t concerned about the first baseman having gone hitless in three...
Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton primed for 2019 power show
TAMPA — The first ball cleared the stadium, went not just beyond the left-field wall at George M. Steinbrenner Field, but beyond the second fence. Yet, it was not until...
Gary Sanchez's bat is not calming the Yankees' worries
SARASOTA, Fla. — Gary Sanchez’s spring started much like most of his 2018: poorly. The catcher entered Saturday night’s game against Baltimore just 1-for-11 with a homer, no walks and...