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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...
Masahiro Tanaka's Yankees career may have ended in cruelest way possible
SAN DIEGO — Masahiro Tanaka couldn’t change the subject with his trademark October magic Wednesday night at Petco Park, and in a cruel twist of irony, he simultaneously made himself...
Yankees' season suddenly in the danger zone
It happens this quickly, like a flash flood ruining a sunny afternoon. One day you feel invincible, bulletproof, you’re bashing baseballs all over ballyards, you’re three wins out of three...
Yankees pushed to brink of disastrous elimination
A Yankees postseason that began very well could be nine innings from an offseason of regret and hell. After punishing Indians pitchers Shane Bieber and Carlos Carrasco in the AL...
What Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka thinks about pitching Game 3
Masahiro Tanaka is happy to be pitching in Southern California instead of the wind and rain of Cleveland where he worked last week in the AL wild-card series. As far...
What will likely swing Yankees' Clint Frazier decision
Despite numbers that indicate a different decision, it is likely Clint Frazier will start in left field on Monday night at Petco Park when the Yankees and Rays play Game...
Yankees' ALDS rotation after Gerrit Cole remains unclear
Gerrit Cole will start Game 1 of the ALDS on Monday night at San Diego’s Petco Park against the Rays. Beyond that, Yankees manager Aaron Boone is still working on...
Yankees rediscover resiliency in hard-fought sweep of Indians
CLEVELAND — Lake Erie in the fall: the Indians’ 10th man. The Yankees found themselves outnumbered Wednesday night at Progressive Field. Nevertheless, they persisted, and they prevailed in an epic...
Yankees' families get to watch team play for 1st time this season
Nothing has been normal about the 2020 baseball season, but when the Yankees beat the Indians 12-3 in Game 1 of the AL wild-card series against the Indians in Cleveland...
Yankees star's legacy is clear even if it's over: Sherman
Masahiro Tanaka was pitching like the ace he was imported to be when he suffered an injury that led to, of all things, defining his time as a Yankee as...
Even Brian Cashman concedes Gary Sanchez's playoff reality
Brian Cashman has been Gary Sanchez’s biggest backer whether it was in 2018 when the catcher struggled with passed balls and wild pitches, or this year when Sanchez hasn’t come...
Yankees embarrass themselves as division hopes fade
The Yankees can’t win the AL East, and if they deliver a stinker like they did Wednesday night, their stay in the postseason will be short and painful. On a...
Yankees tweaking pitchers' schedules as playoffs approach
BOSTON — Gerrit Cole and Masahiro Tanaka will get an extra day of rest heading into their final starts of the season, setting both up for added days off before...
Yankees top sluggers finally back in lineup at same time
BOSTON — For the first time since Aug. 8, the Yankees had both Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in the lineup together, with both sluggers having recovered from leg injuries....
Yankees' insane homer barrage continues in eighth straight win
A lot of folks might disagree with Aaron Judge believing the Yankees are the best team in baseball. The Blue Jays pitchers can’t be among the non-believers. Not after leaving...
How Yankees should line up playoff rotation after dodging crisis
OK, crisis averted. The Yankees will not embarrass themselves by failing to qualify for the most inclusive postseason in the game’s history. Now let’s work on that postseason starting rotation....
Gerrit Cole resurgence couldn't come at better time for Yankees
Gerrit Cole earned his Yankees fan bona fides in 2001. Did he just prove his pinstriped mettle on Sept. 11? Sure, sure, true Yankees moments, especially for a player who...
Yankees finally beat Rays as benches clear in the end
The Yankees finally beat the Rays on Tuesday night, but not without some late drama. With two outs in the ninth, Aroldis Chapman’s 101 mph fastball went behind Mike Brosseau’s...