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Greg Bird's return to Yankees is imminent
DETROIT — Greg Bird hasn’t played for the Yankees in nearly three months, but that could finally change on Friday when they return home to face the Mariners. The first...
Yankees aren't quite ready to call up Greg Bird and Starlin Castro
DETROIT — Greg Bird and Starlin Castro need playing time to get back to the Yankees, so their rain-shortened game with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre wasn’t especially helpful. Before the Yankees beat...
Joe Girardi's lineup switch pays off in rare Yankees laugher
DETROIT — Gary Sanchez’s arrival in The Bronx last August nearly sparked a run to the postseason for the Yankees. They’re hoping he can finish the job this time around....
Ronald Torreyes has been great but that won't save his job
Starlin Castro has 97 hits in 79 games and has been on the disabled list twice with hamstring problems. So it’s easy to play with the numbers and deduce that...
Joe Girardi reveals why he's still hitting Aaron Judge third
BOSTON — Aaron Judge’s nightmarish second half isn’t going to get him bumped down in the lineup — yet. After Judge went 0-for-4 with three more strikeouts in the Yankees'...
Greg Bird's two-homer explosion a good sign for Yankees
The Yankees got some good news on Friday — a day they suffered a tough 9-6 loss to the rival Red Sox. Greg Bird, Matt Holliday (back) and Starlin Castro...
Ranking the reinforcements as Yankees' cavalry returns
BOSTON — It wasn’t just because it was CC Sabathia’s right knee again. It was what he said about his right knee — that it was the worst pain the...
Tyler Austin comes up big in surprise early Yankees call-up
Tyler Austin finally made it back to the Yankees on Thursday after missing more than six weeks with a strained right hamstring. Austin was recalled from his rehab assignment with...
Aaron Judge ties an ignominious MLB record
Aaron Judge whiffed in the first inning against Jacob deGrom in the Yankees' 5-4 win over the Mets on Tuesday night at the Stadium, marking the 32nd straight game in...
The time has come for CC Sabathia to test his injured knee
Playing catch didn’t bother CC Sabathia’s right knee, but there is a difference between tossing on flat ground and off a bullpen mound, which the veteran lefty did Monday to...
Gary Sanchez is creeping out of Joe Girardi's doghouse
Joe Girardi has been impressed with Gary Sanchez’ defense after publicly saying the catcher needed to improve earlier this month after he was charged with a passed ball and failed...
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...
Aaron Judge claims added practice is just because he's bored
TORONTO — Aaron Judge’s slump, which is nearly a month long, apparently wasn’t the reason he joined teammates for a midafternoon batting practice Wednesday. “I got to the field and...
Aaron Hicks 'perfectly healthy': When is his Yankees return?
TORONTO — According to a person who saw Aaron Hicks play for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this past weekend and for Double-A Trenton at Hartford on Tuesday night, the switch-hitting outfielder hasn’t...
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,...
One Yankee could be making his last start in 2017
CLEVELAND — With Jordan Montgomery starting Saturday and Luis Severino going Sunday, the Yankees will have used six starting pitchers for six games. Girardi has said he isn’t going to...
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...
A Greg Bird rarity: Double dose of good news for first baseman
Greg Bird got his stitches removed and hit off a tee Tuesday for the first time since undergoing surgery to remove a bone in his right ankle. The double dose...
Matt Holliday in 'frustrating' funk since viral infections
Matt Holliday had an RBI single in the seventh inning of the Yankees' 9-5 win over the Reds on Wednesday at the Stadium as he tries to snap out of...
All of Girardi's Gary Sanchez compliments come with a 'but'
SEATTLE — Only the delusional thought Gary Sanchez had a chance to repeat what he did last August and September across a six-month season. Yet, it isn’t out of the...