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Volpe eager to watch HS teammate Leiter's debut

April 18, 2024

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch’s Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Stanton starts, Judge completes Yankees' stirring comeback

Sluggers come through in a four-run ninth, ending New York's skid at three games
April 17, 2024

TORONTO -- With the Yankees down to their final three outs and seemingly sleepwalking toward being swept in a three-game series, Giancarlo Stanton’s long home run jolted their big bats back to life. Stanton sparked a comeback by sending a drive rattling into the seats, and Aaron Judge completed the

Yankees prospects team up to turn a high-flying double play

@JesseABorek
April 18, 2024

In the scorebook, the top of the seventh inning of Thursday’s contest between High-A Aberdeen and Hudson Valley concluded on a flyout to the shortstop, who threw back to the first baseman to complete a double play. But this was so much more.

Yankees' No. 17 prospect refining 5-pitch arsenal to get back to Majors

April 18, 2024

Yoendrys Gómez’s heart felt like it was beating out of his chest, but completing his warmup routine soothed him. He tuned out the crowd at Toronto’s Rogers Centre as he made his way from the bullpen to the mound. The right-handed pitcher was making his Major League debut. “There are

Injuries & Moves: Taylor Trammell claimed off waivers

April 18, 2024

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Prospects who could be impact callups -- 1 for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
April 18, 2024

We've already seen several noteworthy callups in this young season. The biggest came when the Orioles promoted the best prospect in baseball, Jackson Holliday, on April 10. The Dodgers summoned fellow Top 100 prospect Andy Pages on Tuesday to bolster their outfield. When Justin Steele strained a hamstring on Opening

Legendary Yankees radio voice John Sterling retires: 'I leave very, very happy'

April 15, 2024

TORONTO -- Summer won’t sound the same without John Sterling, the legendary radio voice of the Yankees, whose distinctive and booming baritone provided the background for more than three decades of winning baseball in the Bronx.

Jays make Rodón work as Yanks drop third straight

April 16, 2024

TORONTO -- Carlos Rodón sat hunched forward on the bench in the visiting dugout at Rogers Centre, his elbows resting on his thighs. He’d worked hard to get through four innings, evidenced by the sweat seeping through his uniform top, as though he’d run through a sprinkler on a summer

Gil K's 6, but control issues (7 walks) persist

April 15, 2024

TORONTO -- The swing-and-miss stuff that secured Luis Gil’s place on the Opening Day roster has been present through three starts, but so have bouts of wildness, a task for the right-hander to work on as he looks to solidify his rotation spot. Gil walked seven over five innings of

10 of Sterling's most iconic Yankees HR calls

April 15, 2024

TORONTO -- Frequently imitated and never duplicated, John Sterling left his mark for more than three decades as the “Voice of the Yankees.” He frequently said that he loved teams stocked with home run hitters because their performance would allow him to do his “act.” “The home run calls he

Sterling saw -- and called -- every moment of Jeter's HOF career

April 15, 2024

John Sterling didn't miss a game from Derek Jeter's first at-bat in the big leagues to his last, a constant companion calling the action from the Yankees' radio booth. Sterling celebrated Jeter's career and his role in providing audio commentary for all of the Yankees captain's achievements in an MLB.com

Holtzman, author of 2 no-hitters and a 4-time champ, dies at 78

@HarriganMLB
April 15, 2024

Ken Holtzman, a former pitcher who threw two no-hitters with the Cubs and won three straight World Series championships with the Athletics from 1972-74, died Sunday at the age of 78. Holtzman was battling heart issues and was hospitalized for three weeks before his death, his brother, Bob, told the

Can Jones make the jump from Double-A to the Majors?

April 15, 2024

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TORONTO -- Spencer Jones is wearing a Somerset Patriots uniform for now, a qualifier made necessary by the ticking clock that accompanies the Yankees’

Yankees bobble away chance at sweep in 10th

@hellapalattella
April 14, 2024

CLEVELAND -- The 10th inning on Sunday started with pure jubilation for the Yankees. After Anthony Volpe tied the game in the ninth inning with an RBI double off Emmanuel Clase, the Yankees gained the lead in the 10th on a two-run single from Anthony Rizzo that put them in

This might be Nestor's weirdest windup yet

@briancougar
April 14, 2024

Weird Nestor Cortes windups are back, and they’re weirder than ever. In the second inning of his start Sunday against the Guardians during the Yankees' 8-7 loss in Cleveland, Cortes started to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Andrés Giménez before going into his dipsy-doodle leg kick. The dipsy-doodle move he’s

Watch Jones play at Double-A FREE on Sunday

@brendan_samson and @MavalloneMiLB
April 18, 2024

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

Power Rankings: Surprise club jumps up 12 spots

@williamfleitch
April 14, 2024

One of the most famous, if amusing, images in baseball history is George Brett sprinting out of the Yankee Stadium dugout screaming at anyone resembling an umpire after they called him out for having too much pine tar on his bat in 1983. (Imagine if that happened today. The GIFs

Yankees Magazine: ‘Relentless’

After making history in 1998, the '99 Yankees proved there would be no resting on their laurels
April 15, 2024

The cheers continued for a solid two minutes, with 33,620 fans at Fenway Park standing in rare salute to a Yankee. Joe Torre had arrived in Boston earlier that day --May 18, 1999 -- having decided it was time to return as Yankees manager after being diagnosed with prostate cancer

Soto's smash caps twin-bill sweep: 'He's great'

@hellapalattella
April 13, 2024

CLEVELAND -- When Juan Soto joined the Yankees in the offseason and moved to the American League, it brought a lot of change. New city. New ballpark. New teammates. And it guaranteed he would make his first trip to Progressive Field. After going 0-for-4 with a walk in the opening

Schmidt gets through 'a bit of a grind' to lift Yankees in G1

@hellapalattella
April 13, 2024

CLEVELAND -- With Friday’s rainout creating a doubleheader on Saturday, there was a bit of added pressure on Clarke Schmidt to give the Yankees some length in Game 1. The 28-year-old starter answered the call, as he allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) over five-plus innings in the

Statement regarding the passing of Fritz Peterson

April 12, 2024

"The Yankees are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Fritz Peterson, who was a formidable pitcher and affable presence throughout his nine years in pinstripes. Along with longtime teammate Mel Stottlemyre, Peterson was part of a devastating one-two combination at the top of the Yankees’ rotation. A known

There's plenty to bark about in the Bronx these days

April 11, 2024

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.