Palladino: Girardi Must Remember Sanchez's Development Is Top Priority
Joe Girardi and Gary Sanchez walk fine lines these days.
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Joe Girardi and Gary Sanchez walk fine lines these days.
It was the 12th multi-homer game of Donaldson's career and his second this season, both coming against the Yankees.
The ascent of major league prospects is a lot like the game Chutes and Ladders. You don't make it to the top without sliding back down a few times.
Over his last four starts, Severino is 4-0 with a 0.70 ERA, including his latest, stellar start Sunday against the AL Central-leading Indians, which saved the four-game set for the Bombers, who left Cleveland with a split.
Don Baylor, an MVP player who went on to manage the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs, died from cancer Monday. He was 68.
The Yankees appear to have their rotation set for a challenging stretch of the schedule.
Luis Severino overpowered Cleveland's lineup into the seventh inning, Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run triple and rookie Aaron Judge hammered a three-run homer, sending the New York Yankees to a win over the Indians on Sunday.
The move with the designated hitter was expected after Holliday tweaked his back while swinging on Friday night.
Tthe New York Yankees hung on to beat the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night and stop a four-game losing streak.
Trevor Bauer won his third straight start, Jaime Garcia was chased in the fifth inning of his Yankees debut and the Cleveland Indians won 7-2 on Friday night to extend New York's losing streak to four.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi has made it clear he won't stick with a six-man rotation, but he said he hasn't decided which starting pitcher will be the odd man out.
The cases of Jose Reyes and Jordan Montgomery show that the definition of "odd man out" varies according to one's circumstance.
Cleveland's ace upstaged Sonny Gray's debut for New York by pitching a three-hitter and leading the Indians to a 5-1 win over the sloppy Yankees on Thursday night.
Sonny Gray says in an article he penned for The Players Tribune that his arrival to the Yankees is bittersweet.
Only a few hundred fans from the original crowd of 43,379 remained when play resumed after a three hour 11 minute rain delay.
The Yanks are going for it. It's the AL East or bust. The future, which was what this year was all about in the first place, can wait.
A 27-year-old rookie recalled Monday for his fifth major league stint this season, Hicks drove a slider over the right-center field wall in the second inning, capping a 10-pitch at-bat.
Now that the Yankees have added two starting pitchers, manager Joe Girardi has a big decision to make about his rotation.
If you paid close attention to the moves made at the trade deadline Monday, you heard many of the sport's insiders and experts applaud the Yankees for the acquisition of starting pitcher Sonny Gray from the Oakland A's.
Now, with this deal for Oakland ace Sonny Gray, the Yankees (57-47) are now likely the favorites to win the AL East, where they currently lead Boston by a half-game.
Here is the reality: The Yankees' "rebuild" is in the rearview mirror. They are contenders again. And this is the kind of deal that contenders make.
Luis Severino beat Michael Fulmer in a matchup of young All-Stars on the mound, though neither was at his best.
Sonny Gray will soon be wearing pinstripes.
The Yankees have turned the corner, which means this year could well become much more success than growing process.
The Tampa Bay Rays' bullpen allowed one hit over five scoreless innings in a win over the New York Yankees on Sunday that salvaged the finale of a four-game series.
