Category: New York Yankees

The Yankees announced that Giancarlo Stanton was scratched from Friday’s lineup with left quad tightness. Stanton, who has been the team’s DH all year, had not missed a game due to injury this year, but played in just 41 of 222 games ... MORE

Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced on Friday that center fielder Aaron Hicks has torn the tendon sheath in his left wrist, and while the recovery timeline is not currently certain, surgery could be an option. “So the MRI did reveal that he ... MORE

The Yankees completed the first leg of their longest road trip of the season with some slumbering lumber, the bats quiet behind Jameson Taillon in a 9-1 loss to the Rays on Thursday evening at Tropicana Field. New York’s four-game winning streak ... MORE

Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of “breakthrough” cases in the team’s traveling party to eight, it was announced on Thursday. Torres, who was fully vaccinated and previously had COVID-19 in December, was placed on the ... MORE

Gerrit Cole expected a tough battle from the moment he set foot in Tropicana Field, having lauded the Rays for an approach in which the Yankees’ American League East rivals never seem to take any pitches off. Neither did the Yanks’ ace ... MORE

The Yankees have seven confirmed “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 in their clubhouse, including three uniformed coaches, while shortstop Gleyber Torres was held out of the lineup for Wednesday’s game against the Rays out of an abundance of caution. Third-base coach Phil Nevin, ... MORE

Jordan Montgomery tied his career high with nine strikeouts, backed by Aaron Judge and Gary Sánchez homers as the Yankees opened a 10-game road trip with a 3-1 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field on Tuesday evening. Montgomery dazzled over six ... MORE

Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits and at least one other staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced, with others still going through testing and contact tracing. All three members of the organization were fully vaccinated prior to ... MORE

First baseman Luke Voit was reinstated from the injured list as the Yankees embark on a 10-game road trip that begins on Tuesday night against the Rays. Voit, who went on the IL with a torn meniscus in his left knee, played ... MORE

For the second straight night, the Yankees nabbed a walk-off win over the Nationals at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. This time, it was 3-2 and in nine innings. Giancarlo Stanton ripped a single through the left side to bring home Tyler Wade, ... MORE

The pitching matchup lived up to expectations, seeing a pair of multiple-time Cy Young Award winners lug their hardware to the Yankee Stadium mound on an afternoon in which runs projected to be at a premium. Corey Kluber held his own, but ... MORE

The Yankees’ defense has been a cornerstone of their recent hot streak, but a trio of fielding miscues opened the floodgates for six eighth-inning runs in Friday’s 11-4 loss to the Nationals at Yankee Stadium. Right fielder Aaron Judge was charged with ... MORE

Prior to Friday’s game against the Nationals, the Yankees recalled third baseman/outfielder Miguel Andújar from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned right-hander Albert Abreu to Triple-A. The move to recall Andújar comes after third baseman Gio Urshela exited Thursday’s 7-4 loss to the Astros ... MORE

The fans rose in unison at Yankee Stadium once more in the eighth inning on Thursday, intending to cap a three-game torrent of verbal abuse by sending Jose Altuve off with their parting thoughts. Instead, the Astros’ second baseman flipped the script, ... MORE

Yankees INF Gio Urshela will have an MRI on his knee after making a diving play that took him out of the team’s loss to the Astros on Thursday afternoon. “He’s getting an MRI now so we’ll know more in the next couple hours,” ... MORE