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April 22nd, 2025: Fried, Judge, Williams, Power, Hill, Prospects

Update: Annual subscriptions are live. To switch over from monthly to annual, go to Patreon settings > Memberships > View Details, then change “billing frequency” to annual. 2025-04-22 10:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post

April 18th, 2025: Schmidt, Domínguez, Bellinger, Fried, Cruz, Leiter, WBC, Mailbag

PSA: I’ve had a few people ask about an annual membership rather than monthly. Patreon started offering annual memberships last month, so let me look into it this weekend and I’ll get them set ...

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April 14th, 2025: Volpe, Stroman, Bullpen, Rodón, Warren, Goldschmidt

You know things aren’t going well when the manager has to practically beg for a rain delay to spare his bullpen like Aaron Boone did Friday. Excluding Babe Ruth, the Yankees have never used two p...

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April 11th, 2025: Fried, Rice, Williams, Ottavino, Carrasco, Guerrero, Mailbag

The terrible news keeps coming: Octavio Dotel, briefly a Yankee and a longtime big leaguer, was among the 2025-04-11 10:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post

April 7th, 2025: Judge, Grisham, Bottom of the Order, Pitching, Prospects

Torpedo bats have the commissioner’s stamp of approval. Rob Manfred called them “2025-04-07 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

April 4th, 2025: Volpe, Leadoff, Warren, Ottavino, Bench, Prospects, Mailbag

UPDATE: The Yankees did DFA Ot

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March 31st, 2025: Opening Sweep, Torpedo Bats, RailRiders

The Yankees have swept their first series of the season for the first time since, well, last year. Before that, they hadn’t swept their opening series since 2003, and this is the first time the Y...

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March 28th, 2025: Wells, Rodón, Williams, Judge, Mailbag

A notable thing happened on Opening Day: Aaron Judge is now eligible for the Hall of Fame. It was only a formality, but Judge has now appeared in a game in 10 different seasons, so he’s eligible ...

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Thoughts before Opening Day 2025

Opening Day is here and the Yankees will host the Brewers at Yankee Stadium this afternoon (3pm ET on E...

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March 25th, 2025: Goldschmidt, Smith, Yarbrough, Rodón, Leiter

I forgot to mention this a few weeks ago: When Max Fried made his Grapefruit League debut on March 3rd, it was his first time pitching at George M. Steinbrenner Field since way back on March 2nd, 2...

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RAB’s 10 bold predictions for the 2025 Yankees

Everyone’s lining up to read this year’s bold predictions.

I swear, it feels like the World...

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March 21st, 2025: Schmidt, Carrasco, Bellinger, Bullpen, Mailbag

Opening Day is next Thursday and my annual bold predictions will run Monday. I’m gonna break them out into their own post. It’s just neater that way. Also, 2025-03-21 10:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

March 18th, 2025: Rodón, Schmidt, Weaver, Spring Breakout

The 2025 regular season begins today. The Cubs and Dodgers are playing two games in Tokyo this week (2025-03-18 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

March 14th, 2025: Cole, Stroman, Stanton, Schmidt, Smith, Mailbag

UPDATE: Carlos Carrasco is now starting tonight, not Allan Winans. Winans will probably come out of the bullpen instead (unless he's hurt). Also, the Yankees say Carlos Lagran...

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March 11th, 2025: Schmidt, Rotation, Matzek, Wells, Carrasco, Trade Targets

Has anyone blamed the injuries on the Yankees allowing beards yet? I feel like that take has to be out there. Blame this all on the Curse of the Beards™ (retroactive to 2010). Maybe the Yankees c...

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Thoughts after the Yankees announce Gerrit Cole will have Tommy John surgery

It is the worst case scenario for Gerrit Cole. Cole will have Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, the Yankee...

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Quick thoughts after Gerrit Cole has an MRI on his elbow

Opening Day is still more than two weeks away, and already this season is starting to feel cursed. Gerr...

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March 7th, 2025: Reyes, Backup Catcher, Cole, Weaver, Warren, Jones, Spring Breakout, Mailbag

Grapefruit League record check: 6-5-1 with a +17 run differential. In his newsletter, Joe Sheehan recently noted that there’s li...

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March 4th, 2025: Gil, Injuries, Cole, Rice, Fried, Lombard, Spring Breakout

UPDATE: Will Warren is starting today, not Carlos Rodón. That's what I get for trusting MLB At-Bat for Spring Training starting pitchers. I'm not sure what Rodón will do ins...

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February 28th, 2025: Third Base, Smith, Warren, Matzek, Volpe, Wells, Effross, Mailbag

The "well-groomed beard" era is underway. Jasson Domínguez is growing one. Carlos Rodón and Devin Wil...

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February 25th, 2025: Volpe, ABS, Jones, Warren, Domínguez, Rice, Hampton, Hurd, Salary Cap

First the Yankees changed their facial hair policy and now they’ll no longer play “New York, ...

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Quick thoughts after Hal Steinbrenner alters the facial hair policy


Devin Williams can grow his beard back now.

Welcome to the 21st century, Yankees. Friday mo...

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February 21st, 2025: Boone, Wells, Beeter, Schmidt, Hampton, Spring Storylines, Mailbag

Welcome to the final RAB post without some form of Yankees baseball until hopefully sometime in early November. They’ll play their first Spring Training game this afternoon. It’s a home game to...

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February 18th, 2025: Stanton, Stroman, Boone, Arenado, Brubaker, Leiter, WBC

The Yankees have their first major injury of 2025. Bench coach Brad Ausmus pulled his hamstring playing basketball over the weekend and apparently it’s a significant strain. He’s got weeks of r...

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February 14th, 2025: Stroman, Third Base, Cousins, Beeter, Loáisiga, Prospects to Know, Mailbag

Spring Training camps are open across Arizona and Florida, which means it is both prospect season (here’...

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February 11th, 2025: Spring Training, Fallen Prospects, Rule Changes

Spring has sprung. It’s cold in New York and there’s still slush on the sidewalk from Saturday’s snowfall, but pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training today, and that’s pretty aweso...

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2025 Preseason Top 30 Yankees Prospects

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February 6th, 2025: Hill, Carrasco, Non-Roster Invitees, Not Top 30 Prospects, Mailbag

On this date in 1998, the Yankees and Twins finally completed the Chuck Knoblauch trade. I rememb...

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February 4th, 2025: Schmidt, Outfield Arms, Kahnle, Leiter, Minor League Coaches, Serruto

Reminder: My annual Top 30 Prospects list will go live Friday. That means a) Friday’s regular post will run Thursday, and b) pitchers and catchers report next week. Thank goodness. I’m ready to...

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January 31st, 2025: Goldschmidt, Infield, Mailbag

Top 30 Prospects list update: It’s a go for next Friday. I have all 30 players written up already. Now I just need to put together an intro, read through it at least twice (during which I will st...

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