Here’s a thing I did not know until recently: Joe DiMaggio did not get into the Hall of Fame until his fourth year on the BBWAA’s ballot. DiMaggio lost his age 28-30 seasons to Wo...
2025-01-28 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In just two weeks and one day, Yankees’ pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa and begin the very...
2025-01-27 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees made two waiver claims Thursday afternoon and I didn’t have time to write them up, so they’ll have to wait until Tuesday. The first, righty Allan Winans, came over from the Braves a...
2025-01-24 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostOn this date in 2020, Derek Jeter was announced as the newest Hall of Famer. He appeared on 396 of 397 ballots. The voter who omitted Jeter hasn’t been revealed and Derek took it in stride – ...
2025-01-21 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post13 years and one day ago, the Yankees traded Jesus Montero for Micha...
2025-01-14 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In news that hardly qualifies as surprising, the Yankees have been informed Japanese righty Roki Sasaki...
2025-01-13 20:02:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees made their Spring Training reporting dates official earlier this week. Pitchers and catchers will report on Tuesday, Feb. 11th, and position players will follow on Sunday, Feb. 16th. Th...
2025-01-10 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostCan you believe pitchers and catchers report in only five weeks? The offseason has flown by. The Yankees went to the World Series, so right off the bat the offseason was shorter than usual. Then Ju...
2025-01-07 11:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year everyone and welcome to the year the Yankees win the World Series. If it happens, I’ll look like a genius. If not, I’ll pretend this post never happened. 2025, eh? Crazy, man. Yo...
2025-01-03 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the final day of 2024. A good year, it was. The Yankees went to the World Series, and even though they didn’t win the damn thing, it was a pretty fun season. Fun year, but I’m ready ...
2024-12-31 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: I am skipping Friday’s post and taking a long holiday weekend. I don’t expect any breaking news, but if there is, I’ve got it covered. Otherwise I’m gonna take it easy after the d...
2024-12-23 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees sat through two years of rapidly declining Anthony Rizzo, and decided to get older at first...
2024-12-21 19:08:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees have not gone more than four days without making a trade or free agent signing since Juan S...
2024-12-21 15:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostDevin Williams (Tuesday), Max Fried (Wednesday), and Cody Bellinger (Thursday) had their introductory Zoom call/press conferences earlier this week and the most interesting thing to come out of the...
2024-12-20 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming soon to the Bronx.
UPDATE: The Yankees have announced the trade. I...
2024-12-17 22:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-eight years and one day ago, 1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland 2024-12-17 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: It is official. The Yankees have announced the trade and it is as reporte...
2024-12-13 18:08:33 +0000 UTC View PostI've made the executive decision to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Dec. 27th. That is two weeks from today. Between the deep postseason run and the 2024-12-13 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Winter Meetings are over. Thursday is, technically, the last day, though everyone is on their way home or already there, and the last day of the Winter Meetings is usually pretty quiet. 2024-12-12 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Old pal Estevan Florial is heading to South Korea. He signed with the Hanwha Eagles in KBO, per Jon Heyman...
2024-12-11 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Plan B is underway. The Yankees have agreed to an eight-year, $218M contract with left-hander Max Fried...
2024-12-10 23:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostIf you’re still miserable over Juan Soto leaving for the Mets, do not look at his...
2024-12-10 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Juan and done.
Juan Soto is a New York Met (or will be soon, officially) and now the Yankee...
2024-12-09 12:55:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It was fun for a year.
In the end, Steve Cohen’s largesse was too much to pass up. Juan S...
2024-12-09 04:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostWell, so much for my revised “Juan Soto will sign on Friday” prediction. As I write this Saturday night, Soto remains unsigned, though things should wrap up any day now. There has been a lot of...
2024-12-08 01:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Juan Soto trade anniversary. The Yankees agreed to acquire Soto from the Padres one year ago today (the trade was made official a day later) and it sure would be swell if they celebrate that ...
2024-12-06 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostFor the first time since we got word about meetings with specific teams, there was some actual Juan Soto free agency news Tuesday. Stuff that is important enough that I don’t want to wait until F...
2024-12-04 14:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We went out to eat this year, which was nice because there was no cooking/cleanup, but it also meant fewer leftovers. Small price to pay, I guess. Anyway, t...
2024-12-03 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: I am skipping Friday’s post so I can take it easy the rest of this week and during Thanksgiving weekend. If there is breaking news, I will happily cover it, otherwise I’ll see you fol...
2024-11-26 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post