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April 29th, 2024: Offense, Judge, Rodón, Trevino, Tonkin, Prospects

A month into the season the Yankees are 19-10 despite Gerrit Cole throwing zero pitches and Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, and Gleyber Torres having only a handful of great games between them. It hasn...

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April 26th, 2024: Stanton, Rizzo, Bullpen, LeMahieu, Catchers, Schmidt, Mailbag

Cool thing alert: The Yankees now play John Sterling’s “Thuuuuu Yankees win!” call before “New York, New York” after the final out. 2024-04-26 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

April 23rd, 2024: Offense, Schmidt, Wells, Boone, Injuries

I had a busy weekend and didn’t have too much time to write, and it’s probably for the best. The Yankees, they stink right now. The offense does at least. Juan Soto rules, otherwise this is the...

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April 19th, 2024: Judge, Gil, Rodón, Soto, Verdugo, Trammell, Mailbag

After many failed attempts earlier in life, I finally got into the NBA a few years ago (Josh Hart forever), and watching the Play-In Tournament earlier this week made me miss the Wild Card Game. It...

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Quick thoughts after John Sterling announces his retirement

The radio voice of the Yankees has called it a career. John Sterling announced his retirement Monday af...

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April 15th, 2024: Soto, Poteet, Berti, Bullpen, Infield Defense, Prospects

Would you believe Saturday was the Yankees’ first April doubleheader since 2014? They’ve had plenty of April postponements since then, but those games were all made up on off-days, or as part o...

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April 12th, 2024: Rodón, Judge, Volpe, Verdugo, Rizzo, Mailbag

We’re only two weeks into the season and I’ve already run out of intro material. The dog days of summer arrive a little earlier with each passing year. Let’s get right to today’s post.

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April 9th, 2024: Loáisiga, Bullpen, Volpe, Wells, Belt, Rice, Odor

Juan Soto’s first home game as a Yankee sent literal shockwaves through the Bronx. I was sitting in the press box when Friday’s earthquake hit and yeah, it was noticeable. It felt like when the...

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April 5th, 2024: Judge, Verdugo, Gil, Bullpen, Minors, Mailbag

Good thing the Yankees opened the season on the road, huh? The Mets have been rained out three times already and the Yankees would have been too had they started the season with a seven-game homest...

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April 1st, 2024: Soto, Cabrera, Bullpen, Beeter, Judge, Rodón, Stroman, Schmidt, RailRiders

Did the new “Name that Yankee” feature replace YES trivia? I hope not. I’m all for new games,...

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Thoughts after the Yankees trade for JT Brubaker

The Pittsburgh to New York pitching pipeline is still up and running. On Friday, the Yankees acquired r...

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March 28th, 2024: Soto, Volpe, Cortes, Verdugo, Cabrera, Mailbag

The new road jerseys look sharp, no? I might be in the minority, but I like the blue lettering with no white outline. Anyway, best win of the season! Nothing else is even close! I mean, there’s a...

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Quick thoughts before Opening Day 2024

The 2024 regular season begins this afternoon, 182 days since the Yankees last played a game that had stakes for either team. They’re in Houston to take on the Astros. Juan Soto is a Yankee. So t...

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Quick thoughts after the Yankees land Jon Berti in three-team trade

Nick Burdi, meet Jon Berti. Jon Berti, Nick Burdi. Berti and Burdi. Burdi and Berti. As expected, the Y...

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March 26th, 2024: Gil, Beeter, Burdi, LeMahieu, Rizzo, Bench, Mexico City

Spring Training is over and the regular season is a few days away. I’ll miss the chill afternoon games, but I’m ready for baseball that counts. The Yankees are off Tuesday and Wednesday, then t...

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RAB’s 10 bold predictions for the 2024 Yankees

Opening Day is fast approaching and that means it is time, once again, for RAB’s sure-to-be-wrong bol...

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March 22nd, 2024: Montgomery, Judge, Stanton, Weaver, Wells, Mailbag

Juan Soto is no longer the biggest addition the Yankees made this offseason. Earlier this week the Yankees announced View Post

March 19th, 2024: Cortes, Spring Breakout, Judge, LeMahieu, Warren, Gil, Beeter, Snell

Opening Day is next Thursday and I will once again have 10 bold predictions for the upcoming season. I’m going to break those out into a separate post this year, so look for those Monday. View Post

Quick thoughts after Gerrit Cole avoids Tommy John surgery

UPDATE: We have a diagnosis and a treatment plan: Cole has nerve inflammation and edem...

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March 14th, 2024: Cease, Rodón, Opening Day Starter, Mailbag

Opening Day is two weeks away and the Yankees still have so much roster uncertainty. Some of it is unexpected (who replaces Gerrit Cole?), some if it is not (who’s on the bench?). In two weeks th...

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Quick thoughts on the latest news regarding Gerrit Cole’s elbow

Details about Gerrit Cole’s elbow are beginning to trickle in. Aaron Boone confirmed Wednesday that ...

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Quick thoughts after Aaron Judge goes for an MRI on his abdomen

In unsurprising news, 2024-03-12 19:17:41 +0000 UTC View Post

March 12th, 2024: Peraza, Judge, Beeter, Warren, Poteet, Stanton, Wells, Hamilton

This Juan Soto guy, he’s good at baseball. The regular season needs to start already. I don’t want him wasting any more of these 447-foot home runs (2024-03-12 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Quick thoughts as Gerrit Cole heads for an MRI on his elbow

This spring went from very fun and exciting to potentially terrible in a heartbeat. On Monday, Aaron Bo...

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March 8th, 2024: Burdi, Kahnle, Peraza, Bench, Spring Breakout, Mailbag

The Yankees will not see Justin Verlander when they begin the regular season in Houston. He’s working his way back from an offseason shoulder issue and will 2024-03-08 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

March 5th, 2024: Rizzo, Volpe, Bullpen, Davis, Spring Breakout

We began our season preview series at CBS on Monday and 2024-03-05 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

March 1st, 2024: Stanton, Warren, Peraza, Jones, Mailbag

UPDATE: I goofed on my search for the .250/.350/.450 hitters mailbag question. My mistake. It has been corrected below.

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February 27th, 2024: Grapefruit League, Bellinger, Cole

Putting a bow on the leadoff hitter poll: 37% of RAB readers want the Yankees to employ a platoon ato...

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February 23rd, 2024: Snell, Rotation, Extensions, Mailbag

Self-promotion: I wrote...

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Poll: The 2024 Leadoff Hitter

For the first time in a while, the Yankees specifically targeted their offensive weaknesses this offsea...

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