More Teams. More Games. Kyle Higashioka walks it off for the Yankees in the 13th inning with an RBI double. (0:57) NEW YORK — Sal Frelick raced back as Anthony Volpe hit a deep drive to right field and was fully aware of the short porch along with the larger Joey Wiemer charging in his […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Kiley McDaniel breaks down the attributes Jasson Dominguez and Austin Wells bring to the Yankees. (1:22) TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he’s excited to see what an influx of young players will bring to the major league team over the final weeks of a lost season […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Freddie Freeman’s phenomenal 2023 is the subject of my Geeky Stat of the Week. Video by Tristan H. Cockcroft (1:36) Friday is an important day on the baseball calendar as rosters will be locked as far as each team’s playoff-eligible player pools are concerned, and active rosters expand from 26 to […]
Continue readingDominguez, 20, will be joined on the big-league roster by 24-year-old catching prospect Austin Wells, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The moves were first reported by MLB.com. Dominguez is 20 years old and a switch-hitting center fielder, someone the Yankees pursued as an amateur because of his unusual combination of power and speed. The […]
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Continue readingIf it feels like there has been an influx of top-tier prospect talent into the majors in the past week, you’re not mistaken. In fact, there’s a logical reason behind it. Among the less-discussed rule changes born from the March 2022 labor agreement was an incentive program for teams that advance their top prospects to […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — The New York Yankees extended a losing streak to nine for the first time in 41 years when Tommy Kahnle allowed a go-ahead homer to CJ Abrams with two outs in the eighth inning in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Winless since beating the Marlins on Aug. […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — Mired in their first eight-game losing streak since 1995, and stuck in last place in the American League East, the New York Yankees made sweeping changes Tuesday before a series opener against the Washington Nationals. New York added youth by recalling outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Oswald Peraza, two of the organization’s […]
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