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Yankees hope to find impact from RHP Luis Severino after eschewing trade

General manager Brian Cashman, after being shut out in efforts to bring San Diego Padres closer Craig Kimbrel to the Yankees, announced on Friday he will promote Luis Severino, a 21-year-old right-hander who is the top pitching prospect in the Yankees organization, to the big league club. “Severino will, I think, be making his next […]

Yanks can take lickin’, keep on tickin’

They are 5-4 since he returned to the roster after missing nearly three months with a broken right forearm suffered when he was hit by a pitch in the first at-bat of spring training. The point is not that the Yankees are a better team without Granderson than they are with him; that is certainly […]

Yanks acquire SS Didi Gregorius

The Yankees on Friday announced that they have acquired Gregorius from the Diamondbacks in a three-team trade that also involves the Tigers. Right-handed pitcher Shane Greene was traded from the Yankees to Detroit, while Arizona received left-hander Robbie Ray and minor league infielder Domingo Leyba from the Tigers. Gregorius hit .226 with six homers and […]

What does this weekend showdown mean for the Red Sox and Yankees?

Jump to what the series means for: Red Sox | Yankees Only 20 days ago, after the Boston Red Sox fell 10 games under .500 and a season-worst 10 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, it appeared a given that the next meaningful game at Fenway Park would come in […]

DFS Roundtable: When to take the highest-salary pitcher

Derek Carty, Renee Miller, Todd Zola and Joe Kaiser answered those questions and more in our first MLB roundtable discussion. Note: This was conducted before games on Tuesday, August 4. Carty: Let’s start with the basics and go from there. Because pitchers score more points than hitters and because you only get two of them, […]

The dos and don’ts of drafting injury-prone pitchers

Recent history suggests that the wisest such picks are the ones at full strength on Opening Day, rather than DL-bound to begin the year. This season, Masahiro Tanaka, and to a lesser degree, Jose Fernandez, Stephen Strasburg and Michael Pineda, fall within this group. Players on the Disabled List on Opening Day, or projected to […]

Masahiro Tanaka, White Sox meet

Tanaka and agent Casey Close have until a deadline of 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 to have a contract and physical completed with a team. The right-hander went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in the Japanese League last season and is considered by many to be a top-of-the-rotation starter. The major league team that […]

Expect Yankees to go globetrotting

NEW YORK — When it comes to player development, there is still one area in which the Yankees can exert their fiscal dominance: the international market. Unlike the amateur draft, in which a team like the Yankees is often victimized by its own success with a series of low draft picks, the Yankees’ dollar is […]

Detroit Tigers place Miguel Cabrera (left biceps strain) on 10-day injured list

The move is retroactive to Saturday for the 39-year-old designated hitter and first baseman. Cabrera is batting .256 with four homers and 37 RBIs in 102 games in his 20th year in the majors. The 12-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP has 506 career homers and 3,079 hits. Detroit manager A.J. Hinch told reporters […]

Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Saturday’s MLB games

Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication. By Mike Sheets • Closer Chart: Latest bullpen intel • MLB Depth Charts for every team • Player news wire with fantasy spin […]

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