‘NY Yankees’ Archives
Yankees’ Dellin Betances Sets Franchise »
With his 131st strikeout of the season in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, Dellin Betances of the New York Yankees broke Mariano Rivera's franchise single-season record for strikeouts by a relief pitcher, according to a tweet from Elias Sports Bureau. As the MLB career saves leader and one of the all-time Yankee greats, Rivera set [...]
Gatorade Sends Off Derek Jeter with ‘Made in New »
UPDATE: September 19 at 12:06 p.m. ETChris Carlin, host of SportsNet NY's Loud Mouths, spoke out against Gatorade's "Made in New York" spot after the commercial took on viral status Thursday morning.For The Win's Ted Berg spotted video of Carlin's #HotTake.Calling Jeter a "fraud," Carlin explained that the commercial doesn't ring [...]
4 Important Silver Linings from the New York »
Maurice Setter once said, "Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold.” That would be the optimist's way of looking at the 2014 New York Yankees, a team that has become synonymous with mediocrity. After spending over $500 million this past offseason on an All-Star class of free agents that included Jacoby [...]
New York Yankees’ 2014 Minor League Awards »
Only a dozen games separate the New York Yankees from the culmination of a disappointing 2014 season. They remained in the wild-card hunt into the month of September, but at six games back of the second spot as of Wednesday morning, they've simply run out of rope and reinforcements. When it comes to criticism and blame for the current state of the [...]
Martin Prado Injury: Updates on Yankees 2B’s »
New York Yankees star Martin Prado is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after an emergency appendectomy. Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network passed along the news: The Yankees later confirmed the news of Prado appendectomy (via Danny Knobler): New York also moved Prado to the 60-day disabled list (via Brendan Kuty of [...]
Yankees Suffering Doubleheader Sweep to Orioles Is »
A day that began with bad news for the Baltimore Orioles ended with even worse news for the New York Yankees. Hours after learning they'll be without slugger Chris Davis—who tested positive for an amphetamine and was suspended 25 games, per MLB Public Relations—the Orioles swept the Yankees on Friday in a pivotal doubleheader. More to [...]
Derek Jeter Injury: Updates on Yankees Star’s »
Updates from Saturday, Sept. 13 Bryan Hoch of MLB.com has an update on Jeter from manager Joe Girardi: Derek Jeter reported no issues with his sore left elbow after the second game of Friday's day-night doubleheader, a 5-0 Yankees loss, so New York manager Joe Girardi is ready to proceed as normal for the rest of the captain's final voyage. "I [...]
What Will Happen to Yankees’ Surprise 2014 »
You're lying if you guessed during spring training that the New York Yankees' starting rotation in September would feature the likes of Shane Greene, Chris Capuano and Brandon McCarthy. Of course, the circumstances have necessitated such decisions. The rotation has been ravaged by injuries. CC Sabathia made just eight starts this year. Ivan Nova [...]
Joe Girardi Should Not Be Casualty of Yankees’ »
When a man is tasked with driving someone else’s car across the country with four slow leaks in its tires, it is not that man’s fault when the car flattens halfway through the journey. Joe Girardi is in a similar situation. The New York Yankees are technically still breathing, and that alone shows the kind of job Girardi has done with [...]
Chase Headley Injury: Updates on Yankees 3B’s »
Updates from Monday, Sept. 15 Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reported on Chase Headley's return to the Yankees' lineup: Updates from Sunday, Sept. 14 Brendan Kuty of NJ.com provided an encouraging update on Chase Headley's status: Updates from Saturday, Sept. 13 Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports that Headley is available for Saturday's [...]