What Alex Rodriguez was for the 2015 New York Yankees, CC Sabathia has been for the 2016 New York Yankees.
That is to say: seemingly against all odds, a hugely productive player.
Because the 35-year-old left-hander entered the year fresh out of rehab and with three straight bad seasons and a balky right knee to overcome, there was really no telling what the Yankees were going to get out of him. But 10 starts in, there's Sabathia with a 2.28 ERA.
He led the Yankees to their fifth straight win with his latest ...
Shortly after seemingly establishing himself as the New York Yankees' starting first baseman, Chris Parmelee suffered a right hamstring injury in Thursday's win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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Girardi Comments on Parmelee's Injury
Friday, June 10
Following the contest, manager Joe Girardi said he would be "completely shocked" if Parmelee didn't require a stint on the disabled list, according to Howie Kussoy of the New York Post.
The 28-year-old journeyman was thrust into action after a trio of Yankees first basemen in Mark Teixeira, Dustin Ackley and Greg Bird landed on the ...
NEW YORK — The stories saying the New York Yankees would sell at the trade deadline were already starting to appear.
It made perfect sense, because the Yankees are old and flawed and sure don't look like a team set up to win a championship. Trade Aroldis Chapman, trade Carlos Beltran, maybe even trade Andrew Miller and the Yankees could set themselves up for a better future.
It still makes perfect sense, except for one small detail: Check the schedule.
Look hard at the next two-plus weeks, because the Yankees have a ton of ...
Player: Blake Rutherford
Position: OF
DOB: May 2, 1997 (19 years old)
Height/Weight: 6'2", 190 lbs
Bats/Throws: L/R
School: Chaminade College Prep (Calif.)
College Commitment: UCLA
Background
Similar to the way a college player can significantly boost his stock with a strong showing in the Cape Cod League, a prep prospect can get a serious shot in the arm from a standout performance with the USA Baseball 18U team.
Long on the MLB draft radar, outfielder Blake Rutherford solidified his standing as an elite prospect last summer when Baseball America identified him as the biggest bat on that star-studded 18U team.
However, his stock has slipped a bit this ...
New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has an articular cartilage tear in his right knee, which could require surgery. He left the Yankees' game against the Baltimore Orioles on June 3 and was placed on the disabled list on June 4 without an exact date announced for his return.
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Girardi Comments on Teixeira's Recovery
Tuesday, June 7
"Our goal is to try to get him baseball-ready in three weeks to see where we're at," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said on Monday night, per ESPN.com's Roger Rubin. He continued:
I can't tell you ...
The Toronto Blue Jays (28-26) can even their home record and complete a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees (24-27) with a victory in the series finale Wednesday at the Rogers Centre.
The Blue Jays have won the past four meetings with the Yankees and taken six of seven overall, and they are listed as -115 betting favorites (bet $115 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark with Aaron Sanchez (4-1, 3.29 ERA) on the hill for his 11th start of the season.
Toronto has won five of the ...
New York Yankees first baseman Dustin Ackley will miss the season and undergo surgery on a torn labrum suffered on May 29.
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Surgery on the Horizon for Ackley
Tuesday, May 31
Manager Joe Girardi said Ackley will have surgery to repair his torn labrum, per Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
Ackley Struggling in First Season With Yankees
Ackley has played 28 games this year and has batted .148 in his first full season in pinstripes.
Ackley played only seven games in April and recorded one hit in that span. His struggles continued into May, ...
Zero. That's how many dollars the New York Yankees spent on major league free agents this winter.
Considering they've got MLB's second-highest payroll and a well-earned reputation for cutting cartoonish checks, that's sort of a big deal.
What gives?
For one, New York is still recovering from a pair of recent spending sprees that added crippling payroll obligations and have yielded mixed results on the field. The first came in 2009 and the second in 2014.
The 2016 Yankees sit at 22-23 entering play Thursday, 6.5 games out in the American League East. They're not ...
The New York Yankees moved to 17-22 on Wednesday with a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, but owner Hal Steinbrenner is not happy his team is in last place in the American League East.
He specifically singled out the players while deflecting blame from manager Joe Girardi and the rest of the coaching staff, per ESPN.com:
The first five weeks were disappointing, frustrating, particularly looking at the offense. ... The coaches are doing a good job. These are professional athletes. They're the best baseball players in the world, and sooner or ...
New York Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran hit his 400th career home run in the bottom of the sixth inning of Sunday's game against the Chicago White Sox.
The Bronx Bombers sent out this tweet after Beltran's blast:
Beltran's milestone shot was a two-run homer and gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead. He launched a 2-2 fastball from Zach Duke over the left field wall of Yankee Stadium, his 42nd homer in two-plus years wearing pinstripes.
Going into that at-bat, Beltran hadn't had much success against the White Sox reliever, per Dan Hayes of CSN ...