The New York Yankees washed the fledgling Chicago White Sox out of a rain-soaked Bronx on Labor Day, 9-1. After a one-hour, 53-minute delay at Yankee Stadium on Monday, the Bombers' flood gates opened in an eight-run, seven-hit fourth inning.
The rout came behind the pitching strength of David Huff, who relieved Phil Hughes in the second inning with one out once the delay had ended. He went 5.2 innings—the longest relief outing of the lefty's career—and surrendered just one earned run on five hits en route to picking up the ...
The time for rosters to expand is here, and the weekly stock report on the New York Yankees' top 10 prospects has undergone a slight change as a result.
Catcher J.R. Murphy, No. 10 on last week's rankings, has received the call to the big leagues and will be left off the Week 22 rankings. In his place, a newcomer has joined the ranks.
September is usually the time that prospects can make the biggest impact on their respective clubs. Pitchers often get work in an effort to rest the veteran members ...
The New York Yankees are surging at the right time and now sit just 4.5 games back of the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Wild Card. A win Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles would put them 0.5 games ahead of their divisional counterpart in the standings.
With the chances of a playoff berth becoming more and more apparent by the game, it's worth taking a look at who the Yankees could choose to start in a one-game playoff to enter the divisional round. Given the struggles ...
The Cleveland Indians recently reinstated right-handed pitcher Brett Myers off the 60-day disabled list and proceeded to give him his unconditional release, reports the Associated Press on ESPN.com. The New York Yankees, who are still short on pitching for the stretch run, should look into signing the veteran.
Myers wasn't effective in 21.1 inning with Cleveland this season. He pitched to a 8.02 ERA in four appearances (three starts). His ineffectiveness can be attributed mostly to the strained tendon in his elbow that caused him to miss so much time.
Cleveland signed ...
Writer's note: As the New York Yankees had Thursday night off from their tumultuous and stressful 2013 Major League Baseball season, the players and the fans perhaps were granted a long-awaited moment to exhale; a moment to contemplate.
What follows is the result of a Thursday night reflection, as I began to fondly recall Yankees past and present, ultimately coming up empty wishing for a way to link the legends to the "amalgamation" of ballplayers on the current team. While many great traditions made it across E 161st Street—the Bleacher Creatures, ...
The New York Yankees are still searching for a bit more pop for the stretch run, but Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that general manager Brian Cashman is not interested in former American League MVP Justin Morneau.
In fact, Heyman cites that the Pittsburgh Pirates could be looking to add the Minnesota Twins slugger. After already acquiring Marlon Byrd and John Buck from the New York Mets this week, general manager Neal Huntington is still looking to make a splash for his team.
Sure, the Yankees have been without a right-handed platoon candidate ...
After dropping two of three to the last-place Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees enter the weekend at 70-63, looking up at Baltimore, Cleveland and Oakland in the race for the second American League wild-card spot, and, according to Baseball Prospectus' postseason probabilities, own just a 3.8 percent chance of playing in October.
Three weeks ago, Yankees manager Joe Girardi thought his team would need to find a way to 93 wins to qualify for the playoffs. If he's right, New York would need to reel off 23 of their ...
In spite of this being one of the team's most turbulent seasons, the New York Yankees remain within striking distance of a spot in the American League playoffs.
How they play in September will determine the Bombers' fate.
With all of the injuries to key players (as well as their replacements), and the circus surrounding MLB's investigation into the use of PEDs by third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees have had to battle more than just their opponents on the field of play.
Yet, here they are.
Can the team wake the ghosts of ...
Alfonso Soriano had himself a whale of a game on Tuesday night, clubbing a pair of home runs in his first two at-bats to reach 400 career dingers.
The New York Yankees left fielder has been on fire, and J.A. Happ and the Toronto Blue Jays could do nothing but watch as they faced him.
Soriano's first blast hit the fourth deck in Toronto and was one of the most impressive shots of the 2013 season. And while his second wasn't quite as amazing, it still cleared the fence for No. 400.
Perhaps ...
Alfonso Soriano clubbed home run No. 400 on Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the 51st player in MLB history to reach the milestone.
The New York Yankees were hoping add a power bat to the lineup when they traded for Soriano earlier this year, and Soriano has lived up to expectations.
His first blast of the night came in the top of the first inning. With two men on and no one out, Soriano stepped to the plate with 398 career home runs to his name. He quickly changed ...