Another mixed bag of a week for New York leaves us with plenty to question. The Yankees have had quite a week — it started out in poor shape losing three of four to the Orioles and narrowly ceding the division lead, but rebounded with a series sweep of a solid Tigers team. The flaws in this roster continue to pop up on the offensive side: they couldn’t score more than two runs a game in Baltimore, nearly got shutout in their opener against Detroit, and often have shown an inability to string consecutive innings of offense together, scoring in one big bunch and then powering down instead. So w ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Once again, the Yankees salvaged a dud of a week with a commendable weekend of baseball. The last time we recorded a podcast, we talked about how the Yankees let themselves off the hook for splitting a series with the A’s by exploding for 37 runs against the Brewers. It wasn’t quite the same this past week, but a new pattern might be emerging. Welcome to the latest edition of Podument Park! In a similar pattern to last week, the Yankees started the week dreadfully by losing a four-game set against the Orioles, who are now leading the AL East. They managed to w ..read more

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The newly-arrived left fielder has exceeded all expectations thus far. If 2023 taught the Yankees anything, it’s the importance of having at least league-average production at as many positions as possible. Only Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres, DJ LeMahieu, and Anthony Rizzo were league-average or better among the 13 hitters to log at least 150 plate appearances for the Yankees last season (the latter two just barely fitting the bill by wRC+). Juan Soto is the type of star that every team should be trying to acquire should he become available, but ..read more

The Yankees secured an extra-innings victory, but lost their second baseman. After splitting the first two games in Minnesota, the Yankees turned to David Cone for the rubber game, as they looked to notch yet another series victory. The former Cy Young Award winner and four-time All-Star had been absolutely electric to start the season, having surrendered just three earned runs in his first 33 innings of work that season. The Twins, meanwhile, sent out young Brad Radke, who had received an All-Star nod the previous season. Unfortunately, despite the excitement for the pitching matchup, a late ..read more

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images It was an action-packed day in the Junior Circuit, with the Orioles continuing to the set the pace and the league’s longest winning streak at last coming to an end. The Yankees didn’t exactly beat down the Tigers, but they took care of business, doing enough in each of three games to earn a sweep. While the last game of that series ended in a rainy mess, there was loads of action elsewhere in the American League. We saw walk-offs, sweeps, thrillers, and a long winning streak finally snapped. Let’s go through it all. Baltimore Orioles (23-11) 11, Cincinnati Red ..read more

Recapping the Yankees’ minor league affiliates’ results from May 5th. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 5-2 at Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3B Caleb Durbin 1-4, BB, RBI, K, SB — 14-for-15 on steals RF Everson Pereira 1-4, BB, RBI, K, GIDP 1B T.J. Rumfield 3-4, 2B, BB, K, CS C Carlos Narváez 2-5, 2 RBI — 5-for-15 since returning from Yanks DH Jose Rojas 1-5, HR, RBI 2B Josh VanMeter 1-4, K, fielding error CF Greg Allen 2-2, 2B, HBP, sacrifice SS Kevin Smith 2-4 LF Luis González 1-4, GIDP Yoendrys Gómez 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 4 K, HBP — no hits, but shaky control Cody Morris 2 IP, 0 H ..read more

Gardy can rest too, wherever he is | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images For the first time in two and a half weeks, the Yankees will rest. When I was watching the Yankees’ lineup feebly flail for the majority of Friday night, I could never have imagined that a sweep could be coming. Thankfully, the Tigers failed to get all 27 outs — in fact they didn’t even get a 25th — as the Yanks rallied to win in the ninth before winning on both Saturday and Sunday. The weather was the stealth hero yesterday afternoon, as Aaron Boone didn’t even have to be tempted to use Clay Holmes in a three-run game ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images In rain or shine, bet on Juan Soto coming through in high-leverage spots. With rain drizzling throughout this Sunday afternoon, Nestor Cortes and Juan Soto shined to complete the sweep against the Tigers. While MLB and the umpires initially decided to just delay the game in the middle of the eighth, the game was ultimately called after 56 minutes to give the Yankees a 5-2 win in eight innings. In a tough test against Tarik Skubal, New York did what they had to in facing a dominant ace: attacking aggressively early when there were windows of opportunity, having ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The R2C2 buddies get all excited for Star Wars Day. It’s Sunday once again, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! With a jam-packed schedule of games and absolutely no rain (something that looks to be changing this week, judging from the weather reports), the Yankees spent a lot of time on the ballfield. Although this left them less time for social media, and no time for watching the Knicks and Rangers at the Garden, they still had time to shout out their teammates on some big wins. Let’s get started! The Week of Rizzo Y ..read more

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images It’s time to sign off, but not before one last look at the future of the Bronx Bombers. While baseball season is practically just starting, my time at PSA is ending. As someone who loved to cover the Yankees’ minor-league affiliates and draft prospects, I’d like to give one final set of thoughts before I sign off. As exciting as the Yankees’ farm system and top prospects are now, I’m sure some of you remember that it wasn’t always this way. I have fond memories of sitting in front of the TV and watching the Yankee games with my grandma, but it wasn’t unti ..read more