Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images LeMahieu shut down for a week; Holmes’ impending free agency; the AL East is really, really annoying (because it’s really, really good); Yanks claim Tonkin from Mets Associated Press | Larry Fleisher: Earlier this week, it was reported that Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu had suffered a setback during his first rehab outing. Now, after additional testing, it was revealed that the third baseman is dealing with “residual edema” in his right foot — a fancy way of saying that there is still swelling in his foot due to the fracture in his foot. He will be shut d ..read more

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Untimely double plays and strikeouts prevented the Yankees from winning a home series against Oakland. Fresh off rejuvenating back-to-back victories, the Yankees looked primed from the get-go on Thursday night to avenge their lifeless loss to Oakland on Monday with a series victory. Instead, it turned out to be a return to frustrating form for the offense, underscored by two bases-loaded double plays and 11 strikeouts, ended in a 3-1 defeat at the hands of a subpar A’s team. The Yankees left 11 men on base and wasted a solid outing from Nestor Cortes, who he ..read more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images A battle of lefties in the Bronx as the Yankees seek to secure a series win Entering the 2024 season, it was fair to wonder whether the Yankees would get the Nestor Cortes who was an All-Star in 2022 or the one who struggled through a disappointing and injury-marred season last year. So far, we’ve seen both. In three of his starts, in Houston, Arizona, and Cleveland, he’s been scorched to the tune of a 7.07 ERA. In his two home starts, against the Marlins and Rays, he’s been masterful, tossing 15 scoreless innings. Nestor will look to continue his dominance i ..read more

Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images The hulking righty isn’t exactly what you might think he is. Ahead of today’s series finale with the Athletics, the Yankees added some bullpen depth via veteran righty Michael Tonkin, a waiver claim from the Mets. To make room on the 40-man, minor-league arm McKinley Moore was DFA’d. Tonkin, 34, is one of the biggest men in baseball at 6-foot-7 and a lithe — for that height — 220, giving him a tremendous downward plane. He’s a bit of a project, however, with just 29th percentile extension that should probably be greater given his size. He’s never had a sustaine ..read more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images The Yankee second baseman has slumped before. Will he recover this time around? In the 2023 Major League season, 46 different players tallied 25 or more homers. Thus far in 2024, nearly all of them have added to their totals once again, save for a few. Two-time All-Star and Silver Slugger Nick Castellanos, former MVP runner-up Alex Bregman, a 1:1 draft pick in Spencer Torkelson, and Yankees’ second baseman Gleyber Torres have not put one in the seats yet in 2024. Nearly every big league hitter will have their slumps where it seems like they can’t buy a hit, p ..read more

Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Baseball has changed, and there should be additions to the YES booth that reflect it. Five pitches into Monday’s afternoon game against the A’s, in a now-somewhat infamous moment, manager Aaron Boone was ejected after the umpire, Hunter Wendelstedt, mistook a heckle from a fan as a verbal jab from the Yankees dugout. Watching it unfold on the broadcast, I became curious about Wendelstedt: Is he typically this stubborn? What’s his reputation among players and managers? While John Flaherty, who was the color analyst on the call, did overlap ..read more

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images On the day they dedicated a monument to No. 5, No. 51 walked off the Blue Jays in the 11th. In the grand scheme of things, exactly where you sit in the standings in the month of April isn’t that big of a deal. With the postseason still months away and so much changing on a day-to-day basis, it’s much more important to simply bank as many wins as possible and put yourself in a good spot for the start of the summer. Even so, any time you start a series with the division rival who sits above you in the standings represents a prime opportunity to make a statement ..read more

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Recapping how the Yankees’ top AL opponents fared on April 24th. Last night was exactly what the Yankees hoped for when they traded for Juan Soto in December. Both he and Aaron Judge homered, and they got a bomb from another valued slugger in Anthony Rizzo as the A’s fell in the Bronx, 7-3. To be direct: more of this, please! Hell, simply scoring in multiple innings was appreciated. That’s what went on in the Bronx, but here’s what else was afoot among the American League’s best on Wednesday. Baltimore Orioles (16-8) 6, Los Angeles Angels (10-15) 5 A nai ..read more

Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images The 2022 Platinum Glove recipient had a down year defensively by his standards last year, but has once again become the pitch framing king of baseball. Ever since the Yankees acquired Jose Trevino from the Texas Rangers in the days leading up to Opening Day in 2022, his calling card has been his work behind the plate. On the back of a league-best 17 catcher framing runs and a 53.8-percent strike rate, the veteran catcher took the starting job in early April that year, stole the show in Los Angeles as he earned his first All-Star nod, and became both the first Y ..read more

Recapping the Yankees’ minor league affiliates’ results from April 25th. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 6-1 at Durham Bulls 2B Jorbit Vivas 0-3, 3 K, CS LF Caleb Durbin 2-4, BB, K, 2 SB RF Everson Pereira 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 K — that’s number 7, no one doubts he’s got power 1B Carlos Narvaez 0-4, BB, 3 K DH Jose Rojas 0-3, BB, 3 K C Luis Torrens 2-4, 2B, K SS Jeter Downs 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, SB — nice little run for Jeter 3B Kevin Smith 1-4, RBI, K, 2 SB CF Brandon Lockridge 0-4, 3 K Will Warren 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR (win) — top prospect seems to be finding his form Clay ..read more