HOUSTON — New York Yankees third baseman DJ LeMahieu has a non-displaced fracture on the top of his right foot, manager Aaron Boone told reporters before Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros. LeMahieu is on the 10-day injured list and remains in Tampa, Fla., at the team’s spring training complex while rehabbing. LeMahieu underwent a … Read more
HOUSTON — The Yankees acquired Juan Soto predominantly for his bat and his eye. But it was his arm that saved them in his Yankees debut. Soto threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning to help preserve a 5-4 comeback win over the Astros in Thursday’s Opening Day … Read more
Commercial content 21+. The injury bug has delivered a massive blow to Gerrit Cole’s bid for a second straight American League Cy Young Award. The Yankees ace, who was a consensus favorite to repeat less than a week ago, is out at least 1 to 2 months with an elbow injury, The Post first reported … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Yankees had a communication problem. Amid all the things that went wrong last year that led to a season that general manager Brian Cashman called a “disaster,” some players felt like the analytics they received from the front office wasn’t delivered well. Alternatively, it might come at the wrong … Read more
Welcome to spring training, one of the great inventions in history. You may think we’re kidding. But ask anyone who had to pick up a snow shovel in the last week if they think we’re kidding. It may be tempting to say: What about the wheel? What about the microwave? What about the iPhone? What … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. — It’s rare for a general manager in professional sports to be as brutally honest about a player as Brian Cashman was back in November. During an hour-long media session, Cashman called Giancarlo Stanton injury-prone and said getting hurt “seems to be part of his game.” Cashman’s comments led to Stanton’s agent, Joel … Read more
The Hall of Fame is made for players like Adrián Beltré. As a pure hitter, reliable slugger and slick third baseman, Beltré had few peers: No other infielder in the history of baseball has 3,000 hits, 400 homers and five Gold Glove awards. Beltré, now 44, was a lock for the Hall of Fame. As … Read more
The Yankees are adding a starting pitcher, but not one of the top free-agent left-handers, Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery. Instead, sources briefed on the discussions indicate the team has reached an agreement with free-agent right-hander Marcus Stroman on a two-year deal worth $37 million with a vesting option. The deal is pending a physical. … Read more
Rachel Balkovec, the first woman to manage in affiliated baseball, has left the New York Yankees for an even bigger task — leading the Miami Marlins’ minor-league player development, according to a league source. Balkovec, 36, had been the Yankees’ Low-A manager for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, guiding some of the organization’s brightest prospects, … Read more
The New York Yankees lost out on Japanese free-agent right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but not for lack of effort. A comparison of the teams’ offers lends credence to the notion that Yamamoto simply might have preferred the Dodgers to any other club. The Yankees offered Yamamoto a higher average annual value than the Dodgers, an earlier … Read more