Yankees deliver message: Lineup is whole and dangerous
All across the long, hot summer lay the promise that a night like this was awaiting the Yankees on the other side, in autumn. Every night, Aaron Boone would fill out a lineup card authored as much by...
View ArticleYankees’ Edwin Encarnacion comes up big in first game back
Clearly, Edwin Encarnacion was ready to return. After missing the final 15 games of the regular season with a strained left oblique, Encarnacion came back for his first game since Sept. 12 and came...
View ArticleHow Dellin Betances gave his Yankees teammates a jolt
Seeing Dellin Betances using crutches to get from the dugout to the first-base line for Game 1 introductions on Friday night at Yankee Stadium was only a reminder of what the season could have been for...
View ArticleEdwin Encarnacion is making Yankees impact at perfect time
MINNEAPOLIS — When the Yankees didn’t make any major additions prior to the trade deadline in July, general manager Brian Cashman pointed out that he had already made a significant move a month...
View ArticleGiancarlo Stanton is the exception to philosophy that carried Yankees
MINNEAPOLIS — The reactions when the Yankees signed Brett Gardner and DJ LeMahieu and traded for Edwin Encarnacion were quite similar. “Why?” Or: “Where is (fill-in-the-blank) going to play and/or get...
View ArticleWhat separates these Yankees from the ones who came up just short
We are conditioned to change. We expect it. Baseball is a transient business, and the characters are ever-evolving. The Yankees were last in the American League Championship Series two years ago, and...
View ArticleDJ LeMahieu could share first base with Encarnacion for ALCS
Without several outstanding defensive plays in the ALDS, the Yankees likely wouldn’t have won Game 3 and finished a sweep of the Twins. While DJ LeMahieu at first base provides the Yankees with their...
View ArticleAaron Hicks and CC Sabathia’s ALCS status becomes clearer
HOUSTON — Aaron Hicks said he will be on the Yankees’ ALCS roster and CC Sabathia anticipated joining Hicks for Saturday’s Game 1 against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. “I am on the roster,’’ said...
View ArticleYankees vs. Astros: Why it’s smart to take Over in Game 1
The Houston Astros and New York Yankees will be squaring off in the ultimate battle of a tremendous lineup against perhaps the best trio of starters in all of baseball. The Yankees finally have their...
View ArticleDidi Gregorius: ‘I was the one who failed’
On a day the Yankees couldn’t come up with a clutch hit, Didi Gregorius nearly came up with a huge blow. With two on and two out against Gerrit Cole in the bottom of the fifth following a two-out...
View ArticleYankees’ nightmare encapsulated in this one inning
After the Yankees squandered a terrific chance to break the game open — and perhaps knock out Zack Greinke — in the first inning Thursday, they saw another opportunity materialize during their 8-3 ALCS...
View ArticleGiancarlo Stanton is back in the Yankees lineup for Game 5
The Yankees and Giancarlo Stanton couldn’t wait any longer for him to get back from a quad injury he suffered in Game 1 of the ALCS in Houston. After sitting out the next three games, Stanton returned...
View ArticleYankees sitting Giancarlo Stanton adds to nightmarish year
HOUSTON — Giancarlo Stanton’s return to (relative) good health lasted just one game. With the Yankees’ season on the line Saturday night in American League Championship Series Game 6 at Minute Maid...
View ArticleThe free-agent decisions Yankees face after ALCS heartbreak
After the Yankees were knocked out of the ALDS by the Red Sox a year ago, general manager Brian Cashman summed up the season this way: “We want teams that are not forgotten. And the only way to do that...
View ArticleYankees’ Brian Cashman on potential medical staff shakeup: ‘Stay tuned’
After a season in which 30 players were sent to the IL for 39 stints, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did not rule out changes being made to the medical staff this offseason. “Stay tuned if...
View ArticleYankees decline $20 million option on Edwin Encarnacion
The Yankees made their first roster move of the offseason when they declined their $20 million option on Edwin Encarnacion for 2020. He is due a $5 million buyout and will become a free agent....
View ArticleRanking MLB’s top 30 free agents and predicting where they’ll sign
Here’s the free-agent pitch. If you want a high-end starting pitcher, then consider this your lucky winter. You’ll notice that, as you devour The Post’s breakdown of the top 30 free agents, with their...
View ArticleThe top MLB free agents remaining after three mega-deals
The biggest names are off the board in MLB free agency. Gerrit Cole is clean-shaven and holding a record-setting nine-year, $324 million contract to play in pinstripes. Stephen Strasburg got $245...
View ArticleFormer Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion signing with White Sox
Former Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion is in agreement with the White Sox on a one-year, $12 million contract, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported Wednesday. The news comes just two days following the...
View ArticleWhy shorter MLB season won’t devalue first base fantasy value
When the time does eventually come to draft your fantasy baseball team and you are making your final preparations for the 2020 MLB season, there are a number of strategies to be adjusted. Elite...
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