Pinstripe Alley 44 mins ago
NYY @ TOR: Michael King vs. Kevin Gausman
Photo by New York Yankees/ The season’s final week continues as the Yankees head north There’s only a few compelling stories left in the season worth watching, and two of them come in the opener of this three-game set with the Blue Jays. Michael King gets the ball for what may be the last time this season, depending on what the club wants to do in Sunday’s finale. This could be our final look at him before he heads back to the Tampa complex for spring training 2024 with a rotation slot in mind. King is making his eighth start of the year, boasting a 1.78 ERA and...
Pinstripe Alley 13 hours ago
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 9/26/23
Photo by Adam Hunger/ One last road trip for the hell of it. The Yankees closed out their final homestand with a win, and now face their final road trip of the season. While they don’t have anything to play for and their final opponent in the Royals doesn’t either, they face...
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Pinstripe Alley 4 hours ago
VOTE: Will the Yankees retain Aaron Boone as manager?
Boone has some strong allies, but what will the Yankees do? | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via And will they make the playoffs in 2024? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The New York Yankees did not live up to their goals in 2023 by any stretch of the imagination. In a season marked by injuries, underperforming stars, and overall poor play, a playoff...
Pinstripe Alley 6 hours ago
1998 Yankees Diary, September 26: Lucky Number (1)13
Photo by Mitchell Layton/ Shane Spencer continued his torrid stretch and the Yanks won the penultimate game of the 1998 campaign. Finishing the season off against Tampa Bay gave New York an excellent opportunity to stack wins as they headed into the playoffs. Through the first two games of this series, they’d done exactly that. For game 161, they sent David Cone to the mound. Coney was sitting at 19 wins on the season, so if he could manage to hold up his end of the bargain there was a solid chance he’d get to 20 wins for the first time in a decade, since he’d...
Pinstripe Alley 10 hours ago
Yankees Rivalry Roundup: All AL West everything
Photo by Bob Levey/ The only action relevant to the AL playoff race on Monday happened out west. The Yankees have been officially eliminated, but since we’re all fans of baseball as a whole anyway, Pinstripe Alley is going to see this series through to the end of the regular season. We’ll keep you posted on the end of the American League playoff race as the final spots are determined. Stay tuned for more postseason coverage as well. Here’s what went on yesterday, September 25th. Houston Astros (86-71) 5, Seattle Mariners (84-72) 1 The Astros and Mariners both had...
Pinstripe Alley 12 hours ago
Yankees Prospects: Week 27 minor league review
Clayton Beeter | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via A memorable minor league season came to a close. A successful minor league season came to a close in bittersweet fashion, with Somerset and Hudson Valley both losing playoff series. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Record: Finished the season at 73-75 after splitting six games with the Syracuse Mets The RailRiders were the last Yankees affiliate to play a game this season when they defeated Syracuse 7-3 on Sunday. They finished their schedule with back-to-back wins in crisp, overcast weather, and each...
Pinstripe Alley 14 hours ago
NYY News: Captain Judge rules 2023 a “failure”
Photo by Sarah Stier/ Judge refers to Yankees 2023 campaign as a failure; Yanks didn’t mind Judge’s comments; Boone not worried about future as skipper; Kahnle done, but Montas could still return MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: The Yankees are now eliminated from postseason contention, and even though the season isn’t technically over yet, captain Aaron Judge has called the year “a failure.” Their record reached 79-77 after beating the D-backs on Monday, much worse than preseason expectations. In a frank conversation with Hoch, Judge, representing the players, took some...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Ask Pinstripe Alley: Yankees mailbag questions request
The swan song for the 2023 season is here. Here we are, folks. One final week separates us from now and the end of the Yankees’ 2023 season, with a clear and decisive endpoint as opposed to the looming threat of it ending sometime in October. The Yankees are officially eliminated from postseason contention, and have just a little bit longer to evaluate before the decision-makers have to gather together. And if Aaron Judge’s comments are any indication, he plans to be in the room where it happens this winter when the team retools for 2024. The big questions, of course,...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Yankees 6, Diamondbacks 4: Late rally ends home season on a high note
Photo by Adam Hunger/ Timely hits from some youngsters allowed the Yankees to take two out of three against the D-backs. Thanks to the weather, the general meh-ness of the 2023 Yankees, and the circumstances of this game, you might not ever have guessed that it was the home finale for this year. A fairly sparse* crowd filed into wet Yankee Stadium to watch a rescheduled from Saturday and shoehorned into a Monday afternoon. Even though the contest still meant a lot for the visiting Diamondbacks, much of the game itself seemed to match the sleepiness of its playing...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
NYY vs. ARI: Clarke Schmidt vs. Merrill Kelly
Photo by Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire via The Yankees will wrap up their home slate for 2023 with a game against the D-Backs. Yesterday on a rainy Sunday afternoon in the Bronx, the Yankees saw their already extremely slim playoff hopes come to an official end with a loss to the Diamondbacks. Today, they’ll wrap up their home slate for the 2023 season with one last game against Arizona in the Bronx. Taking the mound for the Yankees in the series finale will be Clarke Schmidt. After a pretty solid run in the middle of the season, Schmidt’s struggled in recent...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Kahnle to IL, ending season; Bowman recalled
Photo by Elsa/ Kahnle is heading back to the injured list with shoulder trouble, promptly bringing his 2023 to a close. When Tommy Kahnle signed a two-year deal in the offseason to return to the Yankees, it was a surprising, yet logical move. Kahnle had dealt with several injuries for two straight seasons but had shown he still had a unicorn pitch in his changeup. Going somewhere familiar made lots of sense. After today’s announcement that Kahnle is making another trip to the injured list due to his recurring shoulder inflammation, his 2023 campaign is officially...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
The Yankees’ lowly place on MLB speed leaderboards
Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/ A lack of speed around this roster is apparent. It’d be easy for someone to come in here, and prop up the narrative that adhering to the new guard, strictly going for power without really worrying about the speed aspect, has been the downfall of the Yankees. But we all know it’s more complicated than that. If you can, the priority is always to go after quality bats, and whether they can even run much, that’s just a bonus. However, what do you do when you end up with a lineup producing at a below league-average rate, and...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Oswaldo Cabrera’s slugging woes stem from issues with the fastball
The Yankees’ utilityman has gotten worse at hitting velocity and that’s not a particularly promising development. Oswaldo Cabrera entered the 2023 season as one of the Yankees’ most promising young hitters. He had 15 extra-base hits in 44 games last year, including six homers, and his .740 OPS in his age-23 campaign, coupled with his defensive versatility, invited fans to dream. It’s fair to say things haven’t worked out as planned in 2023, though. The utilityman has taken a considerable step back and is, as of Sunday morning, slashing a disappointing .221/.291/.315...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
1998 Yankees Diary: El Duque, Jeter lead Yanks to record-breaking win
The Yankees took their fourth in a row to secure the all-time AL wins record. The Yankees entered their final series of the 1998 season knowing they couldn’t set the all-time record for wins. They did know that they could at least secure second on that list and set the American League record by taking two or more from the lowly Devil Rays, who were limping to the finish in their first year of existence. New York took the first of the four-game set without much trouble, and in game two, they again cruised to secure a comfortable spot in history. September 25: Yankees 6, Devil...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Fans still believe the Yankees will finish above .500
Photo by Mike Stobe/ The latest results from the SB Nation Reacts fan surveys are here, and the people have spoken about whether the Yankees can finish with a positive record as well as the AL and NL Wild Card races. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. At long last, the Yankees have been eliminated from playoff contention after their loss to Zac Gallen and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. They...
Pinstripe Alley Sep 25, 2023
Rivalry Roundup: Resurgent Rangers sweep Mariners
Photo by Ron Jenkins/ Recapping how the Yankees’ top AL opponents fared on September 21st. The Yankees have been officially eliminated, but since we’re all fans of baseball as a whole anyway, Pinstripe Alley is going to see this series through to the end of the regular season. We’ll keep you posted on the end of the American League playoff race as the final spots are determined. Stay tuned for more postseason coverage as well. Here’s what went on yesterday, September 24th. Kansas City Royals (54-102) 3, Houston Astros (85-71) 2 First things first: a big ol’...
