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Pinstripe Alley Mar 16, 2024
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/16/24

Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/16/24

Photo by Rich Storry/ Get ready for a Spring Breakout. We got an answer to the question of the Yankees’ Opening Day starter yesterday, as the club announced that Nestor Cortes will take the ball in Houston on March 28. It’s still crushing that Gerrit Cole won’t be on that mound, but Cortes’ journey to Opening Day starter is a fun one. He’s the first pitcher drafted and signed by the Yankees to start on Opening Day since Andy Pettitte in 1998. and he’s also one of the lowest draftees ever to earn the prestigious honor: According to our pals at...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 16, 2024
NYY News: Nasty Opening Day

NYY News: Nasty Opening Day

Photo by New York Yankees/ Nestor Cortes officially Yankees’ Opening Day starter; Aaron Judge swings, likely won’t play this weekend; Domingo Germán signs with the Pirates; Astros eyeing Blake Snell? New York Post | Mark W. Sanchez: It wasn’t surprising news, but the Yankees officially named Nestor Cortes their Opening Day starter with Gerrit Cole on the shelf. It’s a remarkable honor for a player who’s come shockingly far in a short span of time. “I’d always been up and down early in my career and at best be the fifth starter. I was able to get an...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 15, 2024
Were Yankees smart to pass on Cease?

Were Yankees smart to pass on Cease?

Photo by Michael Reaves/ The White Sox ace is headed to San Diego, not the Bronx. That may not be such a bad thing. It’s said that misery makes for strange bedfellows. The San Diego Padres and the Yankees both have had difficult offseasons in their own way that have unexpectedly intertwined the two clubs. First, San Diego was “forced” to trade Juan Soto to the Yankees for payroll reasons. Now that the Yankees are in even greater need of starting pitching after news broke that Gerrit Cole will miss the first couple months of the season with a dodgy pitching elbow,...
Sources: Pirates agree to $1.5 million minor-league deal with former Yankee Domingo German

Sources: Pirates agree to $1.5 million minor-league deal with former Yankee Domingo German

According to sources, the Pirates have signed former Yankees pitcher Domingo German to a one-year, $1.5 million minor-league deal.

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