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Pinstripe Alley 3 hours ago
NYY News: DJ down; Snell to SF

NYY News: DJ down; Snell to SF

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ LeMahieu might miss Opening Day; Snell agrees to deal with the Giants; Judge to return on Wednesday; Torre surprises Rodón and fans on Monday; three Yankees elected to the All-Spring Breakout first team MLB.com: While X-rays and CT scan showed that there is no break in DJ LeMahieu’s right foot after fouling off a ball in the area, the versatile veteran is in danger of missing Opening Day. Manager Aaron Boone said that LeMahieu sustained “a pretty significant bone bruise” in Saturday’s game. After being sent to a specialist on Monday, all...
Pinstripe Alley 11 hours ago
Yankees 4, Phillies 3: Rodón throws 5.2 no-hit innings

Yankees 4, Phillies 3: Rodón throws 5.2 no-hit innings

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Yankee southpaw impressed as he looks to get back on track in 2024. This late in spring training, players’ appearance start to somewhat resemble a real game. Starting pitchers can go at least five innings. Position players will get three at-bats and sometimes, even more. The clock is ticking for them to round into form with just a few games left before spring training. In Monday’s exhibition, two players in particular showed good signs as they head towards the games that count for real. With both looking for bounce-back...
Pinstripe Alley 15 hours ago
NYY vs. PHI: Carlos Rodón vs. Matt Strahm

NYY vs. PHI: Carlos Rodón vs. Matt Strahm

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Rodón looks to put in a good start as the regular season nears. We are now into the final days of spring training. Exactly one week from today, the Yankees will be wrapping up their Grapefruit League schedule, with the regular season set to start in Houston later that week. Sure, some recent news has sucked some air out of the Yankees’ balloon ahead of Opening Day, but it’s still great to be so tantalizingly close. However, we still have some spring games to go, and that includes today. This afternoon, the Yankees will host a split-squad...
Pinstripe Alley 16 hours ago
Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Clayton Beeter

Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Clayton Beeter

Photo by New York Yankees/ This live arm could soak up a lot of innings in the Bronx this season. Clayton Beeter’s story has remained largely the same throughout his baseball career — a ton of talent handled with extreme caution. Drafted by the Dodgers in the second competitive balance round of the shortened 2020 draft, Beeter entered the organization with outstanding results at Texas Tech but a loaded injury history, including Tommy John surgery back in 2017. Los Angeles handled him with utmost care, rarely ever letting him pitch past the fourth inning in his...
Camden Chat 18 hours ago
Previewing the AL East: New York Yankees

Previewing the AL East: New York Yankees

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Bronx Bombers are seen as the favorites to dethrone the Orioles in the AL East thanks to the addition of Juan Soto. No matter what’s in the baseball world outside of the Bronx, the greater baseball-loving public just can’t seem to quit the Yankees. The boys in pinstripes are coming off their worst season in over three decades, as 2023 saw them finish fourth in the AL East and miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Their 82 wins was the lowest win total a Yankees team has put up since Buck Showalter took over as...
Pinstripe Alley 19 hours ago
Three standout Yankees hitters from the Spring Breakout

Three standout Yankees hitters from the Spring Breakout

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via PSA’s newest scout highlights players who could contribute to the big league roster as soon as this season. On Saturday afternoon, the Yankees sent many of their top prospects to George M. Steinbrenner Field to take on the Blue Jays’ equivalent as part of the first-ever Spring Breakout series. The idea? Get more eyeballs on the future of baseball. If you tuned into the game, boy did you receive a treat! If you didn’t tune in, well, you’ve come to the right place because I was there scouting both teams. In my first piece for...
Pinstripe Alley 20 hours ago
Yankees Making the Team Meter: Week Four

Yankees Making the Team Meter: Week Four

Injuries to Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge raise all sorts of questions. It’s a Monday in March, and you know what that means — it’s time for another edition of the Pinstripe Alley Making the Team Meter! As spring training goes, this week can be described as nothing short of a disaster for the Yankees: Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, and DJ LeMahieu were all sent for tests, with Cole set to start the season on the injured list with an elbow injury and Judge not having played since last Sunday. These injuries complicate what had already been an intense battle for the final spots in...
Pinstripe Alley 21 hours ago
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/18/24

Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/18/24

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via One last week of warmups starts today. Starting today, there’s exactly one week of spring training left. One week for some prospects and fringe candidates for the roster to make their case and claim a spot for the Opening Day team. There’s a high probability that some of the guys who miss the cut end up making it to the bigs at some point, but there can only be 26 guys at a time and the team has a number of interesting options to consider now that they’ll be running a different starter with Gerrit Cole on the shelf. The...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 18, 2024
NYY News: Opening Day all that matters for Boone, Judge

NYY News: Opening Day all that matters for Boone, Judge

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Boone no longer projecting returns; LeMahieu gets good news; Warren’s bounceback impresses New York Post | Greg Joyce: So much for being penciled in for Saturday. Aaron Judge didn’t play over the weekend as he continues to recover from the now-infamous “sore core.” Yankee brass at this time don’t seem overly concerned, with GM Brian Cashman saying there was a 100 percent chance the game’s best hitter will be in the lineup come Opening Day. Manager Aaron Boone was equally confident, remarking that he was no longer going to predict when...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Social Media Spotlight: Get well soon, Darryl

Social Media Spotlight: Get well soon, Darryl

Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via The New York sports legend suffered a heart attack this week and is in recovery. Spring training is more than half over, and everyone around the game of baseball — players, fans, broadcasters, and bloggers alike — are counting down the days until the glorious holiday that is Opening Day. When they aren’t getting ready for the season, what have our favorite Yankees been getting up to? Let’s find out! Get Well Soon, Darryl Earlier this week, former Yankees and Mets legend Darryl Strawberry announced on his Instagram...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Yankees 6, Red Sox 12: Disastrous first inning dooms Warren

Yankees 6, Red Sox 12: Disastrous first inning dooms Warren

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The race for the fifth spot in the Yankee rotation may have just gotten clearer, with the Red Sox hanging a nine-spot in the first inning. Most teams don’t send their top squads on the road in spring, and today was no exception for the Yankees, as they sent a ragtag group over to Fort Myers to take on the Red Sox. Still, even with a skeleton crew in tow, you don’t expect to lose the game in the first inning, but that’s what happened this afternoon as the Yankees fell 12-6 to Boston. With few big names making the trip, the...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Remembering the time that Mark Teixeira took on bees

Remembering the time that Mark Teixeira took on bees

Photo by Stacy Revere/ The Yankees’ first baseman made quite an internet buzz a decade ago. Spring training is not the most serious time on the baseball calendar. That’s not to say that players, coaches, and front office staff don’t take it seriously. For roster locks, it’s their time to put the finishing touches on their season preparation. For borderline players, it’s their time to try and win roster spots. For minor leaguers and young players, it’s their time to make a positive impression for future years. That being said, the results don’t necessarily...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Watch out for these surprise AL East rivals in 2024

Watch out for these surprise AL East rivals in 2024

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Which non-Yankees could cause some AL East surprises in 2024? Any good baseball fan has learned the lesson of the imponderable from year to year. Oftentimes, we see players vastly exceed their expectations, and while there is a reasonable path to foresee such a scenario, for various reasons, it isn’t considered the likeliest outcome. Knowing something will hurt you down the line doesn’t really ease the pain all that much. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t do a coping exercise here, and look at specific players that could surprise...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Strokes of luck the Yankees could use in 2024

Strokes of luck the Yankees could use in 2024

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports On St. Patrick’s Day, let’s explore some things that could bounce right for the Yankees to help them this season. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. On this day of luck, let’s delve into a few things the Yankees hope to catch a break on in 2024. The luck of having good health is the most obvious one for any team. The Yankees avoided the worst-case scenario news with Gerrit Cole not needing Tommy John surgery, but they still need to hope everything goes right with his recovery, and that he returns to his normal form by the summer. While we...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 17, 2024
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/17/24

Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/17/24

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ YANKEES/RED SOX ... from Fort Myers. If you didn’t get a chance to watch any of the Spring Breakout game yesterday between the Yankees and Blue Jays, I’m sorry to hear it! The Baby Bombers—especially Spencer Jones—really showed out, and even if it’s just a glimpse, it was nice to see some top Yankees prospects get some attention from the booth that could be calling their games in just a year or two. (Maybe more in the case of someone like Roderick Arias, but you get the gist.) Today on the site, Matt will preview the...

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