Here’s a thing I did not know until recently: Joe DiMaggio did not get into the Hall of Fame until his fourth year on the BBWAA’s ballot. DiMaggio lost his age 28-30 seasons to World War II and played only 13 big league seasons, but still. A three-time MVP who had a career 155 O...
2025-01-28 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In just two weeks and one day, Yankees’ pitchers and catchers will report to Tampa and begin the very long journey that is the 2025 baseball season. Position players will follow a few days later. The f...
2025-01-27 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees made two waiver claims Thursday afternoon and I didn’t have time to write them up, so they’ll have to wait until Tuesday. The first, righty Allan Winans, came over from the Braves and is a depth No. 6-7(-8) starter type. The second, righty Roansy Contreras, is a former Yankees pro...
2025-01-24 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostOn this date in 2020, Derek Jeter was announced as the newest Hall of Famer. He appeared on 396 of 397 ballots. The voter who omitted Jeter hasn’t been revealed and Derek took it in stride – “I could care less,” 2025-01-21 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
My Hall of Fame ballot and explainer is up at CBS. Feel free to yell at me and call me stupid, or, preferably, tell ...
2025-01-17 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post13 years and one day ago, the Yankees traded Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda and 2025-01-14 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
In news that hardly qualifies as surprising, the Yankees have been informed Japanese righty Roki Sasaki will not be signing with them, per 2025-01-13 20:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees made their Spring Training reporting dates official earlier this week. Pitchers and catchers will report on Tuesday, Feb. 11th, and position players will follow on Sunday, Feb. 16th. The first Grapefruit League game is Friday, Feb. 21st. That means 2025-01-10 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you believe pitchers and catchers report in only five weeks? The offseason has flown by. The Yankees went to the World Series, so right off the bat the offseason was shorter than usual. Then Juan Soto’s free agency kept us busy for a few weeks, then the Yankees were active for another few w...
2025-01-07 11:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year everyone and welcome to the year the Yankees win the World Series. If it happens, I’ll look like a genius. If not, I’ll pretend this post never happened. 2025, eh? Crazy, man. Younger me would have been disappointed we don’t have flying skateboards yet. Anyway, 2025-01-03 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the final day of 2024. A good year, it was. The Yankees went to the World Series, and even though they didn’t win the damn thing, it was a pretty fun season. Fun year, but I’m ready to turn the page and move onto 2025. I hope you had a good holiday last week and I hope you have a g...
2024-12-31 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: I am skipping Friday’s post and taking a long holiday weekend. I don’t expect any breaking news, but if there is, I’ve got it covered. Otherwise I’m gonna take it easy after the deep postseason run, the 2024-12-23 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees sat through two years of rapidly declining Anthony Rizzo, and decided to get older at first base. They have a one-year deal worth $12.5M in place with Paul Goldschmidt, according to 2024-12-21 19:08:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees have not gone more than four days without making a trade or free agent signing since Juan Soto left for the Mets two Sundays ago. Friday night, the Yankees sent Jose Trevino to the Reds for r...
2024-12-21 15:57:07 +0000 UTC View PostDevin Williams (Tuesday), Max Fried (Wednesday), and Cody Bellinger (Thursday) had their introductory Zoom call/press conferences earlier this week and the most interesting thing to come out of them was Fried revealing his dog’s name is Apollo Fried. The second most interesting thing was Willia...
2024-12-20 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Coming soon to the Bronx.
UPDATE: The Yankees have announced the trade. It is official and as reported: Poteet for Bellinger and cash. Also, the Yankees announced the Max Fr...
2024-12-17 22:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-eight years and one day ago, 1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland left the Yankees and signed a four-year deal with the Rangers. Younger and dumber me though...
2024-12-17 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: It is official. The Yankees have announced the trade and it is as reported: Williams for Cortes, Durbin, and cash ($2M per 2024-12-13 18:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I've made the executive decision to skip the regularly scheduled post on Friday, Dec. 27th. That is two weeks from today. Between the deep postseason run and the Offseason Plan and Juan Soto’s ...
2024-12-13 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Winter Meetings are over. Thursday is, technically, the last day, though everyone is on their way home or already there, and the last day of the Winter Meetings is usually pretty quiet. The Yankees left...
2024-12-12 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Old pal Estevan Florial is heading to South Korea. He signed with the Hanwha Eagles in KBO, per Jon Heyman. Florial went 17-for-98 (.173) with three homers (2024-12-11 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Plan B is underway. The Yankees have agreed to an eight-year, $218M contract with left-hander Max Fried, according to all the trustworthy reporters. There is a full no-trade clause and no deferrals. $218...
2024-12-10 23:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostIf you’re still miserable over Juan Soto leaving for the Mets, do not look at his ZiPS projection. ZiPS has him putting up +65 WAR and hitting over 370 home runs during the 15-y...
2024-12-10 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Juan and done.
Juan Soto is a New York Met (or will be soon, officially) and now the Yankees must pick up the pieces, and try to build a roster that can do something the Yankees were unable t...
2024-12-09 12:55:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It was fun for a year.
In the end, Steve Cohen’s largesse was too much to pass up. Juan Soto has agreed to a massive 15-year contract worth $765M with the Mets, according to all the trustwo...
2024-12-09 04:58:42 +0000 UTC View PostWell, so much for my revised “Juan Soto will sign on Friday” prediction. As I write this Saturday night, Soto remains unsigned, though things should wrap up any day now. There has been a lot of silliness the last few days. Carlos Mendoza’s son leaked the offer on TikTok! Soto’s sister is ...
2024-12-08 01:48:29 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Juan Soto trade anniversary. The Yankees agreed to acquire Soto from the Padres one year ago today (the trade was made official a day later) and it sure would be swell if they celebrate that anniversary by locking Soto up for the next 12-15 years later today. 2024-12-06 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time since we got word about meetings with specific teams, there was some actual Juan Soto free agency news Tuesday. Stuff that is important enough that I don’t want to wait until Friday’s post to talk about it. Here’s the latest:
Soto has “begun the process of...
2024-12-04 14:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We went out to eat this year, which was nice because there was no cooking/cleanup, but it also meant fewer leftovers. Small price to pay, I guess. Anyway, the next 10 days or so figure to be the busiest of the offseason. Pitchers are signing, the Winter Me...
2024-12-03 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostReminder: I am skipping Friday’s post so I can take it easy the rest of this week and during Thanksgiving weekend. If there is breaking news, I will happily cover it, otherwise I’ll see you folks again next Tuesday. I hope you have a great Turkey Day. 2024-11-26 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post