A month into the season the Yankees are 19-10 despite Gerrit Cole throwing zero pitches and Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, and Gleyber Torres having only a handful of great games between them. It hasn’t been the prettiest four weeks, but wow, can’t complain about the results. Here now is Tuesday...
2024-04-29 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostCool thing alert: The Yankees now play John Sterling’s “Thuuuuu Yankees win!” call before “New York, New York” after the final out. You can hear it in the background here. Nice touch. They ...
2024-04-26 10:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI had a busy weekend and didn’t have too much time to write, and it’s probably for the best. The Yankees, they stink right now. The offense does at least. Juan Soto rules, otherwise this is the 2023 offense with a fresh coat of paint. Guys need to start hitting, and if they don’t, the Yanke...
2024-04-23 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
After many failed attempts earlier in life, I finally got into the NBA a few years ago (Josh Hart forever), and watching the Play-In Tournament earlier this week made me miss the Wild Card Game. It was hell whenever the Yankees played in it – so stressful! – but the Wild Card Game ruled. It w...
2024-04-19 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The radio voice of the Yankees has called it a career. John Sterling announced his retirement Monday afternoon, effective immediately. The Yankees will honor him with a pregame ceremony this Saturday. He...
2024-04-15 21:22:37 +0000 UTC View PostWould you believe Saturday was the Yankees’ first April doubleheader since 2014? They’ve had plenty of April postponements since then, but those games were all made up on off-days, or as part of doubleheaders later in the season. Saturday was their first April doubleheader since they shut out...
2024-04-15 16:42:28 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re only two weeks into the season and I’ve already run out of intro material. The dog days of summer arrive a little earlier with each passing year. Let’s get right to today’s post.
1. Weekday thoughts. It would have been nice to finish the sweep Wednesday, ...
2024-04-12 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostJuan Soto’s first home game as a Yankee sent literal shockwaves through the Bronx. I was sitting in the press box when Friday’s earthquake hit and yeah, it was noticeable. It felt like when the old Yankee Stadium would shake during big moments, only the ballpark was empty. Gleyber Torres was ...
2024-04-09 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostGood thing the Yankees opened the season on the road, huh? The Mets have been rained out three times already and the Yankees would have been too had they started the season with a seven-game homestand instead of a seven-game road trip. Also, 2024-04-05 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Did the new “Name that Yankee” feature replace YES trivia? I hope not. I’m all for new games, this is the entertainment business after all, but trivia is more up my alley. Give me both, YES! Na...
2024-04-01 10:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The Pittsburgh to New York pitching pipeline is still up and running. On Friday, the Yankees acquired righty JT Brubaker and $500,000 in international bonus pool money from the Pirates for a player to be...
2024-03-30 18:05:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe new road jerseys look sharp, no? I might be in the minority, but I like the blue lettering with no white outline. Anyway, best win of the season! Nothing else is even close! I mean, there’s a non-zero chance that winds up actually being the best win of the season, right? Anyway, what a grea...
2024-03-29 01:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe 2024 regular season begins this afternoon, 182 days since the Yankees last played a game that had stakes for either team. They’re in Houston to take on the Astros. Juan Soto is a Yankee. So too are Marcus Stroman and Alex Verdugo. Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo, Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torre...
2024-03-28 15:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Nick Burdi, meet Jon Berti. Jon Berti, Nick Burdi. Berti and Burdi. Burdi and Berti. As expected, the Yankees brought in a new position player before Opening Day. They get Berti, who for some reason I th...
2024-03-27 18:50:50 +0000 UTC View PostSpring Training is over and the regular season is a few days away. I’ll miss the chill afternoon games, but I’m ready for baseball that counts. The Yankees are off Tuesday and Wednesday, then they’ll begin the regular season Thursday afternoon in Houston. Here are the pitching matchups for ...
2024-03-26 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Opening Day is fast approaching and that means it is time, once again, for RAB’s sure-to-be-wrong bold predictions for the upcoming season. I didn’t always make 10 bold predictions. I made five predi...
2024-03-25 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJuan Soto is no longer the biggest addition the Yankees made this offseason. Earlier this week the Yankees announced all the new vendors and concession items coming to Yankee Stadium, and...
2024-03-22 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostOpening Day is next Thursday and I will once again have 10 bold predictions for the upcoming season. I’m going to break those out into a separate post this year, so look for those Monday. I went 2-for-10...
2024-03-19 10:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: We have a diagnosis and a treatment plan: Cole has nerve inflammation and edema (swelling, basically) and will be shut down 3-4 weeks, he said Saturday. “Three to four weeks no...
2024-03-15 20:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Opening Day is two weeks away and the Yankees still have so much roster uncertainty. Some of it is unexpected (who replaces Gerrit Cole?), some if it is not (who’s on the bench?). In two weeks the Yankees will be in Houston and we’ll have answers to all those questions. Here now is Friday mor...
2024-03-14 21:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Details about Gerrit Cole’s elbow are beginning to trickle in. Aaron Boone confirmed Wednesday that Cole is heading to Los Angeles to consult with Dr. Neal ElAttrache, and multiple reports used simila...
2024-03-13 20:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In unsurprising news, Aaron Judge is hurt more than the Yankees let on. This is just the way it is now. We ...
2024-03-12 19:17:41 +0000 UTC View PostThis Juan Soto guy, he’s good at baseball. The regular season needs to start already. I don’t want him wasting any more of these 447-foot home runs (video) in games...
2024-03-12 10:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This spring went from very fun and exciting to potentially terrible in a heartbeat. On Monday, Aaron Boone announced Gerrit Cole is going for an MRI on his pitching elbow because he’s had trouble bounc...
2024-03-11 16:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees will not see Justin Verlander when they begin the regular season in Houston. He’s working his way back from an offseason shoulder issue and will 2024-03-08 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We began our season preview series at CBS on Monday and I wrote our Yankees preview. I’m writing for a different aud...
2024-03-05 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: I goofed on my search for the .250/.350/.450 hitters mailbag question. My mistake. It has been corrected below.
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ORIGINAL POST: They snuck an extra day into February this year, but it’s now March, and the Yankees will play meaning...
2024-03-01 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostPutting a bow on the leadoff hitter poll: 37% of RAB readers want the Yankees to employ a platoon atop the lineup to begin the regular season. That narrowly edged out DJ LeMahieu (33%). Gleyber Torres ...
2024-02-27 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: I wrote a thing at CBS looking at Gerrit Cole’s contract and his upcoming opt out. I think the most l...
2024-02-23 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first time in a while, the Yankees specifically targeted their offensive weaknesses this offseason. The last few years it felt like they were simply assembling players, which led to too many righ...
2024-02-21 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post