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BOSTON — It took nearly until late September, but the Yankees are finally just about where they want to be. With Friday night’s win over the Red Sox, the Yankees slid by the Twins for the fourth seed in the American League and would host Minnesota in a wild-card series. They also had won nine... … [Read more...] about Gary Sanchez’s resurgence has been ‘massive’ for Yankees

Domingo German is channeling an iconic Yankee to signal what he hopes will be an eventual return to the franchise. After a chaotic few days in July in which his career was over and then it wasn’t, German appears to be back working toward pitching for the Yankees again in the future. “It isn’t over... … [Read more...] about Domingo German adamant about Yankees comeback: ‘It isn’t over’

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The Yankees still have questions to answer heading into the 2020 MLB Playoffs. Whew! All is right in Yankee Land! After a three-week stretch which saw this Yankee team play so abysmally that it was literally painful to watch, many fans had already began crying in their beer, ruminating about the prospect of no October […] Yankees: October question marks entering 2020 playoff … [Read more...] about Yankees: October question marks entering 2020 playoff run

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner admitted what we’d always assumed on Friday: he wants to come back. Brett Gardner seemingly has a place on this Yankees roster for as long as he wants one — which complicates roster construction, sure, but it’s largely been earned. And this won’t shock you either: when Gardner calls it a career, he’d […] Yankees: Brett Gardner drops emotional … [Read more...] about Yankees: Brett Gardner drops emotional quote about his baseball future

DJ LeMahieu finally struck the game-winning hit for the Yankees, who held off the Red Sox 6-5 and worked HARD to do so. Red Sox-Yankees in September? Sure, that’ll be a five-hour game. Even in 2020. Though Rob Manfred tried his hardest to legislate long contests out of the shortened season, the Yanks chipped away […] Yankees: DJ LeMahieu and Gary Sanchez heroically beat Red Sox … [Read more...] about Yankees: DJ LeMahieu and Gary Sanchez heroically beat Red Sox in 12-inning marathon

The New York Yankees have faced some wild September stretch runs over the years. In terms of overall strangeness, no season’s got anything on 2020 for the Yankees — a pandemic’ll do that to you. So will eight (8!) playoff teams per league, and a three-game Wild Card round … for everyone! But even though […] Yankees: 3 strangest Septembers in modern NYY history - Yanks Go Yard - … [Read more...] about Yankees: 3 strangest Septembers in modern NYY history

We don’t want to get Yankees fans too excited, but Gary Sanchez is getting a bit hot. Getting in a rhythm at the plate is different for every player, and in the case of New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez, any semblance of offense is a start. The slugger was batting .131 earlier in the […] Yankees: Gary Sanchez could finally be turning it around and that’s scary - Yanks Go … [Read more...] about Yankees: Gary Sanchez could finally be turning it around and that’s scary

We’re not sure how Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge was able to go all out so quickly. The Yankees have a plan, and we understand it: Get Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton ready for the playoffs, by any means necessary. If it means staggered days off, then that’s what it means. If we need to […] Yankees: Aaron Judge scoring from first vs Boston was utterly terrifying - Yanks … [Read more...] about Yankees: Aaron Judge scoring from first vs Boston was utterly terrifying