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MLB Trade Rumors | Mark Polishuk: Add another team to the list of suitors for free agent and former Yankee Cody Bellinger. The Philadelphia Phillies have apparently thrown their hat in the ring for the versatile lefty slugger. It sounds like Plan A for the Phils remains re-signing Kyle Schwarber. If that’s the case, then […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 8 hours ago | 0 reads
1946 After 21 years establishing his Hall of Fame credentials with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, pitcher Red Ruffing signed with the White Sox as a free agent. Ruffing, in his 40s but returning to the Yankees after World War II service, was remarkably efficient in part-time used in 1945 and 1946, […]
From South Side Sox | about 23 hours ago | 0 reads
Jack Curry kind of set the Yankee world on fire earlier this week on YES Network’s “Yankees Hot Stove” program, seemingly implying that no major moves were planned for this winter. We’re still reasonably early in the offseason, so I’ll believe that interpretation when the team heads down to Tampa, but more than one report […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 23 hours ago | 0 reads
Pretty much anyone who is at least mildly plugged into baseball is aware that the Winter Meetings begin tomorrow. So that means the offseason activity will pick up again, right? Right? It’s not going to continue to be crickets? I think we’ll get some movement, even if the activity is not as scintillating as last […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 1 day ago | 1 read
New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: We’ve arrived at the eve of the Winter Meetings, and we know what the storylines are for the Yankees. New York wants to add one more outfielder, a starter, and shore up their relief depth, but no one knows how much Hal Steinbrenner is willing to spend to […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 1 day ago | 0 reads
The Yankees’ offseason has gotten off to a quiet start. That fact, in and of itself, is not particularly alarming. The baseball offseason, despite the popular ‘hot stove’ term, rarely moves all that quickly at first. But when a rival team makes aggressive moves early on, fans start to get antsy. The Blue Jays, who […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 1 day ago | 0 reads
The New York Yankees entered the 2025 campaign after losing a superstar from their 2024 pennant-winning club to free agency and their ace to season-ending surgery before Opening Day even arrived. Still, their offseason pivot from re-signing Juan Soto landed them some players who helped them return to the postseason with the best record in […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 2 reads
The year is 2021. The confetti from the Braves’ World Series parade has been swept aside and a chill descends upon the baseball world as five cold months stretch between the end of the season and the arrival of the new campaign. The Yankees have an opportunity to chart their organization on a new course […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 0 reads
On Tuesday, Sonny Gray greeted Red Sox Nation with exactly what it wanted to hear. Here’s the money quote: “It feels good to me to be able to go to a place now where it’s easy to hate the Yankees.” Not only is the quote bellicose, but the delivery leaves little room for epexegesis: Now […]
From Over the Monster | 2 days ago | 0 reads
To the surprise of many in baseball, Luis Severino left New York, where he’d pitched for both the Yankees and Mets, and signed a three-year, $67 million deal with the Athletics before the 2025 season. It wasn’t long before Severino complained about the conditions at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento. And it’s no wonder — […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Meet the Mets Having officially signed a three-year deal with the Mets, Devin Williams is set to have his introductory press conference this afternoon at 3:30 PM EST. Williams called out Yankees fans who have gotten mad in his DMs. Twins ace Joe Ryan is of interest to the Mets, and the Twins understandably like […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Last year, the Yankees were theoretically in the market for some sort of infielder. It became pretty clear early on that they were likely going to let Gleyber Torres go. That would open second base for them to move Jazz Chisholm Jr. back to his more natural position, while freeing up third base. In the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 0 reads
It was a quiet day on the front, with the hot stove doing little to surprise us yesterday as we amble towards the winter meetings. The Yankees made something resembling news, announcing their 2026 coaching staff, though that was more a formality, as they mostly confirmed earlier reports of changes within their staff. It’s not […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 0 reads
1974 It was a minor trade, but one the White Sox undoubtedly won, sending shortstop Eddie Leon to the Yankees for reliever Cecil Upshaw. Upshaw pitched on the South Side for just one season, but he filled a solid late role for the club, finishing 15 of his 29 games, with a save, carrying a […]
From South Side Sox | 2 days ago | 0 reads
MLB.com | Mark Feinsand: With baseball’s annual Winter Meetings coming up early next week, both national and beat reporters have spent this week breaking down rumors and laying out their predictions for what looks to be an intense couple of days in Orlando. This week, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand took to Reddit for an AMA, then […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 2 days ago | 0 reads
When you take into account the full picture of a player, particularly in terms of expectation, it’s hard to find an individual who had a more disappointing campaign for the Yankees than Marcus Stroman in 2025. It got so bad to the point that the Yankees chose to release him to make room for deadline […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 1 read
The Yankees invested a heavy amount of trade capital to build a super bullpen in 2025, dealing away a dozen players to bring in Devin Williams, Fernando Cruz, David Bednar, Camilo Doval, and Jake Bird between last winter and the trade deadline. Suffice to say their efforts did not pan out, the relief corps representing […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Donny Baseball is an interesting case: his career lasted only 14 seasons. At his peak, he was great, one of the very best players in baseball for a few seasons, but back problems brought his stats down, so he doesn’t have the counting starts that get you into the Hall. I’m guessing that his time […]
From Bluebird Banter | 3 days ago | 0 reads
We’re a few days into December now, meaning we’re only a few days away from the start of the Winter Meetings and the unofficial hotspot of the offseason. Little has slipped out of the Yankees’ camp in the early goings, and what little we do know of their plans doesn’t sound very exciting: the payroll […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 0 reads
North Jersey | Pete Caldera: MLB’s Winter Meetings are coming up, usually the biggest time for business in the baseball offseason. The Yankees seem to want to stay around the $300 million payroll level while still having holes in the roster to fix, and also have very real questions around their top level prospects. Spencer […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Will Brewers trade Freddy Peralta this offseason? It may not matter. They lost their president of Baseball Operations, David Stearns, to the Mets. They lost their manager, Craig Counsell, to the Cubs. They traded their two elite closers, Josh Hader (to the Astros) and Devin Williams (to the Yankees). They traded their ace, Corbin Burnes, to the Orioles. And they lost their star shortstop, Willy Adames, to the Giants in free agency. None of it mattered. No matter how many times the Milwauk...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 4 days ago | 1 read
It’s an unfortunate and familiar story. Giancarlo Stanton misses a considerable amount of time with injury during the regular season. The frequency with which this has happened since the Yankees acquired him from the Marlins is distressing not only for the team, but for him. From the beginning of the 2019 season onward, Giancarlo has […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 4 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | 4 days ago | 1 read
There is a chance that at some point in 2025, the Yankees will have a truly excellent starting rotation. Max Fried and Carlos Rodón are coming off of great seasons, Cam Schlittler is looking to make more noise in his sophomore campaign, Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil hope to bounce back from injury-riddled seasons, while […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 4 days ago | 1 read
MLB.com | Brian Murphy: One of the biggest moves of the still-young offseason was former Yankees pitcher Sonny Gray getting traded by the Cardinals to the Red Sox. He had his introductory press conference with Boston, and he talked about his ill-fated time in the Bronx, admitting that New York was never a great fit […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 4 days ago | 0 reads