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Baseball America: With his raw power Spencer Jones has potential to be a massive boom on the “boom or bust” scale. However so far, that has also come with quite a number of strikeouts, he also has potential to be a bust on that same scale. Here, Baseball America ranks him as one of the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 9 days ago | 1 read
Next on the list is Edwin Encarnación. You know him. It is his first time on the ballot. He played 16 seasons in the MLB for the Reds, Blue Jays, Cleveland, Mariners, Yankees and White Sox. He had a .260/.350/.496 line with 424 home runs, 1261 RBI and a 35.3 bWAR. And, of course, he […]
From Bluebird Banter | 9 days ago | 2 reads
I’m thankful for David Ortiz and DAAAAAA Yankees lose! which became a viral sensation this year, expanding from just a Red Sox thing. — Mike Carlucci I’m thankful that Major League Baseball is in a great place, trending up from one of the best World Series of this century, complete with a normal offseason where […]
From Over the Monster | 10 days ago | 0 reads
Awards season is now behind us, and we are fully entrenched in the offseason. But, between retrospectives on the 2025 Yankees, and awards voting still relatively fresh on the mind, I was brought down a rabbit hole of past MVP voting. There are plenty of Yankees who have gotten surprising first-place votes on MVP ballots, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 10 days ago | 0 reads
The Yankees opened the 2025 season with what one might call a concept of a plan at third base. Their Opening Day third baseman was Oswaldo Cabrera; once Cabrera went down for the year with a grisly leg injury, the scrambling began. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was pulled back off his native second base to man […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 11 days ago | 0 reads
Now that the Arizona Fall League has reached its conclusion, the only MLB prospects currently playing baseball are Winter Ball participants in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Australia. The Yankees currently have five players participating in Winter Ball, including a few who spent time with the big-league club in 2025 and at […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 11 days ago | 0 reads
The Yankees have struggled to find themselves a leadoff hitter for a while now — Aaron Judge gets on base like half the time, but his power is probably too valuable to slot him there, especially without a pair of future Hall of Famers behind him the way Shohei Ohtani enjoys. Trent Grisham was solid […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 11 days ago | 1 read
The hot stove stayed warm yesterday, as it was the Yankees’ archrivals turn to make a move. Boston traded for former Yankee Sonny Gray, getting him from St. Louis for a pair of pitchers including former Yankee farmhand Richard Fitts (and we can now go back to rooting for a 60-grade prospect name). Gray wasn’t […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 11 days ago | 1 read
ESPN | Kiley McDaniel: Three of this offseason’s most coveted free agent acquisitions are expected to come from Japan’s NPB, with the Yankees linked to all three. After recent pitching success stories including Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Shota Imanaga, and Kodai Senga, the most touted option of the bunch is starter Tatsuya Imai. With the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 11 days ago | 1 read
When he made his major league debut in 2018, Jonathan Loáisiga showed flashes of an electric arm that could be something if he ever could figure out the consistency thing. Flash forward seven years later, and he never quite figured out that consistency thing. A move to the bullpen proved out to be a good […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 12 days ago | 2 reads
After not really making an attempt at Shohei Ohtani and then losing out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, reports came out earlier this offseason that the Yankees were looking to “get back in on” the market of players from Japan and NPB. Former All-Star Masahiro Tanaka was the most recent Japanese Yankee, and the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 12 days ago | 1 read
MLB.com | Mike Petriello: Everyone was talking about the Toronto Blue Jays’ good old-fashioned contact approach in their pennant-winning season, even as the true strength of their offense was much more complicated than just getting the bat on the ball. The Jays got to within a hair of a World Series title by outslugging everyone […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 12 days ago | 3 reads
The offseason marches on, and the Yankees have their first significant commitment of the winter made. Trent Grisham accepted the qualifying offer, meaning they’ll have him back in the outfield on a one-year, $22 million pact following the 29-year-old’s career year in 2024, hitting 34 home runs in a fourth outfielder role that quickly expanded […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 12 days ago | 2 reads
After a seven-season run that included first-place MVP votes, a batting title, career-highs, sub-replacement-level showings, and an eventual midseason release, DJ LeMahieu’s tenure with the Yankees officially came to a close in 2025. The year prior was the real rock-bottom for the three-time All-Star, but ‘25 marked a second straight season in which LeMahieu was […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 2 reads
When you think of the modern ace pitcher, several characteristics come to mind. First and foremost, you need a guy who is going to post year after year. You want a guy who strikes out hitters in buckets and has the wipeout stuff to dominate any major-league lineup on any given night. By those definitions, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 1 read
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, which means some holiday travel might be coming up for you. The Major League Baseball hot stove generally seems to cool down a bit in the days around then, though that’s not always a given! Regardless, we’ll be on the lookout for any Yankees news, just in case. […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 3 reads
Baseball Prospectus | Mario Delgado Genzor: ($) BP provides a look at the best individual pitches possessed by pitchers on the free agent market. Despite his poor 2025 season, Devin Williams’ changeup comes in as the best change on the market. It’s heartening, at least for Williams’ future prospects, that any sort of evaluation of […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 1 read
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! Mid-November is a slow time in the baseball world, as players and front offices throughout the league prepare to dance throughout December and January. But despite the slow time, or perhaps because of it, this is the period […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 1 read
One more offseason week is in the books, and we’re in a bit of a No Man’s Land. This past week saw the announcement of the major 2025 awards, as well as a couple of important offseason dates in the deadline for players to accept qualifying offers and the non-tender deadline. Now that those deadlines […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 14 days ago | 2 reads
MLB Trade Rumors | Charlie Wright: Here we have a plethora of Yankees-related free agent notes, including that GM Brian Cashman has reportedly been keeping tabs on Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber, Michael King, Paul Goldschmidt, Tatsuya Imai, and most substantially Devin Williams. While Williams’ issues in 2025 were well noted, he said earlier in the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 14 days ago | 2 reads
Yoendrys Gómez made a strong first impression with his second team of 2025, though his time with the Dodgers was quite brief, just 11 days on the 40-man roster. The right-hander pitched in the majors in parts of 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the Yankees before getting designated for assignment by New York in April. […]
From True Blue LA | 14 days ago | 2 reads
When the famed first Elvis Presley Christmas Album came out in October 1957, White Sox fans already had plenty to cheer about. The team had just finished its seventh straight winning season, part of a streak that would continue for another decade. The 90-win total wasn’t enough to challenge the dreaded Yankees, but the Sox […]
From South Side Sox | 15 days ago | 2 reads
The 2025 Yankees’ season came to a closer about a month and a half ago, with the Blue Jays affirming their surprising AL East crown by taking out the Yanks in a four-game Division Series. You might be surprised at how quickly names can fade from your mind though, even from recent memory. If you’re […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 15 days ago | 1 read
Late Friday afternoon was a deadline on the otherwise-light Major League Baseball schedule for November, as teams had until 6pm ET to decide to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players or not. Five pitchers got the ax, with Mark Leiter Jr., Ian Hamilton, Scott Effross, Jake Cousins, and Michael Arias all becoming free agents. Some may […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 15 days ago | 1 read
The Yankees non-tendered five relievers at Friday’s trade deadline, the team announced. Mark Leiter Jr., Ian Hamilton, Scott Effross, Jake Cousins, and Michael Arias were not offered contracts by the team, making each of them a free agent and freeing up five spots on the 40-man roster. The Yankees also reached one-year deals with Clarke […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 15 days ago | 2 reads