FanGraphs | Eric Longenhagen: Longenhagen runs down the 40-man roster situation for all the American League teams. This is the time of the year all 30 clubs do a bit of a dance with their 40-man’s, as teams must decide which prospects to add to the 40-man to protect in the Rule 5 Draft, while […]
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Back in August, I began a series here at Pinstripe Alley, where I was going to put together an All-Star Yankee team of players who were born in a given month. Admittedly, I think that I entirely forgot about it for two months before just remembering the other day, but the offseason is perfect timing […]
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My sister and I have had very different lives. She’s a nurse practitioner, with two wonderful children in a very typical heterosexual relationship, living in a detached house in a very calm suburb 20-odd minutes from our childhood home. Annual winter vacations at all-inclusive Caribbean resorts, wine nights with women she went to high school […]
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If it feels like we’re in the part of the baseball calendar where the Final Jeopardy music might as well be playing, I sympathize. The offseason has yet to begin in earnest, and some players are still making decisions on qualifying offers, Trent Grisham most notably for the Yankees’ sake. Will they already know they […]
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The Athletic | Jim Bowden: ($) After this week’s GM meetings in Las Vegas, some of the Yankees’ offseason priorities are coming into focus. Perhaps most notable is that a reunion with free agent starter Michael King, who the team shipped to San Diego as the centerpiece of the Juan Soto deal, is “a real […]
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Good afternoon everyone, it’s time to dive back into the mailbag and answer some of your questions. Remember to send in your questions for our bi-weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com. jmack175 asks: Are we really going to roll with McMahon at the hot corner for the next two years with his […]
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When the Yankees lost Juan Soto to their crosstown rivals last offseason, there was no one-to-one replacement available. Instead, the team’s front office was forced to pivot to a group of veteran additions across the diamond. This consolation package, which included outfielder Cody Bellinger, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, and closer Devin Williams, was headlined by […]
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The MVP award is the ultimate prize in any sport. It defines the legacies of the greatest in each respective sport. A majority of league MVPs in all sports find their way into the Hall of Fame, but there are always those that are “flukes”. In baseball, we’ve had guys such as Zoilo Versalles (1965), […]
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The Yankee rotation, when fully healthy, has the potential to be on the very shortlist for the best in Major League Baseball. Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Clarke Schmidt, and Cam Schlittler is a very strong top five, not even mentioning that you then have Luis Gil, who was just AL Rookie of the […]
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There was some uncertainty, but after a year-long battle with Cal Raleigh, Aaron Judge was named the American League’s Most Valuable Player last night. It’s Judge’s third such award in the last four seasons, cementing this stretch among the very finest runs ever authored by a player in MLB history. Over in the NL, Shohei […]
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ESPN | Jorge Castillo: Yankees superstar right fielder Aaron Judge edged out challenger Cal Raleigh to notch his third career American League MVP, his second straight season winning the award (and third campaign in four years). He joins Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees players to win three career MVPs […]
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Aaron Judge is your 2025 American League MVP. He narrowly beat out the Mariners’ all-world catcher Cal Raleigh to win the award for the third time in his career and the third time in the last four seasons, the others coming in 2022 and 2024. In winning his third MVP, he joined the illustrious group […]
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The Yankee rotation faces a little more downside than I think we’d all like. Gerrit Cole is 35 and coming off Tommy John surgery, Carlos Rodón will likely start the season on the IL alongside Cole, Luis Gil never quite looked right coming off his own injury, and Will Warren was fine if unimpressive. That […]
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One of the better stories coming out of spring, J.C. Escarra was impossible to ignore at camp for the Yankees in 2025. He was a wonderful feel-good story, but the 30-year-old rookie also served as an adequate backup catcher for much of the ‘25 season. Although he occupies a spot that will never garner much […]
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Now that the dust has settled, it’s come time to look back at how we did with predicting the 2025 season. We’re still waiting on the results of some seasonal awards, so we’ll have to wait until next to week to review our regular season predictions, but now we can take a look at how […]
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Third base has been an uncertainty at best for the Yankees for the better part of this decade. Heading into the 2026 season, that still rings mostly true. Although the Yankees do have a solid third baseman in place, improvements can always be made one way or another. A potential significant one in this department […]
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The last ember of the 2025 season that’s relevant to the Yankees has been the MVP race, and it ends tonight. MLB will announce their league MVPs, and Aaron Judge is expected to place no lower than second in his race against Cal Raleigh and José Ramírez for this year’s honors. The reigning MVP can […]
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NorthJersey.com | Pete Caldera: Attending the GM meeting virtually, Brian Cashman spoke on Wednesday about some of the 2025 Yankees currently out on the market. While he’s obviously not going to publicly play too many of his cards, he spoke highly of both Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham, saying in both cases that he would […]
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The 2025 MLB season is officially over, and now, instead of the regular season, it’s award season. Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers have been handed out, and the voting pool has selected the rookies and managers of the year. But there’s still plenty to come, and the Yankees continue to be involved. The Cy Young […]
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Heading into the final day before the trade deadline this season, the 2025 Yankees had a lot of question marks, but none loomed larger than the bullpen, both for 2025 and beyond. And so, Brian Cashman had himself a busy day at the deadline, pulling in David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Jake Bird from […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Yankees fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Early November tends to be the biggest lull on the MLB calendar, as folks are […]
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Free agency is officially open and this winter features a deep crop of quality if not-quite-ace tier starting pitchers. You’ve got ground ball savant Framber Valdez, strikeout artist Dylan Cease, and soft contact extraordinaire Ranger Suárez headlining the class. There’s decent depth behind that trio including future Hall of Famers Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, […]
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Award week keeps moving, as we enter the back half and the biggest named awards coming tonight and tomorrow: the Cy Young and MVP announcements. The Yankees have some down-ballot votes likely coming for Max Fried, but he didn’t wind up finishing inside the top three for the AL field so his name won’t be […]
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NY Post | Greg Joyce: Yankees GM Brian Cashman has been attending the annual general managers meetings this week virtually due to “something non-baseball related,” per a Yankees spokesman. They also relayed that Cashman is continuing to carry out his functions despite not being onsite, while several front office members — including assistant GM Mike […]
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El Marciano officially landed for the first time in Houston, Texas, in September, 2023. Famously, the then-20-year-old took future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander yard for his first career home run. After years of hype… Yankee fans thought Domínguez was a cross between Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Mike Trout when the club signed him […]
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