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Today on Pinstripe Alley – 3/27/26

The Yankees got to take their first off-day of the year easy after demolishing the Giants on Opening Day, watching as the rest of the league got to take a shot at getting in the win column. In the AL East, everyone but Toronto jumped into action with the O’s and Sox winning to form […]

The Yankees Rotation Depth Inventory: March

Whether due to injury, poor performance, or the quirks of a 162-game schedule, a team generally needs far more than five starters to make it through a season (11 different pitchers started games for the 2025 Yankees). Each month during the season, we take stock of the Yankees’ options to join the starting rotation through […]

Yankees’ Max Fried dominates without his best stuff and command

New York Yankees ace Max Fried posted a 4.40 ERA in the Grapefruit League, with four walks and 12 strikeouts in 14.1 innings. That’s exactly why you shouldn’t fully trust spring training stats: no one in his or her right state of mind had any reason to doubt the stellar southpaw heading into the season. […]

Yankees Birthday of the Day: José Vizcaíno

Joe Torre managed the Yankees for 12 seasons, clinching six pennants and bringing four championships to the Bronx. Through his success and steady hand, the former league MVP made himself into something of a modern legend as a skipper. In addition to his people skills, Torre was hailed for an ability to seemingly push the […]

When fantasy gets too real

I moved across the country in 2019, packing a VW Jetta with pretty much everything I owned and coming to Vancouver. One of the first groups of people I met and made friends with were the core of my Sunday wood bat league team, and through them I started technically sports gambling. We didn’t just […]

What is your Opening Day overreaction?

The 2026 season has begun, and the Yankees started their year off with a big 7-0 win over the Giants in San Francisco. The game was in their hands nearly the entire way, with a first inning jam being the only threat to Max Fried’s day before the offense jumped Logan Webb for five runs […]

Yankees news: Watching Yanks gets harder and harder

The Athletic | Andrew Marchand: As MLB, and sports leagues around the country, tries to keep juicing television revenues, it becomes harder and harder for fans to keep track of where their favorite team’s games will be shown. The Yankees’ opener on Netflix last night was symbolic of the fractured nature of the TV landscape, […]

Yankees punish Logan Webb in Opening Day romp over Giants

Opening Day is in the books and it couldn’t have gone much better for the Yankees. It was a bit of a throwback game as the Yankees scored seven runs without the ball leaving the yard, the hitters aggressive early in counts to collect ten base hits. Any time you can score seven runs when […]

Yankees announce 2026 Opening Day lineup

After a long winter, the snow has at last thawed. Spring is here, and more importantly, so is baseball. Tonight, the Yankees and the Giants will kick off the 2026 regular season with an opening night prime-time matchup at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Now, we’ve got lineups: Leading off is center fielder Trent Grisham, […]

Yankees reveal 2026 Opening Day roster

It’s a crowded outfield, but Aaron Judge has made the Opening Day roster. While that may have been an easy decision, filling out the pitching staff was not, as the team elected to start the year with a four-man rotation. Offdays tomorrow and Sunday mean the club optioned Luis Gil to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and roll […]

Who are the new coaches on the Yankees’ staff for 2026?

The hot stove often overshadows changes made to coaching staffs, unless a team is searching for a new manager. The Yankees, of course, were not looking for a new skipper this offseason, but they did make a few changes to ensure the coaching staff was not fully the “run it back” version of last year’s […]

Pinstripe Alley’s 2026 Yankees and MLB predictions

It’s so nice to finally say this: The New York Yankees will officially open the 2026 Major League Baseball season tonight in San Francisco against the Giants, so the spotlight is all on Aaron Judge, Max Fried, and company for the evening. The Opening Day roster is set, the i’s are dotted, the t’s are […]

Yankees Birthday of the Day: Lee Mazzilli

While it is certainly common for players to play for multiple franchises in their career, more often than not, they are generally associated with one team. In the case of today’s birthday boy, that association is not with the Yankees. Lee Mazzili played 14 seasons in the majors, less than one of which came with […]

New York Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants: Opening Day Series Preview

After a long offseason, the wait is finally over. Opening Day has officially arrived on the calendar, and the New York Yankees are going to be one of the two teams marking the start of the 2026 Major League Baseball season. As the only game of the day—well, evening—the eyes of every baseball fan will […]

Which Yankee(s) will hit the first two homers of the 2026 season?

Finally. It’s been 168 days since the New York Yankees’ 2025 campaign ended in Division Series disappointment at the hands of the eventual AL champion Toronto Blue Jays. That was a big ol’ bummer, but it’s ancient history now. The 2026 MLB season begins tonight with the Yankees and San Francisco Giants kicking off the […]

Yankees news: Opening Day’s biggest question marks

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: By all accounts, the AL East is going to be a dogfight yet again. The Yankees bring a lot of talent to that fight, with two-time defending MVP Aaron Judge and a top of the pitching rotation that rivals anyone in baseball. There are still real questions with […]

New York Yankees @ Chicago Cubs: Gerrit Cole vs. Edward Cabrera

There’s very “last day of school” vibes around today, with the final spring exhibition before Opening Day tomorrow, wrapping up this two-game set with the Cubs from Arizona. After a one-inning, 10-pitch spring debut last week, Gerrit Cole will get the ball ahead of a likely rehab assignment to try and tune up for a […]

Yankees Rule 5 Draft pick Cade Winquest makes Opening Day roster

With a little more than 24 hours before first pitch of Opening Day, the Yankees are putting the final touches on their active roster. The latest move saw the team select the contract of right-handed reliever Cade Winquest to the big-league roster; Jon Heyman was the first to report the news. The Yankees selected Winquest […]

Carlos Lagrange, Finlete, and the spectre of speculation

On Sunday, the New York Daily News’ Gary Phillips wrote a story about ascendent Yankees pitching prospect Carlos Lagrange which gave me pause when I read the headline. Specifically, the story was about Lagrange’s partnership with a start-up company called Finlete. Finlete is a platform of sorts which allows fans to essentially treat players like […]

2026 MLB Team Preview Series: San Francisco Giants

The past 15-20 years of the San Francisco Giants’ existence has been a wild ride. The highs have obviously been quite high, with their three World Series titles in 2010, ‘12, and ‘14. While that run would often get a team a “dynasty” designation, it was hard to do that with the Giants, considering they […]

Yankees Birthday of the Day: Ernie Shore

Baseball history is full of great players. It is also full of players whose stories become intertwined with legends so large that they never quite stand on their own. Ernie Shore just happens to be one of those players. The former Yankee celebrates his birthday today, and while his career deserves recognition on its own, […]