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If you say the name Wally Pipp to a baseball fan, there’s probably one thing that comes to their mind. One day in 1925, Pipp got the day off from his normal role as the Yankees’ starting first baseman. In his place, a youngster named Lou Gehrig got the start instead. Pipp then never got […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 4 reads
The Yankees had serious bullpen issues in 2025, which mostly stemmed from the fact that Devin Williams had far and away the worst year of his career after he was acquired from the Brewers for Caleb Durbin and Nestor Cortes in the offseason. Williams figured it out towards the end of the year and was […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 1 read
Spring training positional battles are storied Florida/Arizona traditions, but as of now, the Yankees don’t have many significant battles to play out in camp. Sure, there could be injuries that shake up the depth chart, and there will always be jockeying for spots at the back of the rotation and in the bullpen. But as […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 3 reads
Spring training positional battles are storied Florida/Arizona traditions, but as of now, the Yankees don’t have many significant battles to play out in camp. Sure, there could be injuries that shake up the depth chart, and there will always be jockeying for spots at the back of the rotation and in the bullpen. But as […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 2 reads
We’re exactly one week away from the start of spring training games, with the Baltimore Orioles hosting the New York Yankees in the very first exhibition game on February 20th. First pitch for that one is 12:05 CST, with the Chicago Cubs hosting the second earliest practice game, a “crosstown” affair against the White Sox, […] The post Chicago Cubs Strongly Favored to Win the NL Central Division appeared first on The Sports Bank .
From The Bank | 17 days ago | 2 reads
MLB | Bryan Hoch: Flame-throwing prospect Carlos Lagrange knew he’d be throwing a three-inning live batting practice session. He did not know he would be facing the greatest hitter on the planet, Aaron James Judge. Each got the better of the other, as they faced off three times. Judge demolished a 99-mph heater from Lagrange […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 2 reads
Spring training is here, and exhibition games will be on the schedule as early as the end of this week. With that in mind, it’s time to kick the mailbag back into high gear, and get back to answering your questions on a weekly basis. The Yankees are gearing up in camp, and have gotten […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 0 reads
Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat. The Yanks’ initial free agent contract for DJ LeMahieu will go down as one of the smartest moves they have ever made. We’ve sung its praises before! Pilfering the second baseman from the Rockies on a two-year, $24 million contract in October 2018, New […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 3 reads
As the Yankees approached last season’s Trade Deadline, they’d squandered an early division lead and sat in need of reinforcements. The most logical area of the roster to augment was the bullpen. Devin Williams, acquired in a preseason blockbuster to serve as the team’s closer, had been a massive disappointment, closing out July with an […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 3 reads
There’s a famous story in sports about how in 1925 the first baseman for the New York Yankees, Wally Pipp, showed up to the ballpark with a headache. Miller Huggins, the Yankees’ manager, noticed this, and said “Wally, take the day off. We’ll try that kid Gehrig at first today and get you back in there […]
From PensBurgh | 18 days ago | 4 reads
After digesting that Ben Rortvedt will now join fellow former Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, a non-roster invitee, in New York Mets spring training camp, here are more baseball stories to begin your week. Roki Sasaki faced hitters, including Hyeseong Kim, on Sunday at Camelback Ranch, as he begins building toward his second year in the […]
From True Blue LA | 18 days ago | 2 reads
One of the most interesting pipelines in major sports, especially in baseball, is the transition from player to manager. Although the managerial ranks are always changing, there are plenty who used to play for their MLB teams, with the Yankees consistently having them on the top step of the dugout (Aaron Boone and Joe Girardi […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Good morning, all! The oh-so-gradual preparations for the 2026 MLB season keep coming along, and today marks another small hurdle. Pitchers and catchers have already been in camp since at least Wednesday, and all position players had to report by yesterday. Well, today is the first full-squad workout. … … It’s OK. You don’t have […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 3 reads
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: The Yankees are in an interesting spot with outfielder Jasson Domínguez in 2026. Domínguez is still young enough and his development would be best served by playing every day. However, it’s difficult—at least as of right now (we’re still over a month away from Opening Day and it’s best to expected […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 4 reads
It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! It’s the best time of the year: the start of spring training! Pitchers and catchers reported to camp this week, many of the position players have arrived, and this coming Friday, the Bombers will take the field […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 19 days ago | 2 reads
Russell “Le Muscle” Martin is one of the greatest Canadian major leaguers of all-time. Breaking into The Show with the Dodgers in 2006, Martin came to the Yankees in December 2010, succeeding franchise icon Jorge Posada behind the plate. Martin played two solid seasons in the Bronx behind the plate before signing with Pittsburgh, where […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 19 days ago | 4 reads
Beyond all the talk of splitters, sweepers, seam-shifted changeups, and the like, the best pitch in baseball remains the most elusive. The riding cutter, most famously the pitch that carried Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, remains one of the hardest pitches to pick up for pitchers, and one of the toughest to handle for hitters. With […]
From Bless You Boys | 19 days ago | 3 reads
Preseason projections are the name of the game in the early going of spring, as camp gets going but the games have yet to start. Barring some last-second news dropping, the AL East has their rosters lined up for another year of chasing one of the hardest crowns to claim in baseball. We’ve talked about […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 19 days ago | 3 reads
Greg Joyce | X: After learning on Friday that Cam Schlittler was dealing with a back/lat issue that is not believed to be serious, the team reported that first baseman Ben Rice is also nursing a minor injury. The young first baseman, per Joyce, ‘slept on his neck wrong the other night’ and that’s why […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 19 days ago | 4 reads
Greg Joyce | X: After learning on Friday that Cam Schlittler was dealing with a back/lat issue that is not believed to be serious, the team reported that first baseman Ben Rice is also nursing a minor injury. The young first baseman, per Joyce, “slept on his neck wrong the other night” and that’s why […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 19 days ago | 4 reads
If I were to give you no information about a game other than that your team had a pitcher go 8.2 innings and allow one hit and no earned runs, you’d probably be feeling pretty good about what happened. First, that’s all but one out of a complete game. Second, one hit is not very […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 20 days ago | 3 reads
For nearly 20 years, the Yankees had an ace in the hole who gave them an advantage over every other team in the league, boasting the nearest the game has ever known to a true shutdown closer. Of paramount importance, therefore, was establishing a bridge between the team’s starters and Mariano Rivera, who lay in […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 20 days ago | 3 reads
For nearly 20 years, the Yankees had an ace in the hole who gave them an advantage over every other team in the league, boasting the nearest the game has ever known to a true shutdown closer. Of paramount importance, therefore, was establishing a bridge between the team’s starters and Mariano Rivera, who lay in […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 20 days ago | 3 reads
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. Following a snow-filled winter, we’re starting to feel that baseball buzz back in the air. […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 20 days ago | 3 reads
The conclusion to the 2025 MLB season wasn’t a particularly satisfactory one for Yankee fans: falling well short of the previous campaign in which they made it all the way to the Fall Classic, this time losing to a division rival in the ALDS — the same rival that stole the AL East crown from […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 20 days ago | 1 read