Yahoo Sports | Alexander Wilson: It’s been a relatively quiet off-season thus far for the Bronx Bombers. But a report out of Japan hints that may not be the case much longer. The Yankees, if Nikkan Sports is accurate, “will be fully involved in the bidding” for 27-year-old Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai. The price tag […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! The 2025 Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida, turned out to be a major dud, at least when it comes to Yankees-related news. Still, despite the lack of baseball news, it was still a big week in the Yankees Universe. […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
You typically need some amount of help to win any baseball game. Even a fairly straightforward 5-1 win that was never really close probably needs a couple bad pitches or some mishit balls to seal the deal. However, everyone appearing in an MLB game is still in the top 0.01 percent of people to play […]
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Later today, 44-year-old Philip Rivers will start for the Indianapolis Colts, taking his first NFL snaps since the 2020 season. During that absence, Rivers has coached his son’s high school football team, become a grandpa after his daughter Halle gave birth, and seen his name as a semi-finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
The Yankees contined a modest offseason so far by bringing back the versatile Amed Rosario, who played well for them after being acquired from the Nationals at the Trade Deadline. Almost everyone is understandably still twiddling their thumbs and waiting for the Yanks to make their big move, but in the meantime, these edges of […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
MLB Trade Rumors | Mark Polishuk: While the Yankees would’ve needed some bullpen upgrades regardless, the team has let some of their relief options go this offseason, include Devin Williams going across town to the Mets. In need of some additions back there, the Yankees have reportedly been among a couple teams to check in […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
It’s been a quiet offseason for the Yankees. I’ll admit I’ve been one of those positively vibrating to see the Yankees do something. Anything. Saturday afternoon, they made a move that, while it isn’t on the scale of a Kyle Tucker signing, seems like a pretty smart one. New York acquired Amed Rosario from the […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
One of the more interesting things around baseball in 2025 is the disconnect between how the Yankees are viewed by the professional analyst class and the more general population. The former sees them as more or less a perpetual motion machine, churning out quality teams year after year even as they don’t spend what they […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Whoever said that you can’t repeat the past clearly overlooked the possibility of the Yankees acquiring Trevor Megill during this offseason. Always open to the prospect of bullpen additions, the Yankees could once again ring up Milwaukee to try to pry away their top reliever, hoping, wishing, expecting, contemplating a different outcome than that of […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
The offseason slosh continues, as the Winter Meetings fade and we approach the holidays with plenty of big fish still in the sea. It’s not quite the frozen wasteland offseasons of the recent past like when Manny Machado and Bryce Harper were free agents, but its been the first slow burn we’ve seen in a […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
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. Chip23 asks: Given Hal’s whining about the payroll and the profitability of the Yankees can we put to rest the notion […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Every year during our annual Report Card series here at Pinstripe Alley, we’re generally pretty thorough with who we grade. Obviously, we do full reports on the Aaron Judges and Max Frieds of the roster, but we all will take in depth looks at the likes of J.C Escarra and Ryan Yarbrough. However, there are […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
When Luke Weaver joined the Yankees in September of 2023, it was with the lowest of expectations. The former first-rounder and top-50 prospect never fulfilled that pedigree with the Cardinals, who shipped him off to the Diamondbacks as part of a package to acquire Paul Goldschmidt after the 2018 campaign. In his first year with […]
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The 2019 Minnesota Twins were a veritable superteam, boasting a powerful lineup that battered teams into submission. Right in the middle of that success was outfielder Max Kepler, who swatted 36 home runs and 32 doubles while providing quality defense in both center field and right field. His performance, in fact, was so good that […]
3 months ago | 11 reads
The Winter Meetings was a bit of a dud this year, but while they were quiet for the Yankees and just about every other team in baseball, they did feature two Mets officially moving on from Queens, with Edwin Díaz leaving for the Dodgers and Pete Alonso signing on with the Orioles. Let’s see if […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
ESPN: The folks at ESPN put together a roundtable to go over the Winter Meetings, discuss their biggest surprises and letdowns, alongside naming some winners and losers. The Yankees didn’t get mentioned a whole lot thanks to their relative inaction, but they avoided getting much heat for it thanks to teams like the Mets losing […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
Every year during our annual Report Card series here at Pinstripe Alley, we’re generally pretty thorough with who we grade. Obviously, we do full reports on the Aaron Judges and Max Frieds of the roster, but we also will take in depth looks at the likes of J.C Escarra and Ryan Yarbrough. However, there are […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
The offseason hot stove ignited during the Winter Meetings with Dylan Cease, Kyle Schwarber, and Pete Alonso all signing megadeals and the Dodgers landing their new closer in Edwin Díaz over the last week. Despite further nine-figure deals expected to be signed in the coming weeks and months, several executives feel that the trade rather […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
There weren’t many fireworks at this year’s winter meetings, but the last day in Orlando did deliver a pretty surprising move, the Orioles lavishing Pete Alonso with a five-year, $155-million contract. It’s another big addition for an AL East team, and another loss for the Mets, who have seen three fan favorites in Alonso, Edwin […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
New York Post | Greg Joyce: Brian Cashman spoke again at the winter meetings as the Yankees themselves stayed quiet, and he expressed that things were going very slowly. “We’re just staying engaged, trying… to match up with some things. But it’s been tough so far,” the GM said. “Don’t like the asks coming our […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
The biggest event of the MLB offseason has come and gone, with the Winter Meetings officially wrapping up on Wednesday in San Diego as the Orioles made perhaps the last splash by signing former Mets masher Pete Alonso to a five-year deal. However, before all the baseball people packed their bags and headed home, there […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
Now, Tuesday was a little more like what we were expecting out of the Winter Meetings. We saw our first big money deal of the event go down, as Kyle Schwarber chose to re-sign with the Phillies on a five-year, $150 million deal over a matching offer from the Orioles and some slightly less-valuable offers […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
As the end of spring training drew to a close, the Yankees were in desperate need for pitching depth, particularly at the back of the bullpen. Suddenly, Ryan Yarbrough, the veteran lefty who spent five years with the Tampa Bay Rays and had signed a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays during the […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
The 2026 Yankees project to have what might be called a fairly high variance group of outfielders. In one locked-in spot, there’s Aaron Judge, a generationally great baseball player who is not going anywhere, or seemingly regressing, any time soon. There’s Trent Grisham, who’s coming off of a surprise career year and an acceptance of […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
The Winter Meetings are reaching the final lap, and we’ve still yet to see or hear much from the Yankees’ side. After a quiet Monday for the league all-around, we did get some momentum on the market on Tuesday with Kyle Schwarber and Edwin Diaz going to the Phillies and Dodgers, respectively. Perhaps we’ll get […]
3 months ago | 3 reads