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, $22 million pact following the 29-year-old’s career year in 2024, hitting 34 home runs in a fourth outfielder role that quickly expanded […]
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After a seven-season run that included first-place MVP votes, a batting title, career-highs, sub-replacement-level showings, and an eventual midseason release, DJ LeMahieu’s tenure with the Yankees officially came to a close in 2025. The year prior was the real rock-bottom for the three-time All-Star, but ‘25 marked a second straight season in which LeMahieu was […]
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When you think of the modern ace pitcher, several characteristics come to mind. First and foremost, you need a guy who is going to post year after year. You want a guy who strikes out hitters in buckets and has the wipeout stuff to dominate any major-league lineup on any given night. By those definitions, […]
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Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, which means some holiday travel might be coming up for you. The Major League Baseball hot stove generally seems to cool down a bit in the days around then, though that’s not always a given! Regardless, we’ll be on the lookout for any Yankees news, just in case. […]
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Baseball Prospectus | Mario Delgado Genzor: ($) 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 […]
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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 […]
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Thursday marked the release of the final installment of HBO’s documentary series Alex vs. ARod. The three part series, directed by Gotham Chopra and Erik LeDrew, follows the life and career of Alex Rodriguez, from his phenomenal start in Seattle, to his success on the field and at the bank with Texas, and the tremendous […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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NY Post | Greg Joyce: The deadline to tender contracts for arbitration-eligible players was yesterday, and the Yankees ultimately decided to non-tender five of their relievers. Most of them were players who saw at least some time in the Yankee bullpen in 2025, though they’d originally been acquired to fill in the middle-depths more reliably […]
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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 […]
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Mark Leiter Jr. is a middle reliever. Regardless of how this season went, barring an unforeseen breakthrough, he was going to make his money in the fifth and sixth innings. After being acquired at the 2024 trade deadline for Jack Neely and Ben Cowles, he struggled mightily, giving up an unsustainable amount of barrels and […]
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With Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt both recovering from Tommy John surgery to various degrees, Carlos Rodón out for at least the start of 2026, and the rest of the rotation bar Max Fried talented but inconsistent or still unproven, the Yankees could very well take a shot at a starting pitcher acquisition this winter. […]
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The Yankees’ progress through the offseason continues, as they have penciled in an outfielder and a pitcher and now have to survey the free agent field. Brian Cashman recently spoke to the media about their plans for the offseason, noting their need to fill two outfield spots when Trent Grisham and Cody Bellinger were both […]
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FanGraphs | Michael Baumann: Four players, including Yankee outfielder Trent Grisham, accepted qualifying offers this week, by far the highest rate we’ve seen in an offseason. Previous to this winter, just nine percent of players took up the one-year offer, and that raises some questions about the future of baseball. The most optimistic side would […]
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2025 was the season that ensured Aaron Judge can no longer be tried by jury, as he has no peers. His third AL MVP, second consecutive, came in a campaign that is both historically remarkable, and also kind of what we expect from him. It didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but his […]
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In a vacuum, there’s no reason to be upset with Trent Grisham accepting his qualifying offer to return to the Yankees. Grisham, despite entering the year as a fourth outfielder after narrowly avoiding being non-tendered, enjoyed a breakout season, which saw him mash 34 home runs and provide a steady leadoff presence in front of […]
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Last week, I wrote about an NPB star that the Yankees should make great effort to sign, right-hander Tatsuya Imai, and now I have to delve into a guy I think they’d rather stay away from. In a league that resembles MLB in the late-60s in terms of offensive production, Munetaka Murakami boasts 70/70 game […]
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Baseball’s offseason continues to move at the pace that the game itself moves at; on its own time, leisurely, with spurts of action popping up at certain moments. This week had a fair bit of that offseason action, as the deadline passed on Tuesday for players to accept qualifying offers and for teams to protect […]
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MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Spencer Jones, who was added to the Yankees’ 40-man roster Tuesday, has been working out at Yankee Stadium this offseason, per Brian Cashman. The Yankees’ number-four prospect is expected to “hit the ground running heading into spring training” after his time spent in the Bronx, the Yankees GM said. With Trent […]
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After one of the biggest turnarounds among relievers in 2024, finding success with the Yankees in the second half of that campaign, Tim Hill signed a one-year contract to come back to the Bronx, with a team option for 2026. Thankfully for the Yankees, Hill eventually proved that his outstanding beginning to his pinstriped career […]
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The Yankees and the Mets, while crosstown rivals, have seen their fair share of players go from one organization to the other over the years. After Juan Soto joined the Mets last offseason in the latest example (for an incredible sum of money), they failed to make the postseason. They tied the Reds with 83 […]
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