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Skepticism warranted around Yankees’ early offense

The majority of the New York Yankees’ wins early in the 2026 season have come due to their outstanding pitching. Yes, the offense has had its fine moments, including averaging well over seven runs a game in a series win over the Marlins to kick off April, but for the most part, it’s been an […]

Today on Pinstripe Alley – 4/12/26

We’re three weeks into the season, and officially in our first stretch of the doldrums. The Yankees’ bats have gone completely unreliable over the course of a four-game losing streak, backed up mainly by Ben Rice and Giancarlo Stanton swinging solid bats and the rest of the lineup noodling around. Their latest attempt to break […]

Yankees news: Boone angry with ABS failures

NJ.com | Randy Miller: With the Yankees among the worst in baseball at ABS challenge successes, there have been a couple very significant liabilities in the season’s first two weeks. While Austin Wells has been quite good behind the plate, José Caballero has been dreadful at the review system while batting. After Cabby lost two […]

Yankees suffer brutal extra-innings loss to Rays at the Trop

The bottom of the Yankees lineup has caught a lot of flack for being automatic outs in the early going this season. Naturally, on a night when the 6-9 hitters drove in four runs and Max Fried threw eight innings of three-run ball … the Yankees still lost. Why, you ask? Take away José Caballero’s […]

New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays: Max Fried vs Nick Martinez

Suddenly, the Yankees have dropped three-straight contests after losing two games at home against the Athletics then going down to defeat last night in St. Pete for the series opener. The good news is New York sends its ace to the mound tonight. The bad news is said ace cannot hit.* The worse news is […]

Former A’s infielder Max Schuemann happy to be with RailRiders

Max Schuemann is the answer to a baseball trivia question: “Who fielded the last out for the Athletics in their final game at the Oakland Coliseum?” It was September 26, 2024 and the batter was Travis Jankowski of the Texas Rangers. “I was playing third base, kind of shifted over playing short,” Schuemann said. “The […]

Yankees fans most surprised by Boston’s shaky start

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. We’re very early in the 2026 MLB season, but there’s still been enough action to […]

The Yankees got the 2025 Luis Gil in his first start of the year

The suddenly slumping New York Yankees lost again on Friday night at Tropicana Field. The offense continues to come up short, and they just can’t buy a hit. We’re putting the bats to the side for a moment though to discuss Luis Gil and his first start of the season at the MLB level after […]

The pros and cons of Yankee Stadium’s rally hype light show

It’s been a part of the Yankee Stadium experience for years. The Bombers have runners on base, the visiting manager makes the slow walk out to the mound, and signals to the bullpen in left field. Immediately, the door in the left-field fence opens up, the new reliever steps onto the field, and immediately the […]

MLB

Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Bats break out for Mariners in win over Houston

The Yankees dropped their series opener against the Rays on Friday, officially creating their first losing streak of the season with their third straight loss. It’s been a reversal of fate in the last week or so, as the team’s bats have gone from doing enough to support their stellar pitching staff to barely managing […]

Yankees Birthday of the Day: Mark Teixeira

Editor’s note: We just wrote about Teixeira a couple months ago as part of our “50 Most Notable Yankees Free Agent Signings in 50 Years” series. Seeing no need to reinvent the wheel and with no better Yankees candidates for April 11th (apologies to Pete Kozma and Wally Whitehurst), this is an oh-so-slightly edited rerun. […]

Today on Pinstripe Alley – 4/11/26

It’s really great stuff to be in the midst of the Yankees’ first annoying stretches of 2026. Really, it’s charming! Really, it’s not exhausting at all watching this lineup flail against Jeffrey Springs and Steven Matz! Can this end now please? Today on the site, we’ll have a birthday post for one of the key […]

Yankees news: Volpe slated to start upon return

NY Post | Greg Joyce: Anthony Volpe has reunited with the Yankees as they arrived in Tampa to play the Rays this weekend, the injured shortstop having taken an extended stay at the team’s complex while rehabbing from offseason surgery on his labrum. The time for a rehab assignment is nearing, and could come as […]

Yankees’ late push falls short after Luis Gil’s rollercoaster return

The Yankees dropped Friday night’s series opener in St. Petersburg by a final of 5-3, unable to fully recover after Luis Gil’s rollercoaster 2026 debut and a middle-inning Rays bullpen bridge that slowly squeezed control of the game away. Ben Rice’s late homer gave New York a pulse, but the offense simply could not create […]

New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays: Luis Gil vs. Steven Matz

The Yankees head into their first AL East series of the season tonight with a little more curiosity than usual. For the first time, New York gets a look at the reopened Tropicana Field, which officially returned to action on April 6th after a 561-day closure caused by Hurricane Milton’s devastating roof damage. The Rays […]

Yankees Mailbag: McMahon’s struggles and Dominguez’s versatility

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 weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com. jmack175 asks: Is there a scenario where McMahon would be released at the deadline if a stronger option presented itself? Or […]

A look back into baseball history on important lunar splashdowns

Later today, the Artemis II crew will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, marking the end of the first manned mission to the Moon in more than half a century. The baseball world has changed so much between then and now, from the introduction of the designated hitter in the […]

MLB

Ryan Weathers, the strike-thrower, had a brilliant game in Yankees’ loss

After a couple of so-so starts to open his New York Yankees’ career, left-hander Ryan Weathers had his best outing of the young season on Thursday against the Athletics. He completed eight innings, surrendering a single run on seven hits and punching out seven. He didn’t walk anyone, which is particularly encouraging since he entered […]

Yankees Birthday of the Day: Bob Watson

The baseball lifer may well be the most romantic of all baseball archetypes. While the superstar or what-could-have-been flameout grab more attention in the moment, in the final accounting, someone who quietly stays around the game long after the spotlight has faded is the one whose passion for the game draws the most admiration from […]

New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Series Preview

After a high-quality win opened their most recent series with the Athletics, the Yankees finished it off with tough back-to-back losses. In those two ballgames, the “Bombers” mustered just five combined hits and two runs, which included a one-hit shutout in the latter. With some of their better arms slated to start in their upcoming […]

Yankees prospects: Lombard homers in Somerset blowout

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 5-4 vs. Durham Bulls LF Jasson Domínguez 3-4, RBI, BBSS Oswaldo Cabrera 1-5CF Max Schuemann 3-4, RBI, BB, K, SBRF Spencer Jones 1-5, RBI, KDH Seth Brown 1-5, RBI, 3 K1B Ernesto Martínez Jr 0-5, 2 KC Alí Sanchez 1-5, HR, RBI — walk-off homer in the ninth!3B Paul DeJong 1-2, 2B, […]