ARLINGTON, Texas — In yet another sign that nothing is going right for the sinking New York Yankees, the club on Tuesday demoted struggling right-hander Jake Bird, one of the three relievers they acquired at last week’s trade deadline to boost the bullpen. Bird surrendered the walk-off, three-run home run in the 10th inning to the Texas Rangers’ Josh Jung …
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ARLINGTON, Texas — This is generally the time of year, or at least the kind of stretch, when Aaron Boone has been known to offer some version of the familiar refrain: It’s all right in front of us. Except that has been missing from his vocabulary during this road trip from hell, perhaps because what is right in front of …
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The Texas Rangers scored two runs while the New York Yankees scored zero runs. For a while there, I thought Nu LSB was cursed. After all, seven of the first eight innings for the Rangers had opportunities with runners in scoring position and it took until a bases loaded 10-pitch two-RBI hit from big Rowdy Tellez to finally get the …
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Aaron Boone has been catching all kinds of heat for the Yankees’ recent struggles, but former pitcher Lance Lynn is stepping to the manager’s defense. “If it needs to be addressed, he is addressing it,” the longtime pitcher said Monday on the “Foul Territory” podcast. “He’s not gonna talk through the media, he’s not gonna tell you what’s going on …
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New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge was activated off the 10-day injured list Tuesday after being sidelined since July 25 because of a flexor strain in his right elbow. Manager Aaron Boone said Monday that Judge would serve as the designated hitter when he first returned to the lineup against the Texas Rangers. The Yankees have lost four consecutive games. …
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The Yankees have optioned right-hander Jake Bird to Triple-A, per a team announcement. A corresponding move has not yet been announced, though ESPN’s Jorge Castillo notes that right-hander Mark Leiter Jr. is expected back from the injured list today and could take Bird’s roster spot. Bird, 29, was one of the Yankees’ trio of potential high-leverage bullpen additions acquired ahead …
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ARLINGTON, Texas – One-third of the Yankees’ trade deadline bullpen haul is headed for Triple-A. The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday morning, a day after he gave up a walk-off three-run home run to Josh Jung in a brutal 8-5, 10-inning loss to the Rangers on Monday night. It marked the second time in three outings …
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The New York Yankees landed in Texas, fired up the grill and started BBQ-ing their own playoff hopes. Closer Devin Williams blew the save in the ninth inning, and then the Rangers walked off the Yankees in the 10th inning on Josh Jung’s three-run, two-out blast to left-center field — the final flourish of a painful 8-5 …
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5:20pm: New York has made it official, signing the Boras Corporation client to a minor league contract. Maeda has been assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 1:35pm: The Yankees are discussing a possible deal with right-hander Kenta Maeda, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. Maeda had been with the Cubs on a minor league deal but was released on the …
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Just when the Yankees’ weekend from hell seemed like it couldn’t get any worse, the Marlins’ in-stadium DJ managed to pile on with one final jab. With Miami on the verge of sweeping the Yankees in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game, the speakers at loanDepot Park blasted “Sweet Caroline,” the Neil Diamond hit that is famously played at Fenway …
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