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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MIAMI — About the best thing that can be said about Luis Gil’s first start of the season is that there will be a second one. “I felt really, really good, and that’s what’s important,” Gil said through an interpreter Sunday after giving up five runs in 3 ¹/₃ innings of a 7-3 loss to the Marlins that chased the …
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MIAMI — Two of the most important players in modern New York Yankees history, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, offered pointed critiques on the current state of their former club. While on Fox’s broadcast of MLB’s Speedway Classic on Saturday, Jeter and Rodriguez were discussing whether the Yankees are built to win a World Series. This was on the heels …
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The Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of the struggling New York Yankees on Sunday with a 7–3 win at home. The in-stadium DJ seemed to have some fun at the Yankees’ expense late in the game as Neil Diamond’s legendary song “Sweet Caroline” was played before the top of ninth inning at LoanDepot Park. The playing of that song …
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The Yankees announced this morning that they have activated right-hander Luis Gil from the 60-day injured list. To make room for Gil’s return to the 40-man roster, New York placed right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga on the 15-day injured list with mid-back tightness. Gil, 27, suffered a high-grade lat strain before the season began and has been sidelined ever since. The AL …
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MIAMI — Wearing a T-shirt that featured the face of the former Yankees captain who criticized the current club for making too many mistakes, Aaron Boone played defense. Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez ripped the Yankees on Saturday in their roles as FOX Sports commentators — Jeter saying “they make way too many mistakes” and Rodriguez asking, “Where’s the accountability” …
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