Prior to the blockbuster deal that sent Adley Rutschman to the Red Sox at the trade deadline, the Orioles were also discussing Rutschman with two other division rivals. The Rays and Yankees were known to have shown some interest in Rutschman’s services, and Jon Heyman of the New York Post shared some details on the […]
The Yankees pummeled the Red Sox in the American League Wild Card Series for the second straight year, sweeping Boston out of the Bronx.New York showed no mercy, crushing the Red Sox, 9-0, in Game 1 before finishing the sweep with a 9-2 victory in Game 2. Now, the Yankees turn their attention to the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays, and they'll once again do it without Aaron Judge.
The New York Yankees enter their ALDS in Florida without their captain, forcing a lineup reshuffle against Tampa Bay. The Yankees are coming off a Wild Card series sweep against the Red Sox, and after that performance, the team has decided to continue without their captain and let him recover. And the Yankees have chosen […]
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The Red Sox season is over. But Red Sox injury news never stops! At least this is good-ish news: Mickey Gasper underwent successful “distal biceps tendon repair” surgery yesterday to fix his gnarly looking arm: It’s expected that it will take 4-6 months for Gasper to get back into game action, so it’s unclear whether he’ll […]
Following the New York Yankees' preparation for their ALDS matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays, a report emerged that Ryan Weathers will return to the starting rotation for the series.
The New York Yankees are gearing up for the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays as they continue their push toward the World Series. Fresh off eliminating the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card round despite several key absences, New York has fortified its pitching staff with a key addition following early speculation...
In a matchup of American League East titans, the AL’s best regular season team in the Tampa Bay Rays will face off against the 27-time World Series champion New York Yankees in the 2026 ALDS. The Yankees finished with the second-best record in the AL and made light work of the Boston Red Sox in […]
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This is where things get down to the brass tacks. The Yankees swept the Red Sox aside in the AL Wild Card Series, boat racing Boston by a combined score of 18-2, to fly into the ALDS with belief and positive momentum. It’s a whole other beast they’ll face in the Rays, their offense rolling […]
The Yankees swept Boston, and Aaron Boone deserves credit for getting them through that round. I still don’t love what […]
Sweeping the Red Sox with two blowout wins was a joyous occasion, not to mention the tangible positive impact of setting up your rotation for the ALDS. The Yankees can begin the series against the Rays with Gerrit Cole as the Game 1 starter, which is only fitting considering Cole’s regular-season campaign in 2026 began […]
The Red Sox clearly weren’t couldn’t hit enough this year and the Yankees exposed that in glaring fashion in the postsesson. Boston added a real bat last offseason in Willson Contreras – who produced an All-Star season and did homer to produce one of just the two runs the Red Sox scored in the Wild […]
The New York Yankees just defeated the Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card round, two games to none. They dominated the series, outscoring Boston 18-2 over the two games. Now, they will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series. Tampa Bay had an impressive regular season, finishing with a 98-64 […]
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The New York Yankees didn't have to dig deep into the roster against the Boston Red Sox, but these three players will likely be key contributors versus the Rays.
After a thorough dismantling of the Red Sox in a Wild Card sweep, the Yankees are riding high. Their offense torched Boston’s pitchers, scoring 18 runs on 26 hits and swatting four homers in the two-game set. Next up is another division rival, the 98-win Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa’s starting rotation finished second in the […]
Here we go again. After besting the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series, the Yankees begin a Division Series matchup against the AL East champions for the second straight year in a row, this time drawing the Rays as opposed to last year’s Blue Jays. The tale of the tape is close between these […]
Before the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees meet in their best-of-five American League Division Series, which is really the AL East Series, I wanted to review what happened to the Boston Red Sox in their wild-card series against the Yankees that served as the first AL East elimination round. My wife, Barb, asked […]
The 2026 Boston Red Sox season had almost everything a baseball fan could ask for. There were unbelievable
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The stage is set for this Saturday for the New York Yankees to play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the ALDS. However, the question remains: what will happen with Aaron Judge? The Yankee slugger was not on the roster for the Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox due to a […]
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Imagine if the Red Sox had shown up. Wednesday’s Red Sox-Yankees American League Wild Card Series Game 2 averaged 7.41 million viewers on NBC, trailing only last year’s winner-take-all Game 3 between the same two teams (7.44M) as the most-watched Wild Card game since the round expanded to a best-of-three format in 2022. The Yankees’ […]
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The New York Yankees were able to perfectly use both Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Anthony Volpe en route to an easy Wild Card Series victory.
After eliminating the Boston Red Sox with consecutive blowout victories in the Wild Card round of the American League playoffs, the New York Yankees have moved on to the Divisional Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Aaron Boone noted earlier that he likes Gerrit Cole pitching at Tropicana Field. Cole's thoughts? "It's a nice surface […]
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The Boston Red Sox saw their season end in disastrous fashion as they were eliminated in the Wild Card round of the American League playoffs by their archrivals, the New York Yankees. The Red Sox lost two one-sided games at Yankee Stadium, and their once-promising year came to a halting conclusion. The Red Sox simply […]
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After repeating the Dominican Summer League and earning the organization’s Latin Program Position Player of the Year award in 2025, Red Sox outfield prospect Josue Brito made his much-anticipated stateside debut this season. Brito, who originally signed for $20,000 out of Venezuela in January 2024, opened the 2026 campaign in the rookie-level Florida Complex League. … Continue reading "How Red Sox OF prospect Josue Brito fared in 2026 stateside debut"
The Yankees made headlines with an unusual roster construction in the Wild Card. Confident in their starting rotation and recognizing the team’s extreme lefty/right splits, New York carried a Major League record 16 position players, carrying just ten pitchers for the three-game set with the Boston Red Sox. While the team did not, in the […]
For just the second time, the New York Yankees will meet the Tampa Bay Rays in the playoffs. Coming off a decisive Wild Card victory against Boston, outscoring them 18-2 without Aaron Judge. The Yankees’ next hurdle will test whether their red-hot momentum can carry over as they look to dethrone the division champs. Beating […]
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If the Philadelphia Phillies are open to trading Bryce Harper, then the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants should be among those interested.