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The Yankees have a delicate task this offseason to upgrade the offense if they are indeed serious about improving on 2025’s disappointing finish. With multiple positions to address, potentially limited funds to do so and a lack of true difference makers outside of Kyle Tucker, the front office might have to get creative in their […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 1 read
Carlos Rodón didn’t make a great first impression in pinstripes. Signed to a six-year free agent deal before the 2023 season, the left-hander was coming off a 237-strikeout campaign and expected to slot behind Gerrit Cole as a formidable duo atop the Yankees’ rotation. Instead, he missed the season’s first three months with multiple injuries […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 2 reads
Former Blue Jays player Otto Velez turns 75 today. The Jays picked Otto up from the Yankees in the Major League expansion draft in 1976. The Jays were awful that first year, finishing with a 54-107 record. They didn’t get much better in the years Otto was with the team. But he was pretty good […]
From Bluebird Banter | 13 days ago | 1 read
Braves Franchise History 1966 – The Braves acquire Clete Boyer from the Yankees in exchange for outfielder Bill Robinson and pitcher Chi-Chi Olivo. MLB History 1936 – Judge Landis declares Reds players Lee Handley and Johnny Peacock are free agents after they were covered up on minor league teams by Cincinnati. 1957 – Mayor Robert […]
From Talking Chop | 13 days ago | 2 reads
The offseason carries on as we move past Thanksgiving, but there were no Black Friday deals to speak of for the Yankees. Perhaps they’ll still shop online on Cyber Monday for a steal, but don’t hold your breath as New York hasn’t seen much momentum on any of their targets this winter so far. Thankfully, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 0 reads
Sports Illustrated | Noah Strackbein: Last week, the Yankees non-tendered a gaggle of bullpen arms, looking to make room on their 40-man roster to protect a couple of prospects from the Rule 5 Draft. Well, this week, they brought one of those bullpen arms back, signing Michael Arias to a minor league deal. The 24-year-old […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 13 days ago | 1 read
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 bi-weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com. CA_Yankee_Fan asks: Who is the best free agent position player fit for the Yankees besides Bellinger or Tucker? The answer depends […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 14 days ago | 1 read
I’m not saying that Ben Rice is Aaron Judge reborn, I’m just saying that a year ago Ben Rice looked overwhelmed by MLB pitching, striking out far above his minor league production, and in his first full year with the big league club blossomed into one of the more promising hitters in the game. Rice […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 14 days ago | 3 reads
Baseball America: With his raw power Spencer Jones has potential to be a massive boom on the “boom or bust” scale. However so far, that has also come with quite a number of strikeouts, he also has potential to be a bust on that same scale. Here, Baseball America ranks him as one of the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 14 days ago | 1 read
Next on the list is Edwin Encarnación. You know him. It is his first time on the ballot. He played 16 seasons in the MLB for the Reds, Blue Jays, Cleveland, Mariners, Yankees and White Sox. He had a .260/.350/.496 line with 424 home runs, 1261 RBI and a 35.3 bWAR. And, of course, he […]
From Bluebird Banter | 15 days ago | 3 reads
I’m thankful for David Ortiz and DAAAAAA Yankees lose! which became a viral sensation this year, expanding from just a Red Sox thing. — Mike Carlucci I’m thankful that Major League Baseball is in a great place, trending up from one of the best World Series of this century, complete with a normal offseason where […]
From Over the Monster | 15 days ago | 1 read
Awards season is now behind us, and we are fully entrenched in the offseason. But, between retrospectives on the 2025 Yankees, and awards voting still relatively fresh on the mind, I was brought down a rabbit hole of past MVP voting. There are plenty of Yankees who have gotten surprising first-place votes on MVP ballots, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 1 read
The Yankees opened the 2025 season with what one might call a concept of a plan at third base. Their Opening Day third baseman was Oswaldo Cabrera; once Cabrera went down for the year with a grisly leg injury, the scrambling began. Jazz Chisholm Jr. was pulled back off his native second base to man […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 1 read
Now that the Arizona Fall League has reached its conclusion, the only MLB prospects currently playing baseball are Winter Ball participants in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Australia. The Yankees currently have five players participating in Winter Ball, including a few who spent time with the big-league club in 2025 and at […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 0 reads
The Yankees have struggled to find themselves a leadoff hitter for a while now — Aaron Judge gets on base like half the time, but his power is probably too valuable to slot him there, especially without a pair of future Hall of Famers behind him the way Shohei Ohtani enjoys. Trent Grisham was solid […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 2 reads
The hot stove stayed warm yesterday, as it was the Yankees’ archrivals turn to make a move. Boston traded for former Yankee Sonny Gray, getting him from St. Louis for a pair of pitchers including former Yankee farmhand Richard Fitts (and we can now go back to rooting for a 60-grade prospect name). Gray wasn’t […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 2 reads
ESPN | Kiley McDaniel: Three of this offseason’s most coveted free agent acquisitions are expected to come from Japan’s NPB, with the Yankees linked to all three. After recent pitching success stories including Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Shota Imanaga, and Kodai Senga, the most touted option of the bunch is starter Tatsuya Imai. With the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 16 days ago | 1 read
When he made his major league debut in 2018, Jonathan Loáisiga showed flashes of an electric arm that could be something if he ever could figure out the consistency thing. Flash forward seven years later, and he never quite figured out that consistency thing. A move to the bullpen proved out to be a good […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 2 reads
After not really making an attempt at Shohei Ohtani and then losing out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, reports came out earlier this offseason that the Yankees were looking to “get back in on” the market of players from Japan and NPB. Former All-Star Masahiro Tanaka was the most recent Japanese Yankee, and the […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 2 reads
MLB.com | Mike Petriello: Everyone was talking about the Toronto Blue Jays’ good old-fashioned contact approach in their pennant-winning season, even as the true strength of their offense was much more complicated than just getting the bat on the ball. The Jays got to within a hair of a World Series title by outslugging everyone […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 17 days ago | 3 reads
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, $22 million pact following the 29-year-old’s career year in 2024, hitting 34 home runs in a fourth outfielder role that quickly expanded […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 2 reads
After a seven-season run that included first-place MVP votes, a batting title, career-highs, sub-replacement-level showings, and an eventual midseason release, DJ LeMahieu’s tenure with the Yankees officially came to a close in 2025. The year prior was the real rock-bottom for the three-time All-Star, but ‘25 marked a second straight season in which LeMahieu was […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 3 reads
When you think of the modern ace pitcher, several characteristics come to mind. First and foremost, you need a guy who is going to post year after year. You want a guy who strikes out hitters in buckets and has the wipeout stuff to dominate any major-league lineup on any given night. By those definitions, […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 2 reads
Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, which means some holiday travel might be coming up for you. The Major League Baseball hot stove generally seems to cool down a bit in the days around then, though that’s not always a given! Regardless, we’ll be on the lookout for any Yankees news, just in case. […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 3 reads
Baseball Prospectus | Mario Delgado Genzor: ($) 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 […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 18 days ago | 2 reads