On July 30, 2024, Gerrit Cole was scratched from his start in Philadelphia due to “general body fatigue.” Without many options to overcome this, the Yankees turned to one of their top pitching prospects in the minors, promoting Will Warren to make his major league debut. Warren would make six total appearances in 2024 as […]
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The Yankees will likely head into the 2026 season with a different first baseman penciled into the starting lineup. With Paul Goldschmidt’s one-year deal expiring, it will more than likely be Ben Rice taking over the job on the right side, but there are also plenty of options out on the open market, if the […]
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We’ve reached the official start of the 2025 MLB Winter Meetings, perhaps the most fun stretch on the offseason calendar. The scene is a bit different than the one we found a year ago; in 2024, the meetings kicked off with Juan Soto having already spurned the Yankees for the Mets. At the time, it […]
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The Winter Meetings are officially underway, and over the next few days we’re expecting to see some major momentum on deals coming together. Whether that means the Yankees will be one of the teams landing anybody remains to be seen, as their offseason plans have been a mystery beyond what many have assumed from the […]
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New York Post | Greg Joyce: The Contemporary Era Committee voted on this cycle’s class of candidates and unfortunately, Don Mattingly missed out on enshrinement yet again. It is the 19th time that Mattingly has been denied entry to Cooperstown, appearing on the BBWAA ballot 15 times and then coming up for election via the […]
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On Sunday night, the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee unveiled the voting results of this year’s ballot: longtime slugging second baseman Jeff Kent has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Eras Committee was created to give another chance at enshrinement to players who have fallen off the standard BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, […]
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It’s Sunday, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! This week, we will finally get some baseball news, as the Winter Meetings are set to begin in Orlando. Will there be heartbreak, as happened last year when a certain free agent right fielder opted not to take […]
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Back in August, I began a series here at Pinstripe Alley, where I was going to put together an All-Star Yankee team of players who were born in a given month. After forgetting about it for a brief time during the stretch run and playoffs, I got back to the series in November, by making an […]
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Think of how potentially regal transactions could look if you used players’ full names. For example, here’s one from yesterday: Washington Nationals traded LHP Jose Alexander Ferrer to Seattle Mariners for C Harrison Michael Ford and RHP Isaac James Lyon. Not bad! (Yes, I was bored thinking about the current offseason last night. So it […]
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MLB Trade Rumors | Mark Polishuk: Add another team to the list of suitors for free agent and former Yankee Cody Bellinger. The Philadelphia Phillies have apparently thrown their hat in the ring for the versatile lefty slugger. It sounds like Plan A for the Phils remains re-signing Kyle Schwarber. If that’s the case, then […]
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Tomorrow night, we’ll find out the results of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era ballot. The ballot is an opportunity for the Hall to reconsider the cases of players whose primary contributions came from 1980 onwards and who failed to reach induction through the standard Baseball Writers of American balloting process. Eight players […]
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Jack Curry kind of set the Yankee world on fire earlier this week on YES Network’s “Yankees Hot Stove” program, seemingly implying that no major moves were planned for this winter. We’re still reasonably early in the offseason, so I’ll believe that interpretation when the team heads down to Tampa, but more than one report […]
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Pretty much anyone who is at least mildly plugged into baseball is aware that the Winter Meetings begin tomorrow. So that means the offseason activity will pick up again, right? Right? It’s not going to continue to be crickets? I think we’ll get some movement, even if the activity is not as scintillating as last […]
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New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: We’ve arrived at the eve of the Winter Meetings, and we know what the storylines are for the Yankees. New York wants to add one more outfielder, a starter, and shore up their relief depth, but no one knows how much Hal Steinbrenner is willing to spend to […]
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The Yankees’ offseason has gotten off to a quiet start. That fact, in and of itself, is not particularly alarming. The baseball offseason, despite the popular ‘hot stove’ term, rarely moves all that quickly at first. But when a rival team makes aggressive moves early on, fans start to get antsy. The Blue Jays, who […]
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The year is 2021. The confetti from the Braves’ World Series parade has been swept aside and a chill descends upon the baseball world as five cold months stretch between the end of the season and the arrival of the new campaign. The Yankees have an opportunity to chart their organization on a new course […]
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On Sunday night, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the results of its Contemporary Era ballot. It is a star-studded list of names, featuring Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Valenzuela, and Yankees icon Don Mattingly. Whether they are former All-Stars and MVPs who hit the original ballot […]
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Last year, the Yankees were theoretically in the market for some sort of infielder. It became pretty clear early on that they were likely going to let Gleyber Torres go. That would open second base for them to move Jazz Chisholm Jr. back to his more natural position, while freeing up third base. In the […]
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It was a quiet day on the front, with the hot stove doing little to surprise us yesterday as we amble towards the winter meetings. The Yankees made something resembling news, announcing their 2026 coaching staff, though that was more a formality, as they mostly confirmed earlier reports of changes within their staff. It’s not […]
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MLB.com | Mark Feinsand: With baseball’s annual Winter Meetings coming up early next week, both national and beat reporters have spent this week breaking down rumors and laying out their predictions for what looks to be an intense couple of days in Orlando. This week, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand took to Reddit for an AMA, then […]
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When you take into account the full picture of a player, particularly in terms of expectation, it’s hard to find an individual who had a more disappointing campaign for the Yankees than Marcus Stroman in 2025. It got so bad to the point that the Yankees chose to release him to make room for deadline […]
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We’re seeing a bit of an arms race in the AL East. Sonny Gray is lining up behind Garrett Crochet in Boston, and the Blue Jays have inked both Dylan Cease and KBO MVP Cody Ponce. Meanwhile, three-fifths of the nominal Yankee starting rotation will start the year on the IL, with Gerrit Cole and […]
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The Yankees invested a heavy amount of trade capital to build a super bullpen in 2025, dealing away a dozen players to bring in Devin Williams, Fernando Cruz, David Bednar, Camilo Doval, and Jake Bird between last winter and the trade deadline. Suffice to say their efforts did not pan out, the relief corps representing […]
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We’re a few days into December now, meaning we’re only a few days away from the start of the Winter Meetings and the unofficial hotspot of the offseason. Little has slipped out of the Yankees’ camp in the early goings, and what little we do know of their plans doesn’t sound very exciting: the payroll […]
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North Jersey | Pete Caldera: MLB’s Winter Meetings are coming up, usually the biggest time for business in the baseball offseason. The Yankees seem to want to stay around the $300 million payroll level while still having holes in the roster to fix, and also have very real questions around their top level prospects. Spencer […]
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