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Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Jahmai Jones

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports A former top prospect who wasn’t in camp to start the spring looks to open the season on the bench. Every year, a player that nobody had on the Yankees’ radar finds themselves on the roster. Having made the team out of spring training, acquired via a trade for cash considerations or through the waiver wire, or signed off the couch, these players often find themselves playing a much larger role that anyone could have dreamed. Sometimes, like Matt Carpenter in 2022 or Mike Tauchman in 2019, they are pleasant surprises who provide a...

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Mets Morning News for March 26, 2024

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Your Tuesday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets The Mets concluded their spring training schedule with a 3-0 loss to the Yankees. New York finished spring with a 15-14 record. There was a scary moment when Starling Marte was hit in the head by a Clay Holmes pitch. However, the Mets’ skipper assuaged fears by saying Marte is okay following the incident. The Mets arrived home last night following the conclusion of spring training. The Mets (and Yankees) are not sweating losing their aces to...

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Clayton Beeter could potentially help the Yankees in a multi-inning role

Photo by New York Yankees/ The young righty has made the Opening Day roster as a reliever, a role that could help mask some of his limitations. Clayton Beeter was, together with Will Warren, Cody Poteet and Luke Weaver, one of the losers of the battle for the fifth starter job on the Yankees. That one went for spring training standout Luis Gil. However, when a door closes, there might be a window opening. You can say that’s exactly the case with Beeter: he won’t be a starter — at least not to open the year - but he made the Yankees’ Opening Day roster anyway, as...

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Pre-Season Exhibition Game. March 26, 2024, 7:10 CT. Space Cowboys @ Astros

Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports It’s the last warmup before Opening Day Thursday against the Yankees J.P France gets a much-needed opportunity to stretch out after a late start to Spring Training. With Jose Urquidy and Justin Verlander out, France is definitely an important part of the rotation for the second straight year. Here are the lineups. This one is televised.

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Yankees Making the Team Meter: Week Five

DJ LeMahieu’s injury adds a last-minute wrinkle to the Yankees’ Opening Day roster battles. It’s our final Monday in March, and you know what that means — it’s time for the finale of the 2024 Pinstripe Alley Making the Team Meter! The last two spring training games are being played later today, and in just three short days, the New York Yankees will be down in Houston to open the season against their current archrival, the Houston Astros. Over the last few days, the Yankees have made a flurry of moves, as the final roster has begun to take shape. Even so, due to a...

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Yankees 3, Mets 0: Schmidt shines in final tune-up

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Schmidt put in an impressive display with the regular season just a few days away. The rosters are mostly set, the bags are starting to get packed, and it’s about time for the 2024 regular season. While you can practically feel Opening Day in the air, there’s still a couple more spring training games left, which included one this afternoon against the Mets. You can tell we’re getting closer to real baseball, because you’re starting to see stuff like regulars playing fairly deep into games, and starting pitchers going a...

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Social Media Spotlight: Visits from old friends

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Joe Torre makes his way to the mound once more. We’ve finally made it! Spring training is almost over, and as everyone around the game of baseball — players, fans, broadcasters, and bloggers alike — counts down the days until the glorious holiday that is Opening Day, that number has finally reached the single digits. When they aren’t getting ready for the season, what have our favorite Yankees been getting up to? Let’s find out! Carlos Rodón warms up for his start Earlier this week, Yankees lefty Carlos Rodón had an...

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Yankees 1, Pirates 0: Stroman caps off spring with a gem

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Marcus Stroman was lights-out in Bradenton. With many of the Yankees regulars either already in Mexico City for the exhibition against the Diablos Rojos or remaining behind at the training complex in Tampa, we were looking at a rather barebones lineup facing the Pirates in Bradenton. In fact, with a pair of soft contact merchants on the mound in Marcus Stroman and Martín Pérez, this always promised to be a low scoring contest. A blustery breeze blowing in further conspired to keep the ball in the yard as this game sped to an...

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NYY News: Gil vs. Warren

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via It’s down to Luis Gil and Will Warren for the final rotation spot; the Mexico trip roster; an interview with Austin Wells; NY free agents with most at stake in 2024 NJ.com | Max Goodman: Ever since the injury to Gerrit Cole’s elbow was revealed, the biggest story at the Yankees spring training facility has been the competition for the fifth spot in the starting rotation. Although a slew of arms had been in the running, it seems to have become a two-horse race with just a few days to go: Luis Gil, the young starter who has...

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NYY vs. PHI/DET (split-squad)

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ The final weekend of spring training is upon us. We’re so close, Yankee fans. This time next week, the Yankees will hopefully be up 2-0 in their opening series with the Astros, and indeed they can go 2-0 today as they split up the spring roster for a pair of games with the Tigers and Phillies. The road game in Lakeland will see Cody Poteet look to cement his place on the big-league roster, as the righty has had a strong spring to this point. All spring stats need to be discounted of course, but he’s posted an ERA, strikeout rate and FIP all...

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The best of recent big-ticket Yankees Opening Day debuts

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Juan Soto is the latest superstar to don the pinstripes; can his debut match or surpass that of some of his 21st-century predecessors? The Yankees’ off-season, with all due respect to Marcus Stroman and Luke Weaver, boils down to one acquisition: megastar Juan Soto. Soto has looked outstanding for New York in spring training. With Opening Day mere days away, the hope is that he carries his magic over to the regular season. If he does so, he certainly won’t be the first big-ticket Yankee acquisition to make sparks fly in his Opening Day...

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Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/22/24

Photo by New York Yankees/ It’s Yankees vs. Mets in Tampa today. I often spend these particular days of spring training baseball with my attention divided by Yankees exhibitions and March Madness. Now, at this point in March, the general baseball concern is simply “don’t get injured,” so it’s easier to focus on basketball as long as no one is curled up in a ball on the field. The Yankees succeeded in this goal yesterday! Huzzah. May it continue. Today on the site, Madison will muse on Alex Verdugo crossing enemy lines to join the Yanekes, and David will...

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NYY @ ATL: Nestor Cortes vs. Charlie Morton

Photo by New York Yankees/ The Yankees’ Opening Day starter faces one of the most formidable lineups in the game. The Yankees are in the process of wrapping up their spring slate, so I acknowledge that at this point, there probably won’t be much attention paid to this Grapefruit League matinee. Nonetheless, this should be an entertaining game, at least as far as spring training goes. Depending on who you ask, the best team in baseball right now is either the Braves or the Dodgers, so anyone going toe-to-toe with them is sure to get a fierce test. The Yankees get...

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Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/21/24

Photo by New York Yankees/ One last warmup for your Opening Day starter. Nestor Cortes will be your Opening Day starter in a little over a week in Houston, and he’s scheduled for possibly his last spring training start today against Atlanta and a pretty good starter in his own right in Charlie Morton. Whatever the final box score says, the main things anyone is looking for from Cortes is that he gets a good amount of pitches in, gets a decent way into the actual game, and exits fully healthy. Godspeed, Nestor. Today on the site, we’ve got a two-parter lined up to...

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Yankees Potential Free Agent Target: Josh Harrison

Photo by Mitchell Leff/ With DJ LeMahieu’s Opening Day status uncertain, the Yankees could use proven depth at the hot corner. Before the start of spring training, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner suggested that the team was largely done adding on the position player side of the ball and that further reinforcements would likely come in the bullpen. That stance may have to change with the reports that DJ LeMahieu is dealing with “a pretty significant bone bruise” in his right foot and that his status for Opening Day is in question. As the news filtered down, Chris...

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NYY vs. PHI: Carlos Rodón vs. Matt Strahm

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Rodón looks to put in a good start as the regular season nears. We are now into the final days of spring training. Exactly one week from today, the Yankees will be wrapping up their Grapefruit League schedule, with the regular season set to start in Houston later that week. Sure, some recent news has sucked some air out of the Yankees’ balloon ahead of Opening Day, but it’s still great to be so tantalizingly close. However, we still have some spring games to go, and that includes today. This afternoon, the Yankees will host a split-squad...

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Yankees 4, Phillies 3: Rodón throws 5.2 no-hit innings

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports The Yankee southpaw impressed as he looks to get back on track in 2024. This late in spring training, players’ appearance start to somewhat resemble a real game. Starting pitchers can go at least five innings. Position players will get three at-bats and sometimes, even more. The clock is ticking for them to round into form with just a few games left before spring training. In Monday’s exhibition, two players in particular showed good signs as they head towards the games that count for real. With both looking for bounce-back...

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Yankees Making the Team Meter: Week Four

Injuries to Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge raise all sorts of questions. It’s a Monday in March, and you know what that means — it’s time for another edition of the Pinstripe Alley Making the Team Meter! As spring training goes, this week can be described as nothing short of a disaster for the Yankees: Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, and DJ LeMahieu were all sent for tests, with Cole set to start the season on the injured list with an elbow injury and Judge not having played since last Sunday. These injuries complicate what had already been an intense battle for the final spots in...

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Mets Morning News for March 18, 2024

Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports Your Monday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links. Meet the Mets Steve Cohen was at Spring Training yesterday and answered questions about his opinion of the farm system, what a successful season looks like, whether he will personally add to the roster, Citi Field never getting a roof, Our Plan, Pete Alonso’s future, and that 3-5 year projection. Hey Mike, first time long time, do you think the Yankees’ Carlos Narvaez and the Mets’ Omar Narvaez ever get together for dinner or something when they’re both in...

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Social Media Spotlight: Get well soon, Darryl

Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via The New York sports legend suffered a heart attack this week and is in recovery. Spring training is more than half over, and everyone around the game of baseball — players, fans, broadcasters, and bloggers alike — are counting down the days until the glorious holiday that is Opening Day. When they aren’t getting ready for the season, what have our favorite Yankees been getting up to? Let’s find out! Get Well Soon, Darryl Earlier this week, former Yankees and Mets legend Darryl Strawberry announced on his Instagram...

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Remembering the time that Mark Teixeira took on bees

Photo by Stacy Revere/ The Yankees’ first baseman made quite an internet buzz a decade ago. Spring training is not the most serious time on the baseball calendar. That’s not to say that players, coaches, and front office staff don’t take it seriously. For roster locks, it’s their time to put the finishing touches on their season preparation. For borderline players, it’s their time to try and win roster spots. For minor leaguers and young players, it’s their time to make a positive impression for future years. That being said, the results don’t necessarily...

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Yankees 2, Pirates 6: Bats silenced by former top prospect Priester

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Torres came to play, but the rest of the offense couldn’t get anything going. On a day when the Yankees fielded one of their stronger lineups of spring training, no one but Gleyber Torres could get anything going. Clarke Schmidt continued to feature his sharper stuff as he approaches his second season as a full time big league starter, but it was actually the opponent’s former top pitching prospect who came out on top, Quinn Priester largely silencing the Bomber bats as the Pirates took this one, 6-2. Schmidt looked fired up out of the...

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Keep an eye out for these three Yankees Spring Breakout prospects

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Underneath the big names lie some intriguing stories. This winter, MLB announced a brand new event for spring training, designed to help connect fans with the rising stars of the game, the Spring Breakout. Across four days, all 30 teams will assemble an all-prospect roster and compete against one another. The event kicks off on March 14th with a juicy matchup between the Pirates and Orioles. The Yankees follow suit a few days later, hosting the Blue Jays on March 16th. While the roster features big names such as Spencer Jones, George...

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OTM Open Thread 3/12: It is Tuesday

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/ Silver lining? Happy Tuesday. After their disappointing 2023 the New York Yankees made one of the biggest acquisition of the winter by acquiring Juan Soto. But now Gerrit Cole is getting an MRI and Aaron Judge is “beat up” after a few Spring Training games. Sure, Soto is a star. And of course Alex Verdugo is no slouch himself. But Cole and Judge are essential to the Yankees. The Baltimore Orioles lost a pitcher which is merely offset by adding Corbin Burnes. Wander Franco is probably done in MLB. Vlad Jr. has only been a...

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Yankees 2024 Season Preview: Anthony Volpe

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports At the plate, Volpe was less than stellar, but everywhere else, he made an impact. Now, with a year of experience under his belt, he is looking to become an all-around threat. At 21 years old, Anthony Volpe came into last year’s spring training and claimed the shortstop spot, beating out both Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who struggled, and another young player, Oswald Peraza. The New York native was the major story across the Yankees universe and continued to be as the 2023 season had its fair share of ups and downs on a team and...

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The case for putting J.D. Davis in pinstripes

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/ Why the Yankees should seriously consider signing J.D. Davis — and why they probably won’t. Spring training is a time for hope, but more often than not that hope is just to see the Grapefruit League season end without any injuries to your team. With the alarming news that both Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge underwent MRIs early this week for possible elbow and ab injuries, respectively, it’s easy for folks to forget that infielder Oswald Peraza was determined to have a right shoulder sprain on Saturday, likely...

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New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to get MRI on right elbow

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have an MRI of his right elbow after experiencing issues in bouncing back following spring training starts.

MASN: School of Roch

Teheran gives up first runs, Baumann maintains his roll, latest Holliday update and more (O's lose 5-3)

TAMPA, Fla. – While the Orioles continue to evaluate Julio Teheran as a possible rotation or bullpen piece, they’re about to find out how he handles spring training adversity.It finally arrived today.Teheran hadn’t allowed a run or hit in his first two appearances over three innings, but the Yankees scored four runs in the bottom of the first while working him for 27 pitches, and he was done after 2 1/3.The pitch clock violation before his first offering to leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu was a bad omen.LeMahieu struck out on a slider, but Alex Verdugo singled, Anthony Rizzo walked,...

Alex Cora ahead of Red Sox spring training game vs. Yankees

Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora addresses the media before the Red Sox-Yankees spring training matchup. First pitch is at 1 p.m. ET.

Aarons Everywhere, see all the Sunday sights at Yankees camp!

Luis Severino and Aaron Boone lead the highlights at New York Yankees camp on Sunday, as the Bronx Bombers continue spring training in Tampa.

Part 2: Jackie Bradley Jr. sits down with Tom Caron at Red Sox spring training

Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. joins NESN's Tom Caron at spring training in Fort Myers, Florida to talk about the his work throughout the offseason and going to London to help promote the Red Sox-Yankees game at the end of June.