Schlittler’s case for the Cy Young Award
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America will hand out the Cy Young Awards for each league on Wednesday.
Outside of Chris Sale (2024 NL Cy Young Award), the remaining five candidates have never won the Cy Young Award. In the National League, the flamethrowing Jacob Misiorowski figures to be the front-runner,
Fried has surgery to remove bone spur from pitching elbow
NEW YORK -- Yankees left-hander Max Fried underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his pitching elbow and is expected to be ready for Spring Training, general manager Brian Cashman said on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Fried’s second season in New York was interrupted twice by what was described as
Rice brings young fighter with him throughout breakout summer
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Bob Boone, All-Star catcher and father of Yankees manager Aaron, dies at 78
Bob Boone, a member of the famed Boone baseball family and known as one of the best defensive catchers of his generation with seven Gold Gloves and four All-Star Game selections during his storied 19-year career, died on Monday. He was 78.
Boone, the son of former Major Leaguer
With Bednar a free agent, who will be Yankees' closer in 2027?
You can make a compelling argument for the Yankees as MLB’s best pitching staff in 2026. They owned the best team ERA (3.23), and ace Cam Schlittler is likely to take home his first American League Cy Young Award.
That dominance extended to the bullpen, too. Yankees relievers posted a 3.13
Could the Yankees’ rotation be even better in 2027?
The Yankees’ rotation is looking sharp.
Led by American League Cy Young Award finalist Cam Schlittler, New York’s starters finished the 2026 regular season with an MLB-best 3.30 ERA, the lowest mark by any team since the Dodgers (2.75) and Astros (2.95) back in 2022. Few Yankees squads in
Latest Yankees injuries and transactions
This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates.
'27 Rookie of the Year candidates -- one from each team
Sometimes rookies can be seen a mile away and it's clear they will make a big splash once they hit the big leagues full time. Others can sneak up on you, flying under the radar until they're given the opportunity to show what they can do.
A year ago, we picked
Watch Yankees prospects in Arizona Fall League action
The calendar may have flipped to November, but you can still watch live baseball featuring many of baseball's top up-and-coming players.
The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season enters its home stretch as it gears for playoffs, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout November as
Here's how every prospect fared in the AFL Fall Stars Game
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The 20th annual Fall Stars Game is in the books and it was a tightly contested showdown indicative of the considerable talent on both the American League and National League rosters.
It was an eighth-inning breakout from the NL squad that firmly swung the pendulum its way en
Bellinger wins AL Platinum Glove Award
Rawlings announced the winners of the 2026 Platinum Glove Awards on Friday night, honoring the best defensive player in each league, regardless of position, as well as the best defensive team in each league.
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was named the National League Platinum Gold Glove winner, while in the
Where can the Yankees improve the lineup?
NEW YORK -- A month has passed since the Yankees’ season ended with Trent Grisham swinging through a third strike in Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Rays, leaving their most dangerous available hitter on deck. Ben Rice was preparing for an at-bat that
Bellinger, Rice nominated for Silver Slugger for 2nd straight year
The Silver Slugger Award is presented to the best hitter at each position in each league annually, and it is voted on by MLB managers and coaches (who are not allowed to vote for players on their own teams). The coveted honor was established in 1980, with new
Yankees' Triple-A affiliate goes back to the future with new identity
A piece of the New York Yankees’ past is now part of their future. On Saturday the organization’s Triple-A affiliate announced its new identity, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Highlanders.
The Yankees were originally known as the Highlanders, employing this moniker from 1903 (after relocating from Baltimore) through 1912 in reference to their ballpark’s
The unique swing behind Spencer Jones' success
Trent Grisham is a free agent, and Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner recently gushed about his organization's young players. You can read between the lines here: Plenty of opportunity awaits Spencer Jones in 2027.
The hope is that the 25-year-old will build off an encouraging rookie season. A three-week
Schlittler named AL Cy Young finalist on heels of dominant season
NEW YORK -- The American League’s Cy Young Award race would still run for more than three months, but at least one observer had already seen enough to make a call.
“Schlitty is the Cy Young winner, hands down,” the Knicks’ Josh Hart said in a June 19 social media post,
How does Yanks' No. 1 prospect Kilby look? His AFL teammates, coaches are eager to share
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- During the Arizona Fall League, Dax Kilby has been everything the Yankees envisioned he could be when they selected him with the 39th overall pick in the 2025 Draft out of the Georgia high school ranks.
He’s slashed .295/.357/.623 across 15 games with 12 of his
An early look at the 2027 Power Rankings
The offseason is here! The Brewers and their fans are still celebrating, as well they should, but the rest of us are ready for the Hot Stove to get going.
Here, then, is a way-too-early look at where the Power Rankings stand heading into the offseason.
These rankings, as always, are compiled
Breaking down the Fall Stars Game participants by organization
The Arizona Fall League created a Fall Stars Game in 2006 to highlight the most talented players in a circuit full of top prospects. The first 19 contests spotlighted several future big league notables such as Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Mookie Betts, Bryce Harper, Aaron Judge, Francisco Lindor, Andrew
Yankees extend qualifying offer to Bednar, but not Chisholm
NEW YORK -- The Yankees can picture a bullpen that would again be anchored by right-handed closer David Bednar, who received a qualifying offer from the club ahead of Monday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline: a one-year deal valued at $23.15 million.
They did not extend the same offer to
Here are the rosters for Sunday's AFL Fall Stars Game
In last year’s Arizona Fall League Fall Stars Game, Kevin McGonigle led off for the American League, Hagen Smith struck out a pair in a scoreless inning of relief and Sam Antonacci picked up two RBIs, including the game-winner on a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning
Bellinger's rock-solid LF defense rewarded with 2nd career Gold Glove
It was a late-summer evening in the Bronx, with the Red Sox in town and the Yankees clinging to a one-run lead over their most historic rivals. With the tying run at third base, a fly ball sailed into left field, reducing the game to a matchup: Cody Bellinger’s arm
Where does Lombard Jr. rank on '26 rookies based on long-term value list?
Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle entered the 2026 season ranked as baseball's two best prospects, in that order, on MLB Pipeline's Top 100.
Griffin made his big league debut in April at age 19 and starred in May before a pair of injuries sidelined him for most of the next three