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Ryan McMahon's Resurfaced Struggles Could Have Yankees Looking George Lombard Jr.'s Way

It wasn't that long ago when it looked like the Yankees had the old Ryan McMahon back. After an abysmal start to the 2026 MLB season, McMahon seemingly turned things around towards the end of last month, slashing .326/.354/.522 with two home runs, eight RBIs, two walks and a stolen base in 14 games (46 at-bats) between April 23 and May 7.

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Yankees prospects: Oswaldo Cabrera leads RailRiders’ attack on Mets’ Jonah Tong

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 11-3 vs. Syracuse Mets — they really walloped Mets pitching prospect Jonah Tong, who allowed more runs (seven) than outs recorded (five) SS George Lombard Jr.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / May 15

Yankees news: Offense looking to settle down in Subway Series

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: The Subway Series kicks off tonight in Queens with both the Yankees and Mets finding themselves out of sorts. The Metropolitans are no longer the worst team in baseball, proudly ahead of the Astros, Rockies, and Angels, but still need to get back on track quickly if they want to salvage a playoff run.

Jazz Chisholm News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

Jazz Chisholm’s contact metrics are at an all-time worst

Among Yankees regulars, only Austin Wells and Ryan McMahon had a lower wRC+ than Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s 72 mark before Wednesday’s game against the Orioles.

Seattle Mariners News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Active 40-HR MLB seasons' quiz

There are 24 active MLB players with at least one 40-home run season under their belt. How many of those players can you name in five minutes?

The '50-HR, .300 average MLB seasons' quiz

The 'American League MVPs' quiz

The 'Last 40-homer season by MLB team' quiz

New York Yankees News / MLB on ClutchPoints / May 14

Why Ken Rosenthal is still bullish on Yankees rotation amid Max Fried uncertainty

The New York Yankees didn’t want to see Max Fried leave their game against the Baltimore Orioles with elbow soreness, especially when looking at all the other injuries their pitching staff has dealt with.

MLB News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest rookie seasons in MLB history

Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.

New York Yankees News / New York Yankees on SI / May 14

Newly Available Reliever Should Have Yankees' Attention Amid Bullpen Struggles

A lot of the goodwill that the Yankees built up early in the 2026 season is slowly starting to erode. After an American League-best 25-11 record through 36 games, the Yankees have lost six of their last eight games before Thursday's day off, allowing the rival Rays to move into the AL's top spot.

New York Yankees News / New York Yankees on SI / May 14

Spencer Jones Needs to Capitalize on the Yankees' Latest Giancarlo Stanton Update

The 2026 MLB season began with Yankees fans wondering when, not if, Spencer Jones would receive a big-league opportunity. The 6-foot-7, 240-pound slugger

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

Yankees Birthday of the Day: Earle Combs

) As we saw when the Angels had literally Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout at the same time and couldn’t sniff the playoffs, you need more than just a couple stars to make a good roster in baseball.

Giancarlo Stanton News / Total Pro Sports / May 14

New York Yankees Get Grim News On Giancarlo Stanton’s Progress

Giancarlo Stanton remains one of the most feared power hitters in the MLB despite reaching the twilight of his career. Although he remains highly productive for the New York Yankees, the 36-year-old slugger is constantly battling through injuries.

New York Yankees News / Yankees.com / May 14

Yankees Mag: Time to Reflect

Thirty years after his no-hitter, Dwight Gooden looks back on a career -- and a life -- full of peaks and valleys

MLB News / Yardbarker

Which 20 players have hit four home runs in an MLB game?

The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.

New York Yankees News / New York Yankees on SI / May 14

Max Fried Injury Could Be a Blessing in Disguise for Ryan Weathers

The fact that Ryan Weathers may have been expelled from the New York Yankees starting rotation is a testament to how much depth they thought they had heading into the season.

Will Warren News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

Yankees Sequence(s) of the Week: Will Warren (5/12)

We’re going to try something a little different this time around on Sequence of the Week. Normally, we select a single at-bat or plate appearance from a given game to highlight the sequencing and execution from a Yankees pitcher.

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The 'Active 40-HR MLB seasons' quiz

The 'NFL's active 1K-rushers' quiz

The 'Active NBA double-double leaders' quiz

The 'Active playoff scoring leaders' quiz

New York Yankees News / Yardbarker / May 14

Aaron Judge has advice for Anthony Volpe after disappointing return

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe made his 2026 regular-season MLB debut Wednesday afternoon.

Anthony Volpe gets second chance as Yankees' week goes from bad to worse

Aaron Boone addresses Gerrit Cole's latest rehab start

Cody Bellinger is reminding everyone he's more than just a productive bat

The '50-HR, .300 average MLB seasons' quiz

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

Yankees prospects: Tarpons’ top of the lineup goes yard in win

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 7-0 vs. Syracuse Mets SS George Lombard Jr. 0-5, 1 K 1B Seth Brown 1-5 2B Marco Luciano 1-3, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 BB 3B Oswaldo Cabrera 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K DH Ernesto Martinez Jr.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

How will the Yankees’ pitching respond to its first stress test?

The last week hasn’t been too kind to the Yankees, as they’ve dropped five of their last six games and seen their offense disappear for most of that stretch.

Max Fried News / Pinstripe Alley / May 14

Yankees news: Fried exits with elbow issue

SNY | Alex Smith: The Yankees lost for the sixth time in their last eight games on Wednesday, and that’s not even the worst news: left-hander Max Fried had to leave the game after three innings with left elbow posterior soreness.

MLB News / Yardbarker / May 13

Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski continues dominant run vs. Padres

Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski continues dominant run with brilliant start vs. Padres

Milwaukee Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski was already one of the best young starting pitchers in baseball and one of the league's must-see players. Over his past three starts, including Wednesday, he has managed to reach an entirely new level of dominance.

Braves become MLB's first team to reach early-season milestone

Watch: Mets get hosed by umpire Junior Valentine's blunder

Marlins top pitching prospect lands on IL with concerning injury

Yankees ace leaves start with injury

Cubs sign three-time All-Star reliever to minor-league contract

New York Yankees News / Field Level Media / May 13

Yankees LHP Max Fried exits after 3 innings due to sore elbow

New York left-hander Max Fried exited Wednesday afternoon's start against the host Baltimore Orioles after three innings due to what the Yankees announced was left elbow posterior soreness.