The standings are not favorable to the New York Yankees right now. The Tampa Bay Rays are 5.5 games ahead of them in first place, and the Boston Red Sox, even with the way they have cooled off, are just two back.
It’s hard to win five straight World Series rings and still wind up relatively forgotten by baseball history, but somehow, Gene Woodling managed to do that.
Today, on August 16th, it feels like the Yankees’ offense is in such a hole that the prospect of a deep postseason run—this team’s ultimate goal—is as unlikely a proposition as one could hope for.
As the New York Yankees prepare for the stretch run and a potential postseason push, the impending returns of several key contributors from the injured list are forcing difficult roster choices.
The New York Yankees’ offensive struggles have reached another frustrating point, as they dropped their latest game 4-1 against the Toronto Blue Jays. This was their third consecutive defeat, and the Pinstripes managed just two runs combined in those games.
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
The New York Yankeesluckily had a great start to the 2026 MLB season to create a sizable lead in their record, but as the regular season continues and the playoffs start to come into focus, the Yankees' recent struggles are starting to become too great to overlook.
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 5-4 at Lehigh Valley IronPigs 2B Anthony Volpe 0-5, K — at least made nice play at the keystone RF Jasson Domínguez 0-4, BB, 2 K, CS LF Max Schuemann 2-3, 2B, HR, RBI, BB, K C J.C.
New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger is nearing a return after taking another positive step in his recovery from a Grade 2 left hamstring strain.
The New York Yankees appear to have seen enough out of Jazz Chisholm. New York is not expected to tender a qualifying offer to their veteran infielder Chisholm this offseason, Greg Joyce of The New York Post reports this week.
Even the most successful regular-season teams in Major League Baseball have failed to win it all. Here's our list of 20 such clubs that fall into that category.
There are ways and ways of losing a low-scoring game, and when it feels as though you’ve underperformed far more than simply being dominated, the frustration level rises, such as in this 4-1 defeat to the Blue Jays.
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge took a much-anticipated step forward in his recovery from a broken right rib on Friday, playing catch and running in New York.
There's no sugarcoating it: the Yankees have been one of the worst offenses in baseball for nearly two months. Dating back to June 18, they're dead last in batting average, on-base percentage, and wRC+, while also being in the bottom five in slugging percentage and fWAR.
Ryan McMahon has another year with the Yankees after the 2026 MLB season, and it's hard to see them not making an attempt to upgrade third base this winter, considering how much he has struggled since being traded over.
The New York Yankees need to rethink how they are using Trent Grisham. As it stands, he is the everyday leadoff hitter and center fielder, but he shouldn’t be doing either.
One thing the Yankees were not going to do is add George Lombard Jr. to any trade talks this deadline or at any point in the year. They've had high hopes
Baseball stumbled into something terrific five years ago because the night felt unusual. The league did not need to improve it. It needed to avoid wearing it out.
Three Yankees fans jumped onto the field during Wednesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners. The incident happened in the fifth inning at Yankee Stadium and forced a short delay.
Even while the New York Yankees struggled to score at times last week, they believed they were producing good at-bats. The strong results offensively have resulted in 14 runs over the past two nights.
Spencer Jones believes the biggest change since returning to the New York Yankees has come between his ears. After struggling during his first stint in the majors, the rookie outfielder said he has focused on slowing the game down instead of trying to force results.
The Tampa Bay Rays started Wednesday with a six-game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League East. Is the race over or do the Yankees still have a path to a division crown?
The Yankees announced they’ve recalled reliever Bradley Hanner from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He takes the bullpen spot of Kervin Castro, who lands on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to August 10) with right elbow neuritis.
The Yankees have released veteran right-handed reliever Rafael Montero, per an announcement from their Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.