The New York Yankees may have fooled themselves for the majority of the 2026 season. They played their best baseball in the final six weeks of the regular season, and manager Aaron Boone thought he was taking a team into the postseason that had a legitimate chance to make a run at the World Series.
A proposed swap sending New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Mets for infielder Jorge Polanco has entered offseason discussion, though significant barriers make any such deal unlikely.
The Yankees’ season came to a close on Wednesday with a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, capping off an embarrassing series for the Bronx Bombers. The front office now turns its attention to the offseason, with plenty of holes to fill and a plethora of questions to answer.
Former MLB All-Star Anthony Rizzo didn’t hold back his thoughts on the New York Yankees being swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. Rizzo, who played for the Yankees from 2021-2024, isn’t naive to the fact that fans in New York want to celebrate a championship every season.
Can you name every MLB player to hit at least three home runs in multiple postseasons in eight minutes?
Well, it’s another disappointing ending to the New York Yankees season, marking now 17 years since their last World Series. The Yankees got swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, which has brought Yankee fans to chant “fire Boone” and “fire Cashman” as they cleared out of Yankee Stadium.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
The New York Yankees will fail to win a World Series for the 17th consecutive season, and frustration is even growing among the team’s former players.
9 years, 8 postseason berths, yet no World Series. Aaron Boone is the only New York Yankees manager to lead the franchise so long without a World Series ring.
If they want to be better than they were in '26, here are the changes the Yankees need to make before the 2027 season gets underway.
Aaron Boone has been manager of the New York Yankees for the last nine seasons. During his tenure, the Yankees haven’t won a World Series. While many Bronx Bombers fans are calling for Boone’s dismissal, the odds of that move seem increasingly doubtful.
The New York Yankees came into their American League Division Series with plenty of momentum. They had been one of the hottest teams in the big leagues for six weeks and had disposed of the archrival Boston Red Sox in the Wild Card round of the playoffs in consecutive games.
The New York Yankees need to upgrade the infield this offseason. Jazz Chisholm Jr. didn't have a good season, and it won't be surprising to see the Yankees let him walk.
The 2026 season hasn't gone as planned for many MLB players. These 30 players stand out as the biggest disappointments for their respective teams.
Giancarlo Stanton's time with the New York Yankees needs to come to an end this offseason. Stanton missed most of the season with calf injuries, but made a return in the postseason, although as a pinch hitter.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. will hit the open market five days after the World Series, and the New York Yankees may not want to pay him after the year he had. Chisholm has already expressed his desire to be back with the Yankees, but he is still going to want to be paid as a top-tier second baseman.
Ben Rice produced one of the most remarkable individual performances of the 2026 postseason, accounting for 21 of the New York Yankees’ 61 total bases before the Tampa Bay Rays swept them out of the American League Division Series.
Aaron Judge believes Anthony Volpe remains an important part of the New York Yankees’ path back to a World Series title. After the Yankees were eliminated by the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday, the team captain made his position clear while reflecting on the club’s disappointing postseason exit.
Despite going without superstar right fielder Aaron Judge for most of the season, the Yankees won 93 games and earned a playoff berth. They swept the archrival
A second straight year of losing in the ALDS may not ultimately affect the status quo in New York.
The Yankees’ swift departure from the Division Series at the hands of the Rays marked the end of the 16th season of Paul Goldschmidt’s career. The veteran first baseman told reporters, including Jon Heyman of the New York Post, that he’d like to continue playing beyond this year.
Aaron Judge sent a clear message to the New York Yankees after their loss in the American League Division Series. The Yankees saw their championship drought extended to 17 seasons by losing to the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.
Thanks to Mesa's heroics, the Rays have advanced to the American League Championship Series (ALCS).
Yankees fans loudly booed Chisholm after he popped out to first base while pinch-hitting for Jose Caballero in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Judge sent a strong message to Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and to team senior vice president/general manager Brian Cashman regarding the offseason.
Frustrated Yankees fans chanted for owner Hal Steinbrenner to fire Boone after the Rays earned a 4-3 win in the Bronx on Wednesday.
The New York Yankees are officially going home after losing a do-or-die Game 3 Wednesday night in the Bronx against the Tampa Bay Rays.
During the first inning of Monday’s loss, the Yankees made three errors. McMahon and Chisholm made two of them.
The New York Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs on Wednesday night.
Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Nick Martinez knows what’s at stake Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
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