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What Happened To Oswaldo Cabrera? Latest Update On The Yankees Super-Utility Player

Oswaldo Cabrera, unfortunately, had a very short 2025 campaign for the New York Yankees, with a horrific ankle injury bringing an early end to his season.

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Yankees Sequence of the Week: Carlos Rodón (6/4)

The Yankees eked out a win on Thursday to avoid being swept by the Guardians, largely on the back of an excellent start from Carlos Rodón. Rodón held Cleveland to a run on two hits and three walks against seven strikeouts in six innings.

Aaron Judge News / Total Pro Sports / June 6

Former Yankees Star Reveals The Ultimate Trade Target Amid Aaron Judge Injury

The New York Yankees took a huge blow earlier this week as Aaron Judge joined the IL with a first-rib stress fracture. The Yankees slugger enjoyed a wonderful start to the season, but he ended the month of May in a massive slump.

New York Yankees News / Total Pro Sports / June 6

What Time Is The Yankees Game Today? Starting Pitchers, TV Channel & More

The New York Yankees will continue to play host for another chapter of their historic rivalry with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night. Despite dealing with several key injuries, including those to Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, New York has continued to produce offensively and remains one of the most dangerous teams in the American League.

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The 'Foreign-born 250-HR club' quiz

How many of the 53 Major League Baseball players not born in the United States of America with 250 or more career home runs can you name in seven minutes?

The 'Last 30-HR season by MLB team' quiz

The 'Most K's to start an MLB career' quiz

The 'Active 40-HR MLB seasons' quiz

MLB News / Pinstripe Alley / June 6

Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Rays rebound with shutout win

The Yankees dropped the opener of their weekend series against the Red Sox on Friday, losing 5-3 with all of the damage done in three consecutive innings against Ryan Weathers.

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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 / Field Level Media / June 6

Yankees hope for offensive boost against visiting Red Sox

The New York Yankees are confident they can find ways to win while they wait for Aaron Judge's stress fracture in his rib to heal. Four games into Judge's first major injury in three seasons, the Yankees are struggling to consistently generate offense, and they hope the trend reverses on Saturday night when they host the Boston Red Sox.

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / June 6

Contending is hard, actually, and the Yankees have been both good and lucky

Last week, when I was reading Sam’s piece about the messy state of much of the American League, I was struck by how many teams now mired in a rut were considered by many prognosticators to be contenders coming into the season.

J.C. Escarra News / New York Yankees on SI / June 6

It's Time for Yankees to Pull the Plug on J.C. Escarra Experiment

It sounds like a broken record at this point, but the Yankees have a catcher problem that doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon. Despite what defensive

New York Yankees News / Pinstripe Alley / June 6

Yankees prospects: Combined no-hitter for Scranton behind Brendan Beck, Carson Coleman

Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 4-0 at Syracuse Mets — as the headline says, a combined no-no for the RailRiders, their first since a shortened seven-inning effort in 2021 SS George Lombard Jr.

Aaron Judge News / Pinstripe Alley / June 6

Yankees news: The wide-ranging aftershocks of the Aaron Judge injury

ESPN | Jorge Castillo and David Schoenfield: In light of Aaron Judge’s rib fracture, the whole baseball world is now wondering what the captain’s absence will mean for the Yankees.

J.C. Escarra News / Total Pro Sports / June 6

New York Yankees Promote 87 wRC+ Slugger To Replace J.C. Escarra

The New York Yankees unsurprisingly possess the best offense in the American League this year. Yet, there is scant little contribution with the bat from the catcher position.

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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 / ESPN / June 5

Sources: Yanks to call up right-handed C Sánchez

The Yankees will recall right-handed catcher Ali Sánchez on Saturday while optioning J.C. Escarra to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, sources told ESPN.

New York Yankees News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 5

Yankees To Select Ali Sánchez

The Yankees will select catcher Ali Sánchez onto the MLB roster, reports Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. New York hasn’t confirmed that move but announced tonight that backup catcher J.C.

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The 'Last 30-point NBA Finals game' quiz

The 'Most 1,400-yard NFL seasons' quiz

The 'Most field goals-per-game by playoffs' quiz

The '20-point Stanley Cup Playoffs' quiz

New York Yankees News / Larry Brown Sports / June 6

Aaron Judge makes a notable revelation about his injury

The injury is now expected to sideline Judge for at least the next four to six weeks.

Yankees recall the 'left-handed Aaron Judge' in wake of captain's injury

Judge injury might lead Yankees to pull off big in-division trade

Yankees get big Max Fried injury update

Twins' Byron Buxton gets another injury scare after running into wall

Update reveals when Mets could become sellers ahead of trade deadline

Three potential trade candidates for the Los Angeles Angels

New York Yankees News / MLB on ClutchPoints / June 5

What Yankees’ Aaron Boone said after unfortunate Aaron Judge injury update

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge is expected to miss at least four to six weeks due to a ribs injury. On Friday, Judge revealed that he suffered the injury in late April, which means he played with pain for over a month.

Jasson Dominguez News / Athlon Sports / June 5

Insider Reveals Plan For Yankees' Jasson Dominguez Return

Help should soon be on the way for the New York Yankees in the form of a former top prospect. Outfielder Jasson Dominguez is beginning his rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Trent Grisham News / New York Yankees on SI / June 5

Concerns Overblown: Yankees' Trent Grisham Is Fine After All

Trent Grisham has had a target on his back since the Yankees handed him a qualifying offer, which he immediately accepted. The thought behind the move was that nobody believed Grisham would actually take it, and that once he did, it would backfire on the organization.

New York Yankees News / Yardbarker / June 5

Yankees to recall Spencer Jones after Aaron Judge injury

A player who some refer to as the "left-handed Aaron Judge" is getting his second stint in the majors this season.

Yankees insider shares alarming Aaron Judge update after injury diagnosis

Awful Aaron Judge injury update could define Yankees' season

Without injured Aaron Judge, Yankees try to keep Red Sox down

The 'MLB active stolen base leaders' quiz

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The 'MLB active stolen base leaders' quiz

How many of the active MLB players to swipe at least 100 bags in their career can you name in seven minutes?

Ben Rice News / New York Yankees on SI / June 5

Worth the Risk? Debating if Yankees Should Use Ben Rice to Solve Their Catcher Problem

There are positives and negatives of Giancarlo Stanton returning to the Yankees. The positive is that Stanton should be Cooperstown-bound, and his bat still has more pop than anybody envisioned he'd have a few years ago when he walked out of the 2023 season with a sup-.700 OPS.

Cody Bellinger News / Just Baseball / June 5

Cody Bellinger Has Come as Advertised for the Yankees

When the New York Yankees lost Juan Soto in free agency in 2024, many thought it was a sign that the team had lost its superstar pull. Soto went to the crosstown Mets for only $5 million more than the Yankees offered him.

Aaron Judge News / Yardbarker / June 5

Awful Aaron Judge injury update could define Yankees' season

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge will be shut down for quite some time.

Yankees get big Max Fried injury update

Twins pitcher blames MLB for his arm injury: 'They all said the same thing'

Twins star has been on fire since reset

Pete Crow-Armstrong redeems himself for blunder with first career walk-off

Max Muncy, Ildemaro Vargas get into a violent collision at first base

Gerrit Cole News / Athlon Sports / June 4

Gerrit Cole Returns Stronger: Tommy John Velocity Surge, Yankees Record Strikeouts & 2026 Fantasy Outlook

From the look of things on May 22, Gerrit Cole hasn’t missed a beat. The New York Yankees ace made his season debut that night after missing the entire 2025 campaign to recover from Tommy John surgery, and there was no rust as his fastball against the Tampa Bay Rays touched 99.6 mph.

Clarke Schmidt News / New York Yankees on SI / June 3

Yankees Have Clear Clarke Schmidt Decision to Make When He Rejoins Them

The Yankees have one of Major League Baseball's best starting rotations, if not the No. 1 unit in the sport. Cam Schlittler, Max Fried, Carlos Rodón, Gerrit Cole, Will Warren and Ryan Weathers have done a terrific job at giving the Yankees a chance to win each time they pitch, which is huge for the club's World Series aspirations.

Carlos Lagrange News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 3

Yankees Move Prospect Carlos Lagrange To Bullpen For 2026

The Yankees are moving pitching prospect Carlos Lagrange to the bullpen in Triple-A, as first reported by Jack Curry of The YES Network. Manager Aaron Boone subsequently confirmed the decision while adding that the team still hopes to develop Lagrange as a starter in future seasons.