The New York Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon at last year's trade deadline, but things have not worked out in the Bronx. He has a .211/.289/.349 slash line with the Yankees, and the Yankees clearly need an upgrade in the hot corner.
Now that we are steadily moving into the offseason with the 2026 Yankees’ disappointing ALDS loss to the Rays thankfully growing more distant to the present day, it’s time for Pinstripe Alley’s very own Roster Report Card series, where our staff evaluates and assigns grades to the most relevant players on the roster.
With the Yankees’ season over for 2026, we here at Pinstripe Alley have been looking back at the campaign. With how it ended, a lot of our coverage has come through a lens of frustration, but we’ve looked back at some of the good and bad all the same.
The 1950s were an incredible era for the Yankees. They won six championships in the decade, and a few more in the years immediately before and after it.
MLB has been awarding the National League Championship Series MVP Award since the 1977 season. How many of the winners can you name in six minutes?
The New York Yankees have to make a decision on David Bednar's future this offseason. He is a free agent and was a very important part of the Yankees' bullpen this season.
The 2026 MLB season was full of great performances, breakout stars, and incredible feats. These are the 25 things we learned along the way.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. will be looking to get paid handsomely as a free agent, but after he struggled this season, the New York Yankees would be wise to move on.
Despite the tantalizing potential of Jazz Chisholm Jr., it is becoming increasingly likely that he played his final game with the New York Yankees. A recent report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post made this possibility even stronger, as the Yankees are not expected to give Chisholm the $23.15 million qualifying offer.
NJ.com | Randy Miller and Bob Klapisch: With no baseball on Friday night, Randy Miller and Bob Klapisch of NJ.com sat down to discuss what Yankees fans throughout the world are probably talking about: general manager Brian Cashman.
The ALCS is now essentially a best-of-three.
The New York Yankees once explored a potential acquisition of Washington Nationals center fielder Jacob Young, a detail that has resurfaced as the club weighs its outfield options heading into the offseason, via Joel Sherman of The New York Post.
The Yankees had a strong season overall but still clearly need to upgrade following a three-game ALDS sweep at the hands of the Rays. The bullpen is going to see some turnover with the injured Fernando Cruz being a non-tender candidate, as well as Paul Blackburn and closer David Bednar entering free agency.
The 2026 MLB season was historic in many ways. These 25 records were broken during the season.
Anthony Volpe's name has been a point of contention for the New York Yankees over the last two seasons. It felt like his grace period as a young player trying to break in ran out last year, when a medley of errors and a well-below-average bat became a breaking point for fans and, as this year's events clearly showed, the organization itself.
The New York Yankees appear inclined to trust George Lombard Jr. as their starting shortstop in the 2027 season. Despite the rookie’s inconsistent first taste of Major League Baseball, insider Joel Sherman believes the 21-year-old has shown enough promise to become a long-term solution for New York.
After another season ended without a World Series Championship, the New York Yankees have several important decisions to make as they prepare for the offseason.
The Yankees are leaning toward issuing a qualifying offer to closer David Bednar, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. Heyman writes that the Yanks are less likely to issue the QO to Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Giancarlo Stanton’s ninth season in New York might just end up being his last.
Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ captain, never stepped into the box in October, and Max Fried, the Yankees’ left-hander, watched his 80th pitch leave the park for a go-ahead homer.
Aaron Judge may be the captain of the New York Yankees, but that does not mean his bosses love everything he says or does.
With the 2027 free-agent class being historically weak, the Yankees are all but guaranteed to explore the trade market this winter. The Bronx Bombers have a large pool of in-house talent to take advantage of, and these are three names sure to be involved in plenty of trade talk over the coming months.
It took only one pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers to get on the scoreboard on Wednesday night when Jackson Chourio crushed a game-opening solo shot. They wouldn't score again until six innings later.
The New York Yankees’ $330 million roster crashed out in the ALDS again, and A-Rod says the problem isn’t the manager or GM. While calls for Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman to take the blame continue to grow, Alex Rodriguez believes the real problem lies somewhere else: the roster itself.
There were plenty of bright spots from the regular season, and one of them was certainly left fielder Cody Bellinger.
New York’s Jazz Chisholm Jr. was arguably the Yankees’ most fun-to-watch player at times this past season. And by fun we mean eye-rolling at his decision-making mixed in with gasps when Chisholm Jr.
The Yankees are already planning their 2027 strategy after an early exit this year, and it seems they have made an odd decision. Joel Sherman reported yesterday that the Yankees expect to stick with Austin Wells as their starting catcher in 2027, a choice that has bewildered fans.
It’s been 17 years since the New York Yankees won their 27th World Series title. During that timeframe, the Yankees have only returned to the Fall Classic once, falling in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers two Octobers ago.
O'Neill thinks the Yankees could benefit from Boone shifting his approach toward one taken by a Yankees managerial legend.
Aaron Judge and Clarke Schmidt are the only current Yankees who have been in the organization longer than Giancarlo Stanton, who has now logged nine seasons
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