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New York Post
2 days ago
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Anthony Volpe returns to lineup after getting hit by pitch in major Yankees relief
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free The Anthony Volpe scare seemingly has ended. The everyday Yankees shortstop went 2-for-5 with a double Sunday in his return to the lineup after he was lifted from Friday's game when his left elbow swelled up following a plunking. Volpe appeared to be in significant pain when Walker Buehler drilled him with an 88.8 mph pitch, and he was removed before his next at-bat. He did not get in the batters' box Saturday, though he pinch ran in the eighth inning and played defense in the ninth in the loss. Volpe began swinging again Sunday, reported that he was 'feeling a lot better' to Aaron Boone and then took his at-bats while sporting new protection on his elbow. 3 Anthony Volpe hits an infield single during the Yankees' loss June 8. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post 'Good to get him back in,' the manager said before falling 11-7 to the Red Sox in The Bronx. The 24-year-old has been a rock at the position since debuting in 2023, having appeared in 382 of a possible 387 regular-season games. He has never hit the injured list despite a few concerns, including a sore shoulder in early May that cost him one game and nothing more. 3 Anthony Volpe gets hit by a pitch during the Yankees' game June 6. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post 3 Anthony Volpe reacts after getting hit by a pitch during the Yankees-Red Sox game June 6. Robert Sabo for the NY Post This time it was an unpadded left elbow that became a worry, but X-rays and a CT scan revealed no damage. 'It's everything to me,' Volpe said Friday of being an everyday player. 'You want to be available for them.' Cody Bellinger (1-for-4 with a walk and run scored) is slashing .319/.394/.552 over his past 30 games. In his second rehab outing, Jake Cousins stretched out to two innings in which he allowed one unearned run on two hits while striking out three with High-A Hudson Valley on Saturday. Boone said he received a positive report regarding Cousins, who now likely will move up to Double-A Somerset or Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 'Continues to move in the right direction,' Boone said of Cousins, who is building up from a right elbow flexor strain and could become an option soon. The Yankees claimed infielder CJ Alexander from the A's and optioned him to SWB. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS Alexander, a 28-year-old flexible defender with 10 games of major league experience, is a lefty swinger with a career .832 OPS in 222 games at the Triple-A level. Against righty Hunter Dobbins, Jasson Domínguez became the odd man out of the lineup. Bellinger started in left field, Trent Grisham in center and Ben Rice served as designated hitter. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters After four straight starts, Austin Wells was out of the starting lineup as J.C. Escarra caught. Escarra went 0-for-2 before Wells pinch hit in the seventh, struck out and later walked in the ninth.
New York Post
19-05-2025
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- New York Post
Yankees keep rehabbing reliever in minors to work his way back to MLB shape
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free The oft-injured Scott Effross is no longer technically rehabbing, but his status has not truly changed as the righty will continue to pitch in the minor leagues and attempt to work his way up to The Bronx. Effross' rehab clock ran out Sunday, when he was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the 15-day injured list but optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Advertisement The Yankees want to see more from Effross, who had pitched 3 ¹/₃ scoreless innings in three games in the Florida Coast League and with Double-A Somerset before allowing two runs on four hits with Somerset on Saturday. Scott Effross has finished his rehab from a spring hamstring injury, but is staying in Triple-A to work his way back into form. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post 'Really, it's about him pitching and stacking days and weeks to where you start to get that polish again,' manager Aaron Boone said before finishing the Subway Series in The Bronx. 'Hopefully, he can do that and put himself in a position to be in the mix.' Advertisement Effross' injuries have been numerous and cruel. The Yankees dealt for the righty at the 2022 deadline, and he impressed (2.13 ERA in 13 games) before requiring Tommy John surgery. While rehabbing the elbow, he underwent back surgery in December 2023. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS He made it back to the majors last September, but for only three games. His stuff was particularly encouraging this spring, but he strained his hamstring during his first game in the Grapefruit League. Advertisement He suffered a setback with the hamstring in early April, but it is now his stuff and crispness that need to return rather than his health. Scott Effross returned from 2022 Tommy John surgery to pitch in three games at the end of 2024. Robert Sabo for NY Post The Yankees, who boosted their bullpen this weekend by activating Jonathan Loáisiga, have a strong group that perhaps Effross, who owns a great sweeper, can join with a better minor league showing. 'Keep going, going stacking,' Boone said of the message to Effross. Advertisement Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters JT Brubaker, who broke three ribs while trying to avoid a comebacker in camp, began a rehab assignment with High-A Hudson Valley. Chisholm (oblique strain) took ground balls at second and hit in the cage. The infielder also chatted for a long while with Mets first base coach Antoan Richardson. They are both Bahamians. — Additional reporting by Mark W. Sanchez
New York Post
13-05-2025
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- New York Post
Aaron Judge continues pace for yet another historic season
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free SEATTLE — Aaron Judge is in the early stages of putting together another candidate for one of the best offensive seasons by a right-handed hitter in the modern era. For the Yankees superstar, though, the gold standards in that category are Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols, in part because of how they hit for average in addition to power. 'I try to model a lot of the stuff I do after Cabrera and Pujols, the two best right-handed hitters I've ever seen,' Judge said before the Yankees topped the Mariners 11-5 on Monday in Seattle. 'So just trying to follow their lead and wherever I'm at in the lineup, I got to do my job. If I'm hitting third, I got to drive guys in. If I'm hitting second, I'll get on base and do what I need to do for the team.' In each of Judge's MVP seasons, he has made a run at the Triple Crown before coming up short both times in batting average. In 2022, his .311 was just shy of Luis Arraez's .316. New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Seattle. AP In 2024, he improved to batting .322 but was overtaken by Bobby Witt Jr. (.332) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.323). There still is a long way to go this time around, but he went 2-for-3 Monday with an RBI to raise his batting average to .414 with 14 home runs. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS For a five-game stretch last week, Judge appeared to be human. He went 3-for-19 with a home run and three walks, dropping his batting average under the double-Mendoza line (.400) by Friday night. His response? Crushing a pair of home runs Saturday and then going 4-for-5 on Sunday. 'Just another day at the office for him,' Ben Rice said with a chuckle. 'It's crazy, you sometimes catch yourself taking it for granted, what he's doing. But it's been so impressive to watch, so fun to watch him hit every day and go out there and help us win.' Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates a run against the Seattle Mariners during the fifth inning at T-Mobile Park on May 12, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Getty Images Luis Gil is about two to three weeks away from getting a mound in his throwing program, Boone said, as he ramps back up from being shut down with a high-grade lat strain. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters At this point, if all goes well, early July seems like the best-case scenario for the Yankees getting the 2024 Rookie of the Year back in their rotation. Giancarlo Stanton (tennis elbows) could head to Tampa 'soon' to get live at-bats, Boone said. JT Brubaker, a starting depth option who has been out since fracturing three ribs in spring training, has advanced to throwing live batting practice sessions.
New York Post
03-05-2025
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- New York Post
Yankees squander late lead but avoid the worst in loss to Rays
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free Big picture, the Yankees' eighth inning could have gone much worse. Smaller picture, it cost the club a game. Advertisement The Yankees coughed up a one-run lead when the Rays found their way on base, ran wild, inadvertently brought about an Anthony Volpe scare and scored the go-ahead run on a Volpe error in a 3-2 Yankees loss in front of 44,051 in The Bronx on Saturday. The Yankees (19-14) wasted home runs from Aaron Judge (up to 11 on the season) and Austin Wells, as well as a solid spot start from Ryan Yarbrough. They have split the first two games of the series despite allowing six total hits in large part because of a strange top of the eighth that started with a serious concern. 5 Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) makes a fielding error in the eighth inning of Saturday's loss. Bill Kostroun/New York Post Advertisement 5 Yankees pitcher Mark Leiter Jr. (56) is pulled from the game during the eighth inning. Bill Kostroun/New York Post The Yankees began the frame up, 2-1, and Christopher Morel ground a single into the shortstop hole that Volpe chased and attempted to stab with a full-extension dive — and then remained down as the ball caromed off his glove. Volpe appeared to be holding his left shoulder, which a trainer worked on as manager Aaron Boone and a swarm of Yankees — a kneeling Judge, Trent Grisham, Cody Bellinger, Oswaldo Cabrera and Jorbit Vivas — knelt around the everyday shortstop. After several minutes, Volpe rose and appeared to talk his way into remaining in the game. If the Yankees breathed a sigh of relief, more-immediate worry then set in about the game itself. Advertisement Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters Mark Leiter Jr. walked Brandon Lowe to put two on, and a double steal (the Rays' fifth and sixth thefts of the afternoon) then put two in scoring position. Curtis Mead drove a 3-2 single into left field to tie it. Jose Caballero sent a ground ball up the middle that might have been an inning-ending double play but wasn't. Volpe ranged behind second base, tried to corral the ball and scurry to the bag but couldn't get a handle, the ball squirting away with no out recorded and the go-ahead run scoring. The Yankees, who finished with just five hits against Zack Littell and the Rays' bullpen, mounted a rally in the bottom of the inning and brought Judge to the plate with two on. Against righty Edwin Uceta, though, No. 99 grounded out and could not play hero one more time. Advertisement 5 Anthony Volpe stayed in the game after hurting his shoulder. Bill Kostroun/New York Post Down Clarke Schmidt (scratched with side soreness that the club does not believe is serious), Yarbrough (four innings of one-run, one-hit ball), Ian Hamilton, Fernando Cruz, Leiter and Tim Hill pieced together a strong bullpen game in which only Leiter faltered (and not egregiously). CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS The club's problems came offensively, where it only scored with two swings. Judge rudely greeted Littell with a first-pitch homer into the right-field seats in the first inning, his 11 home runs trailing only the 12 from the Mariners' Cal Raleigh. After a day that also included a hard-hit single into left, the captain is hitting .432 with a .520 on-base percentage. 5 Aaron Judge homered for the Yankees in the loss. Bill Kostroun/New York Post 5 Austin Wells also clubbed a home run in the loss on Saturday. Bill Kostroun/New York Post Advertisement The Yankees crept ahead in the fifth when Wells pulled a full-count pitch over the right-field wall for a 2-1 lead and his sixth homer of the year. But the lead would not last, even if they might have been able to exhale about Volpe's health.
New York Post
22-04-2025
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- New York Post
Clarke Schmidt gets knocked around in loss to Guardians as Yankees' comeback falls short
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free CLEVELAND — The last time the Yankees were here before Monday, they were clinching the American League pennant on the back of an epic home run from Juan Soto. Of course, Soto was nowhere to be found in the rematch Monday, nor were the high stakes of the ALCS. Advertisement The Yankees tried to add some late drama to this one, nearly coming all the way back from a six-run deficit before falling to the Guardians 6-4 at Progressive Field. Coming off a win filled with drama and a dash of controversy Sunday against the Rays, the Yankees (14-9) kept things fairly simple Monday by getting straight-up beat. 3 Clarke Schmidt reacts during the Yankees' loss to the Guardians on April 21. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect 3 Jose Ramirez (r.) reacts after hitting a home run during the Guardians' win against the Yankees on April 21. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Advertisement Clarke Schmidt got knocked around in his second start of the season, giving up five runs on seven hits and three walks across four innings while striking out seven. The right-hander, who was solid in his debut last week after a delayed start to the season because of a shoulder issue in camp, was not as sharp Monday. Most of the damage came on back-to-back pitches in the third inning, when he gave up a three-run homer to José Ramírez and a solo shot to Kyle Manzardo, putting the Yankees in a 4-0 hole. Advertisement 3 Jasson Dominguez reacts after homering during the Yankees' loss to the Guardians on April 21. AP It was 6-0 in the seventh inning when Jasson Domínguez clobbered a 445-foot, two-run blast off Gavin Williams, who had otherwise been dominant. Jazz Chisholm Jr. then crushed a two-run shot of his own in the eighth inning off former Mets reliever Paul Sewald to make it 6-4. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters Advertisement In the process, Chisholm tied Aaron Judge for the team lead with seven home runs. Austin Wells and Judge then came to the plate as the potential tying runs in the ninth inning, but Cade Smith — filling in for Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, who had pitched on three straight days — struck out both of them to finish it off.
