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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
Yankees' Aaron Judge placed on injured list after flexor strain. When will he return?
New York Yankees' Aaron Judge faced doubts following reports of a right flexor strain. Matters became more tense when the Yankees decided to put him on the 10-day injured list on Sunday (July 27), which resulted in him missing his second game of the season (against the Philadelphia Phillies). Yankees manager Aaron Boone has now given an update on when Judge can be expected to return to the field and who will be filling the gap in his absence. File photo of Aaron Judge(AP) When will Aaron Judge recover and return to play? As per what a source claimed to ESPN, the Yankees are not considering having Judge play first base upon his return from the injured list. He will instead be slotted as the designated hitter until he seems fine to throw from the outfield. All this conjecture is based on the assumption that Judge will be returning to the field after his minimum 10-day absence. The team expects him to be back in the outfield in 10-14 days. Although playing first base would be easier on his injured arm, the team feels this would be a difficult professional transition for him to make midseason. 'We're going up against a Phillies team, they can hit the ball over the park. I just didn't want to put our pitchers in jeopardy, just not be able to come up and make a play for them,' Judge told Boone on Friday after admitting he had 'trouble throwing past 60 feet,' per FOX. Since the MRI did not show any severe damage to his ulnar collateral ligament, the chances of Judge's recovery period being extended run low. Who will fill the gap? Since Judge will be stepping into the shoes of a designated hitter upon his return, the weight of playing in the outfield has now fallen on Giancarlo Stanton in his absence. 'There's the feeling that if he just DH'd now, that he probably would not compromise his UCL,' Boone said, as reported by ESPN. 'Throwing would. That said, there is a gripping component to it and it's probably, obviously, not like the defensive side, but probably somewhat affecting him offensively, too.' 'And then there's the [Giancarlo] component, too. So I think, when you add it all up, this makes the most sense to give this time to calm down a little bit, hopefully heal, and then hopefully put us in a better position long term on it.' Over the weekend, the Yankees added Amed Rosario from the Washington Nationals to their roster. By Stuti Gupta
USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Ryan McMahon trade analysis: Yankees solve third base woes in deal with Rockies
The New York Yankees' two-year nightmare at the hot corner is finally over. And that comes at the expense of the Colorado Rockies, whose bid to avoid the worst record in modern major league history just got a lot more difficult. The Yankees acquired third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Rockies on Friday, July 25, galvanizing a position that's haunted them even as they advanced to the 2024 World Series and positioned themselves for another playoff run this season. In McMahon, 30, the Yankees get a 2024 All-Star with significant power, but also a propensity to strike out. He leads the National League with 127 strikeouts this season and was punched out a career-high 198 times in 2023. Yet he's also heading toward his sixth season of at least 20 home runs and has averaged 22 homers and 27 doubles per 162 games in his career. McMahon has two more seasons remaining on the six-year, $70 million extension he signed with Colorado. And he will provide a name that manager Aaron Boone can write confidently in the lineup every night after a revolving door at third. Yankees: Ryan McMahon solves third base problem Yankees third basemen rank 22nd in the major leagues in OPS, despite trying a slew of them this year: Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera, miscast second baseman Jazz Chisholm, Jorbit Vivas and Pablo Reyes have all earned starts there this season, and that doesn't include DJ LeMahieu, who was released with $22 million left on his contract this year after flailing at second base with All-Star Chisholm at third. That alignment wasn't great for the Yankees in 2024, even as Chisholm's midseason acquisition provided punch to the lineup. But he was never fully comfortable at third, contributing to a defensive incontinuity that dogged the Yankees in the World Series against the Dodgers and lingered through this year. That won't be a problem now. McMahon ranks fourth among all major leaguers with four outs above average, and the left-handed hitter will now be able to pepper Yankee Stadium's short right field with his elite power. And the Yankees will have to pay less of a premium for McMahon than they would have for Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez, whose market just got a lot more expensive for clubs hoping to acquire him. Rockies: On pace for worst record in modern MLB history The Rockies received minor league pitchers Griffin Herring and Ryan Grosz in exchange for McMahon. Herring, a left-hander, was ranked No. 17 among Yankee prospects, according to Baseball America. Largely a reliever at LSU, Herring, 22, has moved to the rotation in the minors and has a 1.71 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 89 innings at three levels. The Rockies figure to assign him to high A or Class AA. Grosz, 22, reached Class AA with the Yankees and struck out 131 2/3 batters in 121 innings at three levels this season. But they're of no help to the big league Rockies, who entered Friday 26-76 and with a .255 winning percentage, putting them exactly on pace to equal the Chicago White Sox's 41-121 record last season - worst in the modern major league era. Avoiding that history will be harder with McMahon gone - and likely a few more players to ship out before the July 31 trade deadline. McMahon was replaced in Friday's lineup at Baltimore by journeyman infielder Orlando Arcia, who has a .177 average and .473 OPS.
USA Today
5 days ago
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- USA Today
Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon from Rockies, finally ending their third base woes
The New York Yankees' two-year nightmare at the hot corner is finally over. And that comes at the expense of the Colorado Rockies, whose bid to avoid the worst record in modern major league history just got a lot more difficult. The Yankees acquired third baseman Ryan McMahon from the Rockies on Friday, July 25, galvanizing a position that's haunted them even as they advanced to the 2024 World Series and positioned themselves for another playoff run this season. In McMahon, 30, the Yankees get a 2024 All-Star with significant power, but also a propensity to strike out. He leads the National League with 127 strikeouts this season and was punched out a career-high 198 times in 2023. Yet he's also heading toward his sixth season of at least 20 home runs and has averaged 22 homers and 27 doubles per 162 games in his career. McMahon has two more seasons remaining on the six-year, $70 million extension he signed with Colorado. And he will provide a name that manager Aaron Boone can write confidently in the lineup every night after a revolving door at third. Yankees: Ryan McMahon solves third base problem Yankees third basemen rank 22nd in the major leagues in OPS, despite trying a slew of them this year: Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera, miscast second baseman Jazz Chisholm, Jorbit Vivas and Pablo Reyes have all earned starts there this season, and that doesn't include DJ LeMahieu, who was released with $22 million left on his contract this year after flailing at second base with All-Star Chisholm at third. That alignment wasn't great for the Yankees in 2024, even as Chisholm's midseason acquisition provided punch to the lineup. But he was never fully comfortable at third, contributing to a defensive incontinuity that dogged the Yankees in the World Series against the Dodgers and lingered through this year. That won't be a problem now. McMahon ranks fourth among all major leaguers with four outs above average, and the left-handed hitter will now be able to pepper Yankee Stadium's short right field with his elite power. And the Yankees will have to pay less of a premium for McMahon than they would have for Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez, whose market just got a lot more expensive for clubs hoping to acquire him. Rockies: On pace for worst record in modern MLB history The Rockies received minor league pitchers Griffin Herring and Ryan Grosz in exchange for McMahon. Herring, a left-hander, was ranked No. 17 among Yankee prospects, according to Baseball America. Largely a reliever at LSU, Herring, 22, has moved to the rotation in the minors and has a 1.71 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 89 innings at three levels. The Rockies figure to assign him to high A or Class AA. Grosz, 22, reached Class AA with the Yankees and struck out 131 2/3 batters in 121 innings at three levels this season. But they're of no help to the big league Rockies, who entered Friday 26-76 and with a .255 winning percentage, putting them exactly on pace to equal the Chicago White Sox's 41-121 record last season - worst in the modern major league era. Avoiding that history will be harder with McMahon gone - and likely a few more players to ship out before the July 31 trade deadline. McMahon was replaced in Friday's lineup at Baltimore by journeyman infielder Orlando Arcia, who has a .177 average and .473 OPS.
USA Today
18-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Yankees' Devin Williams dominant again after ugly start: 'I remember everything'
NEW YORK — On a roster which includes the iconic Aaron Judge, and fellow All-Stars Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Max Fried, perhaps the most pivotal player in the New York Yankees' pursuit of a 28th World Series championship just may be Devin Williams. After some rough patches, Williams, a two-time All-Star and 2020 NL Rookie of the Year, has been on a roll – reclaiming the closer spot, and in the process displaying the moxie which enticed the Bombers to acquire him from the Brewers in December. Williams started his Yankees career off poorly with a 9.00 ERA through his first 12 outings (10 earned runs in 10 innings), nothing like the 1.83 ERA he posted across his first 241 career games. He lost the Yankees' ninth-inning job temporarily, but has looked like himself in recent weeks, racking up 33 strikeouts to just four walks with a 1.90 ERA in his last 25 games, notching nine saves and five holds. Closing inherently forces you to face excruciating losses head on. But, contrary to the popular belief that the closer must possess a short memory, Williams digests each of his outings. 'I remember everything – good or bad,' Williams told USA TODAY Sports. 'It's being able to compartmentalize and move on from that more so than necessarily having a short memory.' It was a big adjustment moving from Milwaukee to starring on the brightest stage in New York. 'I think the outside noise can obviously be louder here,' said Williams. 'That's just New York in general. There (are) more opinions here, and if you feed into that, it can lock you up mentally. I think that's what the good ones do - they just block out everything.' And while there have been vocal detractors, fans and media alike, Williams seems mostly happy with the way he has been received, 'It's been good and bad, (but) for the most part it's been good,' said Williams. 'In person, people are very encouraging.' Williams said that encouragement has positively impacted his play. 'I always have a little bit of butterflies in every appearance until I get to the mound and throw my first warmup pitch, and then I'm good,' said Williams. 'They (the fans) bring a lot of energy and I feed off of that. I feel like internally I'm very amped up, but on the outside, it looks very calm, almost nonchalant, I guess. But yeah, definitely, I feed off the energy they have here.' Of late, the performances from the man dubbed 'The Airbender' because of his signature changeup, have provided the Yankees faithful with a myriad of reasons to supply additional energy. 'I'm extremely confident,' said Williams. 'I think it took a little bit of an adjustment period here – wanting to show what I can do, how I can help. I think I just tried to do a little too much and kind of lost who I was in the process. I've gotten back to that over the last two and a half months.' Yankees broadcaster Paul O'Neill noticed the change in Williams, and is bullish on the future of the 30-year-old St. Louis native. 'He's in a much better spot now than he was earlier in the year,' said O'Neill, who began his career in Cincinnati, before winning four World Series with the Yankees. 'There's always a transition coming to New York, but believe me, I think coming down the stretch here, he's going to be as good as ever.' Williams' dominance is linked to his primary pitches – the masterful changeup, which features an extremely high spin rate, and an effective fastball. His impressive arsenal of pitches, which also includes a cutter and sinker, has allowed Williams to post strikeout rates of around 40% during the past three full seasons. 'I didn't have very good numbers (against) him,' said Yankees teammate Paul Goldschmidt, who is 1-for-10 with six strikeouts against Williams. 'That changeup obviously is his calling card, but he throws 95 miles an hour too. He does a good job of keeping you off balance.' Goldschmidt called Williams 'a great teammate,' and the reliever has been thrilled to team up with the seven-time All-Star first baseman, as well as the rest of his Yankees teammates in New York. 'I am happy, I love New York City,' said Williams. Still, it may be one and done for Williams in New York. He will be an free agent after this season, and what his 2026 work address will be is anybody's guess. But while he is here, Williams will work hard to have his New York tenure remembered less for being the guy who busted the Yankees-imposed beard ban, and more for closing big games. 'I would love to be the guy to finish off the World Series; and bring another championship to New York' said Williams. 'That's the goal, right?'
NBC Sports
12-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Yankees' Aaron Judge makes three outstanding catches, robs Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong
NEW YORK — As Aaron Judge jumped above the wall and tumbled to the turf, Carlos Rodón worried. 'I'm like, `Pplease don't dive. Please stay on your feet,'' the New York Yankees pitcher said. 'Obviously, I wanted him to dive there and he made the play and I'm grateful he got up because that's a big body.' Judge made three outstanding catches in right field on Friday night, saving three runs in an 11-0 rout of the Chicago Cubs that extended the New York Yankees' winning streak to five following a six-game slide. Cody Bellinger hit a trio of two-run homers against his former team. A two-time MVP at age 33, Judge gets attention for his offense: a major league-best .354 average with 34 homers and 79 RBIs. His defense is just as striking. The 6-foot-7, 282-pound Judge leaped at the right-field wall to catch a 327-foot drive by Peter Crow-Armstrong against Rodón in the fourth inning, preventing would have been Crow-Armstrong's 26th home run. 'I think robbing a homer is probably the best, just to keep a run off the board,' Judge said. When Judge caught the ball, it was about 15 inches over the top of the wall. PCA waved an arm at him in frustration and acknowledgement. 'He knows we work hard for our hits and our homers,' Crow-Armstrong said. 'He's having an unbelievable year and that was me just being like, come on man, like you got to take them away too?' Judge's glove avoided the outstretched arms of a fan in a Yankees jersey, who reached over the fence with one hand but missed the ball. After the grab, Judge bowed his head and smiled. 'I've hit a couple fans already this year, so I tried to make sure I didn't get that one,' Judge said. Two pitches later, Judge rushed in and made a sliding backhand grab on Dansby Swanson's sinking liner for the third out of the inning. By the mound, Rodón held out his hands while shaking his head in amazement. With runners at the corners, two outs in the eighth and a full count, Judge sprinted to deny Kyle Tucker of an extra-base hit, catching the ball just before the right-field foul line and sliding on his chest across the warning track. His pinstripes were soiled with dirt when he got up. 'It's tough, but it's my job. I got a job to do out there. That's why they got me playing out there,' he said. 'If the ball's hit in your direction, you got to make a play.' Judge's catch caught Aaron Boone's attention. 'My first thought was a little nervous, just going over there and sliding on the dirt pretty hard, like making sure the big guy was OK,' the manager said. Judge doesn't think about sprained right big toe sustained when he ran into the Dodger Stadium fence on June 3, 2023, causing him to miss 42 games and hit far from his standard when he returned. 'That was kind of a freak thing,' Judge said. 'You can't let it hold me back.' He took time after his last catch to gain his composure. 'I felt like I was running a mile to get to that ball,' he said. 'I don't think I'm getting older but sometimes it feels like it after it catches like that.'
