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Newsweek
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Aaron Boone Gives Hilarious Two-Word Response To Yankees' Gut-Wrenching Loss
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The New York Yankees went out at the trade deadline and brought in multiple stars to boost their team. They added David Bednar, Jake Bird, and Camilo Doval to the bullpen in a trio of moves that took the unit to the top of the league. New York also brought in players like Jose Caballero, Ryan McMahon, and Amed Rosario, among others. On Friday night, the Yankees saw the first action from Bednar, Caballero, Bird, and Doval, and it went about as poorly as possible. Manager Aaron Boone turned to Bird in the seventh inning, leading by five runs. The righty allowed two singles, a walk, and a grand slam while recording just one out before Boone turned to Bednar. Bednar allowed a solo homer, a double, and a pair of singles to blow the lead for the Yankees. After the Yankees tied the game back up, Doval would pitch the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing a single and a walk with one out. Xavier Edwards would single home two runs because the ball snuck under Caballero's glove in right field. The 3 new Yankees relievers gave up 9 runs (7 earned)… And Jose Caballero's inexplicable error helped seal the deal in brutal walk-off loss in Miami. #RepBX — Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) August 2, 2025 The next batter would walk it off with a fielder's choice to beat the Yankees 13-12. Boone was asked about getting over a crushing loss like that, and he had a hilarious response. TORONTO, ON - JULY 21: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice before a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 21, 2025 in... TORONTO, ON - JULY 21: Manager Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees looks on during batting practice before a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on July 21, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. More"Melatonin helps," Boone said, via MLB's Bryan Hoch. This is the kind of sarcastic humor that keeps the mood light throughout the 162-game marathon. At the end of the day, it's just one game out of 162 games. Obviously, the Yankees and Boone wanted to win this game, but there's no changing it at this point. It's tough to move past a loss like this, but the Yankees are going to need to do so if they want a solid shot at winning the American League pennant again. More MLB: Aaron Boone Breaks Silence After Yankees Release Marcus Stroman
New York Times
24-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Spencer Jones hits 3 homers, Baseball America to re-add him to top-100 prospect list
There has not been a better hitter in the minor leagues this season than New York Yankees center-field prospect Spencer Jones. Entering Thursday's game with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Jones posted a 198 wRC+. By the time it ended, his dominance in the minors only grew. Jones, the Yankees' No. 3 prospect according to Baseball America, clobbered three home runs against the Washington Nationals' Triple-A affiliate. Jones now has 29 home runs in 68 games across Double A and Triple A. In Triple A alone, Jones has 13 home runs in 19 games. Baseball America announced Thursday afternoon that Jones will re-enter its top-100 prospects list when it's revealed next week. 🚨 Spencer Jones is making his case with a THREE-HOMER GAME! 🚨#WhereLegendsRise #RepBX — SWB RailRiders (@swbrailriders) July 24, 2025 This year has turned into a breakout season for the 24-year-old, who has now maximized his power potential. In 2024, Jones only hit 17 home runs in 122 games. He also set a Yankees minor-league record for striking out 200 times in a single season. Jones has cut down his strikeout rate from 36.8 percent last season to 31.3 percent this year, entering Thursday. The biggest change for him in 2025 is his new exaggerated open stance. Advertisement 'I think it's helped a lot,' Jones told The Athletic earlier this week. 'In spring, there were issues with my ability to recognize pitches and make a decision right away. Where I'm at now, people may look at it and think it's not simple, but the move and the way it works is very simple. I kind of just move my body, let myself see the pitch and let my body swing. That's where it's been. I am glad to have been able to produce the results I have.' Even with his otherworldly production in the minors this season, there remain questions about his viability when he reaches the major leagues. There are 35 current and former MLB players who posted at least one season with at least a 31 percent strikeout rate. The median slash line for those players is .229/.303/.423, according to Baseball America. Of those 35, most players fixed their strikeout problem in the year before reaching the big leagues, but Jones still has alarming contact-quantity metrics that make him arguably the most perplexing prospect. The trade deadline is one week away, and the Yankees have several needs they need to fill (third baseman, starting pitching and bullpen). In Jones, they have an intriguing prospect who has clear flaws, which means they could sell high if they wanted. But Jones is someone who could be the club's long-term answer in center field if everything clicks for him. It would be surprising if Jones were traded for a rental player like Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez. Jones did not push back on the notion that he needs more time developing in the minors to fix some of his flaws, but he did say that he'll be ready for the call to the big leagues whenever it happens. 'I've always believed whenever the time comes, the time comes,' Jones said. 'All I can do in the meantime is to maximize myself and my development and get to a place where I'm fully confident in what I can do. Ultimately, that's going to be the guy who produces in the major leagues. The goal is to always keep learning and keep growing and when the time comes, don't stop.' (Photo of Spencer Jones during spring training: Kim Klement Neitzel / Imagn Images)
Newsweek
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
When Will Giancarlo Stanton Return? Yankees GM Answers
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. New York Yankees All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton hasn't played this season as he's dealing with tendinitis in both elbows. Stanton, who's in the 11th year of a 13-year, $325 million deal, is finally making progress, and could be nearing a return. More news: Yankees $5.1 Million Rookie Outfielder Makes MLB History With Insane Home Run Feat On Sunday, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman provided an update on the 35-year-old slugger in a conversation on MLB Network's Radio. "Stanton has been doing everything," Cashman said. "He's kind of completed his base running now. He's been hitting for a long time with that tremendous BP machine we have, so he's been getting live at-bats." How close are we to seeing Giancarlo Stanton back in the Yankee lineup?@Yankees | #RepBX 🔗 — MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) May 25, 2025 Cashman also provided a rough timeline for the slugger's return. More news: Rafael Devers Back to Third Base? Alex Bregman Injury Could Create More Red Sox Drama "He's scheduled for live BP for the next two weeks and I think he's getting really close to doing a rehab assignment thereafter," Cashman said. NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees takes batting practice before the game against the San Diego Padres at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 2025 in New York,... NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees takes batting practice before the game against the San Diego Padres at Yankee Stadium on May 7, 2025 in New York, New York. More NewStanton would likely be on the rehab assignment for a week or more, meaning he could be on track for a return in late June assuming this timeline is accurate. The Yankees have been able to remain afloat without Stanton, as they're currently first in the American League East with a record of 31-20. Entering Sunday's play, they're only one game back of the Detroit Tigers for the best record in the AL. Even without Stanton — who is the active MLB leader in home runs with 429 — the Bronx Bombers have lived up to their name, leading the league with 86 home runs and an OPS of .829. More news: Mets' Juan Soto Wanted to Re-Sign With Yankees in Free Agency, Says New York Insider Nevertheless, adding Stanton will be a huge boost, as he's still one of the game's best home run hitters at the age of 35. Last year, across 114 games, Stanton slashed .233/.298/.475 with 27 home runs, 72 RBIs and an OPS of .773. He was even better in the postseason, hitting .273 with seven home runs, 16 RBIs and an OPS of 1.048 across 14 playoff games. He even won the ALCS MVP award. Stanton will be a huge addition to a Yankees lineup that has been thriving behind AL MVP favorite Aaron Judge. Entering Sunday, Judge is slashing .395/485/.759 with 18 home runs, 46 RBIs and an OPS of 1.244. More news: Way Too Early MLB Awards Predictions — MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and More For more MLB news, head over to Newsweek Sports.
New York Times
03-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Yankees overreaction week: What's real and what's not?
NEW YORK — We need to get this out of the way immediately: Making conclusions after just one week of the MLB season is silly and unwise. If we were to judge the New York Yankees solely off the first week of last season, Oswaldo Cabrera was a top-five player in the sport. In other words, we need time to figure out what's real and what's not with the Yankees' 3-2 start after dropping consecutive games to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Advertisement Torpedo bats were all the rage after the Yankees hit 15 homers against the Milwaukee Brewers, but the offense has slowed in back-to-back games. Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes held the Yankees to just two earned runs, and Zac Gallen struck out 13 in 6 2/3 innings. Welcome to 'overreaction week,' as Yankees manager Aaron Boone calls it. Baseball is back. Most teams' fan bases believe their club can win it all. Hope springs eternal. 'I want us to get settled into the season right, as much as we can, because this is overreaction week with all the excitement that goes into Opening Day,' Boone said last Thursday. 'It's the week of overreaction, where we get off to a really good start and we're going to win the World Series. We get off to a tough start this week, and it's, well — so you want to get rid of that noise.' But let's have some fun and embrace the overreaction week theme by examining early-season trends to determine what might be real from the Yankees' start. Is this real? Probably not. The Yankees set an MLB record with 18 home runs through four games. That put them on pace to hit 729 home runs over 162 games, which would break the record (307) set by the 2023 Atlanta Braves and 2019 Minnesota Twins by 422. It is safe to say that the Yankees will not hit 729 home runs, torpedoes be damned. A Record-Breaking Weekend. #RepBX — New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 31, 2025 If someone happened to miss the first three games and only watched these past two games against Arizona, the conclusion would be that it might be difficult for the Yankees to score runs this season. But there have been some encouraging signs for the offense through five games: Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. are leaning into pulling the ball in the air, a good sign for lefties who have power; Anthony Volpe is squaring up the baseball and swinging harder than ever (he already has a third of his 2024 home run total); and Austin Wells could become a top-five all-around catcher by season's end. Advertisement Even though the Yankees struck out at least 14 times in consecutive games, the underlying metrics suggest the offense will be OK long term. Is this real? Sound the alarms! Ben Rice deserved a separate section outside of the other position players. All Rice did in spring training was hammer baseballs. That's what he has continued to do now that the games count. Rice has an average exit velocity of 99.2 mph. Batted ball metrics have yet to stabilize, so we can't look too deeply into his otherworldly power, but the ZiPS season-long projections seem to buy Rice's improvement at the plate. The projection system has Rice finishing with a 121 wRC+ to end the season. The fact that Rice crushed spring-training pitching and set a career high in maximum exit velocity, and it has continued over the first week of the season, should provide optimism that a breakout for the second-year player is possible. Is this real? Very much so. Through five games, the Yankees' top right-handed option off the bench is … Pablo Reyes. Reyes was a non-roster invitee to spring training and had to grind to make the club. Reyes is 0-for-5 with multiple errors at third base. The Reyes experiment might not be here for long. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters near the end of spring training that he would have felt better about the state of the roster if he could bring in another right-handed hitter, but that player never materialized. It's a glaring issue, and the Yankees don't have an answer. Oswald Peraza is viewed as an emergency option off the bench, which leaves Reyes as the sole right-handed hitter left for Boone. This problem could continue for as long as Giancarlo Stanton is out. Stanton told reporters he is not close to starting a minor-league rehab assignment, so answers might not be on the horizon. Advertisement Is this real? Too soon to tell. Near the end of spring training, Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake said he felt like Carlos Rodón was flying under the radar. He believed Rodón could become the pitcher the club thought it was signing in the winter of 2022, which was an ace. Rodón has not been an ace, but there have been encouraging signs in 2025. Rodón continues to generate good results against his tertiary pitches, the changeup and sinker, which he should feature more prominently. The left-hander allowed a two-run home run off his fastball to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the first inning of Wednesday's game. That was once Rodón's signature pitch, but the effectiveness has disappeared since coming to New York. Rodón would be the first to acknowledge that sometimes he's stubborn, but he'll eventually have to come to grips with no longer being able to challenge hitters with his four-seamer. If Rodón continues upping the usage of his slider, changeup and sinker, he has the makings of a trusted starter. It's on Rodón to retrain his mind that the game is much different in 2025 than it was in 2021 and 2022. (Photo of Ben Rice: Mike Stobe / Getty Images)
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees, Red Sox announce starting lineups for Monday afternoon
The Yankees are back in action as they take on the Red Sox in a late afternoon game starting at 4:05 p.m. from JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. Sunday was perhaps the worst the Bronx Bombers have looked so far in spring training, as they were shutout 4-0 by the Tigers and limited to only five hits, all of which were singles. Perhaps the more concerning part yesterday afternoon was the defense, with left fielder Jasson Dominguez misjudging two fly balls that led to hits for Detroit. The position is still a learning curve for Dominguez, with the recently turned 22-year-old projecting to be the starting left fielder on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium versus the Milwaukee Brewers on March 27. How to watch Yankees' spring training: Yankees 2025 Spring Training TV schedule: Dates, times for games on YES, Gotham Sports app There's still plenty of time for him to learn from these growing pains and improve in the outfield with 30+ games left in spring training. The Red Sox are also coming off of a game to forget, as they held a 5-2 lead over the Blue Jays until Toronto scored six unanswered runs in the top of the ninth inning and held on for a 8-7 victory over Boston. Here are the starting lineups for the Yankees and Red Sox later this afternoon: How to watch Mets' spring training: Mets 2025 Spring Training TV schedule: Dates, times for games on SNY, WPIX Channel 11 Starting off the week in Fort Myers 👊#RepBX — New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 24, 2025 Late afternoon action from the Fort! — Red Sox (@RedSox) February 24, 2025 This article originally appeared on Yankees, Red Sox announce starting lineups for Monday afternoon
