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How Yanks' Big 3 dominate the bat speed leaderboard

@_dadler
12:09 AM EDT

There's one Big Three on Statcast's new bat tracking leaderboard, and it's the big three Bronx Bombers: Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. Stanton, Judge and Soto all have elite bat speed. In that respect, they're the same. They're the only trio of teammates in MLB's top 10 for

After quick debut, Beeter looks ready for more of The Show

May 13, 2024

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. PETERSBURG -- Clayton Beeter secured a piece of history with a blink-and-you-missed-it Major League debut on March 29 in Houston, providing a brief

Yankees Mag: Bulldog Born, Bulldog Bred

Aaron Judge’s college experience at Fresno State helped lay the foundation for his remarkable career in pinstripes
4:15 AM EDT

Anticipation had been building all weekend long. Fresno State alumni, former players and supporters of the Bulldogs baseball team had traveled from near and far to see the 12th and 13th numbers in the program’s storied history retired. The sheet covering up the No. 44 of legendary head coach Mike

Yanks' Jones delivers Mother's Day gift with first MLB HR

'We've been through a lot together,' Jones says of mom after hitting 1st of NY's 5 blasts
May 12, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG -- The visitors’ clubhouse was loud on Sunday afternoon, with thumping bass beats from the sound system overpowered by celebratory shouts from Yankees teammates. There was a distinct aroma of barley and hops sacrificed to the carpet, and at the center of it all stood Jahmai Jones. On

Watch Jones, Double-A Somerset play FREE tonight

@thevandalorian and @brendan_samson
May 13, 2024

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

Injuries & Moves: Trivino slowed, Effross progressing in TJ rehab

May 12, 2024

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How to watch Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff FREE

@Spokes_Murphy
May 13, 2024

There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.

Who takes the hardest swings on each MLB team?

@Theo_DeRosa and @ColeJacobson32 and @ssc627
May 13, 2024

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 12, 2024

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

First pitch sets tone as Cortes struggles on road again

May 11, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG -- The flip side of Nestor Cortes’ early season success at home has been difficulty on the road, a trend that continued with his first pitch on Saturday afternoon. Yandy Díaz belted Cortes’ grooved fastball for a leadoff homer, then slumping slugger Randy Arozarena homered and drove in

Power Rankings: This team is No. 1 for the 1st time ever

@williamfleitch
May 12, 2024

We do not, unfortunately, have a comprehensive database of every single MLB.com Power Rankings since we started doing these more than a decade ago. Sorry about that. Maybe we’ll make an intern figure it out this offseason. But it seems a pretty safe bet that the Orioles, even during their

Schmidt goes for season-high 6 2/3 as Yanks blank Rays

May 11, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG -- Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt outdueled Taj Bradley in New York’s 2-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday night. “Slider, sweeper, whatever was really good. The cutter, he had a little bit of everything going tonight,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It was

Cole, LeMahieu join Yanks at Trop to continue rehab

May 10, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG -- A pair of Yankees stars -- reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole and infielder DJ LeMahieu -- made the trip to Tropicana Field on Friday as they continued to work their way back from injury. Cole, who has yet to pitch in the regular

Judge hits longest of year (473 feet!) in homestand full of deep drives

@_dadler
May 9, 2024

NEW YORK -- The Yankees just got their first true Judgian blast of the season. Aaron Judge crushed a 115.7 mph, 473-foot home run to deep, deep, deep center field at Yankee Stadium in Thursday's series finale against the Astros -- tied with Mike Trout for the longest homer of

'Literally every pitch, it's theater': Soto's at-bats wowing Boone

@_dadler
May 9, 2024

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. David Adler, a reporter for MLB.com, contributed this newsletter item from Yankee Stadium

Yankees Mag: Bonded By Béisbol

May 10, 2024

On the surface, it had all the makings of a one-way street. The Yankees -- owners of the most famous and recognizable logo in sports, with more championships than any team among the planet’s major leagues -- visiting Mexico City seemed, at first thought, a bit like the gods descending

119.9 mph! Stanton's huge HR the hardest hit in MLB this year

@_dadler
May 9, 2024

NEW YORK -- Two days, two monster Stantonian blasts at Yankee Stadium. And the second one was even bigger than the first. The 118.8 mph rocket home run Giancarlo Stanton crushed off Justin Verlander in Tuesday's series opener against the Astros was the hardest-hit home run of the MLB season

Yanks' power trio goes deep in same game for first time

Soto (5 RBIs), Judge (3 XBH) and Stanton (119.9 mph HR) fuel romp over Astros
@_dadler
May 8, 2024

NEW YORK -- Soto. Judge. Stanton. Finally. This is what the Yankees have been waiting for since Juan Soto joined Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in pinstripes: On Wednesday, the Bronx Bombers' three superstar sluggers all homered in the same game for the first time. Soto, Judge and Stanton's light-tower

'Passaic wins!' MLB RBI team puts its spin on Sterling's best calls

@bmags94
May 8, 2024

Longtime Yankees radio voice John Sterling left an indelible mark on the organization and the baseball world. When Sterling retired last month following a 64-year broadcasting career, there was no shortage of tributes for the legendary broadcaster. Look no further than the most recent rendition, courtesy of MLB RBI’s team

Potential future closers -- one for each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 8, 2024

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

Yanks tee off on old nemesis JV en route to laugher

Boone calls Stanton's shot before slugger mashes 1 of Bombers' 3 homers
@_dadler
May 8, 2024

NEW YORK -- The Yankees have never hit Justin Verlander like this. The Bronx Bombers pounded Verlander for seven runs in Tuesday night's 10-3 demolition of the Astros in the series opener at Yankee Stadium -- the most they've scored in a game against the Astros' ace since he first

Here are the top 10 prospects in the Complex leagues

@SamDykstraMiLB
May 7, 2024

The Rookie-level Arizona Complex and Florida Complex leagues began play last Saturday, a month earlier than they did a year ago. The changes mean that the circuits will be populated more by players making the jump from the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League the season before and less by guys coming