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✓ Link copied to clipboard! One of the more important aspects of a baseball team is its bullpen. At the MLB trade deadline, just about every contending team across the league annually looks to swing trades for closers and top relief arms. The same can be said for free agency. Relief arms are highly sought […]
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Ahead of the 2004 season, New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made the trade to acquire Alex Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers. Torre did this to help fill the hole at third base after Aaron Boone suffered a knee injury. Coming from first the Seattle Mariners and then the Rangers, A-Rod was the headliner. However, […]
Gleyber Torres has been a staple in the Yankees infield for seven years now, and he’s given the Bronx Bombers plenty of ups and downs in that time. Since debuting in 2018 and breaking out in 2019 when he smashed 38 home runs and hit .278 — both career-highs — Torres has been a love-him […]
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterNov 4, 2024, 12:00 PM Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. LESS THAN A year ago, […]
More than a dozen free agents across Major League Baseball received a qualifying offer on Monday, marking one of the first major moments of the MLB offseason following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series win. Among the 13 players who received a qualifying offer was New York Yankees star Juan Soto. The 26-year-old is perhaps […]
The Yankees have dealt outfielder Taylor Trammell, sending him to Houston in a trade with the Astros in exchange for cash considerations. Trammell played in five games for New York in 2024 after getting claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers early in the season. He had a hit and a walk in his […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole exercised his opt out from his New York Yankees contract, giving the team two days to void the opt out by adding a $36 million salary for 2029, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Three days after the Yankees lost the World Series, New York […]
What was expected is nonetheless eye-opening: Gerrit Cole has opted out of his contract and placed the ball in the Yankees’ court. Cole made the decision Saturday, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed, to pull out of a deal that had four years and $144 million remaining. The Yankees can prevent their ace from hitting the […]
Fresh off a World Series loss, the New York Yankees are starting to make changes. The team announced Saturday that it has declined the 2025 option of first baseman Anthony Rizzo. The 35-year-old infielder signed a two-year, $34 million contract with the Yankees in 2022, with a $17 million option for 2025 or $6 million […]