#GleyberGood: Meet Gleyber Torres, Yanks' latest future star
One of the top prospects in the game, the 21-year-old second baseman has arrived in the big leagues. Here's what you need to know.
One of the top prospects in the game, the 21-year-old second baseman has arrived in the big leagues. Here's what you need to know.
If you're wondering what took the sizzle out of free agency, consider these players who have turned out to be terrible investments.
The Red Sox finally suffered back-to-back losses, while a hot start by the Blue Jays and some big disagreements about who belongs in the top 10 hint at some big shake-ups to come.
Luis Severino pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, prized prospect Gleyber Torres went 0 for 4 in his big league debut and the youthful New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Sunday.
The Yankees called up infielder Gleyber Torres, one of baseball's most highly touted young prospects. He will bat eighth and play second base Sunday against the Blue Jays.
When the Yankees placed reliever Adam Warren on the 10-day DL Saturday, they did so with the understanding he'll be shut down that entire length of time. Aaron Boone said the mild right back strain will shelve Warren longer than those 10 days. Warren said this was more an issue of discomfort rather than a pain issue. He felt it during his past couple appearances, but figured he could play through it. Could feel it a little more Friday night while throwing his off-speed pitches.
"He's clearly, to me, one of the best players in the league. I talk about him winning pitches all the time. He wins so many pitches over the course of the game up there. You better execute when you're facing him or you're in trouble." —Aaron Boone on Yankees slugger Aaron Judge
Aaron Judge hit an early homer off respected Twitter rival Marcus Stroman, then scored on a disputed play during a seven-run burst in the sixth inning that sent the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 Saturday.
Saturday's sixth inning was a good example of how dangerous this version of the Yankees' lineup can be. Leadoff hitter Brett Gardner opened with a base hit. Then, Aaron Judge, who crushed a 443-foot homer his previous at-bat, drew a four-pitch walk from Marcus Stroman, who seemed unclear on how exactly to pitch him. (It also helped that a first-pitch wild pitch put Gardner in scoring position) After a Didi Gregorius RBI-single, Giancarlo Stanton drew a four-pitch walk. Three batters later, with the bases loaded, Miguel Andújar cleared them on a double to left. Judge also drove in a run late in the frame. By the end, it was a seven-run inning.
The Yankees today recalled reliever Jonathan Holder from Triple-A. He'll be taking the roster spot of right-hander Adam Warren, who goes on the 10-day disabled list. Warren, who pitched Friday night, has been diagnosed with a right back strain.
Gary Sanchez won't be catching today, and Giancarlo Stanton will get a third-straight day hitting cleanup. This afternoon's Yankees lineup: Gardner LF Judge RF Gregorius SS Stanton DH Hicks CF Walker 1B Andújar 3B Romine C Torreyes 2B Montgomery SP
Giancarlo Stanton snapped a long homerless string, and with Sonny Gray unable to hold a lead, New York had better hope the slugger is getting hot.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. made an impressive major league debut with two hits and three RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 Friday night.
Yankees starter Sonny Gray spent part of this week working on a small mechanical tweak that was intended to help prevent him from overthinking between pitches. It seemed to work in an efficient, 10-pitch first inning. But it didn't work much beyond that Friday. He was pulled in the fourth after having thrown 73 pitches. Gray finished the night having allowed five runs and walking four. He induced just two whiffs on 25 swings. It was the second-fewest swing-and-miss total of his career. He also didn't strikeout a batter for the second time in his career.
Giancarlo Stanton has been slowly putting it together at Yankee Stadium this week. After going hitless in the two-game series vs. Miami early this week, he now has two hits in two games against Toronto this week. His third-inning two-run homer Friday was the surest sign that he's easing out of his home slump. The blast with a 110-mph exit velocity went out to right field. When Stanton headed back out to play in RF the next half inning, he got a loud ovation from the fans out there.
Giancarlo Stanton is still batting cleanup in today's Yankees lineup, and he'll be playing the field, too: Gardner LF Judge DH Gregorius SS Stanton RF Sanchez C Hicks CF Austin 1B Andújar 3B Torreyes 2B Gray SP
Buster recaps Thursday's action, including a Sox sweep, another tough Matt Harvey outing and a weird triple play.
A mint condition 1952 Mickey Mantle Topps rookie card auctioned for $2.88 million, becoming the second-highest price ever paid for a baseball card.
About the passed ball that led to one of the two unearned runs CC Sabathia allowed, the pitcher took the blame. "My fault, my mistake, we got crossed up." He said he saw the sign he wanted to see instead of what Gary Sanchez actually put down.