• Rougned Odor’s ‘edge’ is making Yankees take notice

    Rougned Odor’s ‘edge’ is making Yankees take notice

    DUNEDIN, Fla. — Rougned Odor’s stint with the Yankees has gotten off to a promising start. After providing the go-ahead hit in Sunday’s win over the Rays, Odor sparked the Yankees’ offense
  • Clarke Schmidt’s debut shows the Yankees are still in peril

    Clarke Schmidt’s debut shows the Yankees are still in peril

    It turned out to be, in every way, the exact opposite of the narrative the Yankees wanted to craft Friday night. One young pitcher’s encore falling short of his debut. A second pitcher’s debut occurring in about as tough a spot as you would construct for your worst enemy. Two streaks of dominance screeching to …
  • Yankees’ dominance of Orioles ends with disappointing split

    Yankees’ dominance of Orioles ends with disappointing split

    BALTIMORE — It could have been worse, but it didn’t come close to being good. That sums up what the Yankees did at Camden Yards on Friday night, where they split a doubleheader against the awful Orioles. After eking out a 6-5 win in the opener that took nine innings, the Yankees were in position …
  • Yankees mailbag: Aaron Boone’s 2021 option will be picked up

    Yankees mailbag: Aaron Boone’s 2021 option will be picked up

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Given that Aaron Boone’s contract is up at the end of the year, what are the chances …
  • Deivi Garcia, Clarke Schmidt primed for Yankees’ trade-deadline audition

    Deivi Garcia, Clarke Schmidt primed for Yankees’ trade-deadline audition

    ATLANTA — Just in time, it sure sounds like both Deivi Garcia and Clarke Schmidt could make their major league debuts this weekend in the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium. Just in time to potentially boost the Yankees’ uneven starting rotation. Just in time to give Yankees fans hope after seeing this wackadoo season turn …
  • Yankees mailbag: Why Miguel Andujar isn’t going anywhere

    Yankees mailbag: Why Miguel Andujar isn’t going anywhere

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. What is the likelihood the Yankees trade Miguel Andujar at the deadline? — Chester Lemon Andujar has …
  • Yankees still have plenty of depth left to help soothe injury woes

    Yankees still have plenty of depth left to help soothe injury woes

    A weekend series postponed due to the coronavirus and three more guys on the injured list. Nice job perfectly capturing both 2020 and the Yankees, Friday. Yes, hours after Major League Baseball announced the sidelining of the scheduled Subway Series at Citi Field thanks to a pair of positive COVID tests for the Mets, the …
  • Clarke Schmidt did everything right except make the Yankees

    Clarke Schmidt did everything right except make the Yankees

    Clarke Schmidt won’t break camp with the Yankees, but the pitching prospect made the most of his opportunities in both spring trainings. The 24-year-old right-hander on Tuesday was named the 2020 James P. Dawson Award winner, given to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training. “Highly touted coming in and has delivered in every …
  • Clarke Schmidt could be part of Yankees’ plans in a short season

    Clarke Schmidt could be part of Yankees’ plans in a short season

    Part 2 in a series on the Yankees’ top prospects. Damon Oppenheimer knew Clarke Schmidt’s stuff while pitching for the University of South Carolina was good enough to take the right-hander with the 16th pick in the 2017 draft. There was something else Schmidt possessed that Oppenheimer understood would get him through the trying times …
  • Yankees mailbag: The thinking on a Gleyber Torres contract extension

    Yankees mailbag: The thinking on a Gleyber Torres contract extension

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Can we expect Gleyber Torres to continue his ascent this year? Any chance the Yankees consider locking …