• 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 …
  • DJ LeMahieu playing Opening Day is suddenly looking real

    DJ LeMahieu playing Opening Day is suddenly looking real

    DJ LeMahieu played in his second exhibition game of spring training 2.0 on Monday night and will get plenty of at-bats Tuesday in simulated games against Yankee hurlers. Is it enough for the second baseman to be ready for Thursday’s Opening Day in Washington after reporting late to the Yankees’ camp due to COVID-19? “I …
  • Yankees prospect Mike King could have inside track on roster spot

    Yankees prospect Mike King could have inside track on roster spot

    Part 5 in a series analyzing the Yankees’ top prospects Any conversation about Yankees pitching prospects these days begins with Deivi Garcia and Clarke Schmidt. Or Clarke Schmidt and Deivi Garcia. You pick the order. Garcia, 20, pitched for Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last year and was mentioned as a possible September …
  • The ‘hard to know’ doubts threatening Deivi Garcia’s Yankees jump

    The ‘hard to know’ doubts threatening Deivi Garcia’s Yankees jump

    It took just $200,000 for the Yankees to sign Deivi Garcia in 2015. Since then, the 5-foot-9 right-hander has exceeded expectations at just about every level and seemed poised to have an impact in the majors this season. And he still could. If this season does actually get underway, Garcia may give them another valuable …
  • Yankees mailbag: Future arms like Deivi Garcia will have to wait

    Yankees mailbag: Future arms like Deivi Garcia will have to wait

    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. With a number of starting pitchers up for free agency in 2021, do you see any starters …