• Yankees 2020 preview: Too much talent for weird season to break Bombers

    Yankees 2020 preview: Too much talent for weird season to break Bombers

    When the coronavirus shut down spring training on March 12 the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL East despite not having Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Luis Severino for the scheduled March 26 start of the regular season. Now with a 60-game schedule beginning Thursday in Washington against the defending World …
  • Yankees salivate over ‘unreal’ Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton potential

    Yankees salivate over ‘unreal’ Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton potential

    Even if it was in a game that didn’t count, what Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton did Sunday night forced people to wonder what the trio could accomplish if they all remained healthy in the upcoming 60-game season. Since Stanton joined the Yankees in 2018, he has played 176 games out of 324. …
  • Yankees put on a power show to dismantle Mets

    Yankees put on a power show to dismantle Mets

    The noise of Yankees bats kissing baseballs at an empty Yankee Stadium on Sunday night cut through a blanket of serious heat, and if Mets pitchers turned their heads to watch the balls take flight, their necks would have buckled. Five homers, two by Aaron Judge, reinforced that after more than three months away due …
  • Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    The pandemic spared the diabolical Astros widespread abuse for their scandalous sign-stealing cheatathon, and maybe, just maybe, no boobirds in the Yankee Stadium stands this season will prove to be a boon to Giancarlo Stanton. If Stanton strikes out five times in a game again, he won’t hear them. Such is life when you sign …
  • Masahiro Tanaka in danger of missing first Yankees start after scary injury

    Masahiro Tanaka in danger of missing first Yankees start after scary injury

    Masahiro Tanaka’s recovery from taking a 112-mph line drive off Giancarlo Stanton’s bat on the right side of his head on July 4 is going well, according to the veteran right-hander, for which he is thankful. However, the chance of Tanaka being ready to start the fourth or fifth game of the regular season that …
  • ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    ‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game

    While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate. According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.” “It’s just something we …
  • Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    Aaron Judge’s status among top concerns for returning Yankees

    When spring training was knocked out by the coronavirus on March 12, the Yankees were the favorites to win the AL title despite knowing they would start the season with Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Luis Severino on the injured list. Three-plus months later, the Yankees remain the favorites and, barring …
  • Yankees mailbag: Gleyber Torres has a long leash at shortstop

    Yankees mailbag: Gleyber Torres has a long leash at shortstop

    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. If Gleyber Torres becomes a liability at shortstop, will Yankees quickly pivot and move him back to …
  • Aaron Judge still isn’t swinging a bat in his Yankees rehab

    Aaron Judge still isn’t swinging a bat in his Yankees rehab

    Marcus Thames has been able to work with a handful of players who stayed in Tampa during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Yankees hitting coach is still waiting for Aaron Judge to be healthy. “It’s been tough,’’ Thames said on YES Network of Judge not being able to swing as he recovers from the fractured …
  • Giancarlo Stanton’s Yankees comeback includes massive money decision

    Giancarlo Stanton’s Yankees comeback includes massive money decision

    Part 21 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees  If the owners and players can navigate over the many serious hurdles to cobble together a baseball season, the Yankees should have a weapon they missed for most of last season: Giancarlo Stanton. “He should be ready to go and be part of things,’’ Aaron …