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As expected, the Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list Sunday morning with a strained left hamstring. Infielder Thairo Estrada, on site with the team as part of the taxi squad, replaced Stanton. Stanton suffered his injury in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader, a 5-3 Yankees loss to the Rays, when he advanced …
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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. Why isn’t [Mike] Tauchman an every-day outfielder? — New York Knight Who do you want him to …
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The What Have You Done For Us Lately? Crowd isn’t the sole property of New York, but it is everpresent and omnipresent when you set the bar as high as Pete Alonso did in his historic rookie season. The bar is never lowered by the What Have You Done For Us Lately? Crowd. It stays …
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Saturday night was more of what is becoming the usual for the Mets’ rookie starting pitcher. Norm, Peterson. Cheers — the fake kind — filled Citi Field for David Peterson’s home debut, and the left-hander was certainly worthy. Fifteen outs came quickly, leaving the bullpen to finish the job, albeit with a brief snafu, in …
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The long day, reduced as it was, began like how the Yankees dreamt it back in December 2017: It concluded with a recurring nightmare they’ve come to know all too well. If “Next Man Up” has come to define the Yankees in the Aaron Boone era, Giancarlo Stanton too often has served the role as …
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Saturday’s doubleheader boxscores will reveal the Yankees and Rays split a pair of seven-inning games since the Yankees copped the opener and the Rays won the nightcap. In reality, the Yankees may have been losers, because when they walked out of Tropicana Field, they didn’t know how long they would be without Giancarlo Stanton. After …
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On their way to winning the World Series in 1996 the Yankees rallied around second baseman Mariano Duncan’s slogan that was printed on T-shirts. “We play today. We win today. Das it,’’ was Duncan’s message. Almost a quarter century later, the Yankees’ motto should be “Gerrit Cole pitches today. We win today. Das it.’’ Saturday …
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The heat got turned up in the temperature-controlled Tropicana Field on Saturday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone and hitting coach Marcus Thames received fifth-inning ejections from home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza in Game 2 of the doubleheader. Bench coach Carlos Mendoza assumed manager duties. The ejections appeared to be related to a number of high-and-tight pitches that …
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For all the respect and admiration heaped on Eli Manning, many of the younger players on offense, especially the wide receivers and running backs, gravitated last season to the newcomer, Daniel Jones, who was quickly accepted as one of their own. This made sense. Manning, more than 15 years older than several teammates, in many …
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By the time the Yankees completed their 8-4 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader, Gary Sanchez no longer was trending on Twitter. On this front, the Yankees will take progress where they can find it. The human trending topic endured another rough game amidst a rough season, most …
As expected, the Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list Sunday morning with a strained left hamstring. Infielder Thairo Estrada, on site with the team as part of the taxi squad, replaced Stanton. Stanton suffered his injury in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader, a 5-3 Yankees loss to the Rays, when he advanced …
