Aaron Judge turned down $213.5m. Now he’s on his way to a home-run record The slugger turned down a huge contract extension from the Yankees and bet on his own abilities. It looks like he made the right decision The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2022
Aaron Judge and his historic HR chase is ridiculously cool for a bunch of reasons How cool is Aaron Judge? USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 6, 2022
Rays rally in seventh inning to beat Red Sox ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays feel they have a diverse offense that can produce in different ways, even without hitting home runs. Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022
First-place Twins can’t handle Yankees’ power in series opener NEW YORK — All but one Twins pitcher gave up a home run Monday, as the Twins lost to the Yankees, 5-2, at Yankee Stadium. Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022
Benintendi to Have Wrist Surgery, Eyes Return in 2022 The Yankees outfielder fractured the hamate bone in his right wrist. Sports Illustrated · Sep 5, 2022
Andrew Benintendi may miss rest of season with broken wrist ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Andrew Benintendi was diagnosed with a broken hook of the hamate bone. The Yankees left fielder is not ready to rule out a comeback before the end of the season, but the typical rehab for baseball players with this is at least three to four weeks… Tribune News Service · Sep 5, 2022
Yankees push back, beat Rays to prevent sweep ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays took some solace in winning the series against the Yankees this weekend. Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Bill Madden: Breaking down the upcoming bidding war for Aaron Judge NEW YORK — In what is becoming a truly historic season, Aaron Judge has joined Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Ralph Kiner and Ken Griffey Jr. as the only non-steroids-tainted players to at least twice hit 50 or more homers in a season. And barring a… Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Sideline chatter: And you thought putting into the clown’s mouth was tough Warning: Dogleg ahead … and maybe a giraffe leg. Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Rays beat Yankees again, cut AL East lead to 4 games ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays can keep trying to avoid talking about the American League East race all they want. Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Another blow to the struggling Yankees as Andrew Benintendi goes on IL with right wrist injury ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees continue to take body blows. Saturday afternoon they had to put Andrew Benintendi on the injured list with what they are calling right wrist inflammation. The left fielder, who left Friday night’s game after feeling something pop during a third-inning swing, was one of… Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
Rays beat Yankees, cut AL East lead to 5 games ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Rays did what they could Friday afternoon to tamp down expectations and defuse the hype over the weekend series with the struggling Yankees. Almost to a man, they insisted they were focused only on winning Friday’s game and not the rapidly shrinking margin between them… Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022
Yankees hope epidural will help Anthony Rizzo’s back pain ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Yankees are hopeful that Anthony Rizzo will be able to get some relief from the nagging back pain that has limited him this season after having an epidural on Thursday. Rizzo stayed behind in California to see renowned orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Robert Watkins, who… Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Sep 2, 2022 Five Things to Follow Five Weeks Before the Playoffs In five weeks, we’ll be watching playoff baseball. Because of the new 12-team postseason format, this is the first year in which there will be four best-of-three Wild Card Series, two in the AL and two in the NL, as opposed to the single one-and-done game in each league. This…
Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022 Anthony Rizzo seeing back specialist, could miss Yankees-Rays series ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Anthony Rizzo did not make the trip from California to Tampa. The Yankees first baseman stayed on the West Coast to see a back specialist and could miss the series against the Rays, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told the Michael Kay Show Thursday. Rizzo has missed…
Sports Illustrated · Sep 1, 2022 Yankees to Call Up No. 2 Prospect Oswald Peraza to MLB Peraza is considered to be a potential shortstop of the future in New York.
Sports Illustrated · Sep 1, 2022 What History Tells Us About Aaron Judge’s Pursuit of 61 Home Runs Let’s look at how his season compares to the other players who were on similar homer paces entering September.
The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022 New York Yankees purchase minority stake in A.C. Milan The Financial Times reported that Main Street Advisors, the Los Angeles-based fund supported by LeBron James, is also investing in Milan
Los Angeles Times · Sep 1, 2022 Shohei Ohtani's 30th homer delivers powerful closing argument as Angels beat Yankees Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge got lost in the pitching duel between Angels starter Patrick Sandoval and New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. Through their first two at-bats, Ohtani and Judge were hitless. Judge struck out twice, and Ohtani hit a fly-out and a pop-out.
Sports Illustrated · Aug 31, 2022 SI:AM | Aaron Judge Might Actually Do It Roger Maris’s AL home run record is within reach.
Liverpool Echo · Aug 31, 2022 Liverpool and FSG investors RedBird make New York Yankees move with AC Milan FSG investors RedBird Capital Partners are set to close on the purchase of Italian giants AC Milan
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2022 Feral cats, few fans and lewd acts: is the A’s era in Oakland over? The team that came to worldwide attention thanks to Moneyball is struggling to pull in fans. A move to the bright lights of Vegas could be approaching
Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022 Aaron Judge’s 51st home run of the season 1 of 3 Yankee blasts in win over Angels ANAHEIM — This is what the Yankees are built for. They aren’t constructed to rely on bunting and going station to station. The Bombers were built to hit blasts and Tuesday night, Athony Rizzo, Andrew Benintendi and Aaron Judge each went deep to beat up on the Angels, 7-4, at…
Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022 A’s win first ever game at Nationals Park, now await phenom’s debut The A’s thoroughly enjoyed their first game ever at Nationals Park on Tuesday night, thanks to a 10-6 victory. But the debut in Washington creating the most buzz around the team is still to come.