MLB Power Rankings: Angels Surge Behind Baseball’s Best Offense For the first time in Mike Trout’s career, Los Angeles begins May in first place in the AL West. Sports Illustrated · May 2, 2022
Yankees finish series sweep of Royals with 6-4 victory KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees started the second month of the season the way they finished the first. And they ended the first day of May with the best record in baseball after rallying to beat the Royals, 6-4, at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. Tribune News Service · May 1, 2022
Gerrit Cole delivers second consecutive strong start as Yankees blank Royals to run win streak to 8 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s another night that Gerrit Cole and the Yankees could rest easy. After struggling in his first three starts, the Yankees ace had his second straight strong start as the Yankees shut out the Royals, 3-0, for their eighth straight win. Tribune News Service · Apr 30, 2022
Five-Tool Newsletter: Inside MLB’s Eventful Week MLB announced this afternoon that it has suspended Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer 324 games, or the length of two full regular seasons, for violating its domestic violence policy. This is the biggest story in baseball today, so I’ll use the beginning of this newsletter to share Stephanie ... Sports Illustrated · Apr 29, 2022
Inside Anthony Rizzo’s Resurgence With the Yankees He never thought he would leave the Cubs. But he’s loving it (and slugging it!) in New York. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29, 2022
Yankees run win streak to 6 after sweeping past error-filled Orioles, 10-5 NEW YORK — As the old saying goes, over the course of a 162-game season, each team wins 54 games, loses 54 games and the remaining 54 could go either way. Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022
Dennis Young: I hate the NFL draft and everything it stands for NEW YORK — As the long, gray winter finally thaws, the American sports calendar does the same. After dreary months with nothing but the MLB hot stove and half of the NBA playing out the string, life for the sports couch potato gets good again. Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022
Giancarlo Stanton plays hero with milestone HR, 3 RBIs in Yankees' win over Orioles NEW YORK — There’s this thing about Giancarlo Stanton — this ability that pitchers know and fear. It’s not just the otherworldly exit velocity, or his ability to rocket balls somewhere in the vicinity of the moon. It’s also that he can look lost in a handful of at-bats and… Newsday · Apr 28, 2022
SI:AM | The T-Wolves Blew Another Late Lead They could have already won this series. Sports Illustrated · Apr 27, 2022
Anthony Rizzo hits three HRs as Yankees power past Orioles NEW YORK — Anthony Rizzo continues to show why, once the Yankees failed in their attempt at trading for Oakland’s Matt Olson, he was their top choice on the free-agent market to fill their needs at first base. Newsday · Apr 27, 2022
Baseball reacts to release of letter that outlined Yankees' sign-stealing methods in 2015 and 2016 NEW YORK — After years of speculation and failed legal arguments, the “Yankees letter” became public before Tuesday’s games began. It confirms that the Yankees’ players used the video replay room to steal signs and decode pitch sequences in 2015 and 2016 and tried to use runners on second base… Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022
Yankees Letter Reveals Past Fine for Sign-Stealing Methods The fine for using the dugout phone to help relay signs was not been previously reported. Sports Illustrated · Apr 26, 2022
Infamous ‘Yankee Letter’ finally published NEW YORK — After years of legal wrangling, the infamous Yankee Letter from Rob Manfred to Brian Cashman is now public, with a few redactions. Much of the text of the letter was published by SNY on Tuesday, after the Yankees lost a court ruling aiming to keep it sealed.… Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022
Video shows what was said during Myles Straw’s close-up confrontation with Yankees fans Yikes. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 25, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Apr 25, 2022 MLB Power Rankings: The Mariners Crack the Top 10 Seattle’s offense has it on the rise, while the White Sox and Braves suffered the steepest declines.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 25, 2022 The King of Spin: Yu Darvish Epitomizes Pitching in 2022 At a time when pitchers are throwing more secondary pitches than ever, the Padres ace is the paragon of the modern game.
Tribune News Service · Apr 24, 2022 Red Sox wait too long to use Tanner Houck, lose to Rays, 5-2 The Sox lost two out of three and fell to 7-9 on the season. They’ve lost all three series against American League East teams so far, going 1-2 each against the Yankees, Blue Jays and Rays.
Newsday · Apr 24, 2022 Gerrit Cole, Yankees' bats come alive to complete sweep of Guardians As bad as Gerrit Cole was in his last outing, that’s how good he was against the Guardians on Sunday.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 24, 2022 Guardians’ Myles Straw called Yankees fans the ‘worst fanbase on the planet’ amid ugly postgame scene They let him hear it on Sunday.
Tribune News Service · Apr 24, 2022 Sideline Chatter: The stat heads noted that his defensive metrics improved They scheduled a community-college baseball game in Texas, and a spring-football scrimmage broke out.
Tribune News Service · Apr 24, 2022 Bob Wojnowski: We’ll never see anyone like Cabrera again, an authentic, artistic original DETROIT — The bat met the ball, as it has so many times, with a sharp crack. And the man met the moment, decades in the making, then hours in the making, the legend officially bronzed on a brilliant day, in a perfect way.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 23, 2022 Guardians OF Straw Rips Yankees Fans After Ugly Incident Myles Straw was not happy with after Yankees fans were at the center of another incident involving objects being thrown onto the field.
Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022 Ugly scene at Yankee Stadium as fans throw debris at Guardians outfielders after walk-off win NEW YORK — What should have been a joyous celebration after Gleyber Torres’ walk-off hit quickly became an ugly scene at Yankee Stadium.
Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022 Tigers' Miguel Cabrera delivers 3,000th hit — and cements his place among MLB's greats DETROIT — Commission the statue, clear space on the Comerica Park bricks and alert the Hall of Fame.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 23, 2022 Fans Throw Garbage Onto Field After Yankees Walk-Off Win A New York win was marred by what happened after the game.