Category: New York Yankees
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Chad Green continues his strong work for the Yankees
July 8, 2021 New York Yankees — For years, a one-run lead in the ninth inning has produced a Pavlovian response in Yankees fans: Aroldis Chapman. But a month of increasingly harsh negative reinforcement has flipped the script, leaving them newly desperate to not see their $17.2 million closer in a tight spot (examples one, two,…
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Yankees to “talk through” late game approach after Chapman struggles again
July 5, 2021 New York Yankees – Aroldis Chapman had another ugly outing, consisting of a leadoff homer to tie the game, followed by a walk and a hit batsman, both of whom eventually scored. But it wasn’t just that he was bad again. It was that the two relievers who are ostensibly competing with…
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The Yankees expect to get two relievers back from injury
June 29, 2021 New York Yankees — Justin Wilson and Darren O’Day are expected back for New York on Tuesday. Time will tell how quickly the two return to higher-leverage use. Hierarchy remains: Chapman | Green | Loaisiga. Baltimore Orioles — Paul Fry pitched the eighth in a tie game and was sent back out…
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The first save of the post-Neris era goes to . . . Neris
June 26, 2021 Philadelphia Phillies — Joe Girardi certainly didn’t start Jose Alvarado off easy in the closer role, summoning him with the bases loaded in a one-run game and keeping him on for what would have been the first five-out save of his career. Alvarado almost came through, foiled only by his own error…
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Tejay Antone not an option to pitch Thursday
June 11, 2021 Cincinnati Reds — Even though he hasn’t pitched since Sunday, Tejay Antone was unavailable Thursday against the Brewers, according to manager David Bell. Bell didn’t give a reason except to say he’d wait until Friday to give an update. We’ll keep an eye on this today, but you should already have Lucas…