Like most major leaguers, Mark Leiter Jr. often glances at the schedule to check out who’s coming to town and, specifically, which hitters he’s likely to face in the late innings. It’s one thing to ...

Every once in a while you witness a game that says more about a team than the box score. This also goes for clubhouse interviews, which are normally a cliché factory. Sometimes the words don’t matter ...

The standoff took place in the second inning Friday night. Think King Kong versus Godzilla in cleats. Max Fried, the industry’s top pick-off artist, staring down the Rays’ Jose Caballero, the American ...

Every night before he drifts off to sleep, Gerrit Cole imagines life as a younger pitcher with a pristine ulnar collateral ligament. His fastball is as powerful as a nuclear reactor. The universe is ...

We’ll see. I mean, we’ll kind of talk through that stuff.” That was Aaron Boone issuing the Michael Corleone kiss of death to Devin Williams’ reign as Yankees’ closer. Only a few minutes had passed ...

There are moments when Jasson Dominguez stares at the wide-open dimensions in left field and wonders if he’s shrunk or the real estate has somehow expanded. The answer is neither, of course, but it’s ...

It wasn’t so long ago that an MLB scout would look skeptically on a prospect from the Ivy League. Industry wisdom said unless you’re Lou Gehrig, no one with an elite diploma would spend three or four ...

Even before the start of shortstop Anthony Volpe’s life in pinstripes, the Yankees’ hierarchy had laid out a roadmap for the young shortstop’s future. While no one was crazy enough to call Volpe the ...

The Yankees could see the finish line of a low-scoring, hard-fought victory against the Blue Jays. All they asked of Devin Williams was three outs. Turns out he couldn’t even get one. The troubled ...

NEW YORK — If there’s anything we’ve learned about Aaron Boone’s managerial style, it’s that a) he traffics in good vibes and b) he’s the anti-George Steinbrenner when it comes to addressing his ...

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