New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino made an early exit from his start against the Chicago White Sox on Friday after suffering a triceps injury. He's been placed on the disabled list, per Jesse Spector of Sporting News.
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Severino Won't Pick Up Baseball for Several Days
Friday, May 13
Spector reported Severino won't pick up a baseball for five to seven days.
Severino shined down the stretch for the Yankees last season. He posted a 2.89 ERA with 56 strikeouts in 62.1 innings across his first 11 career starts. He parlayed ...
New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley ended a lengthy extra-base-hit drought Thursday with a second-inning two-run homer against the Kansas City Royals.
Headley's last extra-base hit, a double, came on Sept. 27, 2015, against the Chicago White Sox, which breaks a streak of 124 plate appearances without such a result, per NBC Sports' Bill Baer.
The YES Network provided a look at Headley getting the monkey off his back:
The Wall Street Journal's Jared Diamond noted that Headley's first jack of the season puts him in some interesting, maybe unfortunate, company:
Considering his contract—a ...
It's looking like not even the New York Yankees can outrun losing forever, and that raises a question.
What would it look like if they decided to make the best of a bad situation?
It's already easy to imagine the Yankees will have to cut their losses by becoming sellers on the summer trade market. They're following a return to the postseason in 2015 with a 13-19 start to 2016, putting them in last place in the American League East.
General manager Brian Cashman has already put his foot down. As he told David ...
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman made his debut against the Kansas City Royals on Monday and was flattered by the reaction he received from the home crowd.
"It was incredible," he said through a translator, per ESPN.com's Andrew Marchand.
The 28-year-old Cuban wowed the fans with his vintage 100-plus mph fastballs. Coming on in the ninth inning with New York up 6-2, he struck out the first two hitters he faced but allowed a double to Paulo Orlando before Alcides Escobar delivered an RBI single.
Chapman eventually forced Lorenzo Cain to ...
Finally, over the weekend, the New York Yankees generated a little excitement. Finally, Yankee Stadium had some life in back-to-back wins over the Boston Red Sox.
You'd have thought Aroldis Chapman was on the mound.
Not yet, but soon enough. On Monday, Chapman's 30-game domestic violence suspension runs out. Soon, maybe even Monday night against the Kansas City Royals, New York will see what all of the fuss is about.
The Yankees saw Chapman in spring training, before he began serving the Major League Baseball-imposed suspension for an incident last October in which ...
Jacoby Ellsbury's injury woes have cropped up again as the New York Yankees star outfielder left Friday's game against the Boston Red Sox with a hip injury. It's unclear when he'll return to the field.
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Girardi Comments on Ellsbury's Injury, Recovery Timeline
Saturday, May 7
Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters Ellsbury is "sore" and noted there is no plan to put him on the disabled list at this point.
Ellsbury Out vs. Red Sox
Saturday, May 7
Ellsbury did not play Saturday against Boston.
Injury-Prone Ellsbury Still Productive for Yankees
Ellsbury was plagued ...
The start of the New York Yankees' 2016 season has been a nightmare, and things got worse Friday when the team announced starting pitcher CC Sabathia was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a groin strain. It's unclear when he'll return to the field.
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Sabathia Comments on Recovery Timeline
Saturday, May 7
Sabathia told reporters he should only need 15 days on the disabled list, adding he's unsure whether a rehab start will be necessary.
Sabathia's DL Stint Retroactive to May 5
Friday, May 6
The Star-Ledger's Ryan Hatch relayed the news. In a corresponding move, the ...
New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman said he would be willing to play for the United States in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Chapman told ESPN.com's Marly Rivera that if Team USA manager Jim Leyland were to invite him, he "would love to" wear the U.S. uniform. The left-hander added that he "can close, but I can also go to the bullpen and throw the seventh or the eighth inning, whatever they need."
The 28-year-old Chapman is from Cuba and played for his home country during the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He went 0-1 ...
New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner suffered an elbow injury in Wednesday's win against the Baltimore Orioles and missed Thursday's game. However, he's ready to return to the field.
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Gardner Active vs. Red Sox
Friday, May 6
Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal reported Gardner will play left field and bat second against the Boston Red Sox on Friday.
Gardner Gives Yankees Valuable Spark at Top of Lineup
Gardner was inconsistent in 2015, posting a .259/.343/.399 slash line.
He was particularly inept after the All-Star break, hitting a paltry .206/.300/.292 in 69 games, yet ...
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi announced Tuesday he will begin working Aroldis Chapman into some save situations when the closer returns from his suspension on May 9, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
Girardi revealed to Hoch that "should the Yankees have a ninth-inning lead against the Royals on Monday, Chapman will get the call, sliding right-hander Dellin Betances and left-hander Andrew Miller into setup roles."
"I just think it makes our bullpen longer," Girardi said. "You use guys maybe a little bit differently, which I think helps."
Chapman, 28, has been serving a 30-game suspension ...