Amazon’s next big step in sports: buying into the Yankees Network

As Disney completes its acquisition of Fox there’s more than just the Marvel universe at stake. One condition of the purchase is that it will sell off Fox’s portfolio of regional sports networks, and as rumors late last year suggested, one interested party is Amazon. Reports from the New York Times and other outlets claim […]

Blue Jays trade J.A. Happ to Yankees for Brandon Drury, prospect

Toronto general manager Ross Atkins says competitive baseball teams are increasingly less willing to part with top prospects when they tool up for a playoff run. So while the Blue Jays didn't get a blue-chip minor leaguer when they traded veteran left-hander J.A. Happ to the New York Yankees, Atkins was pleased to get a […]

Yankees spoil Jays' home opener as Stanton shines in pinstripe debut

J.A. Happ threw 96 pitches in Toronto’s opening day loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon. He was happy with all but one of them. Happ missed on a fastball to Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning and the 2017 NL MVP launched it over the right-centre field fence for a two-run homer, […]

Flame-throwing Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman hit a batter with a pitch that left one of the ugliest bruises you’ll ever see

Todd Kirkland/AP New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman hit Tampa Bay Rays prospect Jake Cronenworth in the ribs with a fastball. Chapman has the fastest fastball in Major League Baseball, averaging over 100 mph. The pitch left a bruise that looks like a crater and can best be described as “disturbing.” Early in Spring Training, […]

Yankees and Marlins are in serious trade talks for MVP slugger Giancarlo Stanton

Rob Foldy/Getty Images Talks between the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees picked up on Friday evening according to numerous reports. These reports came after Stanton used his no-trade clause and rejected trades to both the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Talks between the Marlins and Yankees are reportedly not close, but they […]

Judge's bat comes to life as Yankees slash ALCS deficit to 2-1

Aaron Judge hit a three-run homer and a made pair of sparkling catches, leading CC Sabathia and the Yankees over the Houston Astros 8-1 Monday night and cutting New York’s deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-seven AL Championship Series. #AllRise – #ALCS edition. pic.twitter.com/EeqaUY5JSo — @MLB Sabathia allowed three hits over six scoreless innings for […]

The final tally is in for Alex Rodriguez’s historic contracts and it doesn’t look good for the Yankees or the Rangers

Alex Rodriguez has not played a Major League Baseball game since August, 2016, but it wasn’t until the 2017 regular season ended that saw the end to his historic paydays as a professional baseball player. In December, 2007, A-Rod agreed to a 10-year, $ 275 million contract with the New York Yankees, a deal that only came about […]

Yankees complete comeback, defeat Cleveland to advance to ALCS

Didi Gregorius, following in the October footprints left by Derek Jeter, homered twice off Corey Kluber as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to complete their comeback from a 2-0 deficit in the Division Series and dethrone the AL champions. These bend-but-don’t-break Yankees staved off elimination […]