MINNEAPOLIS -- After a rough start, Carlos Rodón settled into a groove quickly, and the Twins were stuck making right turns at first base most of the night. Rodón worked six-plus strong innings and the Yankees pounded out 13 hits in a 5-1 win over the Twins on Tuesday at

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There's one Big Three on Statcast's new bat tracking leaderboard, and it's the big three Bronx Bombers: Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. Stanton, Judge and Soto all have elite bat speed. In that respect, they're the same. They're the only trio of teammates in MLB's top 10 for

“The Martian” is back. Healthy again, Jasson Domínguez got back in the batter's box for the first time since last September. MLB's No. 32 overall prospect grounded a single to right field on the first pitch he saw from former Yankees starter Domingo Germán, a 90.9 mph four-seam fastball. Domínguez

In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in

Anticipation had been building all weekend long. Fresno State alumni, former players and supporters of the Bulldogs baseball team had traveled from near and far to see the 12th and 13th numbers in the program’s storied history retired. The sheet covering up the No. 44 of legendary head coach Mike

There is a new place to watch free baseball every Sunday this season. Catch your favorite MLB action with Roku MLB Sunday Leadoff, streaming free on The Roku Channel every Sunday morning.

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ST. PETERSBURG -- Clayton Beeter secured a piece of history with a blink-and-you-missed-it Major League debut on March 29 in Houston, providing a brief

The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

ST. PETERSBURG -- The visitors’ clubhouse was loud on Sunday afternoon, with thumping bass beats from the sound system overpowered by celebratory shouts from Yankees teammates. There was a distinct aroma of barley and hops sacrificed to the carpet, and at the center of it all stood Jahmai Jones. On

We do not, unfortunately, have a comprehensive database of every single MLB.com Power Rankings since we started doing these more than a decade ago. Sorry about that. Maybe we’ll make an intern figure it out this offseason. But it seems a pretty safe bet that the Orioles, even during their

ST. PETERSBURG -- The flip side of Nestor Cortes’ early season success at home has been difficulty on the road, a trend that continued with his first pitch on Saturday afternoon. Yandy Díaz belted Cortes’ grooved fastball for a leadoff homer, then slumping slugger Randy Arozarena homered and drove in

ST. PETERSBURG -- Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt outdueled Taj Bradley in New York’s 2-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Friday night. “Slider, sweeper, whatever was really good. The cutter, he had a little bit of everything going tonight,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “It was

ST. PETERSBURG -- A pair of Yankees stars -- reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole and infielder DJ LeMahieu -- made the trip to Tropicana Field on Friday as they continued to work their way back from injury. Cole, who has yet to pitch in the regular

On the surface, it had all the makings of a one-way street. The Yankees -- owners of the most famous and recognizable logo in sports, with more championships than any team among the planet’s major leagues -- visiting Mexico City seemed, at first thought, a bit like the gods descending

NEW YORK -- The Yankees just got their first true Judgian blast of the season. Aaron Judge crushed a 115.7 mph, 473-foot home run to deep, deep, deep center field at Yankee Stadium in Thursday's series finale against the Astros -- tied with Mike Trout for the longest homer of

This story was excerpted from Bryan Hoch's Yankees Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. David Adler, a reporter for MLB.com, contributed this newsletter item from Yankee Stadium

NEW YORK -- Two days, two monster Stantonian blasts at Yankee Stadium. And the second one was even bigger than the first. The 118.8 mph rocket home run Giancarlo Stanton crushed off Justin Verlander in Tuesday's series opener against the Astros was the hardest-hit home run of the MLB season

NEW YORK -- Soto. Judge. Stanton. Finally. This is what the Yankees have been waiting for since Juan Soto joined Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton in pinstripes: On Wednesday, the Bronx Bombers' three superstar sluggers all homered in the same game for the first time. Soto, Judge and Stanton's light-tower

Longtime Yankees radio voice John Sterling left an indelible mark on the organization and the baseball world. When Sterling retired last month following a 64-year broadcasting career, there was no shortage of tributes for the legendary broadcaster. Look no further than the most recent rendition, courtesy of MLB RBI’s team

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of