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NYY •
about 20 hours ago
He struck out four and walked none. Fried’s velocity was down about 1.5 mph from last season, but that was pretty much the norm for him last spring, too. It’ll probably be there when he needs it.
NYY • LF
about 20 hours ago
Domínguez was caught stealing in the second, but that didn’t stop him from trying again later. He’s up to .371/.395/.686 in 38 plate appearances, and he’s stolen three bags in four tries. It’s just probably not going to matter unless someone gets hurt.
NYY • C
1 day ago
They’ll face the winner of Venezuela versus Japan. Wells’ homer, which came as a pinch-hitter for Agustín Ramírez, was the lone one hit by the D.R. tonight, but Manny Machado and Junior Caminero both had two hits and an RBI. The club knocked out Hyun-Jin Ryu in the second and forced Korea to use five pitchers over the first three innings. After that, the score held steady at 7-0 for 3 1/2 innings until Wells ended things.
NYY • Pitcher • #35
2 days ago
Two poor outings in a row have left Weathers with an 8.68 ERA this spring. Still, he did have a 37% CSW today, and he allowed two fewer hard-hit balls than hits. His velocity remains great — he hit 100.0 on the gun today — but, of course, if it was all about stuff, the Marlins wouldn’t have given him up for a package headed by the Yankees’ 15th-best prospect.
NYY • 3B
2 days ago
McMahon tweaked his batting stance in the hopes of cutting back on his strikeouts, but he thus far has eight of those and only three hits in 30 plate appearances. As poorly as he performed offensively after arriving from Colorado last summer, McMahon’s job could be in some jeopardy in May if José Caballero is performing well when Anthony Volpe is ready to return.
NYY • C
3 days ago
The Yankees kept the 20-year-old prospect in big league camp so he could play against the Tigers on Thursday — where his dad is the team’s bench coach. Overall in Grapefruit League action, Lombard hit .185 (5-for-27) with a homer, six RBI and a pair of stolen bases. He’s expected to begin the season at Double-A Somerset.
NYY • LF
3 days ago
Dominguez was one of three Yankees to take Justin Verlander deep on Thursday, walloping a four-seamer some 431 feet. The Martian is up to a 1.010 OPS in spring ball with three homers and two steals, but doesn’t seem assured of major league playing time at this point with Randal Grichuk’s lefty-mashing skill set likely parking Dominguez in Triple A.
NYY •
3 days ago
He struck out just two, but also allowed only two hits and breezed through the game with just 64 pitches thrown. The fastball sat at 93.9 mph and he managed to get whiffs on 42 percent of swings against it. Warren now sits at a 1.65 ERA in four starts in big-league camp. He’ll have some early season runway before Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon return to the rotation, but we’re not overly optimistic he’ll be more than a streaming option unless we see continued steps forward with the arsenal.
NYY •
3 days ago
This is a great sign for Cole’s chances of coming back sooner rather than later, but the Yankees will likely be cautious with him and he will need to build up to be ready to pitch in the majors. Still, a late April or early May return sounds like what this is trending towards barring a setback.
Source: Jack Curry
NYY • P
3 days ago
Hess carried a 1.80 ERA in five innings of Spring Training ball, striking out six. He’ll likely return to Double-A, where he posted a 0.95 WHIP and 2.70 ERA in seven starts in 2025, to start the 2026 campaign.
NYY • DH
4 days ago
Stanton’s two homers traveled a combined 826 feet, according to Statcast. The 36-year-old veteran slugger’s fantasy appeal is strictly limited to deeper mixed leagues given his well-documented injury history and power plus counting stats profile. He’s still capable of unleashing the occasional gargantuan homer but he hasn’t topped 115 games in a half-decade, which limits his realistic full-season projection to somewhere in the 25-30 range.
NYY • 1B
4 days ago
Lagrange generated nine swinging strikes on 19 swings and topped 102 mph five times with his fastball. The flame-throwing 22-year-old right-hander’s top-of-the-scale velocity puts him in a unique class from every other pitching prospect in the game. The Yankees will continue trying to iron out his command issues and develop him as a starter in the upper minors. The general consensus among scouts and evaluators is that he’s ticketed for a relief role where his raw stuff could make him one of the more dominant high-leverage arms in the game.
NYY •
4 days ago
Schlittler struck out the side in an electric opening frame and lived consistently in the mid-to-upper-90’s with his fastball, cutter and sinker in this one. It’s encouraging to see him out there hitting the upper-90’s consistently after dealing with a back issue early on in camp. The 25-year-old righty should be a top-30 range starter in fantasy drafts this spring and offers some significant strikeout upside based on what he showed in the upper minors and with the Yankees in his big-league debut last year.
NYY • Pitcher • #46
4 days ago
Selvidge is the Yankees’ 15th-ranked prospect and posted a 4.92 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, and 61/38 K/BB ratio in 75 games at Double-A in 2025 after he had biceps surgery in 2024. He will be 24 when he returns to the mound in 2027.
Source: Jonathan Mayo
NYY • LF
5 days ago
Dominguez is hitting .333/.344/.600 in 32 plate appearances, though his 10/1 K/BB isn’t very inspiring. It probably doesn’t matter at this point; unless an outfielder ahead of him gets hurt, Domínguez is almost surely Triple-A bound. Randal Grichuk makes a lot more sense as a fourth outfielder, since the Yankees would just need someone to face lefties on occasion.
NYY •
5 days ago
Gil’s own error on a pickoff throw led to the unearned run. Still, he had another fine outing, which included working around an error in the first and starting a double play to end the second. He’s not promised anything in the long run, but he should certainly be locked into the Yankees’ season-opening rotation with his 2.38 ERA and 15/3 K/BB in 11 1/3 innings to date.
NYY •
5 days ago
Blackburn struck out four and lowered his spring ERA to 1.48 in 12 1/3 innings. It’d be rather odd if the Yankees employed both Blackburn and Ryan Yarbrough in middle relief — a lot of teams won’t even carry one true long man — but that would seem to be the initial play. One of the two would likely sub in if a starter goes down in the short term, but if the current rotation stays healthy, things will get very cramped once Carlos Rodón and Gerrit Cole are back.
NYY • RF
5 days ago
Electrifying Mets rookie Nolan McLean takes the ball as Team USA looks to remain unbeaten in pool play, and clinch a spot in the quarterfinals, following a thrilling victory over Mexico on Monday night. Judge has served as Team USA’s primary offensive catalyst, hitting .333 (4-for-12) with two homers and five RBI through three contests during the international showcase. Here’s the full lineup: Bobby Witt Jr. (SS), Gunnar Henderson (3B), Judge (RF), Kyle Schwarber (DH), Will Smith (C), Roman Anthony (LF), Paul Goldschmidt (1B), Ernie Clement (2B) and Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF).
Source: USA Baseball
NYY •
6 days ago
Jovani Morán, Yacksel Rios, Fernando Cruz and Edwin Díaz finished the 10-strikeout masterpiece, which included just one unearned run. Puerto Rico’s big blow was delivered by the recently retired Martín Maldonado, who had a three-run double on a grounder down the third base line in the second. Puerto Rico is 3-0 ahead of his its Pool B finale against Canada on Tuesday, and since either Canada or Cuba will finish with two losses, Puerto Rico has clinched a spot. Canada needs to beat Puerto Rico and then Cuba on Wednesday in order to advance.
NYY • RF
6 days ago
Thanks to Jarren Duran’s two homers, Mexico hung tough after the U.S. scored all of its runs on its two homers in the third inning, but it couldn’t pull off the late comeback. Mexico is still in good position to advance at 2-1. If Team USA beats Italy on Tuesday, Mexico can clinch its spot by defeating Italy on Wednesday. If Italy pulls off the upset against Team USA and then Mexico defeats Italy, it would trigger a tiebreaker between the three 3-1 teams.
NYY • DH
6 days ago
Stanton did his damage off of Jose Urquidy leading off the second inning, clobbering an 0-1 cutter for a 424-foot (109.5 mph EV) solo shot to open the scoring in the ballgame. The 36-year-old slugger also singled in the contest, finishing the night 2-for-3. For the spring, he’s hitting .250 (2-for-8) through his first three games.
NYY •
6 days ago
Fried allowed just two hits on the night and didn’t walk a batter. The 32-year-old southpaw actually navigated the first four innings unscathed, then returned to start the fifth and served up a solo homer to Endy Rodriguez. Fried got six whiffs on 67 pitches on the evening, posting a CSW of 28 percent. Expect him to make at least one additional start in Grapefruit League play before the regular season kicks off.
NYY • Pitcher • #76
6 days ago
The 24-year-old slugger was awfully impressive during Grapefruit League play, slashing .333/.455/.889 with three homers, seven RBI and three stolen bases in 22 plate appearances. He was unfortunately battling against a crowded outfield mix. He’ll now fight with Jasson Dominguez to be the next man up once injury eventually strikes and the Yankees need reinforcements.
NYY •
6 days ago
It’s the first time that the 33-year-old southpaw has faced live hitters since undergoing surgery to shave a bone spur and remove loose bodies from his elbow. It’s possible that he could make it into a Grapefruit League game before the end of the spring and he remains on track to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation at the end of April.
Source: Bryan Hoch
NYY • 2B
6 days ago
The game was scoreless until the fifth, when Brazil took a 1-0 lead. Great Britain, though, got a two-run homer from Ian Lewis Jr. in the bottom of the inning and just kept going from there. Great Britain finishes the WBC 1-3, while Brazil was winless in four games. Chisholm, who went 4-for-18 with no extra-base hits and six strikeouts, could be back with the Yankees as soon as Tuesday.
NYY • Pitcher • #35
7 days ago
Weathers was perfect in the first before giving up three singles and two walks while retiring just one batter in the second. Chris Veach took over then and stranded both inherited runners. Weathers came back out for the third and struggled after a leadoff error, giving up four more hits before being pulled with two outs. In all, Weathers allowed seven hard-hit balls and generated only four whiffs on 26 swings. There’s no doubting his stuff, but we’ll have to wait and see when it comes to consistency and durability with him.
NYY •
8 days ago
Warren’s only run allowed came on a sac fly by the Nats that occurred shortly after an error by George Lombard Jr. The 26-year-old has been excellent this spring; allowing just oen earned run in his three outings. Warren appears to have a spot in the starting rotation to begin the year, but his spot will be tenuous with arms like Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón set to join the staff this summer.
NYY • CF
9 days ago
Grisham got the Yankees on the board first with a two-run single off of Joe Boyle in the second inning. That would prove to be all of the run support that Cam Schlittler and company would require in this one. Grisham went down on strikes in each of his other two plate appearances in the ballgame. For the spring, he’s hitting a paltry .118 (2-for-17) with a 6/2 K/BB ratio in the early going.
NYY •
9 days ago
The 25-year-old right-hander struck out four batters on the night. Schlittler got himself into a jam in the opening inning, issuing a one-out walk and a pair of singles to load the bases with two outs, but he was able to get Hunter Feduccia to bounce into a fielder’s choice to quell the threat. From there, it was smooth sailing. He saw a significant spike in his velocity in this one, with his fastball sitting at 98.7 mph (+0.7 mph) and his cutter checking in at 94.9 mph (+3.0 mph). He sure looked to be over the back issues that plagued him early in spring camp.
NYY •
9 days ago
The right-hander mixed in breaking balls during this session and his fastball topped out at 97.5 mph. He continues to make progress in his recovery, and the likelihood continues to increase that we see him back on a big league mound before the end of May. The better that he looks throughout the spring, the higher his draft cost is going to get.
Source: Greg Joyce