Aaron Judge said he would be ready for opening day. He was correct. Judge started the season long behind with a couple of hits in the Yankees’ 4-1 win, shortened by the rain, Thursday over the Nationals. They were enough to impress one of his new teammates. “Those were two …
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Clarke Schmidt won’t break camp with the Yankees, but the pitching prospect made the most of his opportunities in both spring training. The 24-year-old right-hander was named the 2020 James P. Dawson Award winner, awarded to the Yankees’ top rookie in spring training. “Something highly hyped and it’s delivered in …
Read More »Yankees DJ LeMahieu says hiring COVID-19 was a ‘scary’ experience
6:09 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Near Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK – Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu resumed his preseason training this week for the first time since what he called the “terrifying” experience of testing positive for COVID-19. “It was amazing. It …
Read More »Yankees and Mets with more on the line in the 2020 MLB season
Clint Frazier would have received an injection, and really, when it comes to his life as a Yankee, what more could he have asked for? Aarons, Hicks, and Judge, who were out, were going to be gone months if the 2020 season had started on time, and Giancarlo Stanton would …
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