Brendan Kuty

1 day ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Kuty

CLEVELAND - It was like all of the New York Yankees' good fortune had suddenly taken a stroll a couple of blocks away to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and never came back. A sixth-inning meltdown was one of the team's ugliest moments early in this season, and it led to a tough 3-2 defeat to the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on Tuesday night.

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Kuty

CLEVELAND - The bat shattered and a slice of the jagged wood tumbled through the air toward New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.He turned away to protect himself. "I've seen guys get stabbed with broken bats in person," he said Monday after the Yankees' 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. "I know how bad the injury can be."It was a scary moment in a strange game for Chisholm, who has had an odd year so far. The good?

3 days ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Kuty

Getting a little emotional wasn't in Mark DeRosa's plans. He was sitting next to Aaron Judge at the dais in a room filled with reporters and TV cameras at Yankee Stadium last week. He was announcing that the New York Yankees' superstar would become Team USA's captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. But he was thinking about his family and growing up just half an hour away from the Bronx in New Jersey. He figured he was going to stand off to the side during the event.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Kuty

There was no exit velocity. There were no high-tech cameras focused on the field. There weren't even uniforms. When Dartmouth slugger Ben Rice and his Ivy League friends organized pickup games against players from nearby UMass at a complex an hour outside Boston, there were a few scouts scattered along the metal bleachers. It was the fall of 2020, but in terms of modern baseball analytics, it might as well have been the Paleolithic Era.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Brendan Kuty

NEW YORK - Bobby Witt Jr. walked into the batting cage at Fenway Park and launched one baseball over the Green Monster, and then another. He wasn't yet the superstar shortstop of the Kansas City Royals. He wasn't a major-league prospect. He couldn't even vote. It was the summer of 2016. Witt was 16 years old. And, for a day, he was a member of the New York Yankees. "I still have that hat to this day," Witt recalled Tuesday, smiling in the visitors clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.