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1 week ago | 
baseball.realgm.com | Wright Thompson
Aaron Judge spoke emotionally about feeling the presence of New York Yankees legends during games, describing the franchise's retired greats as "real people" who continue to influence current players at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees captain made his comments Saturday afternoon in the clubhouse, surrounded by retired numbers and photographs of Hall of Famers including Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter. Judge's reverent tone reflected his deep connection to the franchise's storied history.
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1 week ago | 
espn.in | Wright Thompson
BOSTON -- Aaron Judge blamed himself for swinging at pitches outside the strike zone as the New York Yankees were swept in a three-game series at the Boston Red Sox. "You got to swing at strikes," Judge said after going 1-for-12 in the series, which Boston completed with a 2-0 victory on Sunday. Judge struck out three or more times in three straight games for only the third time in his major league career. "That usually helps any hitter when you swing at strikes," Judge added.
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1 week ago | 
espn.ph | Wright Thompson
BOSTON -- Aaron Judge blamed himself for swinging at pitches outside the strike zone as the New York Yankees were swept in a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. "You got to swing at strikes," Judge said after going 1-for-12 in the series, which Boston completed with a 2-0 victory on Sunday. Judge struck out three or more times in three straight games for only the third time in his major league career. "That usually helps any hitter when you swing at strikes," Judge added.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani has hit two homers against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night, emphatically ending the three-time MVP's longest homer drought since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani led off the game with his 24th homer, hammering Landen Roupp's fourth pitch 419 feet deep into the right-field bleachers with an exit velocity of 110.3 mph.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
BOSTON -- Hunter Dobbins had quite the week. First, he said last weekend that he'd rather retire than pitch for the Yankees because his father was drafted by New York twice before being traded. Then, he went out and beat the Yankees.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com.au | Wright Thompson
MILWAUKEE -- Catchers Willson and William Contreras became the second pair of brothers to homer in the same inning as opponents in baseball's modern era on Saturday. Both went deep in the ninth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers that snapped the Cards' six-game skid. Willson Contreras' ninth homer of the season, a solo shot to right-center, gave St. Louis an 8-4 lead in the top of the ninth.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
ATLANTA -- Kyle Farmer just shrugged when asked about being part of a Colorado Rockies team that has the fewest wins through 70 games since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. "We don't care," Farmer said after Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves left Colorado with a 13-57 record. The Rockies have the fourth fewest wins by any team through their first 70 decisions in a season in MLB history, and the fewest since the 1899 Spiders won 12 of their first 70 decisions.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
HOUSTON -- The Minnesota Twins placed third baseman Royce Lewis on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left hamstring strain. Also on Saturday, center fielder Byron Buxton left the game against the Astros in the seventh inning with a bruised left elbow after being hit by a pitch an inning earlier. Lewis was injured running to first base on a single in the ninth inning of Friday night's 10-3 loss to Houston and had an MRI on Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
WASHINGTON -- Nationals manager Dave Martinez bristled Saturday when asked how much of his team's recent offensive struggles should be apportioned among players and his coaches after the 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. "It's never on coaching," Martinez said. "Never on coaching. Coaches work their [butts] off every single day. We're not going to fingerpoint here and say it's coaches. It's never on the coaches. They work hard. The message is clear. All the work is done prior.
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1 week ago | 
espn.com | Wright Thompson
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Aaron Civale joined the White Sox on Saturday, giving the right-hander a day to get to know his new Chicago teammates before starting for them after being traded from the Milwaukee Brewers. That's more time than he had last July when he got traded from Tampa Bay to Milwaukee. His first day in the Brewers clubhouse was the same day that he made his first start for them. "Yeah, there's that experience.
