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MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Randy Vásquez earned his first major league win with his stellar 5.2-inning scoreless outing against the Chicago White Sox.Allowing only two hits and one walk while striking out three batters, the 24-year-old right-hander showed the kind of stuff he can bring in his second-ever outing on an MLB mound.

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: As you likely know by now, the Yankees and White Sox didn't take the field last night due to dangerously poor air quality.The teams are now scheduled to play a single-admission doubleheader today starting at 4 p.m. EST.Should poor conditions delay or postpone play again, we'll have you updated.

New York Post | Mark W. Sanchez: Yesterday, the Yankees got to breathe on an offday for just the second time in about the span of a month.But now they have to contend with MLB's best team thus far: the 26-6 Rays, who as Aaron Boone points out, have done basically everything well in 2023.They're clobbering opponents while also limiting the opposing damage on offense, and their pitchers are probably licking their lips at getting to face the Yankees' lineup in its current depleted state - especially at home in the Trop.

Sports Illustrated | Karl Rassmussen: Brian Cashman had one of his periodic face-to-face sitdowns with Yankee media yesterday, imploring the fanbase to have faith the club will pick itself up.Cashman stressed just how much baseball is left to play, implying the sluggish start to the season is more noise than signal.

Andrew Benintendi, the rent-a-player the Yankees couldn't buy last season, simply didn't want to play in New York - too much pressure, too many mouthy fans for the Midwestern guy - so he signed with the White Sox as a free agent in the off-season.Turns out, New York or Chicago, he'd be playing on a lousy team - although he could have done Yankees fans the ultimate favor by signing and pushing Aaron Hicks off the roster.

Sports Illustrated | Scott Neville: Is there a path that ends with shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa crossing enemy lines and toiling for the BoSox?Neville postulates that there is a natural fit in light of Boston's need for middle infielders and that, despite the rarity of Yankee- Red Sox swaps, Brian Cashman and Chaim Bloom have facilitated one already.

MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Yesterday afternoon, the Yankees placed starting catcher Jose Trevino on the injured list with a left hamstring strain.To replace him on the active roster, they promoted catcher Ben Rortvedt.Originally acquired from the Yankees as part of the deal that sent Gio Urshela and Gary Sánchez (who, coincidentally, was just added to the active roster by the New York Mets) to the Twins for Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Josh Donaldson, Rortvedt has yet to actually make an appearance for the Yankees: an oblique injury and knee surgery sidelined him at the start of the 2022 season, and an aneurysm in his shoulder required surgery in February.

You almost certainly didn't know who Ian Hamilton was before the season started.You probably do now.The 28-year-old righthander had fewer than 15 appearances at the major league level before breaking camp with the Yankees last month.Now, just barely six weeks into the season, he's already cementing himself as an electric late-inning option in an ever-evolving bullpen.

Hear me out.This is far from ideal, but there's a world in which there's some sense to be found in considering AJ Pollock as a fallback option for their left field hole.It might be a bottom-10th percentile outcome in terms of how this offseason would ideally be scripted, but it's always good to have a contingency plan!

Here we go - the Yankees are hitting the road again, and up first is the team that they're looking all the way up at in the AL East standings.The Rays have played better than anyone else in the early going, proving their place with a sweep of the top NL team at the moment in the Pirates (side note: that is a bizarre statement to make).

Let's start with just saying it; Brian Cashman's not wrong.Winning the division and bowing out in the ALCS isn't a bad season, especially if you believe the bit about losing to the team that eventually wins it all.There is a certain element of randomness to the postseason - in the last ten years, the best team in the regular season has won the World Series just three times, and you're as likely to be bounced in the first round as one of the league's top seeds (2022 Dodgers, 2017 Cleveland) as you are to take the pennant.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country.Sign up here to join Reacts.It's been a pretty awful week at Yankees camp, with players dropping like flies left and right.

2019 was a year full of surprises for the Yankees.It was a team that won 103 games, and was two wins away from reaching the World Series.At certain points, that would have been very hard to believe, as crushing injuries left the team short-handed for significant portions of the season.But many of those who stepped in delivered well beyond expectations, Mike Tauchman being an excellent example of just that.

Clubhouse chemistry is a slippery thing.The Bronx Zoo makes for a good story, but most of the time, good teams end up having good chemistry.The effects seem to be endogenous - does winning just make everyone feel good and get along, or do players that create those feelings actually help you score a lot of runs while not allowing many?

The holiday season was a productive one for the Yankees, who checked re-signing the face of the franchise (Aaron Judge), a second ace (Carlos Rodón), and veteran bullpen depth (Tommy Kahnle) off their shopping list, while also adding a small bundle of stocking stuffers in the form of minor league free agent signings.

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: The New York Yankees formally re-introduced superstar outfielder Aaron Judge yesterday morning at Yankee Stadium, as the slugger officially re-signed with the team that drafted him.As part of those proceedings, Hal Steinbrenner made official what everybody anticipated when the news of his nine-year deal broke two weeks ago, naming Aaron Judge the 16th captain of the New York Yankees.

Braves Franchise History
1920 - Lee Magee admits to NL president John Heydler that he tried to throw a game against the Boston Braves while he was with the Reds.Cincinnati eventually won the game in 13 innings.1948 - The Boston Braves acquire outfielder Johnny Wyrostek from the Phillies in exchange for shortstop Eddie Miller.

Sports Illustrated | Max Goodman: The Twins made a deal on Monday for Michael A. Taylor, an intriguing decision given their glut of outfield options at the moment.This decision has stoked the hot stove oven a bit with rumors about Minnesota dealing one of their current options, with the Yankees ' name ever present thanks to their left field situation.

The Hot Stove is heating up for the New York Yankees.For the second day in a row, Brian Cashman is linked to a juicy trade rumor as the general manager looks to fill the void in left field created by Andrew Benintendi, who signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the Chicago White Sox.The Athletic's Jim Bowden reports "the Yankees are exploring trade options, including Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates, and free-agent options such as Jurickson Profar, who would be a good match if the price is right."

The New York Yankees have checked off two big boxes on their offseason to-do list: re-signing Anthony Rizzo and, most importantly, re-signing Aaron Judge.Now, they can move on to other positions, such as starting pitcher, where they are reportedly taking a long hard look at Carlos Rodón, and shortstop, which has a source of controversy since Isiah Kiner-Falefa claimed the starting job last season.

The New York Yankees have re-signed Brian Cashman to a four-year contract, the team announced.The new deal will run through the 2026 season and Cashman, 55, will retain the title of senior vice president and general manager.The longest-serving general manager in franchise history, Cashman built a club that won the American League East last season and advanced to the ALCS, where it lost to the Houston Astros.

It's no secret that the Yankee universe will orbit around Aaron Judge's free agency this off-season.Every other move New York makes will be contingent on the Gordian Knot of attempting to retain the American League's new home run king.Judge bet on himself and won when he turned down the Yankees ' contract extension offer prior to the 2022 season.

New York Daily News | James O'Connell: The Yankees didn't waste any time savoring Aaron Judge's MVP crowning, as Brian Cashman announced the club has already extended an offer to the superstar free agent.During his annual support of Covenant House, Cashman re-iterated that Judge was the team's biggest priority this winter, and remarked that the organization is under great pressure to keep the MVP in the fold.