Kirschner and Rosenthal also reported that the Yankees are keeping talks open with the Brewers on Freddy Peralta, who might not be an alternative to Cabrera. This might just be a negotiating tactic from Brian Cashman, as it's hard to see them ponying up the massive prospect haul it would take to acquire two starters via trade, but it's pretty clear the Yanks are trying to add at least one starter.
Dominguez delivered league-average results at the plate in his first full season of MLB action. He was widely regarded as New York's top prospect before last season. Given his pedigree, Dominguez is likely overqualified as a fourth outfielder. Jones is probably due for a call-up after launching 35 home runs across Double-A and Triple-A last season, but adding him to the roster without a clear role could stunt his development.
Berra debuted in 1946 but played only seven games that season. He wore No. 38 and No. 35 during his debut season and 35 in 1947, while Bill Dickey, who won eight World Series titles as a Yankees catcher, wore No. 8. Dickey retired as a player following the 1946 season and Aaron Robinson, a 1947 All-Star, inherited No. 8 before Berra. The Yankees retired No. 8 in 1972 to honor both Dickey and Berra.
Anthony Volpe spent much of the 2025 season playing through a partially torn left labrum, and the Yankees shortstop addressed the problem in the form of a surgical procedure yesterday, according to Joel Sherman and Greg Joyce of the New York Post. The exact timeline for Volpe's recovery isn't yet clear, but if everything goes normally, a source tells Sherman/Joyce that Volpe would be ready for the start of the 2026 season.
Harkey, 58, has served two separate stints as the team's bullpen coach. His first stint was from 2008-13, which included the World Series winning 2009 season. After spending 2014-15 as the pitching coach for the Diamondbacks, he returned as the Yankees' bullpen coach in 2016 and had been in that role ever since, until today's news. The club has generally churned out a strong relief corps in those ten seasons.
Maybe the Yankees can take some small consolation from the fact that they had three more postseason wins than the team that spent $765 million to steal Juan Soto away from the Bronx. Call that a Subway Series victory for Hal Steinbrenner. The Yankees' principal owner avoided being on the hook for Soto's onerous 15-year contract and still got five more sellout crowds at the Stadium - nearly a quarter-million beer-drinking, hot dog-eating customers - before the Yankees ultimately fell to the Blue Jays, 5-2,
The Yankees acquired Williams from Milwaukee to be their closer. He lost the job twice but rebounded and was solid in the final stretch and the postseason as David Bednar's setup man, although he did give up a two-run single that allowed a pair of inherited runners to score in the seventh inning of Game 4 as Toronto increased its lead from 2-1 to 4-1.
There was justice delayed in Yankee Stadium last night, as Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisolm hit clutch home runs to keep the Yankees alive in a series they seemed sure to lose. We know where they can look if they want some inspiration about coming from behind to win a series after you were on the brink of being swept.
Schlittler, 24, who beat out Gil for the third rotation spot down the stretch of the regular season, struck out 12 in eight innings in the Yankees' 4-0 victory over the Red Sox in the deciding Game 3 of their AL Wild Card Series. He became the first pitcher in MLB history to throw at least eight scoreless innings with at least 12 strikeouts and no walks in a postseason game.
