Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May in greater Phoenix and has the support of high-ranking federal public health officials, sources told ESPN.
Larry Hardesty and Gordon Damer react to the top news stories of the day including the idea that the MLB will minimize the game length to 7 innings.
Eric and Tristan discuss the impact of a shortened season, evaluate recent simulations and guess at a great trivia question!
The game that would be the hardest to explain to a first-time baseball watcher last year was, almost certainly, the one viewed by the most first-time baseball watchers.
Marly Rivera joined Larry Hardesty to discuss the Astros' punishment saga, what will happen with the Red Sox, how Covid-19 is effecting the players/teams and much more.
Mark Teixeira joined Chris Carlin to take a look back at the 2009 World Series run with the Yankees specifically what that time meant to him.
Beer flights. Knife fights. Planes, trains ... and parachutes? These stories would have broken the internet.
Meredith Marakovits joins Chris Carlin to discuss how she incorporated social media to tell more in-depth Yankees stories, who fascinates her the most on YES and much more.
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake on whether pitchers would be prone to injuries with starting and stopping their throwing this spring: "There's definitely a possibility of it, just like any start and stop throughout the season. Anytime you stop and then idle guys, and then try and ramp them back up, that's where the concern would be if you do it too quickly. So we're trying to be as proactive in monitoring their situations as much as possible, so we safely bring them up to speed."
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake on potentially how many pitchers they will need once the season starts back up, since it may require a lot of doubleheaders: "Depends on how much the starters get built up in spring training. The easy place to go would be in that 15 (pitchers) range. I think (we've) heard 28-29 players being talked about for opening the season back up, but I think if you have 15 guys... you could use some depth."
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake said that James Paxton is doing well in his throwing program and rehab from having a peridiscal cyst removed from his lower back.
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake said that "there's definitely a possibility" that pitchers may get injured with the "stop-start" workouts that they may experience this spring training.
There's obviously no certainty at this point, but pitching coach Matt Blake said the Yankees may need around 15 pitchers if teams are asked to play 8-9 games per week during the season, which would require doubleheaders.
From "The Bird" to "The Hammer" and the original Baby Bomber, we tell the stories of stars who burned bright but flamed out, having a brief time in the spotlight.
Former Yankees & Pirates P.R. Director Rick Cerrone announced Tuesday that to help fans through the absence of games, Baseball Digest (he's editor in chief) is making its full 1942-2019 archive of 800+ issues available free online through 7/15 @ http://baseballdigest.com/Free.
Darryl Strawberry joins Buster to discuss what he would tell his 18-year-old self now, what he remembers about the 16-inning game 6 of the '86 NLCS, why they came out flat against the Red Sox in the World Series, and the differences between that Mets team and the '98 Yankees (2:47).
Andy Martino joins Chris Carlin to speculate what the MLB regular season is going to look like, if innings will be reduced, how this specifically affects the Yankees and more.
Kyle Peterson joins Buster to discuss the major changes to the MLB Draft including the hard decisions college baseball players and coaches have to make in this time of uncertainty, the $20,000 cap on signing bonuses for undrafted players, teams that might look to save money by dumping players and what Kyle would do to help increase interest in baseball (1:40). Later, Sarah Langs hops on to talk about which players might've never made the big leagues under the new draft format and how players on short-term deals are likely to be hurt the most by teams looking to cut payroll (28:20).
Dave Martinez, Kevin Cash, Joe Girardi and others talk about connecting with their players, missing baseball and enjoying some extra family time.
