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Aaron Judge just gave everyone a reminder.
- It could be a preview for October.
- Michael King and Clay Holmes have been terrific, reliable and dominant. The bullpen has been hit by injuries, so they've shouldered immense workloads thus far.
- Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes wasn’t so nasty Tuesday night. The Bronx Bombers were out-bombed by Rays’ 23-year old infielder Isaac Paredes, who hammered three home runs to lead the Rays to a 5-4 win over the Yankees at Tropicana Field.
- Gleyber Torres made his first start at shortstop this season on Tuesday night, with Isiah Kiner-Falefa still out with a sore left hamstring and Aaron Boone wanting to give Aaron Judge a day of rest from the turf at Tropicana Field.
- The Yankees and Aaron Judge are not going to get an answer about his 2022 contract on Wednesday, at least not from an arbitrator. Despite reports earlier this season that the sides would meet with the arbitrator on June 22, the hearing is now scheduled for Friday.
- Aaron Hicks sat at home last year just watching baseball. After undergoing wrist surgery, Hicks was shut down in May and all he could do was watch his teammates play.
- Gerrit Cole had his no-hit bid broken up in the eighth, and Clay Holmes finally surrendered a run. It didn’t matter.
- Isaiah Kiner-Falefa was not in the lineup again on Monday night. He missed Sunday’s game with left hamstring soreness.
As the Bombers inch toward the playoffs, fans in New York are naturally getting excited about their prospects. After all, they’ve got a deep bullpen and a lineup that’s produced all year despite several injuries. Producing no matter the odds: that’s how you become a savage in the box.
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- With the Yankees looking like a World Series contender, they shouldn’t let any more hard feelings enter into their relationship with Judge.
- After getting beat here the last two games, the Blue Jays simply out-bombed the Bombers Sunday.
- Kiner-Falefa is optimistic he will be able to play on Monday when the Yankees kick off a series with the Rays at Tropicana Field.
- Clay Holmes has never met Mariano Rivera. COVID has limited the interactions with Yankees alumni and the current players.
- The Yankees seem to be able to find a different way to win every day.
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- Last weekend, Aaron Boone joked about how he is able to put Matt Carpenter on a shelf and then take him “out for a spin” once a week.
- Gleyber Torres looks like, well, Gleyber Torres.
- The Yankees headed up to Canada for the weekend toting with them the overwhelming best record in baseball.
- Even in the best of times the Yankees, as a TV product, have been taken for granted.
- The Yankees homered four times as they hammered the Blue Jays 12-3 at the Rogers Centre Friday night.
