River Ave. Blues

From Erik Boland of Newsday: "Elmer Rodriguez slated to start the exhibition opener Friday in Sarasota against Baltimore with Carlos Lagrange going Saturday at GMS against Detroit"

Our first YES broadcast will be the 1:00 Saturday home game with Lagrange pitching (Kay/Cone/Marakovits on the call)

Dax Kilby at No. 69. Nice.

It appears @yankeesbot.bsky.social is on the IL, so here's the tattoo J.C. Escarra got of his first MLB start (NYY posted it at the other place):

Wish the beat writers posted here more instead of the other place so I could repost their videos of Gerrit Cole's bullpen session today. Shrug.

Yankees’ Cam Schlittler has ‘zero’ concern over back, lat aches, will keep throwing The Yankees have suffered their first ache of the spring, as Aaron Boone revealed Thursday.

Cam Schlittler said he has "zero" concern about his back inflammation (he also said his lat has bugged him).

Here's everything you need to know about the aches and Schlittler's timetable. #Yankees

ZiPS 2026 Movers and Shakers: Hitters Checking in on the hitters whose ZiPS projections have changed the most since last year.

Which hitters have seen their ZiPS projections change the most over the past year?

Yesterday, @dszymborski.fangraphs.com ran through the position player side of the 2026 Movers and Shakers:

Who Is The Best Hitter Ever? On the righty/lefty thing.

I try anything I can to get Judge past Bonds: pebblehunting.substack.com/p/who-is-the...

“I think we’re in a good spot,” Boone said when asked about injuries, so there you go.

Aaron Boone's start of spring press conference is at 11:30am ET. It'll be on YES, though if you've seen one of these things, you've seen them all (we're excited for the season, everyone looks great, etc.). The only important thing is the injury updates.

Big blow to NYY's efforts to rebuild the 2025 team.

If projections are your thing, here's what PECOTA and FanGraphs think of the AL East as pitchers and catchers start reporting

Grainy Spring Training workout photos are back baby

A quick Camilo Doval note – the Yankees switched him from a one-seam to a two-seam at the end of August, presumably something they had in mind when they acquired him. More horizontal tail on the sinker after the switch, which ostensibly pairs well with his cutting fastball.

2026 Preseason Top 30 Yankees Prospects | RAB Thoughts Get more from RAB Thoughts on Patreon

Got a lot of words about a lot of Yankees prospects up at the Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/2026-p...

Whyyyyy

Possible with a salary close to $2M.

I wonder if NYY will claim him. Banda ate up lefties last year and they could use a strikeout lefty to complement Tim Hill's ground balls in the bullpen.

2026 Preseason Top 30 Yankees Prospects | RAB Thoughts Get more from RAB Thoughts on Patreon

Got a lot of words about a lot of Yankees prospects up at the Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/2026-p...

The Yankees announced their non-roster invitees to Spring Training today. Hess, Lagrange, and Lombard are the top names. (Players on the 40-man roster will be there automatically. That includes Elmer Rodríguez and Spencer Jones.)

Team Great Britain: Jazz Chisholm Jr. Pictured: A cutout of Jazz Chisholm Jr. in a red Great Britain uniform with white lettering. The flag of Great Britain is pictured in the background.

RT @WBCBaseball: All that Jazz 🎷

Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins Team Great Britain for the 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic 😤

ESPN is interviewing players from Tampa's favorite baseball team at the NHL's outdoor game

Tweet 🔁 @Ken_Rosenthal retweeted @BrendanKutyNJ Sources: Yankees considering trade/FA options for potential righty hitting OF bat, including Randal Grichuk, and earlier this offseason they made an offer to Austin Slater. READ: https://t.co/0yiLpmrO3R

🔁 @Ken_Rosenthal retweeted
@BrendanKutyNJ Sources: Yankees considering trade/FA options for potential righty hitting OF bat, including Randal Grichuk, and earlier this offseason they made an offer to Austin Slater.

READ: https://t.co/0yiLpmrO3R

Should have been a forever Yankee 🫡

At some point though I would like the Yankees to acquire an actually good reliever and not someone who has to be fixed. You're the Yankees, you can do the project thing *and* spend money on relievers.

That's a fun little move. Throws hard, has the kinda changeup the Yankees have had success coaching up.

Aaron Judge is your MLB The Show 26 cover athlete First details on the latest coming to The Show in 2026.

Aaron Judge in USA's WBC uniform will be on the cover of MLB The Show this year. blog.playstation.com/2026/01/27/a...

I have questions.

Siani can't hit but he's a great defensive center fielder who can be optioned to Triple-A.

Another pitcher the Yankees were never going to give up the prospects to acquire goes to a team that isn't the Yankees.

Quick thoughts after the Yankees re-sign Cody Bellinger | RAB Thoughts Get more from RAB Thoughts on Patreon

Wrote a quick thing at the Patreon about Bellinger's return and what comes next. www.patreon.com/posts/quick-...