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Chris Carelli, SNY.TV Facebook | Twitter | About Me | Archives The Yankees have an advantage over many teams when it comes to their bullpen, but it's not where you might believe. Yes, the endgame quartet of Tommy Kahnle, David Robertson, Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman is not rivaled by many clubs, but assembling a dominant backend of the bullpen is fairly common in today's game. However, some organizations are also changing their methods of bullpen assembly in the middle innings. Yankees are now dominating in this area, courtesy of right-handers Chad Green and Adam Warren. Superior production via different methods Receiving strong production from middle relievers is one thing, but when they Continue to Article

August 17, 2017 10:33:am EST

The Yankees scored three runs in 5 1/3 innings Wednesday night against Robert Gsellman, who threw a wild pitch, walked three batters and gave up four hits, including a 457-foot home run by Aaron Judge that landed in the third deck above left field. Nevertheless, Mets manager Terry Collins said after the game that Gsellman will get another start next week, most likely at home against the Diamondbacks. Gsellman was making his return from a hamstring injury to start in place of Seth Lugo, who was put back on the disabled list earlier this week with pain in his pitching shoulder. According to multiple reports, had Lugo not been injured, Gsellman would have remained in Triple-A, where he had been Continue to Article

August 17, 2017 9:10:am EST

NEW YORK -- As long as struggling? Yankees?closer Aroldis Chapman checks out healthy Wednesday night and perhaps into the morning, he's back in his regular slot Thursday, manager Joe Girardi said. The Yankees felt confident enough that Chapman was OK that they did not opt for an MRI, according to Girardi. "He will continue to be my closer," Girardi said before the Yankees' 5-3 win over the? Mets. "We won't close with him tonight because we're going to let him go through some things. We think that his leg is not going to be an issue, but we want him to go through some things and make sure that it is OK. "If everything he goes through today [is OK] and the trainer says he's fine, he'll be my closer Continue to Article

August 16, 2017 11:41:pm EST