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The U.S. was held to four hits, including an eighth-inning home run by Oakland's Mark Payton off Ryan Searle. Winner Tim Atherton allowed one hit in 5 1/3 innings, and former big leaguer Peter Moylan got two outs. Jon Kennedy retired two batters for the save, including the New York Yankees' Erik Kratz on a game-ending flyout. Continue to Article

November 13, 2019 2:22:am EST

Former New York Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild will assume the same role with the San Diego Padres, according to multiple reports Friday. While the team did not confirm the move, longtime Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley told The San Diego Union-Tribune that his role is changing. "I've been really fortunate," Balsley said Friday. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 2:46:pm EST

The New York Yankees, who fired veteran pitching coach Larry Rothschild last month, reportedly are adding a youthful replacement. Matt Blake, 33, is set to land the job, multiple media outlets reported Thursday night. Blake was the Indians' assistant director of player development for three years -- until Tuesday, when he was promoted to be Cleveland's director of pitching development. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 12:19:am EST

The Yankees offense set the franchise record for home runs in a single season and fell one round-tripper shy of tying the Twins (307 homers) for the single-season major-league record. The 22-year-old middle infielder posted a robust .278/.337/.535 triple-slash line with a career-high 38 home runs and 90 RBI across 604 plate appearances. Despite battling persistent injury issues, superstar right fielder Aaron Judge belted 27 homers in just 447 plate appearances and narrowly missed crossing the five wins-above-replacement (WAR) threshold for the third consecutive season. Continue to Article

November 07, 2019 7:28:am EST

Jack Curry of YES Network reported yesterday that the Yankees interviewed David Cone for their pitching coach vacancy last week. Last week it was reported that the Yankees were interviewing a couple of college coaches — University of Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs and University of Michigan pitching coach Chris Fetter — about succeeding Larry Rothschild as the club's pitching coach. Interviewing Cone — who has no coaching experience and has been a broadcaster and has written a book since he retired — continues with the “think outside the box” approach. Continue to Article

November 06, 2019 9:51:am EST