The Yankees and Mets already have one of the better rivalries in MLB due to having a pair of ravenous fan bases loyal to their clubs. And that is just from a couple of series per year. However, playing each other 13 times a year if they were in the same division might make Yankees vs. Mets even bigger than Yankees vs. Red Sox and Mets vs. Braves.

Cubs fans booed Tucker in the sixth inning of Sunday’s 4-3 comeback victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates for failing to run out a ground ball. It was a bad look for Tucker, who barely jogged to first when he saw Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz prepare for the unassisted putout.

For the first time in 46 games, Anthony Volpe had a day off on Sunday. It was a rare breather for the shortstop. In his place was Josè Caballero, who was the un

Sometimes, when a player is struggling, he’s sent to Triple A in hopes that facing weaker opponents will help him figure things out. The New York Yankees received a similar kind of reprieve over the last week.

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The New York Yankees are keeping their playoff hopes alive, but what happens when they get into the dance is what counts. And right now, the expectations are no

Prior to Saturday night, there was only one first baseman who had multiple seven-RBI games for the Yankees, and his name was Lou Gehrig. He had nine, for the record. Now Rice has two. He joins the multi-7-RBI-game club. The Yankees needed all of that Rice production in a crazy 12-8 win over the Cardinals.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred dropped a bomb on the baseball world on Sunday night, when he mentioned during a seemingly innocuous interview at the Little League Classic that the league had its eye not just on expansion but also on a pretty profound realignment — one that would seemingly threaten the existence of the American and National Leagues in favor of Eastern and Western conferences.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball as New York Yankees Ace in Elite Company Going Into Start Against St. Louis Cardinals.

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