Yankees News: Joe Girardi joins YES, Rays sign

Although Maton did finish in the 95th percentile (or above) for hard-hit percentage, predicted batting average, and average exit velocity in 2023, the Yankees did not lack a middle reliever going into 2024. It’s time to take control. When the roster is complete, it’s complete. Before the organization has make judgments at the trade deadline, the Yankees will have several months to showcase their many pitchers who still need to prove themselves.

Furthermore, the off-season isn’t exactly quiet. On Friday, the Yankees organization took another action after it was revealed that former manager and catcher Joe Girardi had joined YES Network as an analyst for the 2024 campaign. Girardi will get back together with his former teammates from the Yankees, including Paul O’Neill, Jeff Nelson, and David Cone.

Girardi presently works for the Chicago Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network, where he will continue to work while splitting responsibilities with YES. He has previously worked on YES in 2004 and 2007 as well as MLB Network (2018).

Griardi is hoping to arrive while the Yankees are winning because, gosh, if they suck in the playoffs or drag out another regular season, whatever important he has to tell the media will be widely reported in New York.

Yes, yes, more upbeat headlines! And certainly not ones in which a division opponent steals our top trade target, like the Orioles did on Thursday when they shocked everyone by making a trade for Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone was questioned about it during the “Pinstripe Pride” autograph signing at the American Dream shopping center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It has been a hot topic of discussion among Yankees fans.

Boone stated, “That might be a little bit of a problem.” “Clearly, a fantastic pitcher joining a top team. He will be around a lot, and we’re excited about the chance to take on the greatest.

That was pretty much all Boone had to say, while it would have been interesting to hear some more provocative comments like:

“Yeah, sure would’ve been great if our front office was on that after we saw with the Orioles ultimately surrendered to the Brewers in return.”

“If our offense is anything like it was in 2023, Burnes is probably going to toss a no-hitter against us in 2024.”

Carlos Rodón, who kind of owes us one this season considering how awful his first was, should get fired up by this.

The pinstripe year passed by.”

I’m kidding. Maybe not about the first one, though. However, with perhaps the best option now off the market, it’s important to wonder where the Yankees stand in the Dylan Cease negotiations with the White Sox and/or who they may have now turned their attention to for their summertime plans at the trade deadline.

In an AL East division that is as competitive as any, the Yankees don’t have much time to spare, but they are free to use April as a test month. All they need to do is be ready to change course if things don’t go according to plan.

on the clamor of people who think Aaron Judge’s joke misrepresented the team’s greatest lineup, you can now add lead YES Network play-by-play announcer Michael Kay. The onus now shifts on the Yankees to perform better on the field.

At last week’s All Rise Gala, Judge made a sarcastic remark to manager Aaron Boone, saying that if Soto bats second and Judge waits behind him (with DJ LeMahieu leading off), then everything would be OK. That could

prove to be accurate; Judge would undoubtedly symbolize the greatest insurance Soto has ever had (and he’s a man who’s been batting ahead of Fernando Tatis Jr.). Unfortunately for Judge and the Yankees, Soto’s career averages (hitting about.250 in an ever-increasing sample size in that location) seem to support the reports that he finds batting in the two-hole uncomfortable.

According to what Kay said to Foul Territory on Monday, he thinks Judge ought to remain where he is, at No. 2, where he has long been a dominant player, keep Soto at ease, and let the team’s new acquisition defend him rather than the other way around.