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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-makes-mlb-history-home-run-vs-red-sox');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Judge makes MLB history with home run vs. Red Sox');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/New-York-Yankees-outfielder-Aaron-Judge-6.jpg"><figcaption>Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Judge makes MLB history with home run vs. Red Sox</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-12T17:26:04-07:00">September 12th, 5:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T17:26:04-07:00">September 12th, 5:26pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees needed a good start in their weekend series against the Boston Red Sox. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-new-york-hits-new-low-in-113-years-red-sox">Boston had the Yankees’ number the last time the American League East rivals clashed</a>. Aaron Boone did not mince his words about his team’s performance. Luckily for him, Cody Bellinger got off to a good start behind Aaron Judge’s first inning home run, making history in the process.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-ties-joe-dimaggio-new-york-history-bomb">Judge recently matched Joe DiMaggio in Yankees history</a> when it comes to career home runs. With his 47th home run of the season, the reigning AL MVP surpassed the New York legend in the history books. However, his first inning home run on Friday night broke a record that he reached himself in 2024. Now, he stands above that season and Alex Rodriguez in 2001.</p><p>The New York offense has set franchise records when it comes to home runs this season. However, Boone and the Yankees have also suffered through lulls that made the team look miserable. Despite their struggles, the team is lurking behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the standings. Getting Judge back is crucial.</p><p>According to Major League Baseball’s Sarah Langs, he <a href="https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1966642038817821003" rel="noopener">set himself apart</a> with his latest home run.</p><p>“Aaron Judge now has 19 first-inning home runs this season,” Langs said. “That’s the most in a season in MLB history, breaking a tie at 18 with himself last season and Alex Rodriguez in 2001.”</p><p>More than a quarter of Judge’s home runs this season have come during his first at-bat of the game. As one might guess, the Yankees tend to do a lot better when he gets the offense off to a good start. It rang true against Boston, with Bellinger scoring Judge in the third inning to give New York a 2-0 lead.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-passes-yogi-berra-all-time-list-big-hr-vs-tigers">Judge appears to be getting back on track</a> ahead of the playoffs. If he can keep his production up, the Yankees have a chance to avenge their World Series loss in 2024.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Judge makes MLB history with home run vs. Red Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-brian-cashman-anthony-volpe-future-new-york');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brian Cashman gets 100% real on Anthony Volpe’s future with Yankees');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anthony-Volpe-1.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Brian Cashman gets 100% real on Anthony Volpe’s future with Yankees</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-12T17:05:09-07:00">September 12th, 5:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T17:05:09-07:00">September 12th, 5:05pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees shortstop <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-delivers-outlook-vs-red-sox-amid-shoulder-injury" rel="noopener">Anthony Volpe has been battling a shoulder injury</a>. Nevertheless, Yankees GM Brian Cashman <a href="https://x.com/ChrisKirschner/status/1966628878941601895" rel="noopener">staked a claim</a> that he was still his shortstop, per Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. </p><p>“Yeah, I think he’s a good player, Boone said. “This year notwithstanding, I think he’s got a lot of positive abilities and, this year notwithstanding, he’s had a tough stretch. I think he’s someone that we can count on and we believe in, but acknowledging at the same time, this isn’t the season that we expected or he expected, but that doesn’t change our viewpoint of what he’s capable of. I think he’s a really talented guy, and I think he has a chance to be a positive impact on us.”</p><p>On Friday, Volpe was not in the lineup for the Yankees’ first game of a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox. </p><p>As of now, the Yankees are in the heat of a fierce playoff race. Currently, they are 81-65 and are behind the Toronto Blue Jays by three games in the American League East. At the same time, the Yankees are in a tight battle with the Red Sox for the AL Wild Card. </p><p>Also, Volpe is batting .206 with 103 hits, 19 home runs, and 70 RBIs. On Thursday, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-not-in-lineup-2nd-straight-game" rel="noopener">Yankees didn’t put him into the lineup</a> due to a recent slump and ongoing battles with injuries. </p><p>Furthermore, manager Aaron Boone was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-new-york-fans-crush-aaron-boone-for-handling-of-anthony-volpe-injury" rel="noopener">criticized for not properly handling Volpe’s injury</a>. </p><h2><b>Where does Anthony Volpe go from here with the Yankees?</b></h2><p>Whatever happens from this point on, Volpe will have to undergo a recovery during the postseason. The notion that he would have to undergo surgery hasn’t been ruled out. </p><p>If he does undergo surgery, Volpe will likely have to endure a months-long recovery. Thus, he would expect to return to the middle part of the 2026 season.</p><p>Furthermore, there could be a chance he would change his positioning from shortstop to possibly second base. This could help relieve stress on his shoulder. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brian Cashman gets 100% real on Anthony Volpe’s future with Yankees

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-reveals-anthony-volpe-plan-red-sox-series');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals Anthony Volpe plan for Red Sox series');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-SS-Anthony-Volpe-3.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals Anthony Volpe plan for Red Sox series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-12T16:41:33-07:00">September 12th, 4:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T16:41:33-07:00">September 12th, 4:41pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Seeking to maintain their three-game gap behind the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-red-sox-yankees-rivalry-back-kevin-millar">Yankees began their final regular-season</a> series against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Unfortunately, the Yankees had to travel to Fenway Park for this pivotal three-game set. If things break a certain way in the AL postseason bracket, this could be a potential Wild Card round matchup. The news of New York shortstop Anthony Volpe’s torn labrum shocked many of the Yankee faithful. According to the Athletic’s Chris Kirschner on X (formerly Twitter), manager Aaron Boone doesn’t think Volpe will start <a href="https://x.com/ChrisKirschner/status/1966610519265050634" rel="noopener">any of the three games</a> against Boston.</p><p>“Aaron Boone said he doesn’t think Anthony Volpe will start any game this series but said hopefully he’s available in some capacity as he recovers from a cortisone shot in his shoulder,” posted Kirschner before the series opener Friday.</p><p>If <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-delivers-outlook-vs-red-sox-amid-shoulder-injury">Volpe is to sit out</a> these next three games, would the Yankees want him back in time for the Minnesota Twins series starting next Monday? Perhaps after the current road trip is over? New York will close the regular season with six games against two of the AL cellar dwellers, the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Would it be wise for the 24-year-old to rest and recover until the postseason starts? If so, then how big of an impact will Volpe have once October rolls around?</p><h2><b>Yankees look to capture critical series over Red Sox</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Aaron-Boone-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Whether or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-not-in-lineup-2nd-straight-game">not Volpe plays this weekend,</a> this is a series that the Yankees need to win. Capturing two out of three from Boston would allow New York to avenge their four-game series loss to the Red Sox back in the Bronx a couple weekends ago. It would solidify their hold on the top AL Wild Card spot. And, in a perfect world, it would cut into the Blue Jays’ division lead, even if it’s one game closer.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-hilarious-reaction-to-jose-caballeros-stolen-base">Boone elected to start</a> trade deadline pickup at Jose Caballero as the shortstop against Boston Friday evening. Caballero will likely take the majority of starts while Volpe is out, with Amed Rosario also an option. In an ideal world, Volpe’s rest this weekend allows him to return to the lineup by the time the Yankees close out the season at home. If not, it will be fair to question how big of an impact the shortstop will have on New York’s World Series hopes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals Anthony Volpe plan for Red Sox series

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He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are fighting for their playoff lives as the regular season winds down. Earlier this season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/grading-camilo-doval-yankees-giants-trade">Brian Cashman made some moves at the trade deadline</a>. While he addressed weak points he did not give Yankees manager Aaron Boone a starting pitcher. However, the team kicked the tires on Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Paul Skenes, offering top prospect Spencer Jones.</p><p>Skenes and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-pittsburgh-fires-derek-shelton-after-12-26-start">Pirates had a rough 2025 season, firing their manager</a> after a terrible start. As time went on and things did not take a turn for the better, all eyes turned towards the trade deadline. Some experts thought that Pittsburgh would decide to blow things up and trade away veterans for future assets. The Pirates did move on from David Bednar and Ke’Bryan Hayes in July.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/pittsburgh-pirates/pirates-news-stern-answer-inquiring-paul-skenes-trade">Trade rumors concerning Skenes</a> flew around for months. However, the All-Star starter and his organization shot down the rumors. However, that did not stop the Yankees from <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/sports/yankees-paul-skenes-check-in-unrelated-to-livvy-dunnes-nyc-apartment-search/" rel="noopener">checking in on him</a> ahead of the trade deadline. According to New York Post reporter Jon Heyman, New York offered up names like Jones and top-ranked prospect George Lombard for the pitcher.</p><p>At the end of the day, the Pirates did not pursue any trade talks involving Skenes with any kind of sincerity. Pittsburgh is a smaller market compared to New York. However, the organization has made it known that it intends to give its leader a long-term deal as soon as possible. Unfortunately for the Yankees, the opportunity to bring Skenes in via trade has already passed them by.</p><p>For now, New York has to make do with the pitchers it has in the starting rotation. Getting Gerrit Cole and potentially another starter in the offseason will help a lot in 2026. However, some fans can’t help but think about what-ifs. The Yankees could be the favorites to win a title if a deal swapping Jones and other prospects for Skenes had happened earlier in the summer.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees rumors: New York had interest in Paul Skenes before trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-red-sox-yankees-rivalry-back-kevin-millar');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox-Yankees ‘rivalry is back,’ World Series champion says');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Austin-Wells-tags-out-Jarren-Duran.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox-Yankees ‘rivalry is back,’ World Series champion says</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-12T11:59:34-07:00">September 12th, 11:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T11:59:34-07:00">September 12th, 11:59am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>During the offseason before the 1920 MLB campaign, the Boston Red Sox shocked the baseball world by trading a young star by the name of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-replicates-mlb-feat-last-done-babe-ruth-104-years-ago">Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees</a>. The result? New York now leads all of MLB with 27 total World Series championships, while the Red Sox endured a championship drought following the Ruth trade and would not win another Fall Classic until 2004. In the ’04 postseason, though, New York held a 3-0 ALCS lead over Boston before the Red Sox came back and won the series. Between the history and storylines over the past century-plus, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-brutally-honest-red-sox-rivalry">Yankees and Red Sox rivalry</a> is one of the most historic rivalries in all of sports.</p><p>However, over the past few years, the rivalry has dwindled. The Red Sox have endured ups and downs while other teams in the division have challenged the Yankees and Sox. Although the Blue Jays currently lead the AL East, New York and Boston are set to enter their upcoming weekend series separated by just a half-game in the standings. New York, at 81-65, is three games back of Toronto while the 81-66 Red Sox are 3.5 games back of first place.</p><p>According to former player Kevin Millar — who was a member of the Red Sox’s 2004 squad — the “rivalry <a href="https://x.com/IntentionalTalk/status/1966565089751834827" rel="noopener">is back</a>.”</p><p>“There is a buzz in September no matter what,” Millar said, via MLB Network’s Intentional Talk. “I’m only speaking with experience… This rivalry is back. I’ve told you guys this before, certain teams, certain rivalries, the sport is better. Red Sox, Yankees, as much as you’re sick of seeing it when you’re not on the Red Sox-Yankees, if you’ve been a part of it, you understand it… It’s better when they’re both good.</p><p>“It was not fun the last few years when the Red Sox were all the way at the bottom or near the bottom and the Yankees were really good, or vice versa. It’s good like this.”</p><p>The Yankees and Red Sox will begin their three-game series on Friday night at Fenway Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox-Yankees ‘rivalry is back,’ World Series champion says

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In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-911-tribute-two-home-runs">Yankees are smack dab</a> in the middle of another postseason hunt. Last year’s trip to the World Series ended in heartbreak, as numerous mistakes contributed to the Yankees’ loss in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. If New York hopes to avenge last year’s disappointing end, getting back on a winning track would be a good start.</p><p>After defeating the AL West-leading Houston Astros and the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays in back-to-back series, the hope was that the Yankees would do the same to the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers. However, their previous success has not translated against the Tigers, as the visitors defeated the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/tigers-news-bronx-history-yankees-blowout">Yankees twice in a row</a> in the Bronx to open the series.</p><p>The Yankees rebounded to win the series finale 9-3, yet there are still numerous Yankee regulars who need to step up if the Bronx Bombers hope to capture the AL East. Thursday’s win will keep the Yankees at least three and a half games back. While New York has seen a sophomore breakout from first baseman/ catcher Ben Rice, there’s been a regression from his fellow sophomore and battery mate, Austin Wells. If the Bombers hope to return to the Fall Classic, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-austin-wells-gets-brutally-honest-about-embarrassing-gaffe">they’ll need Wells to return</a> to his 2024 form, and fast.</p><h2><b>Austin Wells needs to return to the cleanup hitting role for the Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-C-Austin-Wells.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-austin-wells-home-run-hot-streak-vs-mariners">Wells has already had more</a> at-bats this season than last year. While he eventually became the Yankees’ top catcher, he split time with Jose Trevino at the beginning of last year. The goal for 2025 was for Wells to fully lock down the number one backstop role. Unfortunately, he’s backslidden a bit. Despite hitting more home runs and RBIs (21 and 66, respectively) than in his rookie season, the former first-round pick’s play over the last few months has led to Rice getting more reps behind the plate.</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-ben-rices-homer-helps-ny-tie-record-expansion-era">Rice has continued his breakout</a> sophomore season, he’s not the defender that Wells is. The Yankees hope Rice becomes the long-term first baseman. The hope for Wells is to be the next Jorge Posada. The good news is that September has been his best month of the season, as he’s hit <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/4683349/austin-wells" rel="noopener">.286 these last couple of weeks.</a> Can Wells continue his improved form as New York races towards a playoff spot? If so, then not only will a Wild Card spot remain on the table, but an AL East title could still be up for grabs as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

1 Yankees player who must step up in AL East race with Blue Jays, Red Sox

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-delivers-outlook-vs-red-sox-amid-shoulder-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Anthony Volpe delivers outlook vs. Red Sox amid shoulder injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-news-Anthony-Volpe-hears-the-boos-from-New-York-fans-after-strikeout.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Anthony Volpe delivers outlook vs. Red Sox amid shoulder injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-11T23:10:19-07:00">September 11th, 11:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-11T23:10:19-07:00">September 11th, 11:10pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the second straight game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-not-in-lineup-2nd-straight-game">Anthony Volpe was not available to play</a> for the New York Yankees, as a left shoulder injury sidelined him again, this time in the Yankees’ 9-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Volpe has made his fair share of blunders this year and has drawn the ire of many Yankees fans on multiple occasions, but his power production at shortstop has made him a valuable member of the roster all the same.</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-reveals-anthony-volpe-has-played-through-labrum-tear-since-may">Volpe’s absence</a> isn’t that big of a deal for the Yankees now that they have a capable backup in trade deadline acquisition Jose Caballero, the Yankees would want to have all hands on deck as they look to secure their spot in the playoffs — be it via the Wild Card or by overcoming the Toronto Blue Jays’ three-game lead in the AL East and claiming the division crown themselves.</p><p>Alas, it’s not quite clear when Volpe <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1966338607876071926" rel="noopener">would be available to return</a>, as the Yankees shortstop will be taking a wait-and-see approach to determine whether or not he’d be ready to suit up for the start of their three-game series against their sworn archrival, the Boston Red Sox.</p><p>“I think it’s just going to be day-to-day and see how it feels. Tomorrow I’ll be able to move around and go through a lot of movements and treatments and a lot more stuff, I think. I’m excited to see how it responds,” Volpe told reporters, per SNY’s Yankees Videos on X (formerly Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I think it's just going to be day-to-day and see how it feels. Tomorrow I'll be able to move around and go through a lot of movements and treatments. I'm excited to see how it responds"</p><p>Anthony Volpe on if he'll be available to play tomorrow: <a href="https://t.co/eeJQctpjWx">pic.twitter.com/eeJQctpjWx</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1966338607876071926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With Caballero doing well to hold down the fort while Volpe is recovering (Caballero went 2-3 from the plate on Thursday with one walk and one RBI), the Yankees aren’t about to rush their starting shortstop back to the field. But with a crucial series against the Red Sox on the horizon, Volpe might end up doing whatever he could just so he could get the green light to suit back up on the field.</p><h2>Anthony Volpe, Yankees jockey for playoff positioning</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-shortstop-Anthony-Volpe-hits-a-home-run.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>At present, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-who-must-step-up-aaron-judge-mlb-playoffs">Yankees are 4.5 games above the cutoff line</a> for the postseason with 16 games remaining in the season. Nothing is set in stone quite yet, which is both good and bad for them; on the one hand, they can still realistically overtake the Blue Jays for the division lead.</p><p>But one stretch of poor play could end up being the difference between playing for a World Series title come October or watching the playoffs unfold from their homes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Anthony Volpe delivers outlook vs. Red Sox amid shoulder injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-cam-schlittler-reveals-adjustment-that-helped-vs-tigers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Cam Schlittler reveals adjustment that helped vs. Tigers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-starting-pitcher-Cam-Schlittler-31-follows-through.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Cam Schlittler reveals adjustment that helped vs. Tigers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-11T21:43:56-07:00">September 11th, 9:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-11T21:43:56-07:00">September 11th, 9:43pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Somehow, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-why-cam-schlittler-is-epic-success-story-for-ny-coaching-staff">New York Yankees keep on developing unheralded talents</a> to come out and produce for them on the mound. One such player is Cam Schlittler, who, despite being drafted in the seventh round in 2022, has emerged as a legitimate big-league talent who has been performing well for the Yankees in the heat of the playoff race. In fact, Schlittler earned the win for the Yankees in their 9-3 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, allowing just one run on five hits and two walks (seven strikeouts) in 6.0 innings of work.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-cam-schlittler-burned-by-blue-jays-in-short-start">Schlittler was coming off a poor start</a> on the fifth of September when he lasted just 1.2 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, with manager Aaron Boone pulling him early after he allowed four earned runs in a 7-1 defeat. Against the Blue Jays, the Yankees’ 24-year-old starter’s timing was off and Toronto’s hitters were reading him like a book.</p><p>Thus, the adjustment Schlittler made in his latest win, which came against a Tigers team that’s leading the AL Central with am 84-63 record, was to <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1966331326975357250" rel="noopener">be more unpredictable</a> — and it clearly worked for him and the Yankees.</p><p>“[The adjustment I made from last start was] probably not tipping my pitches. For me, that was something I worked on all week so for me to get out there and at least have a stretch [where I wasn’t], you know, not giving them that slight edge made me more confident [to do] what I needed to do out there,” Schlittler told reporters, via SNY’s Yankees Videos on X (formerly Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cam Schlittler on the adjustments he made from his last start in tonight's game:</p><p>"Probably not tipping my pitches" <a href="https://t.co/j6vm9oSPS5">pic.twitter.com/j6vm9oSPS5</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1966331326975357250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s not quite clear how Schlittler was tipping his pitches in his previous start, but the Blue Jays managing to demolish him in that short span does lend credence to his observation. In the big leagues, it’s all about learning about past mistakes, and the Yankees youngster definitely did that.</p><h2><b>Cam Schlittler has become a ray of hope for the Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cam-Schlittler.jpg"><figcaption>Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees have endured a few injury woes to their pitching corps all year, which necessitated the call-up for Schlittler, who has done nothing but impress in his short stint in MLB thus far. Even with his rough start against the Blue Jays last week, he still entered their Thursday night contest against the Tigers with a 3.24 ERA in 50 innings of work — a stat line buoyed by his excellent strikeout rate.</p><p>His walk rate can be unseemly at times, but it’s clear that Schlittler’s stuff plays everywhere. He lowered his ERA to 3.05 with his gem of a performance against the Tigers, and he might end up being a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-coach-cam-schlittler-playoff-start">part of the Yankees’ playoff rotation</a> at this rate.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Cam Schlittler reveals adjustment that helped vs. Tigers

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As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Thursday night in the Bronx, the New York Yankees found both purpose and power in a 9-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. On the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-ties-joe-dimaggio-new-york-history-bomb">Aaron Judge delivered a historic and symbolic performance</a>. Hitting two home runs, Judge not only helped secure the victory but also tied Joe DiMaggio’s home run record of 361 in the franchise’s history. His performance turned the game into something far more meaningful than a regular-season win in the club’s race to the 2025 MLB playoffs.</p><p>The moment took on even deeper meaning in the postgame interview, posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) by the YES Network’s official account, as the Yankees captain <a href="https://x.com/YESNetwork/status/1966331063057215646" rel="noopener">reflected on the magnitude</a> of playing on September 11.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Judge talks with <a href="https://twitter.com/M_Marakovits?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@M_Marakovits</a> about playing on 9/11, his latest milestone, &amp; more. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YANKSonYES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YANKSonYES</a> <a href="https://t.co/wXOGHqqNTg">pic.twitter.com/wXOGHqqNTg</a></p><p>— YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/YESNetwork/status/1966331063057215646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It was a big day in New York City, especially being 9/11 and remembering the resilience of this city. The community we have here, everyone coming together—it really makes you think about how blessed we are to get a chance to come out here and play in New York, wear these pinstripes.”</p><p>Beyond the scoreboard, the night became a tribute. Players traded their traditional NY caps for those honoring first responders, including the NYPD tribute Yankees hats. Judge made sure the message wasn’t lost.</p><p>“We weren’t wearing our Yankee hat. We were wearing the hats of those who went out there in the darkest hour—who went right into danger to save people they didn’t even know. It’s more than a game. It’s more than a win or loss. This was a special moment we got to share out here.”</p><p>The atmosphere matched the emotion. A sold-out crowd roared as the anthem played and chants of “USA” echoed, giving players chills even before the first pitch.</p><p>“From the very beginning, during the anthem with both teams lined up, we felt it. The USA chant gave me chills before the game—it almost felt like a playoff atmosphere. Pretty special. A day we’ll continue to remember.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-who-must-step-up-aaron-judge-mlb-playoffs">Judge’s powerful night</a> helped the Yankees bounce back after two blowout losses to the Tigers, keeping them in possession of the American League’s No. 1 Wild Card spot. They now hold a 0.5-game lead over the Boston Red Sox and remain 3.0 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East. His 46th home run of the season underscores his leadership—both as a slugger and as a symbol for New York’s spirit.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees star Aaron Judge highlights importance of playing on 9/11 after 2 HR game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-donald-trump-aaron-judge-muscle-reaction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Donald Trump’s amazed reaction to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s ‘muscle’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Donald-Trump.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Donald Trump’s amazed reaction to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s ‘muscle’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-11T20:03:20-07:00">September 11th, 8:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-12T06:27:58-07:00">September 12th, 6:27am</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees had an unexpected off-field moment before Thursday’s 9-3 win over the Detroit Tigers, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-reaction-donald-trump-attending-game">United States President Donald Trump</a> visited the Yankees clubhouse and appeared genuinely impressed by Aaron Judge’s large muscles.</p><p>The White House Rapid Response team posted a video to their X (formerly known as Twitter) account showing Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1966272292968882249" rel="noopener">reacting</a> in awe to Judge’s build as the two crossed paths pregame during 9/11 remembrance ceremonies.</p><p>“You have that much muscle, you have to hit the ball perfect.”</p><p>The comment from the 45th and 47th President of the United States came just hours before the Yankees slugger launched two home runs, tying Joe DiMaggio’s career total of 361. His performance helped the club bounce back after being outscored 23-3 in the first two games of the series. The dramatic turnaround energized the Yankee Stadium crowd and reinvigorated the team’s postseason push.</p><p>The Yankees clubhouse visit drew plenty of attention online, with many fans noting how the president’s admiration for Judge’s size symbolically aligned with the power display that followed. The moment added unexpected weight to an already emotional day, as New York honored victims and survivors of the 9/11 attacks throughout the evening.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-ties-joe-dimaggio-new-york-history-bomb">Judge’s second homer</a>—a 434-foot shot in the third inning—extended his season total to 46 and positioned him as one of the league’s most dangerous hitters down the stretch. His dominance, paired with the Yankees bullpen holding firm after Nestor Cortes pitched six strong innings, put the game out of reach early for Detroit.</p><p>With the Yankees now sitting at 81-65 and just three games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East, every game matters. Judge’s milestone moment, combined with Trump’s viral reaction and the symbolic timing of the performance, turned a regular-season contest into something much bigger.</p><p>From his muscle-bound presence in the clubhouse to his game-changing swings on the field, the perennial AL MVP candidate gave the president—and everyone at Yankee Stadium—something to talk about.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Donald Trump’s amazed reaction to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s ‘muscle’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-is-this-when-anthony-volpe-suffered-torn-labrum-in-may');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is this when the Yankees’ Anthony Volpe suffered torn labrum in May?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-SS-Anthony-Volpe-3.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Is this when the Yankees’ Anthony Volpe suffered torn labrum in May?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-11T17:58:37-07:00">September 11th, 5:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-11T17:58:37-07:00">September 11th, 5:58pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Over the last few months, it’s been clear that the play of New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-ponders-whether-injury-is-affecting-anthony-volpe">Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe</a> wasn’t where it was supposed to be. After improving during his sophomore year, the third-year shortstop has regressed mightily in 2025. While many were worried that Volpe was actually playing injured, no one would have guessed that the 24-year-old was nursing a torn labrum. Some analysts, including MLB insider Bryan Hoch on X (formerly Twitter), pointed to <a href="https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/1966253496073924889" rel="noopener">this play on May 3rd</a> against the Tampa Bay Rays as the possible source of his current shoulder injury.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here's the Anthony Volpe diving play we've been discussing from May 3: <a href="https://t.co/1bymfzEVLD">pic.twitter.com/1bymfzEVLD</a></p><p>— Bryan Hoch ⚾️ (@BryanHoch) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanHoch/status/1966253496073924889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Here’s the Anthony Volpe diving play we’ve been discussing from May 3,” posted Hoch on Thursday evening.</p><p>After that dive, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-reveals-anthony-volpe-has-played-through-labrum-tear-since-may">Volpe was checked out</a> by the Yankees’ medical staff. He remained in the game despite clutching at his shoulder. Since that early May dive, Volpe’s stats have taken a similar stumble. The shortstop was hitting .233 going into that game against the Rays. While he maintained his production throughout the rest of May, he started to drop off in June. So, this play could be the very source of his labrum tear. If that’s the case, though, why didn’t New York’s medical team catch it sooner?</p><h2><b>Should the Yankees place Anthony Volpe on IL?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Yankees-INF-Jose-Caballero-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If Volpe were to go on the IL, the Yankees already have two players who could replace him. Well, at least until the end of this season, whenever that is. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-hilarious-reaction-to-jose-caballeros-stolen-base">Trade deadline pickups Jose Caballero</a> and Amed Rosario are capable of manning the position, even if they don’t offer as high a ceiling as a fully healthy Volpe. Then, in the offseason, the team could assess how Volpe’s recovery is going. They could then judge if more help is needed at the position this coming winter.</p><p>However, if manager Aaron Boone is to be believed, Volpe won’t need to go on the IL. The shortstop missed his second straight game on Thursday night. He also recently received a cortisone shot. Will the time off and medicine <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-anthony-volpe-given-cortisone-shot-may-shoulder-pop">help Volpe get closer</a> to full strength? If not, is it time for GM Brian Cashman and Boone to give their ailing ex-Gold Glover a much-needed break?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is this when the Yankees’ Anthony Volpe suffered torn labrum in May?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-giancarlo-stanton-joins-aaron-judge-hr-derby-vs-tigers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton joins Aaron Judge in HR Derby vs. Tigers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/New-York-Yankees-designated-hitter-Giancarlo-Stanton-3.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton joins Aaron Judge in HR Derby vs. Tigers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-11T17:32:53-07:00">September 11th, 5:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-11T17:32:53-07:00">September 11th, 5:32pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees entered Thursday’s matchup with the Detroit Tigers needing a win. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-reveals-anthony-volpe-has-played-through-labrum-tear-since-may">Aaron Boone delivered some concerning news about Anthony Volpe before the game</a>, sending shockwaves through the fanbase. However, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton calmed things down quickly. Each of them went deep early against the Tigers, treating New York to a big game.</p><p>Judge homered in his first two at-bats, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-ties-joe-dimaggio-new-york-history-bomb">tying Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio in career home runs with 361</a>. However, he was not the only New York slugger who sent a message against Detroit. Stanton followed him with a solo home run of his own in the third inning. For a player that has been disregarded because of his injury history, the former All-Star can still swing a big bat.</p><p>Stanton stepped in against Tigers reliever Sawyer Gipson-Long. He faced a full count when he turned on a slider over the heart of the plate. The former MVP crushed the pitch <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1966292979292807206" rel="noopener">429 feet to left field</a>, giving New York a 5-1 lead in the third inning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Big G with his 20th blast of the season 💪 <a href="https://t.co/oD9Lhyw4Zk">pic.twitter.com/oD9Lhyw4Zk</a></p><p>— New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1966292979292807206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Stanton’s 20th home run of the season is a good sign for a team that needs him. Boone has had issues with an inconsistent offense throughout the year. If Stanton and Judge hit their stride heading into the playoffs, there might not be a more dangerous lineup for opposing pitchers to fact in a series. For now, Yankees fans can relish watching their team put its best foot forward.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-giancarlo-stantons-injury-timeline-remains-uncertain">Stanton struggled with injury early in the season</a>. Since coming back, he has taken some time to get his feet back under him at the plate. However, that has not stopped him from notching another 20 home run season, making him the seventh Yankees player to do so this season. New York needs him to be in peak form for the playoffs. If he is, the sky’s the limit for the Yankees.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton joins Aaron Judge in HR Derby vs. Tigers

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