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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/kansas-city-royals/royals-news-seth-lugo-insane-pitching-feat-yankees');   ga('set', 'title', 'Royals pitcher Seth Lugo pulls off insane pitching feat vs. 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/2025/04/Seth-Lugo-pulls-off-insane-pitching-feat-vs.jpg"><figcaption>Peter Aiken-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Royals pitcher Seth Lugo pulls off insane pitching feat vs. Yankees</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-15T09:42:24-07:00">April 15th, 9:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-15T11:43:38-07:00">April 15th, 11:43am</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Kansas City Royals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Kansas City Royals came up short against the New York Yankees on Monday night, falling 4-1 at Yankee Stadium in the first meeting between the two teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/mlb-news-full-blown-brawl-nearly-happened-in-heated-yankees-royals-alds-game-4">since the 2024 ALDS</a>. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/kansas-city-royals/royals-news-seth-lugo-gets-real-wild-eight-pitch-repertoire">Royals starter Seth Lugo</a> took the loss, but if it’s any consolation, he pulled off a bonkers feat in the process.</p><p>As Tom Verducci pointed out on the game broadcast, Lugo had <a href="https://x.com/jonmorosi/status/1911937868194292214" rel="noopener">thrown nine different</a> pitch types by 8:20 p.m. ET, when the game was still in the fifth inning.</p><p>Lugo, now 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA on the young season, is known for his wide arsenal of pitches and he doesn’t hesitate to unfurl them all. By the time his 6.2 innings were done, he had thrown 10. He threw 98 total pitches, with 22 four-seam fastballs to lead the way. He also threw 16 curveballs and sinkers each, 11 cutters, eight changeups and sliders, seven slow curves, five slurves, four splitters and a sweeper, according to FanGraphs.</p><p>The velocity on his pitches ranged from 73.6 mph to 92.2 mph. Overall, he threw 66 percent of his pitches for strikes, walking two Yankees and striking out four.</p><h2><b>Royals pitcher Seth Lugo also allows wild home run feat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jazz-Chisholm-Jr.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees scored all four of their runs on Monday via the solo home run, all off of Lugo. That makes Lugo only the fifth Royals pitcher ever to <a href="https://x.com/KSeaboldt/status/1912171981107044844/photo/1" rel="noopener">allow at least four runs</a>, all on solo shots, and the first since 2016 (Chris Young). Young gave up five runs that day, also against the Yankees. The others, Zack Greinke, Jeff Suppan and Jim Pittsley, all gave up four apiece.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-aaron-judge-elite-club-6th-hr-2025">Jazz Chisholm Jr.</a>, Austin Wells, Trent Grisham and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-ben-rice-explains-hot-start-2025">Ben Rice were the four Yankees to go yard</a> on Lugo, and after the game, Chisholm explained <a href="https://www.mlb.com/royals/news/bobby-witt-jr-homers-in-royals-loss-to-yankees" rel="noopener">the New York approach</a>.</p><p>“We all know that he’s very aggressive in the zone; he doesn’t like to walk people,” he said, per Bill Ladson of MLB.com. “If you watch his last couple of games, he’s really been in the strike zone a lot, and in the strike zone early. I think we went up there with a plan of attack [to] get your pitch early. He throws eight or nine pitches, but get your pitch early and attack it.”</p><p>The Royals will try to get back on track against new Yankees ace Max Fried on Tuesday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Royals pitcher Seth Lugo pulls off insane pitching feat vs. 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-ben-rice-explains-hot-start-2025');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ben Rice explains key to hot start for Yankees in 2025');   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/2025/04/New-York-Yankees-slugger-Ben-Rice-watches-the-ball-fly-through-the-air.jpg"><figcaption>© Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Ben Rice explains key to hot start for Yankees in 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-15T06:34:42-07:00">April 15th, 6:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-15T11:46:11-07:00">April 15th, 11:46am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees player Ben Rice is giving his thoughts about his performance so far this season. Rice was a star for the club on Monday night, as <a href="https://x.com/MLBNetwork/status/1911965677608456214" rel="noopener">he homered in a team victory</a> over Kansas City. New York defeated the Royals, 4-1.</p><p>“The approach has been a little stronger, a little more conviction in what I’m doing,” Rice said in an interview with MLB Network, regarding his hitting stance.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The approach has been a little stronger, a little more conviction in what I'm doing."<a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yankees</a> slugger Ben Rice chats with <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonmorosi</a> after hitting another HR in tonight's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLBNShowcase?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MLBNShowcase</a> victory. <a href="https://t.co/l2RZZniUec">pic.twitter.com/l2RZZniUec</a></p><p>— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBNetwork/status/1911965677608456214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That hitting approach is working. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-boone-applauds-real-hitter-ben-rice-breakout-start-season">Rice has five home runs on the season for the Yankees</a>. New York is 9-7 after defeating the Royals Monday.</p><p>The Yankees slugger is hitting at a .300 batting average so far this year. Rice also has seven RBIs for the Bronx Bombers, who are fighting for the top spot in the American League East.</p><h2><b>The Yankees have had strong offense this season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-second-baseman-Jazz-Chisholm-Jr-13-reacts-to-hitting-a-home-run.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Bronx Bombers are having an up-and-down start to the campaign. New York has struggled on defense, with some disappointing performances from their rotation. New York entered Monday’s game having lost five of their last seven.</p><p>The offense, though, is a different story. Aaron Judge is hitting at a powerful pace once again, and the Yankees are finding heroes in all sorts of spots in the batting lineup. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-aaron-judge-elite-club-6th-hr-2025">Jazz Chisholm Jr. is also off to a strong start</a>, like Rice. Those two players have 11 home runs combined, through the team’s first month of the season.</p><p>The Yankees are looking to return to the World Series. New York reached the championship last season, before bowing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The club will have a difficult challenge getting back there, as pitcher Gerrit Cole is out hurt. Juan Soto is also gone, as well as several other key players on last year’s team.</p><p>The good news for Yankees fans is that they are getting quality production from other guys. While New York is also going to rely on free agent acquisitions Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt, New York needs others to support Judge in the lineup.</p><p>The Yankees play the Royals again on Monday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ben Rice explains key to hot start for Yankees in 2025

<!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-mike-trout-reaction-aaron-judge-team-usa-captain');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mike Trout’s reaction to Aaron Judge Team USA captain announcement, revealed');   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/2025/04/Mike-Trout-and-Aaron-Judge.jpg"><figcaption>Geoff Burke-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mike Trout’s reaction to Aaron Judge Team USA captain announcement, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T23:06:38-07:00">April 14th, 11:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T23:06:38-07:00">April 14th, 11:06pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mike Trout, who led Team USA as captain in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, has no reservations about handing the role to New York Yankees slugger <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-team-usa-mark-derosa-manager-fired-up-message-aaron-judge-captaincy">Aaron Judge, who was officially named the 2026 captain</a> on Monday. “I reached out to Trout yesterday, told him where we were going,” Team USA manager Mark DeRosa <a href="https://www.twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1911860317363028226" rel="noopener">shared in an interview</a>. “He said, ‘He’s the one.’”</p><p>https://www.twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1911860317363028226</p><p>Judge was officially introduced as Team USA’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic on Monday, with manager Mark DeRosa making the announcement on MLB Network. Judge is the first player to commit to the 2026 roster and is set to make his WBC debut in the upcoming tournament.</p><p>The Yankees star had shown interest in suiting up for Team USA in the past but opted out of the 2023 World Baseball Classic after a historic 62-home run season and a hectic free agency that ended with a nine-year, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/grading-aaron-judge-9-year-360-million-yankees-contract-in-free-agency">$360 million deal. With the Yankees</a> naming him their first captain since Derek Jeter, Judge believed his focus belonged in the Bronx at that time.</p><p>“It’s something special getting a chance to represent our country,” said the 32-year-old. “Just thinking about all the brave men and women that have fought for this country and laid their lives down for us to get a chance to go out here, and especially me, to get a change to go out here and play a game, it’s a pretty humbling experience.”</p><h2><b>Mike Trout passing the torch to Aaron Judge</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-of-the-New-York-Yankees_defd47.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Though Trout is just a year older than Judge, this move feels symbolic — a passing of the torch. Trout dominated the 2010s as the face of baseball, but in the 2020s, injuries have slowed him down while Judge and Shohei Ohtani have taken center stage.</p><p>Mike Trout remains a high-level player when healthy and is already a lock for the Hall of Fame, but his prime seems to be in the rearview. Since claiming his last MVP in 2019, he’s played more than 100 games just once, and the Angels haven’t posted a winning season since 2015. On the other hand, Judge is still dominating. With two AL MVPs in the past three years, he’s firmly in his peak and on track for a third in 2025—assuming he stays on the field.</p><p>Judge, already the Yankees’ captain and a proven leader, just guided New York to the World Series last fall. He’s one of the most respected players in the game and fully understands what it takes to lead a team.</p><p>Yankees manager<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-hall-of-fame-admission-aaron-boone"> Aaron Boone called Judge</a> the “perfect face to be captain of Team USA.” At the plate, few can match him. The 32-year-old is hitting .357 with six home runs, 20 RBIs, 17 runs, and a staggering 1.228 OPS this season. It’s a continuation of his dominant 2024 campaign, where he led the majors with 58 homers, 144 RBIs, and a 1.159 OPS on his way to a second AL MVP award.</p><p>With Judge on board, Team USA becomes an even more intimidating force heading into the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The Americans are set to compete in Pool B, grouped with Mexico, Italy, Great Britain, and Brazil. The tournament kicks off Thursday, March 5, 2026.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mike Trout’s reaction to Aaron Judge Team USA captain announcement, revealed

<!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-jazz-chisholm-jr-aaron-judge-elite-club-6th-hr-2025');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins Aaron Judge in elite club with 6th HR of 2025');   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/2025/04/Yankees-second-baseman-Jazz-Chisholm-Jr-13-reacts-to-hitting-a-home-run.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins Aaron Judge in elite club with 6th HR of 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T18:29:16-07:00">April 14th, 6:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T18:29:16-07:00">April 14th, 6:29pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. hasn’t been hitting well so far in the 2025 MLB regular season, but one thing he’s done since the beginning of the campaign is hit dingers.</p><p>During Monday night’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/royals-vs-yankees-prediction-odds-pick-4-14-2025">series opener at the Bronx against the visiting Kansas City Royals</a>, the 27-year-old Chisholm ripped another one for a home run in the fourth inning to tie the game’s score at 1-1.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s 6th of the year ties the game and ties for the league lead in home runs 🤯 <a href="https://t.co/80N29VLTad">pic.twitter.com/80N29VLTad</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1911935013274198024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>With that home run off of Royals starter Seth Lugo, Chisholm tied Yankees captain Aaron Judge and others <a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/" rel="noopener">for the most home runs to date</a> this season. Chisholm, who entered the game hitting just .189 with a .704 OPS, also interestingly hit that home run against a pitcher he mostly struggled to deal with in the past. In fact, he is <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/34873/seth-lugo" rel="noopener">just 1-for-13 with five strikeouts</a> and just a walk all-time in the big leagues against Lugo.</p><p>Chisholm got a strike on a curveball from Lugo in the first pitch before turning on an 86 MPH curveball for a 411-foot home run. His home run gave him a two-game homer streak, as he also had a blast in a 5-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at home.</p><p>Before that Giants game, the last time Chisholm went homer-less for eight consecutive games. He started the season on fire, hitting three home runs in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-brutally-honest-torpedo-bats">three-game series sweep of the Yankees against the Milwaukee Brewers</a> late last March.</p><p>Fans also have lots of things to say about Chisholm’s big blast against the Royals.</p><p>“Jazz always come through,” <a href="https://x.com/BitBullVault/status/1911937623733445015" rel="noopener">said</a> a fan.</p><p>Another one <a href="https://x.com/WesternDominion/status/1911935669771047205" rel="noopener">said</a>: “Chisholm’s heating up, league’s in trouble now. ⚾️”</p><p>“He’s batting .100 since calling the anti-torpedo crowd ‘idiots’. You can’t do that in baseball. It’s a superstitious sport, always has been always will be.,” <a href="https://x.com/4TheCycle_/status/1911940990857875565" rel="noopener">commented</a> another fan on MLB’s post of Chisholm’s homer.</p><p>“As a Mets fan I would already rather have this guy than Juan Soto,” read a <a href="https://x.com/the_bk_burner/status/1911935218195325198" rel="noopener">different comment</a>.</p><p>Hopefully for Chisholm, he will be effective as well at the plate on Tuesday when he faces off against Kansas City scheduled starter Michael Wacha, who’s held him hitless in 13 at-bats in their career matchups in the big leagues.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. joins Aaron Judge in elite club with 6th HR of 2025

<!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-applauds-real-hitter-ben-rice-breakout-start-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone applauds ‘real hitter’ Ben Rice after breakout start to season');   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/2025/04/Ben-Rice.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone applauds ‘real hitter’ Ben Rice after breakout start to season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T17:58:19-07:00">April 14th, 5:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T17:58:19-07:00">April 14th, 5:58pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-boone-big-time-admission-max-fried-gem-tigers">Aaron Boone had some high remarks</a> to share about Ben Rice’s start to the 2025 MLB season.</p><p>To start the year, Rice boasts a .298 batting average as he made 14 hits for six RBIs in 47 at-bats. He has scored four home runs, showing off a lot of momentum in the Yankees’ rotation.</p><p>Boone talked about Rice’s performances in an interview with MLB.com. What he said <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/ben-rice-hitting-the-ball-as-hard-as-anyone-in-majors" rel="noopener">exemplifies the growth</a> the manager has seen from one of his key players.</p><p>“I think it’s who he is. I think he’s a real hitter,” Boone said of Rice. “I’d even add last year in there, too; I know he had some struggles there, but we saw a lot of good in there, the ability to hit the ball with authority. I think that’s only grown with how much he’s grown physically and just gaining from that experience. He’s a high-quality at-bat right now.”</p><h2><b>What’s next for Aaron Boone, Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Boone.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Aaron Boone is correct in his assessment of Ben Rice’s jump from last year. It took a while for the young catcher to adapt but he is finally gaining rhythm to the team’s benefit.</p><p>Rice’s rookie year was up and down throughout 2024. He had a .171 batting average as he made 26 hits for 23 RBIs and seven home runs in 152 at-bats. For him to be on pace to shatter those numbers in his second season is significant for Rice, paying dividends to his growth in the league.</p><p>New York has an 8-7 record to begin the season, having the second spot in the AL East Division standings. They trail the Toronto Blue Jays by 0.5 games.</p><p>Following Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/royals-vs-yankees-prediction-odds-pick-4-14-2025">Yankees will prepare for the second matchup</a> against their opponents. They take on the Royals on April 15 at 7:05 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone applauds ‘real hitter’ Ben Rice after breakout start to season

<!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-team-usa-mark-derosa-manager-fired-up-message-aaron-judge-captaincy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Team USA manager sends ‘fired up’ message about Yankees’ Aaron Judge captaincy');   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/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-of-the-New-York-Yankees-2.jpg"><figcaption>Tom Horak-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Team USA manager sends ‘fired up’ message about Yankees’ Aaron Judge captaincy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T17:53:39-07:00">April 14th, 5:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T17:53:39-07:00">April 14th, 5:53pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the New York Yankees are busy with the 2025 season, superstar outfielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-captain-america-world-baseball-classic-honor">Aaron Judge was recently named captain</a> for Team USA for the World Baseball Classic taking place in March 2026. It’s a big moment for the 32-year-old slugger and the Team USA manager, Mark DeRosa is over the moon about it.</p><p>In a press conference for the WBC, DeRosa <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1911897221303255175" rel="noopener">sent an ecstatic message</a> about Judge being named captain of the team. He admitted he wanted the Yankees star to be the captain of the team and claimed that Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout agreed to step down as captain and give it to Judge.</p><p>“I couldn’t be more fired up for Aaron Judge.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I couldn't be more fired up."</p><p>Team USA manager Mark DeRosa knew who he wanted to carry out the flag in 2026. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldBaseballClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldBaseballClassic</a> <a href="https://t.co/Nulp2HnHJ0">https://t.co/Nulp2HnHJ0</a> <a href="https://t.co/1KrTOC9eZ5">pic.twitter.com/1KrTOC9eZ5</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1911897221303255175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although there were some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-judge-shuts-down-potential-world-baseball-classic-concern">concerns about Aaron Judge playing in the WBC</a> next year, the two-time MVP winner shut those downs with confidence. He hopes to have a long season with the Yankees this year, hinting at the possibility of a World Series win. Judge then backed that up claiming he wants to have a short offseason as well, which sounds like he’ll be more than ready for the WBC.</p><p>Having Judge as the captain seems rather fitting. He’s arguably the best hitter in baseball after leading the league in home runs in two of his previous three seasons. In 2025, Aaron Judge is on pace to do it once again. Entering Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, the star slugger owns a .357 batting average and .478 OBP while hitting six home runs and 20 RBIs through 56 at-bats.</p><p>With the announcement of Aaron Judge serving as captain for Team USA, this marks the first time in his career that he’ll play in the World Baseball Classic. As of Monday, he is the only player on the Team USA roster but more players will fill out the roster in the coming months.</p><p>The last WBC came down between Team USA and Japan. With Shohei Ohtani leading the way, Japan edged the US 3-2 in a classic showdown. Ohtani walked away from the contest named the MVP of the tournament. That’s something that Aaron Judge should be able to challenge Ohtani for in the 2026 WBC.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Team USA manager sends ‘fired up’ message about Yankees’ Aaron Judge captaincy

<!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-aaron-judge-shuts-down-potential-world-baseball-classic-concern');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Judge shuts down potential World Baseball Classic concern');   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/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-of-the-New-York-Yankees_887fab.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Judge shuts down potential World Baseball Classic concern</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T16:39:42-07:00">April 14th, 4:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T18:56:43-07:00">April 14th, 6:56pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-captain-america-world-baseball-classic-honor">Aaron Judge was recently named a captain</a> for the 2026 World Baseball Classic as he currently leads the New York Yankees to a potential playoff appearance in MLB. However, there are some concerns about how he’d approach the preseason next March. The star outfielder shut those concerns down on Monday.</p><p>During a press conference at the WBC, the 32-year-old slugger was asked if <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1911862394193576382" rel="noopener">he had any kind of concerns</a> about playing in the WBC and spring training. Aaron Judge simply explained that he hopes the Yankees play a long season this year and that the offseason remains short. He’s essentially hinting at the idea of participating in the 2025 World Series then turning around and playing in the World Baseball Classic.</p><p>“I’m hoping for a long season this year, a very short offseason, and we’ll keep it rolling right into the WBC.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Judge isn't worried about the World Baseball Classic impacting his ramp-up plan for next season:</p><p>"I'm hoping for a long season this year, a very short offseason, and we'll keep it rolling right into the WBC" <a href="https://t.co/OwCUVjtoe6">pic.twitter.com/OwCUVjtoe6</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1911862394193576382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although it’s early in the season the Yankees are firmly in the mix of the playoff race so far. They hold an 8-7 record through 15 games played and are currently in second place in the AL East. He entered Monday’s contest tied for the most home runs so far this season with six.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-hall-of-fame-admission-aaron-boone">Yankees hope the two-time MVP winner</a> remains healthy all year, as his offense provides a major boost to the team. He’s arguably the best hitter in baseball after leading the league in home runs in two of his previous three seasons. Judge ended the 2024 campaign with a league-leading 58 home runs.</p><p>He’s right on pace to be the home run leader once again, as Aaron Judge has gotten off to a hot start. Heading into Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals, Judge already owns a .357 batting average and .478 OBP while hitting six home runs and 20 RBIs through 56 at-bats.</p><p>Durability has not been a concern for Judge throughout his career either, making him incredibly reliable. So, he should have no problem turning around and playing in the World Baseball Classic soon after the MLB season comes to an end.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Judge shuts down potential World Baseball Classic concern

<!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-cody-bellinger-latest-injury-update-aaron-boone');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Cody Bellinger gets latest injury update from Aaron Boone');   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/2025/04/Cody-Bellinger-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Tom Horak-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Cody Bellinger gets latest injury update from Aaron Boone</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T14:29:46-07:00">April 14th, 2:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T14:56:34-07:00">April 14th, 2:56pm</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger is <a href="https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/1911874323666661615" rel="noopener">out of the lineup</a> for Monday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals while he is getting treatment for a sore back, and manager Aaron Boone explained why Monday was the time to get him a rest.</p><p>“He’s doing well. I just want to pick some spots here, especially getting through 13 (games) in a row here,” Aaron Boone said, via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.</p><p>It has been a bit of an eventful start to the season for Bellinger, as he has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-cody-bellinger-back-injury-concern-pirates">missed a game previously due to a sore back</a> and also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-cody-bellinger-puking-his-brains-out-due-to-bad-wings">missed a game from food poisoning that stemmed from ‘bad wings’</a> that he had while the Yankees were in Detroit taking on the Tigers.</p><p>The Yankees are in the middle of a stretch in which they are playing 13 games in a row without an off day, and with Bellinger still getting treatment for his back, Boone is getting him a day off in the early going this season. The Yankees look to rebound from a series loss over the weekend against the San Francisco Giants as they will host the Kansas City Royals for three games.</p><p>Bellinger was brought in to partially offset the loss of Juan Soto in free agency, and the Yankees’ lineup has been potent overall this season. The problem has been the pitching staff, which is struggling with walking too many batters.</p><p>The injuries to Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil loom large in the early going. Max Fried has been as advertised after headlining the Yankees’ Soto pivot plan. Everyone else has struggled.</p><p>Luckily, New York will get Clarke Schmidt back from injury on Wednesday, which should be a boost. Still, the Yankees are hoping to stay afloat with their rotation as currently constructed. They head into Monday’s game with an 8-7 record overall.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Cody Bellinger gets latest injury update from Aaron Boone

<!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-captain-america-world-baseball-classic-honor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Aaron Judge becomes ‘Captain America’ with World Baseball Classic honor');   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/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-becomes-Captain-America-with-World-Baseball-Classic-honor.jpg"><figcaption>Tom Horak-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Aaron Judge becomes ‘Captain America’ with World Baseball Classic honor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-14T08:59:10-07:00">April 14th, 8:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T08:59:57-07:00">April 14th, 8:59am</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-hall-of-fame-admission-aaron-boone">Yankees captain Aaron Judge</a>, a two-time American League MVP and the AL’s all-time home run king, earned <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1911797180572061956" rel="noopener">another prestigious honor</a> on Monday when he was named captain of Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.</p><p>It will be Judge’s World Baseball Classic debut.</p><p>The career Yankee is off to a scorching start in 2025, hitting .357 with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-cranks-6th-home-run-7th-game">six home runs</a> through 15 games. He also has 17 runs scored, a 1.228 OPS and a .478 on-base percentage, all league highs.</p><p>Judge was coming out of free agency the last time the WBC came around in 2023, having just signed a nine-year deal with the Yankees. The team also named him captain at the time. He felt like he was missing out as Team USA finished second to Japan.</p><p>“I wanted to be there,” Judge said Monday in an appearance on MLB Network. “I was looking forward to this opportunity again.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-mark-derosa-star-studded-world-baseball-classic-coaching-staff">Mark DeRosa will return as Team USA manager</a> with Judge the first player announced.</p><p>In the two-plus years since the last WBC, Judge has hit 101 home runs with a mind-boggling 208 OPS+ and a .303 batting average. He’s seeking his third MVP award in the last four seasons. Judge is also tracking to become only the fourth player ever with four 50-plus home run seasons.</p><p>Judge made his World Series debut last October as the Yankees returned to the Fall Classic for the first time since 2009. He struggled mightily in the postseason, however, hitting just .184 and dropping a crucial fly ball in the deciding game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Though we don’t know what the rest of the Americans’ roster will look like, we do know the path the team will have to navigate to reclaim the gold. Team USA is in Pool B alongside Mexico, Italy, Great Britain and Brazil. They’ll begin play in Houston on March 6, 2026.</p><p>The top two teams will advance to the quarterfinals to face the top two from Pool A in games that will also be in Houston.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Judge becomes ‘Captain America’ with World Baseball Classic honor

<!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/san-francisco-giants/giants-news-giants-fire-jab-yankees-bronx-series-win');   ga('set', 'title', 'Giants fire subtle jab at Yankees after Bronx series win');   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/2025/04/Willy-Adames-and-Heliot-Ramos.jpg"></figure><h1>Giants fire subtle jab at Yankees after Bronx series win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-13T21:10:11-07:00">April 13th, 9:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-14T08:07:49-07:00">April 14th, 8:07am</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/buster-posey-explains-how-giants-offense-can-keep-up-with-dodgers-padres">San Francisco Giants didn’t just win a hard-fought series over the Yankees</a> this weekend — they made a statement doing it. Powered by rising star Jung Hoo Lee, the Giants took two of three in the Bronx to claim their first-ever series win at Yankee Stadium since interleague play began in 2002. And they did it in a way that felt, frankly, personal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media"><div style="padding: 16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIZ6-VayVN5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;" target="_blank"> <div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DIZ6-VayVN5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by San Francisco Giants (@sfgiants)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/giants-news-bob-melvin-jung-hoo-lee-opening-day-status">Lee, who had never set foot in New York before this series, left quite the impression</a>. The 26-year-old outfielder smashed three home runs across the weekend, including a two-homer performance in Sunday’s 5-4 comeback win. One of those blasts flipped the script entirely — a three-run shot off former Giant Carlos Rodón that turned a 3-1 Yankees lead into a 4-3 Giants advantage <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6276947/2025/04/13/jung-hoo-lee-sf-giants-hot-start/" rel="noopener">they wouldn’t relinquish.</a></p><p>“Quite a series for Jung Hoo here at Yankee Stadium,” manager Bob Melvin said. “It’s pretty remarkable.”</p><p>The Giants’ social media team didn’t miss the moment either, casually dropping a caption after the series win: “We’ll take the series dub. Thanks for having us, New York.” Subtle? Sure. But the message was clear — the Giants came to town, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jung-hoo-lee-homers-twice-as-giants-beat-yankees" rel="noopener">outslugged the Yankees</a>, and left with both the W and the last word.</p><h2><b>The Giants continue to dominate, win series against Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Willy-Adames-and-Jung-Hoo-Lee.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s a satisfying full-circle moment for a franchise that once publicly chased Aaron Judge in free agency, only to be left empty-handed when he chose to remain in pinstripes. Judge responded by launching a homer six pitches into the Yankees 2023 season opener against the Giants — <a href="https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/jung-hoo-lee-yankees-win/1842359/" rel="noopener">a cosmic gut punch</a> that some fans feared defined where the two clubs stood.</p><p>Fast forward to now, and it’s Lee — the Giants’ own high-profile signing from the KBO — who stole the spotlight. He outplayed Judge on his own turf, finishing the series 4-for-9 with three homers, seven runs batted in, and four walks.</p><p>“It’s all about giving back to the team,” Lee said. “They supported me through everything last year when I was injured. I just want to contribute.”</p><p>That contribution has been massive. Lee is hitting .352 with a 1.130 OPS through 14 games, emerging as a potential star in a Giants lineup loaded with solid veterans. He’s also proving he can hit big-league pitching — even the best of it — without needing much of a learning curve.</p><p>“He’s not afraid of the spotlight,” Giants ace Logan Webb said. “He’s super confident. Just cool to see him thrive because he’s such an amazing guy.”</p><p>The Giants might not have landed Judge or Shohei Ohtani or Bryce Harper in recent offseasons, but in Lee, they may have found a game-changer all the same. And in taking down the Yankees on their home turf — thanks to Lee’s heroics — San Francisco delivered a timely reminder that sometimes, the stars you need aren’t the ones everyone’s chasing.</p><p>The Bronx belonged to Jung Hoo Lee this weekend — and the Giants weren’t shy about letting everyone know it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giants fire subtle jab at Yankees after Bronx series win

<!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-carlos-rodon-ties-yankees-franchise-record-start-vs-giants');   ga('set', 'title', 'Carlos Rodon ties unwanted Yankees franchise record after ugly start vs. Giants');   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/2025/04/Carlos-Rodon-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Carlos Rodon ties unwanted Yankees franchise record after ugly start vs. Giants</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-13T20:20:43-07:00">April 13th, 8:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-13T20:21:09-07:00">April 13th, 8:21pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Carlos Rodón’s tenure with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-carlos-rodon-on-injury-scare-win-vs-brewers">New York Yankees continues to be a rollercoaster</a>, and Sunday’s outing was the latest drop. The left-hander surrendered two home runs — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/buster-posey-explains-how-giants-offense-can-keep-up-with-dodgers-padres">both to San Francisco Giants’ Jung Hoo Lee</a> — in a 5-4 loss at Yankee Stadium, tying an unfortunate Yankees franchise record in the process.</p><p>Rodón has now allowed 51 home runs in his first 50 appearances for the Yankees, matching J.A. Happ for the most long balls <a href="https://x.com/nyyankeesstats/status/1911497550726594569" rel="noopener">given up in a player’s first 50 games with the club</a>. It’s an alarming stat for a pitcher brought in to anchor the rotation, and it stings even more when the long ball turns a potential win into another frustrating loss.</p><p>“Just a terrible execution on a curveball that he punished,” Rodón said postgame, referring to Lee’s three-run homer that flipped the game in the sixth inning.</p><p>Despite striking out eight and allowing just three hits, Rodón’s two biggest mistakes both ended up in the seats. His first blemish came in the fourth, when Lee hit a solo shot to right-center. Then, after a walk to Willy Adames in the sixth, Rodón left a curveball hanging for Lee to crush again — this time for a three-run bomb that gave San Francisco a 4-3 lead.</p><h2><b>The Giants, led by Jung-Hoo Lee, pull off the come-from-behind victory over Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jung-Hoo-Lee-1.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s a maddening trend for Rodón, who has now walked 12 batters across four starts in 2025. Six of those walks have come around to score. On Sunday, the walk preceding Lee’s <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/article/giants-take-2-3-yankees-lee-takes-rodon-deep-20273751.php" rel="noopener">second homer proved decisive once again.</a></p><p>“We have the momentum and I just got to be better,” Rodón said. “It’s really frustrating… just missed execution on the curveball and I got punished.”</p><p>Manager Aaron Boone acknowledged the quality of Rodón’s stuff, pointing to his ability to generate swing-and-miss and dominate for stretches. But Boone didn’t shy away from the impact of the three-run homer.</p><p>“It’s that small of a separator between him being in a dominant position and giving up a big swing,” Boone said. “He had presence with everything. But obviously a three-run homer hurt us today.”</p><p>Lee, meanwhile, stole the show. The rookie outfielder not only delivered his first career multi-homer game, but finished the weekend with three home runs — all of them pivotal in San Francisco’s series win. Sunday’s heroics helped the Giants secure their first series victory at Yankee Stadium since interleague play began.</p><p>With the loss, the Yankees fell to 8-7 on the season, and the scrutiny surrounding Rodón’s $162 million contract continues. While his fastball velocity has returned and the strikeouts are there, his inconsistency and penchant for giving up damaging home runs remains a problem.</p><p>“Obviously want to hang up a zero in that spot,” Rodón said. “It’s not good enough.” If the Yankees hope to compete in a loaded AL East, they’ll need Rodón to find the consistency they paid for — and fast.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Carlos Rodon ties unwanted Yankees franchise record after ugly start vs. Giants

<!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-marcus-stroman-receives-shot-to-deal-with-mysterious-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Marcus Stroman receives shot to deal with mysterious 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/2025/04/unnamed-1_7fac87.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Marcus Stroman receives shot to deal with mysterious injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-13T12:25:50-07:00">April 13th, 12:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-13T12:25:50-07:00">April 13th, 12:25pm</time><address><a>Daniel Locke</a>Daniel Locke covers the New Orleans Pelicans and is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints. He will graduate from Auburn University with a degree in Journalism in May. Daniel has covered Auburn Athletics for the entirety of his time as a student, focusing on football, men's basketball, and baseball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees continue <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-pitcher-level-up-gerrit-cole-season-ending-injury">to deal with injuries to their pitching staff</a> as Marcus Stroman becomes <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-place-marcus-stroman-injured-list">the latest to go down</a>.</p><p>Stroman received a cortisone <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44657661/yankees-marcus-stroman-gets-cortisone-shot-inflamed-knee" rel="noopener">shot in his left knee</a> to reduce swelling.</p><p>“The MRI was good, but he had some swelling in there somewhere,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “So try to eliminate that, hopefully get him ramped up pretty quick and, hopefully, something that really helps him move it forward.”</p><p>Boone was unclear on how Stroman injured his knee in the first place.</p><p>“I’m not even sure,” Boone said. “Even watching the video, watching how [he was] not finishing properly on his front leg and I think that was due to the knee.”</p><p>The Yankees will hope to see Stroman return to the mound as soon as possible as their pitching options diminish.</p><h2><b>Yankees’ Ben Rice thriving in lead-off spot</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/unnamed-2_a4351b.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The New York Yankees were unsure who would fill their lead-off hitter role, but designated hitter Ben Rice has shown to be a solid candidate early in the season.</p><p>Through 13 games played and 42 at-bats so far this season, Rice is batting .310 with four home runs and five RBIs. His <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6275201/2025/04/12/ben-rice-yankees-leadoff-mystery/" rel="noopener">performance has impressed manager</a> Aaron Boone.</p><p>“Benny’s done such a good job up there,” Boone said via The Athletic. “He controls the strike zone, and then he’s so dangerous, too.”</p><p>In addition to impressing Boone, Rice’s productivity in the lead-off role has caught the attention of his teammates.</p><p>“Same thing that we saw in spring,” Cody Bellinger said of Rice. “It hasn’t really changed. Just locked in. Locked into his plan. Locked into his approach. Guy who hits the ball extremely hard. It’s very fun to watch. It’s very impressive.”</p><p>Rice’s primary objective? To keep doing what he has been doing so far this season.</p><p>“I think the biggest thing is when you move to a certain spot in the order, you’re probably there for a reason,” Rice said. “I think the biggest thing is really not to change too much.”</p><p>Boone has been particularly pleased with the contact Rice has been able to make at the plate.</p><p>“You would think,” Boone said. “Those were a lot of things that were kind of underneath last year, even. Even when he went through some struggles, he was still not being rewarded for some pretty good contact at the time. I feel like he’s taken that to another level.</p><p>“I feel that he’s in a way better place and a way better hitter and just a year more mature physically, mentally and playing with a lot of confidence. His at-bat quality is really good.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Marcus Stroman receives shot to deal with mysterious injury

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
11	0	7	0.8182	0	0

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	HOLDS	SAVES
11	0	7	0.8182	0	0

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