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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-boone-response-lineup-strategy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone’s perfect 1-word response to lineup strategy question');   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/Mar-15-2025-Port-Charlotte-Florida-USA-New-York-Yankees-manager-Aaron-Boone.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone’s perfect 1-word response to lineup strategy question</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T15:31:21-07:00">April 3rd, 3:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T15:31:21-07:00">April 3rd, 3:31pm</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>Since spring training, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-reveals-plan-for-intriguing-young-slugger">New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had confidence</a> in young catcher turned first baseman Ben Rice’s ability to hit the ball. That confidence was shown when he chose Rice to bat leadoff in Thursday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.</p><p>When asked to explain his decision, Boone <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907888625544577246" rel="noopener">offered</a> a simple one-word answer per SNY.tv.</p><p>“Rakes,” he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone is asked why he landed on Ben Rice as the Yankees' leadoff hitter tonight:</p><p>"Rakes." <a href="https://t.co/ATd530fgjJ">pic.twitter.com/ATd530fgjJ</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907888625544577246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-key-young-piece-nys-roster">Yankees added Rice as part of a young group</a> of players that made the roster just before Opening Day. A major reason was his strong performance in spring training in which he hit five home runs.</p><p>He is currently batting .385, has five hits, two home runs, and two RBIs.</p><p>Rice is coming a season in which he only batted .171, had 26 hits, seven home runs, and 23 RBIs while playing 50 games. Despite some struggles hitting for average, Rice has shown the Yankees that he is a unique versatile talent, going from playing catcher to first base.</p><p>There is talk that Rice could become a replacement for Anthony Rizzo at first base if needed.</p><p>In essence, the decision to bat him leadoff was meant to be all along.</p><h2><b>Ben Rice’s past performances as leadoff for the Yankees</b></h2><p>On June 18, 2024, Rice made his major league debut with the Yankees at first base. He came in to fill in for Rizzo who was out with a broken arm.</p><p>On July 4, he batted leadoff 15 games into his career to replace shortstop Anthony Volpe who was struggling at the time.</p><p>Rice went 1-for-5 in his leadoff debut against the Boston Red Sox.</p><p>Two days later, Rice made Yankee history while batting leadoff. In that game, he became the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game. One of them was a leadoff home run to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.</p><p>The Yankees went onto win 14-4.</p><p>Since then, Rice has won the trust of Boone to step up to the plate and contribute.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone’s perfect 1-word response to lineup strategy question

<!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-espn-ranking-veteran-tripping');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’');   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-hits-homer.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T08:27:40-07:00">April 3rd, 8:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T08:27:40-07:00">April 3rd, 8:27am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are 3-2 to start the season.<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judges-3rd-hr-vs-brewers-has-fans-going-wild"> Aaron Judge had a dominant series against the Milwaukee Brewers</a>, hitting four homers and driving in 11 runs for the Yankees. On their recent Top 100 list, ESPN ranked the slugger fourth despite his AL MVP last season. When <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44479703/mlb-rank-2025-top-100-ranking-audit-players-feedback-hits-misses" rel="noopener">asking other players in the league for comment</a>, one veteran crushed the list for Judge’s placement.</p><p>“I like Bobby Witt [Jr.]’s skill set, and he did some great things last year,” Pirates star Andrew McCutchen said of the second-ranked player. “But what Judge did for a couple of years running, it’s hard for me to put [Witt] above him.”</p><p>His teammate Tommy Pham agreed, “You’ve got Judge as the fourth-best player? Am I tripping here?” He continued, “Look at Judge’s numbers. Judge can’t be that low. With all due respect, everybody above him on the list is a great player — Mookie [Betts], Bobby, Ohtani is a unicorn. But Judge had a Barry Bonds season last year.”</p><p>By many measurements, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/did-yankees-aaron-judge-just-have-the-goat-right-handed-hitting-season">Judge did have the greatest season ever by a right-handed hitter</a>. He led the league with 58 homers and 144 RBIs and won his second American League MVP Award. Ohtani is ranked first, which is understandable, but Witt and Betts at two and three, respectively, appear to be causing the most problems.</p><p>Judge had that season last year for the Yankees despite a dismal April. He did not hit his fourth home run until April 24 last year and smoked number four before March ended this year. Maybe ESPN’s Top 100 list gave the Yankees captain motivation to have a consistent season and go after his 62-homer record.</p><p>There are <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44479475/mlb-rank-2025-top-100-baseball-players-ohtani-judge-betts-skenes-witt#nyy" rel="noopener">seven Yankees on the list</a>, including Judge. Max Fried, Devin Williams, Jazz Chisholm Jr, Anthony Volpe, Carlos Rodon, and Cody Bellinger are all represented. Gerrit Cole is not on the list, as he is out for the year with an elbow injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’

<!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-cause-death-revealed-brett-gardners-teenage-son');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son');   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-players-standing-during-moment-of-silence-for-Miller-Gardner-Brett-Gardners-son.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T07:08:30-07:00">April 3rd, 7:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T07:08:30-07:00">April 3rd, 7:08am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-obliterate-home-run-record-scoring-hot-start-2025">New York Yankees have enjoyed a strong start to the 2025 campaign</a>, winning three of their first five games, and they have done so in destructive fashion at times. Off the field, though, the team has been working to support one of their former players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-new-york-statement-on-tragic-passing-of-brett-gardners-son-miller">Brett Gardner, after his son, Miller Gardner tragically died</a> on March 21 at just 14 years old.</p><p>Gardner and his family had been staying at a hotel on the Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica when his son Miller ended up passing away. According to a recent report, while asphyxiation was initially believed to be the cause of death, it turned out <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44513420/carbon-monoxide-ruled-cause-death-brett-gardner-son" rel="noopener">carbon monoxide poisoning</a> was the reason for Miller’s death, with the belief being that his hotel room in Costa Rica was contaminated.</p><p>“Carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of the teenage son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica said Wednesday night. Randall Zúñiga, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, said 14-year-old Miller Gardner was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood,” ESPN reported on Thursday morning.</p><h2><b>Yankees pay tribute to Brett Gardner after Miller Gardner’s death</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brett-Gardner.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Gardner spent his entire 14-year career playing for the Yankees, helping them win their most recent World Series back in 2009. He earned his lone All-Star selection in 2015, and he was a Gold Glove winner in 2016. There’s no doubt his son’s passing has been extremely tough for him and his family, and his former team is doing what they can to help him out during this time.</p><p>On the field, the Yankees have come back down to earth after sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers to open the 2025 campaign, as they have lost their past two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. They will attempt to avoid getting swept on Thursday night, as they will send the veteran Carlos Carrasco to the mound to face off against Merrill Kelly. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son

<!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-gets-real-diamondbacks-zac-gallen-after-4-3-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Aaron Boone gets 100% real about Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen after 4-3 loss');   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-news-Aaron-Boone-gets-100-real-about-Diamondbacks-Zac-Gallen-after-4-3-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Aaron Boone gets 100% real about Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen after 4-3 loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T21:19:38-07:00">April 2nd, 9:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T21:19:38-07:00">April 2nd, 9:19pm</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">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zac Gallen was electric on Wednesday night in the Bronx, and even Yankees manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-boone-explains-removing-jasson-dominguez-late-games">Aaron Boone had no choice but to tip his cap</a> to the Diamondbacks’ ace following a 4-3 Arizona victory.</p><p>“He was really dealing,” Boone said postgame when asked about what made Gallen so effective.</p><p>https://twitter.com/YESNetwork/status/1907614417413415286</p><p>That might be an understatement. Gallen tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts, allowed just three hits, didn’t issue a single walk, and carved through a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-obliterate-home-run-record-scoring-hot-start-2025">Yankees lineup featuring stars like Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger</a>. Over 6 2/3 shutout innings, he collected an <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/zac-gallen-strikes-out-13-yankees-in-d-backs-win" rel="noopener">eye-popping 24 swings and misses</a> — the most in any start of his career.</p><p>On a frigid, blustery night with temperatures hovering in the low 40s and wind chills making it feel much colder, Gallen took the mound in short sleeves — a nod to his New Jersey roots and cold-weather high school days. If the Yankees were hoping the elements would give them a leg up, Gallen quickly erased those hopes.</p><h2>Yankees’ late rally not enough as D-backs hold on</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zac-Gallen.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“I try to use it to my advantage,” Gallen said of the weather. “Growing up in this, it kind of takes me back to being a kid.”</p><p>He wasted no time attacking the zone, striking out reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge three times and navigating his only real jam in the second inning with back-to-back strikeouts to strand runners at second and third. Gallen credited his catcher Gabriel Moreno, who called nearly the entire game — a rarity, as Gallen often uses PitchCom to call pitches himself.</p><p>“Gabi had a real good feel for what they were trying to do,” Gallen said. “We both prepped a pretty good amount to kind of understand what we had to do to get those guys.”</p><p>The Diamondbacks gave Gallen an early cushion, scoring four runs in the first two innings off Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. A two-run homer from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the first and RBI contributions from Geraldo Perdomo and Ketel Marte in the second helped Arizona secure its first-ever regular season series win at Yankee Stadium.</p><p>Despite Arizona’s bats going silent after the second inning, Gallen’s dominance kept the Yankees off the scoreboard until the ninth. Boone and the Yankees managed a rally against the D-backs bullpen, as Anthony Volpe lifted a three-run homer off A.J. Puk to bring New York within one run. But Puk held firm, striking out Jasson Dominguez to seal the win and ensure Gallen’s brilliance didn’t go to waste.</p><p>For Boone, there was no denying the impact Gallen had on the outcome.</p><p>“He had good stuff, obviously the fastball had life, the breaking ball was sharp,” Boone said. “You could tell he was in rhythm early and when he’s on like that, he’s tough.”</p><p>With this bounce-back outing after a rocky Opening Day, Gallen once again reminded the league why he’s firmly entrenched among baseball’s elite arms — even in the cold, even in the Bronx, and even against the New York Yankees.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Boone gets 100% real about Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen after 4-3 loss

<!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-x-ray-results-revealed-115mph-comebacker');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker');   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-news-Carlos-Rodon-s-X-ray-results-revealed-after-115mph-comebacker.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T20:27:41-07:00">April 2nd, 8:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T20:27:41-07:00">April 2nd, 8:27pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a>Kendall Capps is a multi-media journalist and editor who is overly passionate about all sports (to his wife's dismay). He's a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints who previously managed SB Nation's golf vertical. He has also done work for FantasyPros and co-hosted the Lay The Points podcast as part of a decade-long career in sports entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-insane-mlb-playoffs-history-monster-game-3-home-runs-vs-guardians">New York Yankees offense</a> was finally silenced on Wednesday night. Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts across 6.2 shutout innings, as New York lost 4-3. After the game, though, the bigger concern was that of Yankees starter Carlos Rodon.</p><p>During the top of the 5th inning, Rodon took a <a href="https://twitter.com/SamLuckiniESM/status/1907588002865377354" rel="noopener">comebacker off of his forearm</a>. The exit velocity of the line drive was listed at 115 miles per hour. Rodon was still able to make the play and remained in the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Carlos Rodon just took a 115 MPH MISSILE off his forearm and still made the out at first. Unreal. <a href="https://t.co/AEsfQDdgpF">pic.twitter.com/AEsfQDdgpF</a></p><p>— Sam Luckini (@SamLuckiniESM) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamLuckiniESM/status/1907588002865377354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nevertheless, the Yankees starter headed for X-rays afterward. New York fans can breathe a sigh of relief, though. The <a href="https://x.com/ChrisKirschner/status/1907614270663061718" rel="noopener">X-rays came back clean</a>, according to The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner.</p><p>Consider that a bullet dodged. Well, figuratively because Rodon literally could not avoid the bullet.</p><p>Rodon completed six innings of work on Wednesday, allowing four earned runs on three hits and four walks. He did rack up five strikeouts.</p><p>With the loss, Rodon fell to 1-1 on the season. He previously picked up a win during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-news-joe-buck-decision-call-yankees-brewers-opening-day-game">Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers</a> when he struck out seven in a 4-2 victory.</p><p>He is coming off a solid season for New York in 2024. He racked up 16 wins with a 3.96 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. That was a vast improvement after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-new-york-optimistic-about-bounce-back-campaign-carlos-rodon-2024">Rodon failed to live up to expectations</a> in 2023.</p><p>The 6’2” lefty was coming off back-to-back sensational seasons in 2021 and 2022 with the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants, respectively.</p><p>That led to the Yankees signing Rodon to a six-year, $162 million contract.</p><p>Amid the likely season-ending injury for Gerrit Cole atop New York’s rotation, Carlos Rodon is going to be counted on heavily this season. If the Yankees have desires on reaching the World Series again in 2025, they are going to need Rodon to turn back the clock a few years.</p><p>At least for now, he is healthy and pitching well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker

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Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained his controversial decision to bench starting left fielder Jasson Dominguez. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-yankees-match-mlb-record-with-another-slugfest-vs-brewers">Yankees have gotten off to a blistering start</a> on offense in their first four games. And the 22-year-old outfielder has contributed to that start. However, Boone has decided to sub Dominguez out for Trent Grisham in three of these four contests.</p><p>In a postgame interview, Boone <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907526953919279563" rel="noopener">detailed why</a> this will be the approach for the Yankees for the foreseeable future.</p><p>“I think it’s an important part of the process, making sure Jasson continues to develop in the best possible way. And I’m putting Trent Grisham in for him too who’s a really good player, and I feel like playing at a really high level right now.</p><p>Through his first several games he’s given us a lot of quality at-bats so there’s a little bit of that and over time I feel like I won’t do that. Because I do feel like he’s going to get to a point where he continues to develop, he continues to get more comfortable with reps out there to where my expectation is that he becomes an outstanding defensive left fielder. So, I just want to make sure his development goes as well as possible.”</p><h2><b>The Yankees will continue to rely on their young bats during this very important season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-Jasson-Dominguez.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While New York does have several veterans leading to charge during this hot start, there is also a youth movement within the organization. Jasson Dominguez, Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, and Ben Rice are all starting daily and are 26 years old or younger. Dominguez <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/yankees/" rel="noopener">was considered</a> the Yankees’ top prospect going into 2025, and so far at the plate, it’s not a surprise why. However, the 22-year-old is still a work in progress from the outfield. Trent Grisham, on the other hand, is a more established fielder than Dominguez.</p><p>With all that said, this is a questionable decision by Boone for two reasons. One, reps in high-leverage situations are only going to make Dominguez better in these moments later in the year. And two, Dominguez is missing late-inning at-bats where he is a superior hitter to Grisham. Boone believes that this approach is just part of the young outfielder’s development. Still, it is fair for fans to question this approach, especially when the Yankees start playing in more close games going forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains removing Jasson Dominguez late in games

<!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-clark-schmidt-return-dates-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals potential Clark Schmidt return dates from 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/Aaron-Boone-reveals-potential-Clark-Schmidt-return-dates-from-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals potential Clark Schmidt return dates from injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T05:41:49-07:00">April 2nd, 5:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T05:41:49-07:00">April 2nd, 5:41am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are dealing with an insane amount of pitching injuries. Gerrit Cole is out for the season, recovering from Tommy John surgery, and Luis Gil is out with a lat strain. Late in spring training, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-clarke-schmidt-injury-mlb-spring-training">lost Clarke Schmidt to rotator cuff tendinitis</a>. Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed when Schmidt is <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907255539433652539" rel="noopener">expected to return to the mound</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone says that Clarke Schmidt will throw a rehab outing with Double-A Somerset this weekend and the plan is for him to return in the April 15-16 range: <a href="https://t.co/j7Yd596YSh">pic.twitter.com/j7Yd596YSh</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907255539433652539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“He threw yesterday,” Boone said of Schmidt. “We have him marked for April 15 or 16. He’s got two more [rehab] starts. He’ll start this weekend with [Yankees AA affiliate] Somerset in Hartford, and then he’ll have one more, and then plan will be with us.”</p><p>This is huge for the Yankees, who are running a four-man rotation to start the season. After rookie Will Warren pitched well against the Arizona Diamondbacks, they are back to Carlos Rodon on Wednesday. Carlos Carrasco is on the roster but has been used out of the bullpen in the early going. Based on the schedule, he will have to make a start before Schmidt comes back.</p><p>The Yankees need great starting pitching to compete in a crowded American League. Schmidt was excellent last year, but another injury has set his season back by three weeks.</p><h2><b>The Yankees have powered their way to a great start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Clarke-Schmidt-with-NY-Yankees-2.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees started the season 3-0 after a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Weekend. Their nine home runs on Saturday set a record and started a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-s-torpedo-bat-explanation-hilarious-donovan-mitchell-response">conversation about torpedo bats that may never end</a>. The pitching was solid in all three games, but the defense had hiccups that reminded fans of last season.</p><p>Last year, Aaron Judge hit his fourth home run in the 25th game of the season. He already has four after a three-homer game on Saturday. Anthony Volpe already has three homers after hitting only 12 last season. The offense looks alive, even with Juan Soto across town with the Mets, and it could lead to a great season for the Yankees.</p><p>But the pitching will have to shine for the Yankees to go anywhere this season. The Baltimore Orioles have slugged to start the season and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-defiant-take-rafael-devers-historic-strikeout-rate">Rafael Devers won’t go hitless for the entire season</a>. Even the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays have started the season on the right foot. With Cole not coming back, Schmidt will be leaned on when he comes back.</p><p>The Yankees and Diamondbacks continue their series in The Bronx on Wednesday night at 7.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone reveals potential Clark Schmidt return dates from 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-new-york-fans-josh-naylor-costly-error');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees fans clown Josh Naylor after costly error');   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-fans-clown-Josh-Naylor-after-costly-error.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees fans clown Josh Naylor after costly error</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-01T18:25:14-07:00">April 1st, 6:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-01T18:25:14-07:00">April 1st, 6:25pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks are opening a three-game series in The Bronx on Tuesday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/diamondbacks-news-corbin-burnes-shocking-210-million-contract-arizona">Game 1 featured Arizona ace Corbin Burnes</a> against New York rookie Will Warren on the mound in a tight game early. After Anthony Volpe hit his third homer of the season, the Bombers tied the game at 2. With two runners on, Diamondbacks first baseman Josh Naylor committed an error that let both Yankees runners score. Fans <a href="https://x.com/TalkinYanks/status/1907227272764956963" rel="noopener">had fun at his expense</a>, continuing a years-long rivalry.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yanks get 2 runs on a MASSIVE error by Josh Naylor! <a href="https://t.co/FJNC6fTICD">pic.twitter.com/FJNC6fTICD</a></p><p>— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinYanks/status/1907227272764956963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Yankees third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera hit a grounder to Naylor, who sailed the flip to Burnes. Austin Wells scored from third and Jasson Dominguez came around from second. Those were two key runs for the Yankees, and their fans took to social media to clown Naylor.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">His downfall has been GLORIOUS LMAOOOO <a href="https://t.co/vf7Sv0jEhX">pic.twitter.com/vf7Sv0jEhX</a></p><p>— Devon (3-0 Yankees) (@Dev2Trilll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dev2Trilll/status/1907227404415963322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>@nicke22rocks <a href="https://x.com/nicke22rocks/status/1907228521333731605" rel="noopener">posted simply</a>, “We own that fraud.”</p><p>@jherb1323 <a href="https://x.com/jherb1323/status/1907232726018556247" rel="noopener">referenced the long-standing</a> feud between Naylor and the Yankees. “Let’s hope he’s more careful when he’s rocking babies, if anyone would let their child be held by this being in the first place.”</p><p>During the 2022 American League Division Series, Josh Naylor hit a home run off of Gerrit Cole as a member of the Guardians. As he rounded the bases, he celebrated with the “rock the baby” celebration. The Yankees and their fans did not take kindly to it, and the rivalry was born. When then-second baseman Gleyber Torres caught the final out of the series, he rocked his own baby.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="qme"> <a href="https://t.co/AGM6He7r1p">pic.twitter.com/AGM6He7r1p</a></p><p>— Frohausen (@frospice) <a href="https://twitter.com/frospice/status/1907227421423632876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Even though <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/diamondbacks-news-acquires-josh-naylor-trade-guardians">Naylor is on the Diamondbacks now,</a> Yankees fans do not forget the trash talking. It came up last year when Cleveland and New York faced off in the ALCS, but Naylor did not break out the celebration again. This is the only matchup between the Yankees and Diamondbacks this year, so the fans took advantage.</p><p>The two teams return to the field Wednesday at 7 p.m. Eastern.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees fans clown Josh Naylor after costly error

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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>The New York Yankees can’t stop crushing baseballs in their hot start to the 2025 MLB season. On <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting/diamondbacks-vs-yankees-prediction-odds-pick-4-1-2025">Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks</a>, the Bronx Bombers lived up to their nickname again, as outfielder Jasson Dominguez and shortstop Anthony Volpe each hit a home run in the third and fourth innings to help New York <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1907228010790498511" rel="noopener">break an MLB record</a>.</p><p>“The@Yankees17 home runs breaks a MLB record for most through a team’s first four games (16, 2006 Tigers),” the MLB shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday following Volpe’s dinger off of Diamondbacks starter Corbin Burnes, who also gave up Dominguez’s blast.</p><p>Dominguez’s solo home run sliced the Diamondbacks’ lead in half, as he battled for three pitches against Burnes before taking the pitcher’s 93 MPH cutter deep for a 377-foot blast. It was the same pitch that Volpe hit to send the ball 418 feet deep for a solo home run.</p><p>It has been an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-idiots-complaining-new-bats">incredible performance at the plate for the Yankees</a> to start the new campaign. They have been belting home runs left and right with four New York players already hitting multiple home runs for the team at the time of this writing. Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with four home runs while Jazz Chisholm and Austin Wells have three each. Volpe’s homer against the Diamondbacks was his second of the season as well.</p><p>The Yankees’ fiery offense also inevitably brings even more attention to an already hot topic that is the use of the so-called torpedo bats, which have become such a huge subject, particularly after New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/milwaukee-brewers/brewers-news-milwaukee-manager-shuts-down-yankees-torpedo-bat-controversy-nsfw-response">pummeled the Milwaukee Brewers for a total of nine home runs</a> during a 20-9 victory at home last Saturday.</p><p>Whether it’s the bat or the players, what’s undeniable is that the Yankees have become such a terror to face of late for opposing pitchers. During that three-game season-opening series versus Milwaukee, the Yankees racked up a total of 15 home runs while putting up a collective batting line of .333/.427/.804 for a 1.231 OPS.</p><p>It remains to be seen just how long the Yankees can stay this hot. They will regress to the mean at some point, but they are also going to try to keep on trying to punish baseballs, especially when they’re in such a groove.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees obliterate home run record with scoring hot start to 2025

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He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees swept the Milwaukee Brewers in their season-opening series. But the attention was placed on the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-s-torpedo-bat-explanation-hilarious-donovan-mitchell-response"> torpedo bats that Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm Jr, and Austin Wells are using</a>. The Yankees were without Giancarlo Stanton as he nurses elbow injuries, and rumors surfaced that those injuries were caused by the torpedo bats. He<a href="https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/1907167803519410671" rel="noopener"> was asked about that</a> on Tuesday, per MLB.com reporter Bryan Hoch.</p><p>“Giancarlo Stanton was asked if torpedo bats were the ‘bat adjustments’ he said may have contributed to his elbow injuries,” Hoch reported. “‘You’re not going to get the story you’re looking for, so if that’s what you guys want, that isn’t going to happen.’ Stanton said he will use a torpedo bat when he returns from the IL.”</p><p>Stanton used the torpedo bat throughout last season and his remarkable playoff run. But he came to spring training with issues in both elbows that he blamed on swing changes. The Yankees placed him on the injured list, but he is already swinging and hoping to return soon.</p><p>The Yankees hit more home runs in Saturday’s game than in any game in franchise history. Their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-yankees-match-mlb-record-with-another-slugfest-vs-brewers">nine-homer game started with three bombs in three pitches off of former teammate Nestor Cortes Jr</a>.. Even with their bad defense from last year coming back in points, it was too much for Milwaukee to overcome. Torpedo bats became part of the lexicon after that game.</p><p>The Yankees continue their homestand on Tuesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Stanton won’t be back for that series or anytime in the coming week. But a speedy recovery from the slugger could have the Bombers’ offense clicking early in the season.</p><p>Corbin Burnes faces Will Warren on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in the first of three games between the teams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton shuts down torpedo bat injury question

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He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees, and specifically <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-idiots-complaining-new-bats">Jazz Chisholm Jr. garnered a lot of attention</a> over the weekend for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankeesjazz-chisholms-glowing-torpedo-bat-review-amid-yankees-controversy">their use of ‘torpedo bats’</a> and the offensive explosion against the Milwaukee Brewers, which caused him to take to X, formerly known as Twitter, <a href="https://x.com/j_chisholm3/status/1906741282786926882" rel="noopener">and explain the intended design</a> of the bats.</p><p>This also drew a response from Cleveland Cavaliers star and New York Mets fan Donovan Mitchell.</p><p>“Okay explanation the barrel is bigger and within mlb regulation! For the idiots that say it’s moved to the label you’re an idiot! Nobody is trying to get jammed you just move the wood from the parts you don’t use to the parts you do! You’re welcome no more stress for y’all!” Chisholm wrote on X.</p><p>Mitchell, <a href="https://x.com/spidadmitchell/status/1907120325529096533" rel="noopener">playfully responded</a> on X, saying that Chisholm and the Yankees should be suspended for the season.</p><p>“Naa yall are cheating and should be suspended for the season 😂😂😂” Mitchell wrote on X.</p><p>This is obviously in some kind of joking manner from Mitchell. The Yankees are not the only team using the torpedo bats. For example, Mets star Francisco Lindor is one player who is utilizing it, among other players around the league. The use of these bats will likely only increase in the coming weeks and months.</p><p>Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz utilized the bat for the first time on Monday, and he went 4-for-5 with two home runs in the game against the Texas Rangers. It will be interesting to monitor how he and others around the league perform in the coming days and weeks.</p><p>Chisholm and the Yankees will be tested on Tuesday, as they will face the Arizona Diamondbacks with Corbin Burnes on the mound. If the Yankees offense explodes again, it would be a very impressive and good sign for the season as a whole.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s torpedo bat explanation draws hilarious Donovan Mitchell response

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Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are having one of the most electric starts to an MLB season we’ve ever seen as they’ve hit 15 home runs through just their first three games of the new campaign. The expectations have already been set to “World Series or bust” as they’ll need to lean on one of baseball’s most talented lineups to bring them to the promised land. Jazz Chisholm Jr. is also off to a scorching start as he debuted a new Air Jordan custom cleat inspired by one of his favorite television series.</p><p><i><b>Check our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers">Sneakers news</a> for more upcoming releases and breaking content!</b></i></p><p>In just 12 plate appearances so far this season, Jazz Chisholm is hitting .417 with five hits, three home runs, and six RBIs. He’s always been known to have impeccable style on the diamond and he recently broke out a custom pair of Air Jordan 1 cleats for their 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.</p><p>The shoes were inspired by the Japanese manga series <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRMG8ZQZR/one-piece?srsltid=AfmBOooh2Bx9B87gD5EGr6_UShIDpK-P8eVv-rIVdZdQGRvUFKWpHBMc">“One Piece”</a> which details the story of a man searching for treasure and wanting to become king of the pirates. It’s certainly a fitting metaphor given the Yankees’ goal this season of finding their own kind of treasure.</p><h2>Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s “One Piece” cleats</h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jazz Chisholm Jr. is playing in full One Piece gear 🤯🔥 <a href="https://t.co/CpJsAW0184">pic.twitter.com/CpJsAW0184</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1906100312231882950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jazz Chisholm wore custom “One Piece” Air Jordan 1s and protective gear in yesterday’s game 🏴‍☠️⚾️</p><p>🎨 <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanTheArtist10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EvanTheArtist10</a> <a href="https://t.co/Zix23jD4AB">pic.twitter.com/Zix23jD4AB</a></p><p>— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoleRetriever/status/1906370620004213161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><br>The custom cleats, which are done with an Air Jordan 1 serving as the base, were created by 13-year old NY-based artist <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1906100312231882950/photo/1">@EvanTheArtist10</a>. He has a track record of providing some of baseball’s top players with their own custom cleats and clearly Chisholm picked the perfect man for the job. The shoes feature the main character in flawless artwork along the side panels while the overlaying panels are painted to resemble wood from a pirate ship. Chisholm matched the cleats with his protective batting gear, offering a fun look that had fans pointing out the fact with excitement.</p></figure><p>The Yankees will host the Arizona Diamondbacks for another three-game series in the Bronx as the whole world will be watching to see if they can continue this blistering pace.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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