The New York Yankees are eyeing a series sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon, and first pitch of the expected matchup between southpaws Ryan Weathers and Cole Ragans was supposed to be 1:35pm ET. Unfortunately, the weather isn’t cooperating.

The New York Yankees are slowly dropping all the things that made them different than the rest of the teams in the majors.

The Yankees called up reliever Jake Bird from Triple-A to take Weathers’ spot on the 26-man roster. MLB players are permitted to be away for a maximum of three days for the birth of a child. If Weathers uses all three days, he’d be back in time to make his next scheduled start on Saturday in Houston.

The Yankees are historically more well-known for their bats than their arms; it has been more than six decades since they last authored three consecutive shutouts. Max Fried’s splendid performance brought them within striking distance.

BOSTON (AP) — Max Fried allowed three hits over eight scoreless innings, and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to a season-high five with a 4-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

Could Aaron Judge make it as a third baseman? Here's his take after he fielded some groundballs there before Tuesday's game.

Elmer Rodríguez is being rather stingy on the mound at Triple-A, and the kicker is he's using a wide assortment of pitches to do so. The Yankees' No. 3 prospect, who has allowed just three earned runs over 21 1/3 innings this season,

When the New York Yankees handed veteran outfielder Cody Bellinger a huge five-year, $162.5 million contract extension in the offseason, some within the fanbase