MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: As much as it’s probably eating him alive inside, Gerrit Cole was in good spirits as he talked about how his rehab his going. He said his arm is feeling stronger, he’s at the Stadium working out often, and hopes to be playing catch some time in August. He also talked about how he plans on being around the team more now that his arm is doing better and how he’s thinking of this year as a “pit stop” and that he’ll hopefully come back fresh next year.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Doubling down on Hoch! When the Yankees signed Max Fried, they were hoping to finally have a true No. 2 starter to complement Cole at the top of the rotation. Unfortunately, Cole’s injury moved everyone up a spot in the depth chart, which meant Fried was suddenly the ace he wasn’t meant to be, at least this year on this team. Fortunately, what he’s doing should come as no surprise, but he’s lived up to the bill “and then some.”
NJ.com | Max Goodman: In other injured Yankees news, though he suffered a minor setback last week, DJ LeMahieu has been back in action with Double-A Somerset and hitting the ball well in his six rehab games thus far. There’s a chance he rejoins the team during the upcoming West Coast trip and will mostly be looked at to fill in at second base, especially with Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the shelf. Aaron Boone also offered an update on Marcus Stroman, who was scheduled to throw a bullpen yesterday and then graduate to facing live hitters. Once he hits that milestone, they’ll figure out what the next steps for him to return are.
Athlon Sports | Kristie Ackert: Aaron Boone had some fun with MLB insider Jon Morosi yesterday. The Rangers fired Donnie Ecker, their Offensive Coordinator (what sport are we talking about?), on Sunday and Monday morning, Boone asked Morosi if he heard anything about who they’d hired to replace him. Morosi didn’t know, so Boone asked him to text him once he heard. Of course, later on news broke that Boone’s older brother Bret as their new hitting coach and that’s when Morosi realized he had been both scooped and trolled by the Yankees’ skipper.
ESPN | David Schoenfield: Lastly, please enjoy this stat-focused breakdown from ESPN on the pure absurdity of Aaron Judge’s start to 2025. This is a man who entered play yesterday hitting .423/.510/.777, so there is no shortage of ways to glow about him!