MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Hunter Dobbins fired off a pre-game soundbite ahead of his Sunday Night Baseball start in the Bronx, declaring in an interview that if the Yankees were the only team to offer him an MLB contract he’d rather retire. That comment of course made its way to Aaron Judge’s ear, and the captain kept it in his mind all the way until the first inning when he launched a two-run homer off of Dobbins to take an early lead. Unfortunately for the Yankees, Dobbins got the last laugh as he and the Sox ended up with the win, but the Rivalry got a bit of flair heading into the series finale and it paid off.
NY Daily News | Gary Phillips: Carlos Rodón and Max Fried have both been integral parts of the Yankees’ first place standing thus far, and the two have bounced a lot off of each other as the two lefties leading the way in the rotation. Rodón in particular has modeled more of his game off of Fried this year in working for soft contact, and the results have been ideal, his latest start against the Red Sox notwithstanding. The two go way back, paired up by a mutual friend in Lucas Giolito, and bonded over Call of Duty lobbies for years before ever becoming teammates. Now that they’ve rekindled the friendship and work together on a daily basis, they’ve both elevated each other’s game.
NY Post | Mark W. Sanchez: Paul Goldschmidt’s had a very successful first season in the Bronx, and could be destined for an All-Star nod for the first time since 2022. One of the biggest things driving his resurgence at the plate has been his willingness to commit to an old-school tactic: choking up with two strikes and playing for simplicity. The results? A .278 batting average when down to his last strike, good for third in the league among the 171 batters who have been in the scenario at least 100 times.
SNY | Ben Krimmel: Jazz Chisholm Jr. started the year on a hot streak before going ice cold for a solid month, and then he hit the shelf with an oblique injury. Since his return Chisholm has been back to the former version of himself at the plate, and he credits it to an unusual adjustment — playing at 70 percent as opposed to giving a full 100 percent effort. That might sound a little blasphemous at first glance, but for Jazz it’s a combination of keeping himself healthier by not overexerting himself as well as focusing more in the game as opposed to letting the electricity of the big stage overtake him. Whatever the case may be, it’s working out well so far.