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New York Post
6 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees flameout Clint Frazier decries ‘too many rocket scientists' running franchise
The Yankees' math never really added up for Clint Frazier. Frazier, who famously couldn't stick with the big league club after years as a top prospect, seemingly has lingering beef with the franchise and its analytically driven focus. 'I do feel like they hired a few too many rocket scientists to try to like make the lineup,' Frazier said on 'Foul Territory' on Thursday, 'instead of just like letting a former player or a guy that has more experience write the lineup.' Advertisement Foul Territory/ YouTube. He recalled to fellow ex-Yankee and podcast host Erik Kratz being told by one analyst that there is no such thing as 'players getting hot.' 'I could 55-for-55, and they would be like, 'he's not hot, he's going to cool down.' They believed you were what you were,' he said. 'And in my mind, I was like, that's not using your eyes… you gotta run with that sometimes.' Advertisement Frazier was a polarizing presence for the Yankees upon his arrival as a 21-year-old prospect from Cleveland in 2016 as part of the Andrew Miller trade — in part due to his flowing red locks. The Yankees relaxed their hair policy this season, giving Frazier one more qualm with his former franchise. Clint Frazier as a Yankee. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post Advertisement 'I was just highly offended man,' he said. 'I felt like I was one of the guys there trying to push the envelope. That felt personal.' Frazier never realized his potential over parts of five MLB seasons with the Bombers, struggling with multiple concussions and getting released in 2021 and bouncing from the Cubs to the Rangers to the White Sox, seeing his last MLB action in 2023. Advertisement Once the No. 53 prospect in top 100, Frazier's MLB days ended with a .235 batting average, 29 home runs and 101 RBIs over parts of 7 MLB seasons. Frazier officially retired last season after a run with the Charleston Dirty Birds in the Atlantic League.
New York Post
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees bats finally wake up to snap six-game skid in rainy, sweltering Bronx
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free At long last — the first time in a week — the Yankees have won a game. It was not the prettiest way to get off the schneid, but off the schneid they finally are. Back-to-back home runs from a pair of slumping hitters, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt, gave the Yankees a lead in the second inning and they were able to make it stand to snap a six-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Angels on a sweltering Thursday afternoon in The Bronx. Carlos Rodón gave up a season-high three home runs but they were all of the solo variety, allowing the Yankees (43-31) to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the Angels (36-38). As they have too often over the past week, the Yankees made another baserunning blunder that ended a rally too early in what was then a 4-3 game. 4 Paul Goldschmidt rounds the bases on his home run in the second inning during the Yankees' win over the Angels on June 19, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post 4 Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham celebrates his home run in the dugout during the second inning on June 19, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post This time it was Austin Wells taking off from first base too early before a full-count, two-out pitch to DJ LeMahieu in the sixth inning, with lefty Tyler Anderson throwing over and eventually picking off Anthony Volpe in between second and third. But an inning later, Cody Bellinger capped off a three-hit day with an RBI single to right field that scored Grisham, who had doubled, for a key insurance run. (Though the inning ended on the play as Bellinger was thrown out at second trying to advance on the throw home). Then, after the second rain delay of the game (this one 35 minutes), the Yankees padded their lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth. Aaron Judge started the rally with a double, his first extra-base hit since homering off Garrett Crochet last Friday. He went 1-for-3 with a walk, improving to 4-for-31 over his last nine games. In relief of Rodón, Mark Leiter Jr., Jonathan Loáisiga and Devin Williams made sure the lead held to secure the Yankees' first win since beating the Royals 1-0 last Thursday. Mike Trout took Rodón deep with two outs in the top of the first, but the Yankees quickly tied it up in the bottom of the inning. Goldschmidt led off with a double down the line before Bellinger reached on an infield single. 4 Carlos Rodon pitches against the Angels during the Yankees' win on June 19, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post After Judge struck out, Giancarlo Stanton picked him up by hitting into a fielder's choice that scored Goldschmidt from third. Jo Adell then homered off Rodón in the top of the second, but again the Yankees had an immediate answer. This one came in the form of a two-out, two-run home run from Grisham, his first since May 30, to take a 3-2 lead. 4 The Yankees grounds crew rolls out the tarp during a rain delay in the eighth inning on June 19, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Two pitches later, Goldschmidt made it back-to-back jacks. Grisham, batting ninth for the first time since April, came into the day batting .180 with a .551 OPS and one home run over his last 28 games. He had homered 12 times in his first 35 games before cooling off, but looked more like late-April/early-May Grisham on Thursday. Goldschmidt, meanwhile, entered the day batting .150 with a .432 OPS and one home run over his last 17 games. But the lefty masher took advantage of Anderson, clubbing his fifth homer of the year off a southpaw (out of eight overall).
Filipino Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Filipino Times
Lea Salonga sings US National Anthem at New York Yankees game
Tony Award-winning actress and Broadway star Lea Salonga sang the United States National Anthem at the New York Yankees game. The Yankees posted the video of her performance on social media, showing Salonga singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' earning 7.7 million views on Facebook as of writing. 'Thank you to Tony-Award Winning Actress Lea Salonga for tonight's beautiful rendition of our National Anthem,' the baseball team wrote in a caption. Salonga is currently starring in 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' on Broadway, a popular theater show in New York City. On her Instagram story, Salonga shared the Yankees' post and expressed her gratitude. 'Thanks for having me! Go NY!!!,' she wrote. A week earlier, Salonga attended the 78th Tony Awards as a presenter. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lea Salonga (@msleasalonga) Related Articles
New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees' Anthony Volpe explains what went wrong on costly error
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free Anthony Volpe admitted that he got played on Wednesday night, and it cost the Yankees a chance to end their five-game losing streak. In the top of the eighth inning, with the game tied 2-2 and the bases loaded with one out, Jo Adell hit a grounder to the third-year shortstop, who bobbled the ball in front of him and proceeded to errantly throw too wide of Oswald Peraza at second base. Advertisement The crucial error allowed the go-ahead run for the Angels in their 3-2 win in The Bronx despite the Yankees breaking their brutal 30-inning streak without scoring a run. Volpe was quick to shake his head following the play and had few words to say after the game. 'Right off the bat, I've gotta be aggressive. Go get the ball and make the play,' Volpe said of the error. 'As far as that, that's all it is. It's the first read off the bat. Advertisement 'It was hit sharp. It looked like it hopped up a little bit. I haven't watched the replay of it yet and you know, obviously, didn't handle the ball,' manager Aaron Boone said. Volpe, the 2023 Gold Glove winner, also struck out swinging for the final out of the game on a 95.1 mph cutter from Angels closer Kenley Jansen with the potential tying run on base. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS Volpe was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. He is 1-for-18 in his past five games. Advertisement Still, Boone says Volpe's recent at-bats have been solid. Anthony Volpe makes an errant throw wide of Oswald Peraza for an error after originally booting the ball for an eighth-inning error that led to the go-ahead run in the Yankees' 3-2 loss to the Angels on June 18, 2025. Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images 'Lately, for the most part OK. The last couple days, I feel like his BPs for the last couple days have been good where he's making just good move,' Boone said. 'As I've talked about kind of all year, I feel like he understands that better and knows what that feels like and self-corrects a little bit better. So, tonight, a little, you know, where it wasn't that move I've seen in BP. It wasn't real efficient like that. But, he'll work through this. Again, I think he's so much better at self-correcting now and making those adjustments in quicker time frames.' Advertisement Another bump in the road came in the second inning when Volpe was caught stealing — his sixth of the year — at second base. Anthony Volpe strikes out to end the game in the Yankees' 3-2 loss to the Angels on June 18, 2025. Robert Sabo for New York Post He has lacked in the area this season, which has been a strength of his the past two years. Volpe has eight stolen bases on the season.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees' June swoons are becoming an annual tradition
For the June 18th, 2025 edition of the Morning Take, Brandon London reacts to the Yankees' continued ineptitude in the batter's box after the Bombers were blanked for a third consecutive game.
