Here are some of the latest updates from Yankees spring training games...
March 19, 3:45 p.m.
5-3 loss to Baltimore Orioles
- Gerrit Cole retired the first seven Orioles he faced, and made his way through four innings without allowing a run. The Orioles got to him in the top of the fifth, putting a couple runners on before Anthony Benboom homered to right field. The O’s tacked on one more in the inning, and Cole ended up allowing four earned on six hits over 5.0 innings of work. He struck out seven, walked one, and hit a batter.
- Aaron Judge doubled in the bottom of the third inning, giving him 10 hits this spring, seven of which have gone for extra-bases.
- Anthony Volpe didn’t play in this one, but Oswald Peraza got the start at shortstop, going 0-for-3 at the plate.
- Oswaldo Cabrera continued his solid spring, going 2-for-3 with an RBI while playing both left field and center field.
March 14, 9:12 p.m.
10-3 win over Toronto Blue Jays
- The Yankees wasted no time to get going in this one as DJ LeMahieu unloaded on the second pitch he saw from Toronto’s starting pitcher Drew Hutchison for a leadoff home run. LeMahieu’s shot was just the appetizer.
- After Giancarlo Stanton singled and Anthony Rizzo doubled, Josh Donaldson hit a three-run dinger to give starter Gerrit Cole a 4-0 lead. Esteven Florial added the third home run of the inning, a two-run shot, which was the beginning of the end for Hutchison who walked Carlos Narvaez before exiting the game after just 1/3 innings.
- His counterpart, Cole, who was facing a slew of Toronto regulars who made the trip to Tampa, breezed through the first two innings, striking out four and allowing a two-out double to Kevin Kiermaier.
- But it was the Blue Jays’ 8-9 hitters who blitzed Cole in the third inning. After Rob Brantly singled to leadoff the inning, Rainer Nunez lifted a first-pitch slider over the right field wall to get Toronto on the board. Cole settled down after the long ball, retiring six of the next seven batters but found some more trouble in the fifth inning.
Brantly started it off once again, this time with a ground-rule double, and came around to score on a Daulton Varsho RBI double that knocked Cole out of the game. Cole went 4.2 innings and gave up three earned runs on six hits and struck out six.
- Oswald Peraza went 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored.
- Michael King and Wandy Peralta combined for 2.1 innings and gave up no runs on two hits and struck out three.
- The Yankees added three in the eighth inning off Andres Chaparro’s three-run home run, their fifth home run of the game, and won handily, 10-3.
March 12, 4:25 p.m.
3-3 tie with Boston Red Sox
- Top prospect Anthony Volpe went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run. The SS doubled to right in the top of the third inning, but was left stranded with the bases loaded. He then homered off Chris Martin in the fifth to give the Yanks a 3-2 lead.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa, playing third base, went 1-for-2 with a strikeout. He singled in the top of the second and then stole second and third base, but was left stranded.
- RF Jake Bauers doubled in the top of the third and then drove in a run on a sacrifice fly in the fourth to make it 2-0. He finished the day 2-for-2 with an RBI. DH Andres Chaparro went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
- Yoendrys Gómez got the start and tossed three scoreless innings, as he allowed just one hit with three walks and four strikeouts. Jimmy Cordero struggled in relief, allowing three runs on four hits, including a home run to Adam Duvall, with a walk and a strikeout in just 1.1 IP.
- Albert Abreu allowed two hits and struck out one over 1.2 innings of relief, Ron Marinaccio struck out the side in the seventh inning, and Greg Weissert tossed a 1-2-3 eighth inning with one strikeout. Demarcus Evans pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing just one hit and striking out one.
- CF Jasson Dominguez went 1-for-2 with a ninth-inning single, Oswaldo Cabrera went 0-for-3 with a walk.
March 11, 4:00 p.m.
3-0 loss to Pittsburgh Pirates
- Ryan Weber got the first two outs to start the game for the Yanks before allowing an infield single to Andrew McCutchen and walking Carlos Santana. Weber got Jack Suwinski swinging to end the threat. He was able to work around a one-hit single in the second with a double play ball, but Weber’s luck ran out in the third. After a leadoff single, Ke'Bryan Hayes crushed a homer to left center and Bryan Reynolds went back-to-back with a deep homer to center. A two-out walk of Suwinski ended Weber's day.
His final line: three earned runs allowed in 2.2 innings pitched with five hits, two walks and one strikeout.
- SS Oswaldo Peraza went hitless in three times up to the plate with a strikeout looking in the sixth inning. After reaching on a fielder’s choice in the third, he stole second with two outs but was left stranded.
- 2B Isiah Kiner-Falefa flied out to center in the first inning and grounded out to third base to strand Peraza in the third before he singled to center, one of New York’s five hits on the day, with two outs in the sixth and he was lifted for a pinch runner.
- 3B Josh Donaldson led off the second inning and worked a 3-1 count before taking a called strike and going down swinging. He lined out to third on the first offering in the 4th before grounding out to third on his final at-bat to start the 7th.
- CF Spencer Jones, the Yankees' top draft pick in 2022, went down swinging on a 1-2 slider to leadoff the third and the 21-year-old fell to another slider on a 3-2 pitch to end the fifth in his last at-bat of the afternoon.
- Ian Hamilton came on in relief and allowed a pair of singles but a strikeout and a double play meant it was 1.1 innings of scoreless pitching.
March 5, 4:30 p.m.
10-6 win over Atlanta Braves
- Carlos Rodon let up a leadoff single to Ronald Acuna Jr., who stole second, and then gave up a two-run homer to Matt Olson to give Atlanta a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the third, Rodon gave up a double to Acuna followed by an RBI single to Olson. Rodon’s rough day continued as he gave up a two-run homer to Austin Riley as the Yanks trailed 5-1.
Rodon’s day was done after failing to record an out in the third, as he tossed two innings and allowed five earned runs on six hits with two strikeouts and a walk.
- 3B Oswaldo Cabrera gave New York a 1-0 lead in the top of the first with his second home run of spring training. Cabrera finished the game 1-for-3 with two strikeouts.
- CF Jasson Dominguez went 1-for-2 with a three-run homer in the top of the ninth to give the Yanks an 8-6 lead after 2B Jamie Westbrook hit a three-run blast to cut the Atlanta lead to one run. Westbrook finished 1-for-2 with a strikeout and three RBI.
- Yankee starters Harrison Bader, Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Estevan Florial and Kyle Higashioka were all held hitless in the game.
- Albert Abreu tossed two scoreless innings of relief and Matt Krook struck out four and allowed just one hit over 3.0 IP.
March 3, 9:21 p.m.
5-3 loss to Detroit Tigers
- Gerrit Cole made his spring debut Friday night and was in midseason form. In three innings, the Yankees ace gave up just one hit while striking out four on just 50 pitches. Cole used a wide range of pitches to punch out four batters. He used sliders to strike out two, his fastball and knuckle curve for his other two.
- Aaron Judge was hot at the plate. His first at-bat resulted in a double off the left-field wall while his second was a double down the left-field line. Judge's final at-bat resulted in a groundout. Judge finished 2-for-3 with the two doubles.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa showed some situational hitting in the second inning with a sacrifice fly that plated Willie Calhoun after a Harrison Bader double. IKF had a solid game, going 0-for-1 with a walk, stolen base an RBI.
- As for the bullpen behind Cole, Michael King dominated, pitching two perfect innings. Throwing 20 pitches (15 strikes), King struck out four without giving up a base runner.
Clarke Schmidt, who is fighting for the fifth starter role, gave up a solo shot to Zack Short on a 2-2 slider over the middle of the plate in the sixth inning. It wouldn't get much better for Schmidt. The 27-year-old did not get out of the seventh after giving up three more runs. His final line: 1.2 IP (41 pitches), three hits, four ER, one walk and two strike outs.
- The Yankees picked up two runs in the seventh with No. 5 prospect OF Everson Pereira getting on base after a walk and scoring. But it wasn't enough as the Tigers picked up another run in the ninth and the 5-3 win.
- OF Spencer Jones, the Yankees' 2022 first-round pick and No. 7 overall prospect went 2-for-2 with a run scored.
March 2, 3:35 p.m.
9-1 win over Pittsburgh Pirates
- Anthony Volpe got the party started early for New York, smashing a home run off Mitch Keller to lead off the game. It was Volpe's first home run of the spring as the organization's top prospect continues to turn heads at the dish.
He finished 2-for-3 with a HR, walk and a strikeout while playing second base.
- In the second inning, non-roster invitee Rafael Ortega smacked a two-run homer to give the Yanks a 3-0 lead. The former Chicago Cubs outfielder signed a minor-league deal with the Bombers this offseason and is fighting for a roster spot.
Ortega improved his stock even more in the fifth inning, hitting a triple down the right-field line that scored another run. With the Yankees' third outfield spot seemingly up for grabs, the 31-year-old could be an interesting option.
- Wandy Peralta struck out the side in the second inning and displayed a masterful performance of utilizing the pitch clock to his advantage, messing with the timing of hitters.
- Eight different pitchers, including Lou Trivino and Clay Holmes, kept the Pirates hitless through eight innings. Pittsburgh notched its first hit in the ninth inning off Matt Bowman as Matt Frazier broke up the potential no-hitter with an infield single.
- Oswald Peraza was hit on the wrist by a pitch in the second inning but immediately stole second base, showing no signs of discomfort. He scored on Ortega's home run.
- Estevan Florial had an RBI double in the fourth inning and Andres Chaparro hit a grand slam in the ninth, his second long ball of the spring.
March 1, 4:35 p.m.
4-2 win over Washington Nationals
- Domingo German made his first start of spring training, and allowed one run on one hit with three strikeouts over 2.1 IP. Greg Weissert came in to replace German in the third and allowed one hit over 0.2 IP with a strikeout. Jonathan Loaisiga tossed a 1-2-3 fourth inning thanks to a double play.
- Catcher Carlos Narvaez was the hero in the ninth, crushing a two-run homer to give the Yanks the win. Narvaez finished the day 1-for-2 at the plate.
- Harrison Bader went 1-for-2 with an RBI triple in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game up at 1-1. Bader then scored on a wild pitch to give the Yanks a 2-1 lead.
- Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Kyle Higashioka all went 0-for-2, while DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo, and Aaron Hicks all went 1-for-2.
- Top prospect Anthony Volpe went 0-for-2 after replacing LeMahieu in the fifth at second base, before switching to shortstop in the sixth when Aaron Boone pulled IKF. Right fielder Estevan Florial went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts, Oswaldo Cabrera played third and went 1-for-2, and CF Jasson Dominguez went 0-for-1 with a walk and a strikeout.
Feb. 26, 4:20 p.m.
9-5 win over Toronto Blue Jays
- Josh Donaldson singled in the top of the first and then advanced to third on Willie Calhoun's double. 1B Andres Chaparro drove in Donaldson to give the Yanks a 1-0 lead, and it could've been more, but Calhoun was thrown out at home by Kevin Kiermaier.
- Top prospect Anthony Volpe doubled down the right field line to leadoff the third, and after a wild pitch allowed him to advance to third, he scored on Calhoun's line drive to center field to make it 2-0. Volpe finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
- Catcher Carlos Narvaez and 2B Jesus Bastidas hit back-to-back homers in the top of the fourth to put the Yanks up 4-0. Volpe then singled and stole both second and third base. After Donaldson walked to give New York runners at the corners, Calhoun grounded into the double-play and Volpe scored to make it 5-0. The Yanks loaded the bases in the fifth, and Bastidas picked up the RBI with a walk as they took a 6-0 lead.
- Matt Bowman replaced Mitch Spence with a runner on first in the bottom of the fifth and hit the first batter he faced. Bowman struggled in just 0.2 IP, as he let up two home runs and four runs to make it a 6-5 game.
- Chaparro homered in top of the sixth to put the Yanks up 7-5. CF Brandon Lockridge drove in two runs on a triple to center in the top of the eighth to give the Yanks a four-run lead.
Feb. 26, 3:35 p.m.
7-0 win over Atlanta Braves
- After three straight singles to open the game, catcher Jose Trevino gave the Yanks a 4-0 lead with a grand slam to left field.
- Clarke Schmidt tossed two scoreless innings, striking out five of the six batters he faced.
- Albert Abreu tossed a quick 1-2-3 third inning, and then Deivi Garcia kept the shutout going in the fourth as he allowed two baserunners (one error, one walk) but escaped by picking off Kevin Pillar at second base. The youngster then sent the Braves down in order in the fifth, as his day finished after two scoreless innings with two strikeouts.
- T.J. Rumfield drove in two runs on a double to right, and then came around to score on Mickey Gasper's double to make it 7-0 in the sixth.
- Aaron Judge went 1-for-1 with a run scored, Gleyber Torres went 2-for-2 with a run scored, Aaron Hicks went 1-for-3 with a run scored, and Trevino finished 1-for-2 with four RBI. Oswald Peraza went 1-for-2 with a walk and strikeout.