Historic Moments
The trades, the games, the milestones that shaped the greatest franchise in American sports. From the Babe Ruth trade to today.
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2026 Trade Deadline: Doval Out, Luis Garcia Jr. In
Two moves, one day apart, and neither one was subtle about the problem they were solving. On Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Yankees traded reliever...
Aaron Judge's 2026 Rib Stress Fracture
Aaron Judge suffered a stress fracture in his right first rib during the 2026 season, an injury that's kept the Yankees captain off the field since May...
Cam Schlittler's Historic Start to 2026
Through his first nine starts of the 2026 season, Cam Schlittler struck out 59 batters, walked nine, gave up exactly one home run, and posted a 1.35...
Cody Bellinger Re-Signs for Five Years, $162.5 Million
Scott Boras wanted seven years. The New York Yankees offered five. On January 21, 2026, after a winter-long staring contest, Cody Bellinger blinked...
2025 ALDS: Blue Jays Eliminate the Yankees
October 2025. The Yankees and Blue Jays finished the regular season with the exact same record -- 94-68 -- and Toronto still walked away with the AL...
Aaron Judge's Foul-Pole Homer in the 2025 ALDS
October 2025, ALDS Game 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees were down in the series. The season was on the brink. And Aaron Judge did what...
Cam Schlittler's 12-Strikeout Gem in Wild Card Game 3
October 2025, Wild Card Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox. Win or go home. The Yankees' entire 94-win season -- the nine-homer game, the May lead, the...
CC Sabathia Inducted into the Hall of Fame
CC Sabathia got 342 of a possible 394 votes on the BBWAA's 2025 Hall of Fame ballot -- 86.8%, comfortably clear of the 75% cutoff -- and went in on the...
Yankees Hit a Franchise-Record Nine Homers vs. Brewers
April 2025, Game 2 of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees hit home runs on three consecutive pitches to open the game. Three pitches...
Max Fried Signs 8-Year, $218 Million Deal
Two days after Juan Soto picked the Mets over the Bronx for $765 million, the Yankees turned around and wrote the biggest check in franchise history to...
How the Yankees Pivoted After Losing Juan Soto
December 2024. Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for 15 years and $765 million -- the largest contract in North American sports history. The...
Juan Soto Signs $765 Million Deal with the Mets
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this. On December 9, 2024, Juan Soto -- the best hitter the New York Yankees had paired with Aaron Judge since the dynasty...
Aaron Judge's Unanimous 2024 AL MVP Season
Thirty ballots. Thirty first-place votes. On November 21, 2024, Aaron Judge became the first unanimous AL MVP of his career, and honestly, it felt less...
2024 World Series: Yankees vs. Dodgers
Freddie Freeman couldn't run all week. The first time he jogged was when they called his name for player introductions before Game 1, and he trotted...
2024 ALCS: Yankees Beat the Guardians for the Pennant
Nobody was talking about Giancarlo Stanton going into the 2024 ALCS. He'd spent seven years as a Yankee with an absurd contract, absurd power, and an...
Yankees Reach 2024 World Series
The Yankees advance to the World Series for the first time since 2009 behind Juan Soto and Aaron Judge.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. Traded to the Yankees
The Yankees acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins on July 27, 2024, sending three prospects south and immediately moving him to a position...
Juan Soto Traded to the Yankees
December 6, 2023. Late at night, deep into the Winter Meetings in Nashville, the New York Yankees pulled off the biggest trade of Brian Cashman's...
Gerrit Cole's 2023 Cy Young Season
In a season where nearly everything went wrong for the Yankees, Gerrit Cole went right. Spectacularly, historically, unanimously right. His 2023...
The 2023 Yankees' August Collapse
August 2023. The month the 2023 Yankees season went from "disappointing" to "historically bad." A nine-game losing streak -- nine consecutive losses...
Domingo Germán's Perfect Game in Oakland
June 28, 2023. A Wednesday night at the Oakland Coliseum, a stadium so far past its expiration date that it had spent a decade as baseball's running...
Aaron Judge's Toe Injury at Dodger Stadium
June 3, 2023, Dodger Stadium. Aaron Judge sprinted to the right-field wall, leaped, and made one of those catches that makes you jump off the couch...
Anthony Volpe's Opening Day Debut at Shortstop
March 30, 2023. Yankee Stadium. A 21-year-old from Watchung, New Jersey, jogged out to shortstop for the New York Yankees on Opening Day, and the...
Aaron Judge Named 16th Yankees Captain
December 21, 2022. A podium at Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter and Willie Randolph standing off to the side, and Hal Steinbrenner introducing Aaron Judge...
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