CBS Sports: Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt tried his best, but the timing just wasn’t right. According to manager Aaron Boone, the former first-round draft pick will be shut down for the rest of the postseason as he couldn’t quite recover from his right biceps neuritis, the injury that landed him on the list before the end of the regular season. The focus will now shift to Schmidt being ready for the start of the 2027 campaign.
NY Post | Greg Joyce: Aaron Judge is in the middle of a battle against
time and his own body to be ready for the AL Division Series. On Wednesday the captain and three-time AL MVP was in Somerset, where he was scheduled to get some live at-bats with a group of players staying ready in case they are needed, such as Luis Gil, Eli Morgan and Justin Topa. There’s still a couple hurdles for Judge to clear, including running the bases, but he’s got a few more days to make his case before the Yankees finalize their ALDS roster.
MLB.com | Jonathan Mayo & Sam Dykstra: The always exciting Arizona Fall League starts this weekend on Saturday, and MLB.com went through every organization’s sleeper prospect. The Yankees’ representative is right-hander Antonio Gómez. The former catcher now has a potentially deadly fastball-slider combo on the mound and has shown the ability to touch the triple digits with the heater. He is still very much a project, but there’s a lot of potential in his arm.
NY Daily News | Gary Phillips Ben Rice is a Statcast darling. Even when he struggled in 2024 as a rookie, he boasted elite barrel, chase, and walk rates. His personal page Baseball Savant was full of red in 2025 and 2026, which is fitting because he is one of the most data-driven and analytical hitters on the Yankees.
“He’s a little more analytical in how he processes the opponent and what they throw and what their specific pitches do,” Boone said. “He has a really good knowledge and idea of that, so he’s really good at developing his plan on a given night.”
“He dives into the numbers because I think that’s a tool that is helpful for him. He dives into a lot of the shapes and the movement of pitches, he dives into certain counts and how guys will attack him or pitch him,” added Judge. “He just eats that up.”
It’s safe to say the approach seems to work for him.
