New York Post | Dan Martin: Before Sunday’s victory, the Yankees were mired in a 4-10 slide that dropped them 5.5 games behind the Rays in the AL East. Despite this, the Yankees’ manager expressed optimism that Saturday’s rainout could be an inflection point. “I think it will serve us well,’’ said Aaron Boone of the postponement. “It’s been a crappy couple weeks for us, result-wise, but I feel like we’re in a good place team-wise. I feel we have a good run in us here.” In addition to a slumping offense,
the team’s bullpen has blown some close games, losses that Boone called “tough” as they try to turn things around.
New York Daily News| Gary Phillips: As previously noted, the Yankees won Sunday’s game in dramatic fashion, with their slumping captain walking off the division-topping Rays. Aaron Judge entered play with just one hit in his last 24 at-bats but recorded two hits in the win, including a two-run homer off Kevin Kelly to send the rain-soaked faithful home happy. Boone had previously said to reporters during Judge’s slump: “He’ll get through it, and somebody will pay the price real soon.“
In case you were watching the YES Network broadcast, here’s the Dave Sims call on WFAN!
Judge wasn’t the only hero on this day. Ryan Weathers starred as well, holding Tampa Bay off the board through seven innings to keep the Yankees in the game and drop his ERA to 3.27 on the season. And in the eighth, a potential Rays rally was squelched by bad baserunning from Junior Caminero, who was thrown out on a heads-up play by Cody Bellinger. The left fielder himself credited third baseman Ryan McMahon, who immediately signaled for Bellinger to get the ball to him; McMahon applied the tag before Oliver Dunn crossed home plate.
Also from Phillips: the Yankees confirmed that ace Gerrit Cole’s second start of 2026 will come on Wednesday in Kansas City. Cole went six scoreless on Friday against the Rays in his first start since completing his Tommy John surgery rehab. MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch reported that Will Warren will start today and Cam Schlittler will get the ball tomorrow.
MLB.com | Tim Crowley: Yankees prospect Hans Montero had a night to remember Saturday, hitting three home runs for Low-A Tampa. The performance raised his season OPS to .923. The infielder, who received a $1.7 million signing bonus from the Yankees out of the Dominican Republic in 2021, is not among the team’s top 30 prospects per MLB Pipeline but is still just 22 years old.
