NEW YORK — The Yankees summed up reliever Jake Cousins ’ spring training right elbow flexor strain as “a little bump in the road.” The right-hander hoped to be in Grapefruit Leagues before camp broke and back with the big club very early in the season contributing like he did last season.

Jake Cousins return to action for the Yankees has been disrupted by a new injury. The post Yankees Announce Bad News About Pitcher Dealing With Injury appeared first on Heavy Sports.

NEW YORK — Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt soaked in the atmosphere Saturday at Yankee Stadium after Mets leadoff hitter Francisco Lindor led off the middle game of this weekend’s Subway Series by popping up to third baseman Jorbit Vivas.

Juan Soto made an emotionally charged return to Yankee Stadium on Friday where he was greeted by a cacophony of boos and his new team, the New York Mets, succumbed to a 6-2 loss against his old team,

Francisco Lindor hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Mets earned a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon to even the three-game Subway Series.

Just before Juan Soto could play the villain, Francisco Lindor did it for him. With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the ninth — and Soto looming on deck — Lindor hit a fly ball just deep enough for a sacrifice fly that scored Luisangel Acuña to lift the Mets to a tense 3-2 win over the Yankees on Saturday afternoon in The Bronx.