Teixeira could be swinging for Yankees soon

Mark Teixeira isn’t dreading his next doctor’s visit. He’s actually excited about it.

Mark Teixeira isn’t dreading his next doctor’s visit. He’s actually excited about it.

The New York Yankees set a record for baseball’s highest opening-day payroll at $230.4 million, almost 10 times what the Houston Astros are paying their players.

The 2013 Major League Baseball season opens Sunday with a new league for the Houston Astros, San Francisco seeking a third World Series title in four seasons and the New York Yankees hurt but dangerous.

Mariano Rivera confirmed he will retire at the end of the season and hopes the last pitch of his record-setting career closes another World Series victory with the New York Yankees.
Beside his wife and two kids and with the entire Yankees team looking on at a news conference on Saturday, the 43-year-old Rivera made clear how he wants his career to end.

Ichiro Suzuki and the New York Yankees are closing in on a contract that would guarantee the Japanese outfielder between $12 million and $13 million.

Mariano Rivera, the all-time saves leader in Major League Baseball, and the New York Yankees have agreed to terms of a one-year contract.

Mariano Rivera’s career is in serious jeopardy after the New York Yankees closing pitcher tore a ligament in his right knee on Thursday.

The Boston Red Sox threw a lavish 100th birthday party for venerable Fenway Park on Friday, but the New York Yankees dampened the festivities with a 6-2 victory.

Catcher Jorge Posada said Wednesday he won’t return to the New York Yankees next season, and he’ll either join another team or retire after 17 years in Major League Baseball.

NEW YORK – Don Kelly and Delmon Young homered in the first inning and Detroit’s pitchers made the lead stand up Thursday as the Tigers edged the New York Yankees 3-2 to advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs. The Tigers won the best-of-five American League first-round series three games to two to advance to [...]

New York Yankees closing relief ace Mariano Rivera set a Major League Baseball record with his 602nd career save, throwing a perfect ninth inning on Monday to complete a 6-4 victory over Minnesota.
The New York Yankees reclaimed the leadership of the American League East division with a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday in the opening game of another vital series between the archrivals.
PHOENIX – New York Yankees’ Robinson Cano used his powerful swing to edge Adrian Gonzalez and win the home run derby ahead of Tuesday’s 2011 Major League Baseball all-star game. Cano, who batted last, overpowered Boston Red Sox first baseman Gonzalez 12-11 in the final round Monday after the slugger blasted 20 homers through the [...]