MLB.com | Mark Bowman: Just days after long-time Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling passed away at the age of 87, the baseball world lost another legend with the passing of Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox. Cox was the long-time manager of the Braves across two separate stints, leading the franchise to 14 straight division titles, five National League pennants, and the 1995 World Series title. Cox memorably also holds the record for the most ejections as a manager at 162, 75 ahead of Aaron Boone.
Cox played in the minor league systems of the Dodgers and Braves before being traded to the Yankees in 1967 for Bob Tillman and Dale Roberts. He played for the Bombers in 1968 and 1969, even sharing the field with Mickey Mantle, and appeared in 220 games — mostly at third — batting .225 with nine home runs, 58 RBI, and an 87 wRC+. He managed in the Yankees’ minor league system from 1971 to 1976 and was Billy Martin’s first base coach for the 1977 World Series title. He went on to manage 25 seasons for the Braves sandwiched around a four-year stint at the helm of the Blue Jays, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014 by the Expansion Era Committee. Our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.
New York Post | Mark W. Sanchez: The turnaround in Ryan McMahon’s fortunes at the plate began with three words to Aaron Judge: “Cap, watcha got?” The pair then studied video of McMahon’s swings together, Judge pointing out how McMahon was shifting weight from his back hip to his front heel too early. The two of them along with Paul Goldschmidt and a couple of the Yankees’ hitting coaches went into the batting cage where McMahon worked on keeping his weight back for an extra tick which allowed him to see the ball for longer. The result: going from a .167 average and 52 wRC+ through the end of April to batting .375 with a 192 wRC+ in May.
CBS Sports: The Yankees have announced that Gerrit Cole will make his fifth rehab with Double-A Somerset on Sunday. It’s been a long road back from the Tommy John surgery he underwent in March 2025, and Cole has looked rusty in his four rehab appearances so far, pitching to a 6.27 ERA with 14 strikeouts, one walk, and six home runs allowed in 18.2 innings. The team is unsure whether he will require two or three more rehab starts before joining the big league club, putting him right in line with the original timetable of a late-May or early-June return.
MLB.com | Casey Drottar: There was a scary moment in the first inning of the Yankees’ 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Brewers on Saturday when Cam Schlittler got drilled in the back of the left calf with a 109-mph line drive off the bat of William Contreras. Schlittler looked to be in visible discomfort, and worryingly threw all of his warmup pitches high when Aaron Boone and the trainer came out to check on him. However, he brushed off the pain to finish the day with six scoreless innings allowing two hits and no walks against six strikeouts.
