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Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images Welcome to the relaunched This Day in Yankees History. Now that spring training is officially open, it’s time to get amped for the upcoming season. These daily posts will highlight two or three key moments in Yankees history on a given date, as well as recognize players born on the day. Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us! ★ ★ ★ 89 Years Ago Right-handed pitcher Ed Morris had a very odd career. Dubbed “Big Ed” for ...

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Yankees and Red Sox made a trade earlier this week, with Adam Ottavino and prospect Frank German going to Boston in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. It was the first deal the two rivals have made since 2014 and just the fourth in the last 35 years. They don’t do business with each other often. However at one point, they did, and did so a lot. From 1903 to 1948, the teams made 34 deals. From 1918 to January 1923, they made n...

More Cubs vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 29, 2021, 6:38am CST + The previous posts in this series looked at the success -- or lack thereof -- against American League pitchers in All-Star Games of Cubs greats who never batted in the World Series, and only 1 of whom batted in a handful of interleague games. Five players were featured: Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson. Each post detailed the players performance through the lens of t...

Yankees get: Player to be named later or cash considerations With Ottavino heading into the final season of a three-year, $27 million deal and the Yankees looking to create more space under the $210 million competitive balance tax threshold in 2021, New York shipped the reliever to the Red Sox with German (the Yankees No. 24 prospect) and some cash to cover part of Ottavinos contract. After posting a 1.90 ERA in his first season in pinstripes, Ottavino had a 5.89 ERA over 18 1/3 innings in 20, ...

January 24, 2021 Mitch Keller has only thrown 69-and-a-third big-league innings, and he’s already had a remarkable career. The baseball gods are a big reason why. In his 2019 rookie season, the now-24-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander had a 7.13 ERA to go with a 3.19 FIP, and this past season he had a 2.91 ERA to go with a 6.75 FIP. Hello, BABIP. In an almost-inexplicable quirk of fate, Keller followed up a .475 BABIP — the highest one-season mark in MLB history — with a .104 BABIP...