Jameson Taillon feels loved by new Yankees teammates after 1st win following long road back
Updated May 01, 2021;
Posted May 01, 2021
Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon held the Detroit Tigers to one run in five innings of work Saturday at Yankee Stadium and earned his first win in exactly two years.AP
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Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon was unaware if his teammates knew about his frustrating and painful baseball journey. Gerrit Cole knows, but they’ve been buddies going back to their Pittsburgh minor-league days. As for the others, he’d didn’t know if they had any idea he’d come back from Tommy John as a minor leaguer, beat cancer as a young beat leaguer or joined their team while still rehabbing from Tommy John surgery No. 2.
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Yankees’ Corey Kluber’s stuff ‘regressed?’ Luke Voit missed? Jay Bruce’s future? 7 observations
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Dunedin, Fla. AP
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DUNEDIN, Fla. On one hand, the Yankees’ $11-million investment in Corey Kluber hasn’t looked wise.
On the other, it’s been just three starts in pinstripes for a two-time American League Cy Young winner who typically gets hotter as the weather warms.
On Wednesday, it was more of the bad as Kluber lasted just four innings, giving up three runs to the Blue Jays in 5-4 loss at TD Ballpark.
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Yankees’ Michael King emerges as bullpen star, but yearns to be starter
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Michael King on Sunday became the first Yankees reliever to work six shutout innings allowing one or no hits since September 1986.AP
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In baseball, you never know when you’re going to see something extraordinary from someone unexpected. Over the weekend, a 28-year-old rookie designated hitter hit and hit and hit his way into the Chicago White Sox record books by starting his season 8-for-8 after coming into the year hitless in one career at-bat. In two days, Yermin Mercedes went from no name to rising star.