The Yankees also ranked in the top half of the league in pitcher pickoff attempts, with Stroman leading the way at 61. The Yankees successfully nabbed 13 runners this season, though injured lefty Nestor Cortes was responsible for four of them.

Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals will play Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees on Saturday at 6:38 PM ET on Max. Witt had two hits in his previous game, going 2-for-5 with an RBI. The

George Brett, who spent his entire 21-year career with the Royals and is as identifiable with a single franchise as any living ballplayer, let loose an admiring sigh

Witt went down a rabbit hole of Derek Jeter highlights, and the memories came rushing back. As much as anything or anyone else, it was the New York Yankees’ Hall of Fame shortstop who inspired Witt to start playing baseball as a kid.

As Bobby Witt Jr. talked to a room full of reporters at Yankee Stadium on Friday, a larger-than-life Derek Jeter, pictured in a blown-up Sports Illustrated cover hanging on the wall, smiled in the young shortstop’s direction.

NEW YORK — Bobby Witt Jr. sounded like a postseason vet as he fielded questions from reporters in the press conference room at Yankee Stadium on Friday. The 24-year-old was one sleep away from the biggest test of his young career — a showdown with the Yankees in his American League Division Series debut — and he was saying all the right things.

In the sixth inning, Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. had a chance to write the latest chapter in his historic 2024 campaign. Witt, who was Game 1’s hero, needed to deliver in a key spot against the Baltimore Orioles. The score was tied 1-all. KC had runners at the corners with two outs. It was a big spot … and Witt knew it.

The Royals swept the Orioles in the Wild Card round to advance to the ALDS and Bobby Witt Jr. made history with back-to-back game-winning RBI.

The Kansas City Royals finished off a two-game American League Wild Card Series sweep of the host Baltimore Orioles with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday

Each had fantastic seasons in his own right. Judge propelled the New York Yankees (94-68) with a .322 batting average, 58 home runs and 144 runs driven in. He also produced an incredible 1.159 OPS (on-base plus slugging).

The Kansas City Royals endured two seven-game losing streaks in the final month of the season. The second of those ended with a well-timed joke from a three-time World Series winner.