A-Rod returns to Yankees (Yahoo! Sports)

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was back in the starting lineup Saturday after missing six games with a left thumb injury. A-Rod sprained his left thumb at the end of August and hadn't completely recovered, but he has begun using a bat with a piece of tape wrapped...

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Yankees open series against Royals with 7-4 win (AP)

A.J. Burnett hadn't won a game in weeks. He hadn't felt good about a start in months. And he had never experienced victory as a member of the New York Yankees when the calendar flipped to August. The Kansas City Royals were the perfect opponent to change all that. Burnett managed to scatter 10 singles over a shaky 5 2-3 innings Monday night, and Derek Jeter drove in three runs to help the...

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AL Roundup: A look at Wednesday’s games (The Canadian Press)

The Los Angeles Angels hadn't thrown a solo no-hitter in nearly 27 years, and the Cleveland Indians hadn't fallen victim to one in 18.

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Tigers end skid with 4-2 win over Yankees (AP)

Scott Sizemore must have wondered what all the fuss was about. In his first game back with Detroit, the Tigers looked nothing like the sinking team that hadn't won in over a week. Sizemore had three hits, and slumping teammates Austin Jackson and Magglio Ordonez added two apiece to help Detroit snap a seven-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

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AL Roundup: A look at Sunday’s games (The Canadian Press)

Rookie David Cooper hadn't managed a hit in his first seven tries so his mother, sister and girlfriend decided to shake things up.

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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on May 1, 2011

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Cardinals, Pujols aren’t making progress (Yahoo! Sports)

Only days before a deadline that could shape its future, St. Louis hadn’t made a concrete offer to Albert Pujols.

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This post was written by Yahoo! Sports - MLB - New York Yankees News on February 8, 2011

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Yankees promote RHP Moseley, send down LHP Logan (AP)

The New York Yankees have promoted right-hander Dustin Moseley from Triple-A and sent down lefty reliever Boone Logan. The 28-year-old Moseley pitched in parts of the last four seasons with the Angels. He was limited last year by forearm and hip trouble. A clause in Moseley's contract would've let him become a free agent if the Yankees hadn't told him by July 1 that he was coming to the...

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