JUAN SOTO NEWS

Skenes 2 perfect innings in Bronx debut, Yankees clinch AL home field despite 9-4 loss to Pirates

Paul Skenes pitched two perfect innings in his Yankee Stadium debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit five homers, including four off rookie Luis Gil, in a 9-4 win, New York (93-68) l...

SEPTEMBER 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rookie Paul Skenes finishes 11-3 with 1.96 ERA, retires 6 straight batters in Yankee Stadium debut

Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes ended an impressive rookie season by retiring six hitters in order, including strikeouts of New York stars Juan Soto and Aaron Judge in his Yankee Stadium...

SEPTEMBER 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yankees win AL East title with 10-1 victory over Orioles behind Judge, Stanton and Cole

The New York Yankees won the AL East title for a first-round bye in the playoffs, dispatching the Baltimore Orioles with a 10-1 victory behind Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Ge...

SEPTEMBER 27 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clubs 41st homer Soto went 2-for-4 with a walk, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 9-7 loss to the Orioles.

Impact The 25-year-old slugger took Zach Eflin deep for a two-run shot in the fifth inning, but the Yankees were already in an 8-1 hole at that point. Soto's 41 homers on the season continues to add to his career-best total, and he sits just two RBI short of tying the career-high 110 he racked up in 2019 with the Nationals.

SEPTEMBER 26 • ROTOWIRE

Orioles try to sweep 3-game series over the Yankees

The Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees square off in the final game of a three-game series

SEPTEMBER 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Judge homers in 4th straight but Orioles win 9-7 to again prevent Yankees from clinching AL East

Gunnar Henderson had three of Baltimore’s 12 hits in the first four innings, and the Orioles again prevented the New York Yankees from clinching the AL East title by holding on for...

SEPTEMBER 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

2024 MLB MVP race, odds: Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani will likely win AL, NL MVPs

The MLB MVP races are effectively over, as Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani closed as the heavy favorites to win the awards in the AL and in th...

SEPTEMBER 23

Returns to lineup Soto (knee) will start in right field and bat second Saturday against the Athletics.

Impact Soto injured his knee during Thursday's contest and was scratched from Friday's lineup due to lingering soreness, though he was able to enter as a pinch hitter and log an RBI double. He'll now return to the starting nine Saturday to face JP Sears, whom Soto is 0-for-3 against in his career.

SEPTEMBER 21 • ROTOWIRE

The 3 biggest highlights from Juan Soto's gutsy performance in huge win over A's Earlier in the day, Soto received the best news of all: X-rays of his kneecap didn't reveal structural damage.

SEPTEMBER 21 • NYTIMES.COM

Gerrit Cole and Juan Soto lead the Yankees past the Athletics 4-2 in 10 innings

Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by holding the Athletics to one run in nine innings and Juan Soto came off the bench to hit an RBI double in the 10th, giving the New York Y...

SEPTEMBER 21 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yankees' Juan Soto scratched with knee swelling, but X-rays OK Juan Soto was originally set to start for the New York Yankees on Friday a day after banging his left knee against the outfield wall, but th...

SEPTEMBER 21 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Juan Soto out of Yankees' lineup day after ramming knee into concrete wall The Yankees and Athletics are playing a weekend series in Oakland, Calif.

SEPTEMBER 21 • NJ.COM

Yankees slugger Juan Soto hits pinch-hit RBI double after being scratched from the lineup

New York Yankees star right fielder Juan Soto was scratched from the starting lineup a day after hurting his left leg sliding into a wall to make a catch but managed to come on as...

SEPTEMBER 21 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Scratched from lineup Soto (knee) was Bryan Hoch of MLB.com from Friday's lineup against Oakland, Bryan reports.

Impact Soto suffered a knee injury in Thursday's game against Seattle after crashing into the wall in the seventh inning. X-rays came back negative, and he was poised to return to the lineup Friday, but he's been removed due to soreness and swelling in the affected knee. Jasson Dominguez is the likely candidate to take Soto's place in the lineup.

SEPTEMBER 20 • ROTOWIRE

In Friday's lineup Soto (knee) will start in right field and bat second Friday against the Athletics.

Impact X-rays on Soto's left knee came back negative after he crashed into the outfield wall during Thursday's contest, and he appears to be feeling well enough to return to the field for Friday's series opener. Since the start of September, the 25-year-old is slashing .241/.405/.448 with three homers and seven RBI across 74 plate appearances, and he'll have a favorable matchup Friday against right-hander J.T. Ginn, who owns a 4.94 ERA on the season.

SEPTEMBER 20 • ROTOWIRE

Suffers knee injury Soto will undergo X-rays on his left knee after crashing into the wall in the seventh inning of Thursday's game against the Mariners, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News repor...

Impact Soto made a sliding catch in foul territory and landed hard into the wall. He remained in the game, and the imaging is considered precautionary. However, Soto added after the game that his availability on Friday against the Athletics is in question, depending on his level of soreness.

SEPTEMBER 20 • ROTOWIRE

Logan Gilbert reaches 200 Ks, Mariners stay on edge of playoff race with 3-2 win over Yankees

Logan Gilbert allowed two runs pitching into the sixth inning and reached the 200-strikeout mark for the season, J

SEPTEMBER 19 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Swipes sixth bag in win Soto went 1-for-2 with two walks and a stolen base in Wednesday's extra-inning win over the Mariners.

Impact Soto walked and stole second in the opening frame but was left stranded as the Yankees' offense failed to get much of anything going throughout the contest. He then added his 30th double of the campaign in his second trip to the plate and went on to reach three times in the contest. Soto has also hit safely in each of his last three games while the stolen base was his first since July 10 against Tampa Bay. He's batting .255 (14-for-55) in September with three homers, seven RBI, 11 runs and 14 walks.

SEPTEMBER 19 • ROTOWIRE

Yankees clinch playoff berth by beating Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings

Following a one-year absence, the New York Yankees are back in the playoffs

SEPTEMBER 19 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Touch 'Em All: Juan Soto hits 200th career home run | 09/18/2024 Yankees star Juan Soto hit his 200th career home run on Tuesday night, and joins elite company to reach this milestone before the age of 26

SEPTEMBER 18 • MLB.COM

A look at postseason tiebreakers, Soto's free agency | 09/18/2024 Brian Kenny and Chris Russo discuss if the MLB should bring back Game 163, Juan Soto's free agency and their AL favorite to win the pennant

SEPTEMBER 18 • MLB.COM

Juan Soto Clubs His 200th Career Home Run Soto hit his 40th home run of the season in the New York Yankees 11-2 win on Tuesday.

SEPTEMBER 18 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Juan Soto Clubs His 200th Career Home Run Soto hit his 40th home run of the season in the New York Yankees 11-2 win on Tuesday.

SEPTEMBER 18 • SUNHERALD.COM

Reaches 40 HRs Soto went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, two walks and three runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.

Impact Soto's home run in the fourth gave the Yankees some breathing room and also was a huge personal milestone for the 25-year-old, giving him 200 home runs for this career, his first 40-homer season and a home run in every single MLB ballpark. Soto hasn't been hitting the ball all that well lately but has still managed to reach base 12 times over his last eight games despite holding a .214 average. For the year, he's slashing .287/.417/.576 with 103 RBI, 120 runs, five steals and a 121:110 BB:K in 671 plate appearances.

SEPTEMBER 18 • ROTOWIRE

Juan Soto hits 40th homer, Aaron Judge drives in 4 runs as Yankees thump Mariners 11-2

Aaron Judge drove in four runs in his first two at-bats, Juan Soto hit his 40th homer of the season and 200th of his career, and the New York Yankees moved to the cusp of clinching...

SEPTEMBER 18 • ASSOCIATED PRESS