The Yankees’ 2026 Opening Day roster is now set.
The team will open the season with:
Catchers
Austin Wells
JC Escarra
Infielders
Ben Rice
Jazz Chisholm
Jose Caballero
Ryan McMahon
Paul Goldschmidt
Amed Rosario
Outfielders
Aaron Judge
Cody Bellinger
Trent Grisham
Randall Grichuk
Giancarlo Stanton
Starting Pitchers
Max Fried
Cam Schlittler
Will Warren
Ryan Weathers
Relief Pitchers
David Bednar
Camilo Doval
Fernando Cruz
Tim Hill
Ryan Yarbrough
Paul Blackburn
Cade Winquest
Jake Bird
Brent Headrick
Winquest made the team, possibly becoming the first Yankee Rule 5 pick to play a game since 2007, and trying to be the first Yankee Rule 5 pick to last a full season since 1973.
I imagine Brent Headrick or Jake Bird will be the guys who get sent down when Luis Gil is ready, and then, when Rodon is ready, they likely will have enough info about Winquest to decide if he is worth keeping on the squad (a few fake 15-Day IL stints would be quite useful for the Yankees with Winquest. A 60-Day IL wouldn’t help, as then he wouldn’t be on the 26-man roster anymore).
This also means that Oswaldo Bido did not make the 26-man roster, and he was quickly picked up by the Braves. He had a pretty good spring, but there are just too many other options that are similar to him that have minor league options (one of the notable things about Winquest is if he get through the season on the 26-man, he can be optioned next year, himself).
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Cole vs Cubs 1.2ip 1r 1h 3ks 17/26 strikes
Awesome.
Who goes down for phenom?
Escarra. They’ll likely spend the next month getting Rice ready to catch again.
I think their plan/hope is that Rice will catch against most lefties.
It could be Grichuk if he doesn’t start hitting. Rosario and Caballero can each play the OF.
I dunno, any time you would want to play Rosario, there would be a guy you would want him to hit for in the infield, no? I wonder if Slater will sign a minor league deal with the Yankees in hopes of getting that spot, too.
The 2026 New York Yankees are on a WS win quest.
Thinking about how to stave off the annual Boone June Swoon™, which as Jomboy noted, seems to coincide with a lot of intra-AL-East games and could cost the team the division, again.
Call up Jones? Only if he’s proven he can hit LHP by then. He was 0-4 in ST, and had very high K rates vs LHP in past years.
Let a returning Cole re-energize the team? Maybe. But if he’s under an innings limit then it won’t be much for the bullpen.
Let a returning Volpe … ha, ha, ha.
Fire Boone? Okay, now we’re talking…
Weathers nice start, 5i 1r 4h 4k. Rice 2 hr. Martian final 347/1062
Opening night Netflix only. YES isn’t even allowed to show opening night. Great game.
Audience?
We don’t need no *(#% audience!
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this one’s for my swole homies
But can she put da lime in da coconut?
Legend has it that similar exercises are how Nasty Nestor suffered his season-ending groin injury in 2022.
Ok, but I’m going to need to know how the assault was conducted.
Bido claimed by Atlanta.
Wells D
https://x.com/i/status/2036872739534102568
How much of that was framing, and how valuable is framing in the age of ABS?
Framing is still very valuable, as a good framer fools EVERYone, including the opposing team who has to object right away.
NYY Lineup
T Grisham (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
C Bellinger (L) LF
B Rice (L) 1B
G Stanton (R) DH
J Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
J Caballero (R) SS
R McMahon (L) 3B
A Wells (L) C
I think I’d prefer to have a guy named Caballero at SS. “Caballero gets on his horse!”
Boone is always talking about wanting to avoid three lefties in a row, and then puts out a lineup with…three lefties in a row.
Yankees.com has a daily trivia game, and it’s bizarrely simple.
https://www.mlb.com/app/atbat/yankees/daily-walkoff
From the MLB.com preview of this series:
Who are the starting pitchers?
Yankees: LHP Max Fried
Previous Opening Day starts: 2021, 2022, 2023
2025 season: 19-5, 2.86 ERA in 32 starts
Fried filled the role of ace for the Yankees last year, but because of the timing of Gerrit Cole’s injury, he didn’t receive the honor of starting on Opening Day. That will change on Wednesday. In 2025, Fried set career highs in wins, starts (32), innings pitched (195 1/3) and strikeouts (189), earning selection as an American League All-Star.
Giants: RHP Logan Webb
Previous Opening Day starts: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
2025 season: 15-11, 3.22 ERA in 34 starts
After wrapping up his successful stint with Team USA at the World Baseball Classic, Webb is slated to make his fifth consecutive Opening Day start for the Giants, the second-longest streak in franchise history behind Hall of Famer Juan Marichal (6). The 29-year-old right-hander finished fourth in National League Cy Young voting after leading the Majors in innings (207) and the NL in strikeouts (224) in 2025.
Fried was ALSO fourth in the AL Cy Young. Odd not to mention that, right?