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NEW YORK — Anthony Rizzo continues to show why, once the Yankees failed in their attempt at trading for Oakland’s Matt Olson, he was their top choice on the free-agent market to fill their needs at first base.

As bad as Gerrit Cole was in his last outing, that’s how good he was against the Guardians on Sunday.

It wasn’t going to always work out.

NEW YORK — Longtime Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has a go-to phrase when it comes to a team’s relief corps.

NEW YORK — Josh Donaldson singled up the middle in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Yankees rallied for the third time Friday and then finally walked off a 6-5, 11-inning win over the Red Sox on opening day in Yankee Stadium.

GM Jed Hoyer says he likes the product on the field but is trying to build for the future. Sound familiar?

There’s nothing like the anticipation and excitement that a new season brings

There are a couple of drinkers near the back of the place. Surely they’ll be delighted to speak with an aimless reporter on a frivolous expedition.

When the Cubs executed their trade-deadline fire sale last July—after they had traded Yu Darvish and nontendered Kyle Schwarber in December 2020—it appeared that they would be entering a multiyear transition. Perhaps this wouldn’t be the type of long rebuild they endured a decade ago, but it was ...