Pinstripe People - A Yankees Podcast

To the surprise of no one, the Rays completed their three-game sweep of the Yankees in the ALDS and they will move on to play in the ALCS while the Yankees pack up the clubhouse and go into the offseason once again pondering a postseason failure. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break down Game 3, and look ahead to what's in store for the Yankees, assuming there's a 2027 season. To subscribe to Sal'...

Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley have plenty to say in this vent session after watching one of the worst performances in Yankees postseason history which is saying a lot given that the team has made the playoffs an MLB record 61 times. Errors, errors, errors, and errors all night - that's right, four of them and it could have been more - as they kicked away Game 2 to the Rays and now trail in the be...

Austin Wells' unbelievable brain cramp getting thrown out at third base with two outs in the eighth inning, just after he'd broken up Drew Rasmussen's no-hitter, didn't cost the Yankees Game 1 of the ALDS, but it sure didn't help. The Rays took the opener 1-0 because Rasmussen, as he always does, dominated the Yankees in a laughably easy manner. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley react to the frustrat...

The Yankees have moved on to the ALDS where they will face the nemesis Tampa Bay Rays starting Saturday night at Tropicana Field. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley are joined by Ian O'Connor of The Athletic who is covering the Yankees playoff run. Ian shares great insight into the big Aaron Judge decision that is looming, and his belief is that the Yankees will find a way to win the series. To subscr...

Who were these Yankees who we just watched blow out Boston in the wild card series? The Yankees scored 18 runs on 26 hits in the quick two-game series and the Red Sox never stood a chance. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley look back on a glorious couple nights in the Bronx, and then start looking ahead to the ALDS series against the AL-best Rays. To subscribe to Sal's Pinstripe People newsletter, go...

It was quite a night in the Bronx as the Yankees decimated the Red Sox 9-0 in the opener of the best-of-three AL wild card series. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break down a game that could not have gone much better for the Yankees as Cam Schlittler was next-level great and the offense erupted with 12 hits. To subscribe to Sal's Pinstripe People newsletter, go to https://salmaiorana.beehiiv.com/...

In a rematch of last season's AL wild card series, the Yankees host the Red Sox starting Tuesday night in the Bronx. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley look ahead to the series that most Yankees fans wanted to avoid, but because they couldn't overtake the AL East champion Rays, a year after failing to overcome the Blue Jays, the Yankees are forced to play this tense opening round. To subscribe to Sal'...

The Yankees took three of four from the Rays, but the one they lost ultimately ended the AL East race. Now we turn our attention to the wild card series and whether Aaron Judge, and maybe even Giancarlo Stanton, can return to play. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break it all down in the latest episode. To subscribe to Sal's Pinstripe People newsletter, go to https://salmaiorana.beehiiv.com/ and si...

Six games back with seven to play, the Yankees can forget about winning the AL East. The goal now is to get through the final week of the regular season healthy so they're ready to go when they play the Red Sox in the wild card series. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley recap a rough weekend in Arizona, one that also included an irritating 25th anniversary celebration of the Diamondbacks' 2001 World S...

Aaron Judge leaving Wednesday's game with a lower leg injury certainly put a damper on the Yankees winning their series against the Twins, and also clinching a postseason berth for the 61st time in franchise history. Sal Maiorana breaks down how tough it would be for the Yankees if Judge is going to miss time, and he also wraps up the series which ended with a terrible 13-inning loss. To subscribe...

Thanks to a pair of excellent starting performances from Carlos Rodon and Cam Schlittler, which offset a brutal outing by Gerrit Cole, the Yankees won the Subway Series over the weekend against the Mets. However, since the Rays refuse to lose, the Yankees lost another game in the standings and now trail by four games as the days keep slipping away. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley review the Mets se...

The Yankees swept the Rockies and are now just three games behind the Rays in the AL east as they get ready for what should be an emotional night in New York, the start of the Subway Series on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley are joined by former New York Post baseball writer/columnist Kevin Kernan for a great discussion about the Yankees, the state of baseb...

It was not a very fun weekend in San Diego for the Yankees. They got walked off on Friday by an unlikely source - Padres catcher Luis Campusano - and then Gerrit Cole threw batting practice in the first inning Sunday and basically handed the rubber match to the Padres and the Yankees lost the series. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley look back at the three games which concluded a ho-hum 3-3 West Coas...

After stubbing their toe in the first game against the woeful Angels, the Yankees rebounded to win the middle game pretty easily, then rode a great Cam Schlittler pitching performance and a rare eruption of success in extra innings to win the rubber game in Anaheim. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break down an interesting series, one the Yankees needed to sweep but at least took two of three, and...

After two offensively ugly games (one of which they still managed to win), the Yankees exploded for 25 runs combined in the final two and pummeled the Red Sox at Red Sox. By winning this series, they also clinched the season series which could be important in determining homefield advantage for their looming wild-card showdown. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break down a momentous week of Yankees...

Dropping two of three to a mediocre Astros team was not ideal for the Yankees, especially with the Red Sox coming to town for a four-game series that is without question the biggest of the season. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley discuss the highs and lows - oh my, George Lombard, what is going on? - across the Houston series, and then look ahead to Boston's visit to the Bronx. To subscribe to Sal's...

The Yankees suffered another key injury to the pitching staff as Ryan Weathers went down Saturday, they also announced that Giancarlo Stanton got hurt again, meaning he's probably not coming back. Through all that, they earned a solid series win over the Blue Jays. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break it all down. To subscribe to Sal's Pinstripe People newsletter, go to https://salmaiorana.beehiiv...

Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley are joined by best-selling author and national baseball writer Tim Brown to discuss Tim's biography of the great Nolan Ryan titled "Nolan: The Singular Life of an American Original." Tim also shared some thoughts on the Yankees who have won four games in a row thanks to a three-game sweep in Baltimore. To purchase Tim Brown’s best-selling Nolan Ryan biograp...

At some point, it has to get better, doesn't it? The Yankees' offense is so utterly terrible, it's hard to come up with new words to describe the ineptness of it all. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley give it a try, though, in the latest episode of Pinstripe People. Ben Rice, who nearly became the goat, saved the Yankees from a sweep Sunday with a 10th-inning home run, but the Yankees scored just six...

The Yankees took two of three from the Mariners in a battle of terrible offensive teams. Wednesday night, the Yankees scored 10 runs and it was just the fifth time in 49 games where they scored five or more. That's crazy bad, but the Mariners were worse in this series as they scored a grand total of seven runs. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley look back on a series victory that featured another outs...

It's way too early to know, but the current crop of Yankees' prospects could be in line to lay the foundation for the potential next great team. The Yankees won a series against the Braves, and some of the biggest contributions came from Cam Schlittler, George Lombard Jr., Ben Rice and Spencer Jones. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley discuss the new group of kids and share thoughts on what they could...

The Yankees called up George Lombard Jr. and he made a dynamic MLB debut Tuesday both in the field and at the plate, but not even the top prospect's arrival was enough to beat the Cardinals who took two of three games in yet another demoralizing, deplorable offensive showing by the Yankees. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley break down a very hectic three-game series that included a depressingly inact...

To say the Yankees had an underwhelming couple days leading up to the MLB trade deadline would be a massive understatement. While so many contenders made big moves to improve their teams, the Yankees made two trades that brought a couple of decent hitters to the Bronx. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley came in hot on this episode because neither was impressed by what Brian Cashman did. Hey, maybe Lui...

The Yankees just can't hit, it's as simple as that, and even ever-optimistic manager Aaron Boone is reaching his boiling point watching the never-ending misery that is the Yankees offense. Sal Maiorana and Mike Lindsley come in hot after watching the Yankees score in just three of 23 innings and go 4-for-31 with runners in scoring position across the last two extra-inning losses to the White Sox....

The Yankees started a tough 10-game road trip against three playoff contenders by taking two of three games against the Phillies. Unfortunately, they still lost a game in the standings to the Rays who are back on another roll. Winning two of three was nice, but the Yankees' offense is still under-performing, and now it will be without another star player as Cody Bellinger suffered a hamstring inju...