The Yankees may have found their first baseman of the future in Ben Rice. The problem is that they need him catching right now. Aaron Boone is trying to balance Rice’s emergence with Austin Wells’ development, and it’s become one of the trickier lineup puzzles of the stretch run.

The New York Yankees could look to sign a few of their stars to massive contract extensions in the offseason in order to set up for the future.

According to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, New York had a deal lined up with the Dominican catcher as an amateur before he was eligible to sign in early 2021. But when they added Gerrit Cole as a free agent,

J.C. Escarra's demotion didn't alter Austin Wells' role with the Yankees, despite Aaron Boone not having announced it. Still, it's clear that when Aaron Judge a

The next batter, Ceddanne Rafaela, also hit one back to Gil, who turned and threw to second for the force play, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. threw wildly to first to allow Rafaela to advance to second for the second error of the inning.

Brayan Bello's dominant outing helped the Red Sox clinch the season series over the Yankees on Friday night. Here's how it went down.

So when Ben Rice crushed a solo home run on Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, it tied the game and one run apiece –– but the Yankees wound up losing 6-3. That cut New York's lead over Boston to just a half game for second place in the American League East Standings, as they trail the Toronto Blue Jays by 4.5 games.

Ben Rice drove in seven runs and scored twice as the visiting New York Yankees outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Saturday night.

Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice crank back-to-back homers to increase the Yankees' lead to 8 runs in the top of the 4th inning