Meet the Bronx Bombers: The Yankees roster set to play for World Series

A look astatine nan 27 Yankees players group to return connected nan Dodgers successful nan 2024 World Series, starting pinch Friday’s Game 1:

Jon Berti, IF

Anthony Rizzo’s return lessens nan light-hitting Berti’s domiciled to much of a pinch hitter aliases pinch runner. Berti did get 1 commencement against nan Guardians erstwhile left-hander Matthew Boyd was connected nan mound, but unless Rizzo can’t play because of nan surgery fingers successful his correct hand, Berti apt will beryllium only a chair option.

Oswaldo Cabrera, IF/OF

Cabrera has yet to deed arsenic good astatine nan large convention level arsenic nan Yankees person hoped, but his velocity and protect versatility are valuable assets, particularly this clip of year. He has taken good to first base, giving nan Yankees options down Anthony Rizzo.

Jazz Chisholm Jr., 3B

Chisholm was productive aft coming complete successful a waste and acquisition pinch nan Marlins, producing 11 location runs, 18 stolen bases and an .825 OPS successful 46 games arsenic a Yankee. He says he’s at his champion erstwhile nan lights are brightest. Well, they don’t get immoderate brighter than nan World Series. The Yankees dream he tin find his changeable now aft a silent postseason frankincense far.

Gerrit Cole, RHP

The World Series will beryllium a homecoming for Cole, who grew up only an hr distant from Dodger Stadium successful Orange, Calif., and went to assemblage astatine UCLA. It has been a choppy twelvemonth for nan reigning AL Cy Young grant winner. He didn’t make his debut until June 19 owed to an elbow wounded and has been inconsistent successful nan postseason.

Nestor Cortes, LHP

The southpaw could beryllium an X facet coming retired of nan bullpen against nan Dodgers’ large left-handed bats. Cortes held lefties to a .530 OPS during nan regular season. He’s been retired pinch a near elbow flexor strain since Sept. 18, but has been making advancement to nan constituent he is expected to beryllium connected nan World Series roster.

Jake Cousins, RHP

You whitethorn person heard of his cousin: Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins. Jake began to make a sanction for himself this year, becoming a large portion of nan Yankees bullpen this summertime pinch a 2.37 ERA successful 37 alleviation appearances aft signing a insignificant convention statement past December.

Jasson Dominguez, OF

The apical outfield imaginable has been a nonfactor successful nan postseason aft he didn’t impressment capable successful September to return Alex Verdugo’s job. He could person a domiciled arsenic a pinch hitter successful this bid against nan Dodgers’ bevy of high-leverage, right-handed arms.

Clay Holmes, RHP

The demoted person mislaid his occupation successful early September, but had delivered 11 consecutive scoreless outings earlier back-to-back shaky appearances successful nan 3rd and 4th games of nan ALCS. He will stay a cardinal portion of this bullpen successful this bid arsenic portion of nan span to Luke Weaver.

Luis Gil, RHP

In 2015, Gil signed arsenic an world free supplier pinch nan Twins for a $90,000 signing bonus. Minnesota should’ve kept him. Instead, nan Yankees landed him 3 years later for outfielder Jake Cave. Gil whitethorn extremity up winning nan AL Rookie of nan Year grant this season.

Trent Grisham, OF

Grisham would beryllium a astonishing inclusion connected nan World Series roster because he wasn’t utilized astatine each successful nan erstwhile 2 rounds. The speedy outfielder tin beryllium a contributor arsenic a pinch runner and protect replacement if nan request arises.

Tim Hill, LHP

From getting designated for duty by nan White Sox — nan worst squad successful shot history — to reaching nan World Series, it’s been a roller-coaster thrust of a play for nan side-arming southpaw. Hill was coagulated aft joining nan Yankees successful precocious June, notching a 2.05 ERA successful 35 regular-season games, and he has fixed up only 1 earned tally successful 5 ²/₃ playoff innings.

Aaron Judge, OF

Judge reached 300 location runs successful his 955th crippled this year, mounting a grounds for fewest games to do so. The presumptive AL MVP enjoyed different absurd regular season that saw him deed a career-best .322 pinch 58 homers and 144 RBIs, besides a profession high. The Hall of Fame is looking much and much for illustration a fixed for nan superstar outfielder.

Tommy Kahnle, RHP

The team’s setup man has been almost unhittable successful October, allowing conscionable 3 hits complete 7 scoreless innings. Dating to Sept. 3, he has fixed up 2 earned runs complete 14 ²/₃ frames pinch 15 strikeouts. The Yankees needed personification to look successful support of Luke Weaver successful nan back-end of nan bullpen, and Kahnle has taken that domiciled and tally pinch it.

Mark Leiter Jr., RHP

The Leiters are to pitching successful New Jersey arsenic nan Hurleys are to coaching basketball. It’s nan family business. Mark’s uncle, Al, sounded for nan Mets and Yankees. His father, Mark, besides sounded successful nan large leagues for 11 seasons. And his cousin, Jack, is simply a starting pitcher pinch nan Rangers. Good genes.

Tim Mayza, LHP

Nestor Cortes’ readiness whitethorn sound down Mayza to strictly mop-up work arsenic nan 3rd left-hander successful nan bullpen. Signed by nan Yankees successful mid-August aft he was released by nan Blue Jays, nan 32-year-old Mayza has been utilized sparingly successful nan playoffs.

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Anthony Rizzo, 1B

Playing with 2 fractured fingers successful his correct hand, nan 35-year-old — who won a ringing pinch nan 2016 Cubs — was amazingly productive successful nan ALCS, notching six hits successful 14 at-bats, aft being near disconnected nan ALDS roster. Rizzo, a Hodgkin lymphoma subsister arsenic a teenager, has a instauration to support families affected by pediatric cancer.

Carlos Rodon, LHP

The affectional southpaw responded to a shaky first postseason starts pinch 2 value efforts, allowing 3 earned runs complete 10 ²/₃ innings pinch 15 strikeouts. His 2nd play successful pinstripes was amended (3.96 ERA and 195 strikeouts successful 175 innings) than his dismal first, but he remains an enigma, arsenic prone to a blowup commencement arsenic he is simply a superb one.

Clarke Schmidt, RHP

A subordinate improvement triumph for nan Yankees, nan 28-year-old Schmidt has grown into a reliable middle-of-the-rotation arm. Though he hasn’t fixed nan Yankees awesome magnitude successful nan playoffs — his 2 starts person lasted 4 ²/₃ innings apiece — he has yielded conscionable 2 earned runs successful each of his 2 outings.

Juan Soto, OF

In his first crippled arsenic a Yankee, Soto made nan game-winning play, throwing retired nan imaginable tying tally astatine nan sheet against nan hated Astros. It was a motion of a monster twelvemonth to come, 1 successful which he group individual records pinch 41 homers and 128 runs scored. He has been nan aforesaid unit successful October, sending nan Yankees to their first World Series successful 15 years pinch his three-run homer successful nan 10th inning of nan clinching Game 5 of nan ALCS.

Giancarlo Stanton, DH

The hulking slugger leads each existent players pinch 429 profession location runs and will play successful his first World Series successful his 15th twelvemonth successful nan sport. Stanton grew up a Dodgers instrumentality successful Los Angeles, and has terrific numbers astatine Dodger Stadium: 10 location runs, 26 RBIs and a .309 mean successful 25 games. He was besides nan MVP location successful nan 2022 All-Star Game.

Marcus Stroman, RHP

Similar to Anthony Volpe, Stroman is simply a section product, starring astatine Patchogue-Medford High School connected Long Island. Unlike Volpe, though, it has been a quiet postseason for nan right-hander, who has yet to look successful a game, partially owed to his inability to miss bats coupled pinch an 8.80 September ERA.

Gleyber Torres, 2B

The free agent-to-be has solved nan Yankees’ problems successful nan leadoff spot, batting .310 since moving to nan apical of nan bid connected Aug. 16 successful Detroit. The 27-year-old 2nd baseman has been a terrific table-setter location successful nan playoffs, producing a .400 on-base percent pinch 9 runs scored.

Jose Trevino, C

Despite Austin Wells’ monolithic hitting struggles complete nan past 7 weeks, Trevino’s playing clip hasn’t increased. He started 1 crippled successful nan playoffs and has appeared successful 1 other. He’s improbable to spot much action successful this series, arsenic nan Dodgers don’t person immoderate left-handed starting pitchers.

Alex Verdugo, OF

Verdugo has beardown Dodgers roots. They drafted him successful nan 2nd information successful 2014, he debuted for them successful 2017 and he was nan centerpiece of nan Mookie Betts waste and acquisition pinch nan Red Sox pursuing nan 2019 campaign. Verdugo’s stellar defense has quieted nan fervor for Jasson Dominguez to switch him successful nan lineup.

Anthony Volpe, SS

He grew up a instrumentality of Derek Jeter, attending Yankees games and processing into an elite imaginable astatine a section precocious schoolhouse powerhouse successful New Jersey (Delbarton School). In his 2nd large convention season, Volpe quietly has been a large facet successful nan playoffs astatine nan plate, posting a .310/.459/.345 slash statement pinch an .804 OPS.

Luke Weaver, RHP

An afterthought successful outpouring training, Weaver has go 1 of nan astir important Yankees. Though he did give up nan game-tying, two-run homer successful nan Guardians’ lone triumph successful nan past round, nan caller person has allowed earned runs successful only 2 of his erstwhile 16 appearances crossed 21 ¹/₃ innings.

Austin Wells, C

An AL Rookie of nan Year campaigner until his disastrous September, Wells enters nan World Series still successful a heavy slump. Though he did spell heavy successful Game 4 of nan ALCS — it was his first homer since Sept. 9 — he is 3-for-33 successful nan postseason and 11-for-105 including September.