Locked On Yankees - Daily Podcast On The New York Yankees

Jesse Spector hosts after the Yankees lost three of four to the Orioles in a weekend series that concluded with Giancarlo Stanton's second platinum sombrero of his career -- and of the opening homestand.

The Yankees are playing about as badly as they can play, yet they're 5-5. Granted, the Blue Jays, Rays, and Orioles are not exactly elite competition, but even playing badly against bad teams, you could often wind up with a 3-7 or 2-8 stretch. So, how good might the Yankees be when they eventually play well? And they will eventually play well. 

Stanton has been dreadful, but he can look at some of his teammates, particularly in the bullpen, and see that bad performances aren't forever. Every reliever who had an early hiccup has moved on from it, and now the bullpen looks to be taking shape as the kind of force it was expected to be.

We'll see how much any or all of this changes this week in Boston, where the Yankees head to take on an 8-1 Red Sox team that could put them seven games back in the loss column by the end of the week. Is it too early for that kind of talk? Yes. Yes it is. But it's also true.

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Omari Brown is your host for this episode, breaking down the Yankees' loss to the Orioles on Thursday night while also providing some injury updates and some much needed perspective.

It is April 6. The Yankees, still a young team, a team with a rookie manager, and a team whose best hitters and entire bullpen all have broken slowly from the gate, still have won more games than they have won in their first seven.

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Sean Saint Jacques and Gary Phillips are your hosts for this episode of the podcast, which features talk about the Yankees’ lineup putting up 18 runs over the first two home games, including the Giancarlo Stanton-Aaron Judge-Gary Sanchez home run trifecta on Wednesday afternoon.

Plus, Luis Severino has been dominant in his first two starts of the season, there’s lots to talk about all through the Yankees’ starting rotation, and there are unsung heroes for the Bronx Bombers in the early going.

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Jesse Spector hosts, and is joined by Larry Fleisher and Gary Phillips at Yankee Stadium to talk about everything that happened in the Yankees' home opener, a rollicking 11-4 triumph for the Bronx Bombers over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Then, since Didi Gregorius' incredible 4-for-4, two-homer, eight-RBI performance speaks for itself, there's a lot that needs to be said about Giancarlo Stanton striking out five times and getting booed.

Plus, after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch, Bucky Dent and Mickey Rivers share a story of 1978, and thoughts on 2018.

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Jesse Spector hosts a snowed-out home opener edition of the podcast, with members of the Locked On Yankees team sharing some of their favorite memories of home openers from years gone by.

The menu...

1977: Ray Marcano

1994: Larry Fleisher

1996: Sean Saint Jacques

2003: Matthew Gregory

2010: Gary Phillips

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Jesse Spector hosts, and is okay with the way Aaron Boone handled Sunday afternoon in Toronto, even though it didn't work out as David Robertson gave up a grand slam to lose the game. The Yankees are scoring, but not hitting, and they'll face the Rays' bullpen on Monday (weather permitting), followed by future Yankee Chris Archer on Wednesday afternoon.

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Sean Saint Jacques and Gary Phillips host, with topics including Greg Bird's injury, the Yankees' starting rotation, and the starting lineup for New York as the 2018 season gets underway on Thursday afternoon in Toronto.

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Larry Fleisher is your host for this episode, and the topics include Sonny Gray, who is looking strong heading into the season, Gary Sanchez and his defense, and spring training stats.

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Omari Brown hosts, talking about the surgery that will keep Greg Bird out of the Yankees' lineup for six-to-eight weeks, and how the Yankees are fortunate to be ready to open their season without him thanks to the savvy moves made by Brian Cashman to provide cover in the not-unlikely event that Bird went down.

Also, updates on Jacoby Ellsbury and Clint Frazier, both of whom are remaining back in Tampa at the start of the season to get more work in as they recover from injuries.

Shoutout to 1980s Phillies legend Greg Legg.

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