The Yankees' sketchy pitching plan backfired Friday night, and now they need to scramble again to cover themselves. According to The New York Post’s Joel Sherman, the team is designating reliever RIco Garcia for assignment after Thursday night’s bullpen scramble in Atlanta.

ATLANTA — Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton flashed an eye-squinting big ‘ole smile hearing Aaron Judge was at it again during the captain’s Sunday post-game interviews, first with the YES Network’s Meredith Marakovits on the field and then with the beat writers at his Truist Park visiting clubhouse locker.

The Yankees trailed 5-0, 7-2 and 8-7 but came all the way back, helped by two home runs by Anthony Volpe and one by Cody Bellinger.

With the promotion of Sandy León from Triple-A Gwinnett, the Atlanta Braves now have three catchers on the roster — Sean Murphy, Drake Baldwin and León.

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The New York Yankees make a stunning one-for-one trade deadline swap with the rival New York Mets in this hypothetical.

It was just 2 ½ weeks ago when Yankees manager Aaron Boone stood in the Rogers Centre visiting clubhouse and told his slumping ballclub that they were the best team in the American League after the Blue Jays swept them four games to take over first place in the AL East.

We're clear of the All-Star break and the MLB Draft, and that means the next big date on the baseball calendar is the July 31 trade deadline. Speaking of which, each day leading up to the deadline brings us a fresh supply of deadline rumors, and you can find Sunday's just below.