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Derek Jeter moved into sole possession of 14th place on baseball's all-time hits list on Sunday, surpassing George Brett with his 3,155th career hit.

Mark Teixeira ! Is he back? Maybe. Probably not, but maybe. It all depends on what you're looking for.

It is a familiar refrain from Joe Girardi, a defensive catcher himself during his playing days, that the Yankees manager would prefer to get stellar defense from his catcher than offense.

The Fantasy Baseball Hit Parade is your guide to setting your lineup for the upcoming scoring period.

At Baseball Nation, Jeff Sullivan wrote a cool article on which teams have been getting favorable and unfavorable strike calls .

Joe Girardi left open the possibility that Rafael Soriano could remain the team's closer even after David Robertson gets back.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer . He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

Luke Hochevar lost to the Yankees, but if there's any solace, he managed to look quite good in defeat.

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The offense has been fine. There have been some issues with Mark Texeira's batting average but that is about it.

Here it was in the bottom of the third inning: Already down 2-0 to the fourth-place Kansas City Royals, the struggling collection of all-star heavy-hitters finally looked like they might have had something brewing.

With 25 percent of the season complete, the rebuilding, penny-pinching New York Mets have more wins than the $200-plus million payroll of the New York Yankees .

Despite having baseball's highest payroll, the Yankees will struggle to turn things around and earn a spot in the postseason.

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The New York Yankees are basically treading water.A They are two games over 500 and in fourth place in the AL East.A They are five games out of first place.A The Baltimore Orioles are in first place and playing as well as they have in a very long time.A Are they for real, they seem to be right now.A I think their pitching will start to fade in the ... (more)

The Reds struck out 12 times against Ivan Nova on Saturday afternoon, but still beat the Yankees 6-5 behind a three-run homer by Joey Votto and 6 1/3 good innings from Homer Bailey.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Ivan Nova reacts after he walks Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Yankee Stadium in New York.

The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the first. Drew Stubbs and Joey Votto walked with one out.

The New York Yankees of 2012 have begun the season performing their finest Jekyll-and-Hyde act.

Phil Hughes said he didn't have command of all his pitches last night and still delivered one of his better outings of the season as he continues to look for consistency.