It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! Since the last time we came together, the World Baseball Classic came to a close, with Team USA shutting down the dominant D.R. lineup before being themselves shut down by the Venezuela pitching staff. Just as importantly, spring is now upon us, and that just means one thing: Opening Day is (almost) here! That’s right, this coming Wednesday, the New York Yankees will take the field against the San Francisco Giants to kickstart the 2026 season. So as we get ready for the big day, let’s check in on our favorite ballplayers, and see what they’ve been up to this week!
Final Photos from and about the Classic
The biggest news of the week, of course, was the World Baseball Classic. I will admit, I wasn’t able to snag everything — Jasson Domínguez, for example, posted about the Dominican Republic’s loss on his Instagram story even though he wasn’t there, which should help give you an idea just how much this tournament means to so many of these players. So this is just a small sample, from official accounts, Yankees players, beloved former Yankees, and other NYC athletes.
CC Chats WBC
Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher CC Sabathia loves chatting sports, and the World Baseball Classic was no different. As Team USA got ready to take on the Dominican Republic, he expressed his excitement for what would prove to be the best pitching matchup of the tournament, saying, “Skenes and this USA lineup vs. an All-Star DR squad in the WBC semis…can’t wait!!! ⚾️” (note: his original post has the USA and D.R. flag emojis, but they don’t copy into our system, and his non-Instagram posts can’t embed). At the end of that game, he expressed his excitement for his country’s victory, and then acknowledged the awfulness of the strike three call that ended the game.
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Two days later, he was posting straight through the game once more. When Bryce Harper hit the dramatic two-run homer to tie the game, he channeled his inner Russell Crowe with, “BRYCE! Are you not entertained?!?!!?” Afterwards, he expressed his congratulations to the Venezuela squad, before ending his mini-coverage of the tournament with what he would do if he were in charge: “I’m all for canceling Spring Training for the WBC every year 😂🔥.”
The next day, he posted a photo dump on Instagram, filled with pictures from his time at the tournament.
The Cole Train gets started
This past Wednesday, Gerrit Cole took the mound. Yes, it’s only spring training, and yes, it was only one inning, but it’s a major step in his return from Tommy John surgery.
Spring Training Shenanigans
As spring training comes to a close, so does our daily dose of fun shenanigans from the Yankees and YES Network Instagram accounts. But that doesn’t mean we’re out of material just yet! This week, we have Carlos Lagrange, the pitcher everyone’s talking about this spring, answering questions from the YES Network — but only with wrong answers, giving us a bit of a look into the tall right-hander’s sense of humor.
Back from the WBC, Jazz Chisholm Jr. also chatted with the Network this week.
We also got to learn which music has been most commonly found on the Yankees’ iPods (hey, some of them are still old enough to use iPods), and — what I found rather interesting as a Latin teacher — where exactly a bunch of Yankees stand on a controversial linguistic question.
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