2022 New York Yankees season

The 2022 New York Yankees season was the 120th season for the New York Yankees franchise in Major League Baseball.
On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association. On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new CBA, ending the lockout. Although MLB had previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the CBA provided for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders. Opening Day was at the time scheduled for April 7, but was postponed due to inclement weather.
Local television broadcast of Yankee games was split between the YES Network and Amazon Prime Video, leaving the Yankees without a local over-the-air broadcaster for the first season since 1946, after which they partnered with WABD-TV. Michael Kay celebrated his 30th season calling Yankees games, having joined the broadcast team in 1992.
The Yankees were 64–28 in the first part of the season prior to the All-Star break, then went 35–35 in the second, failing to win 100 games despite being on track to do so in June. They nonetheless clinched their 30th straight season with a winning record with a win against the Twins on September 7.
The Yankees clinched a postseason spot on September 22 with a walk-off 5–4 win against the Red Sox. They won the American League East, a first-round bye, and defeated the Cleveland Guardians in the Division Series in five games. However, they fell to the eventual World Series champion Houston Astros in the Championship Series in a four-game sweep, the first sweep in a best-of-seven series since the 2012 ALCS.
On October 4, Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run, breaking the American League single-season home run record set in 1961 by Roger Maris. That same night, Gerrit Cole recorded his 249th strikeout, breaking the Yankees single-season strikeout record set in 1978 by Ron Guidry. Additionally, Cole became the first and only right-handed pitcher in Yankees history to lead all of MLB in strikeouts in a single season and the first Yankee to lead the American League in strikeouts since Al Downing in 1964. This was the first season in Yankees history where the team carried both the MLB home run and strikeout leaders in the same season.
From May 24 to June 23, the Yankees won 15 straight games at home, a feat last accomplished by the team in 1961. On June 25, the Yankees lost a combined no-hitter to the Houston Astros, the first time the Yankees were no-hit since the Astros did so in the old Yankee Stadium on June 11, 2003.
On August 21, the Yankees celebrated "Paul O'Neill Day," retiring his No. 21 and placing his plaque in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. O'Neill became the 23rd Yankee in franchise history to be so honored.
The Yankees also won the Rawlings Gold Glove Team Award, becoming the third team to do so since the award's introduction in 2020. Two Yankees were also awarded Gold Gloves: utility man DJ LeMahieu, and catcher Jose Trevino, who won the Platinum Glove Award.

Offseason

Lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021, with no new agreement in place. As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.
The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League adopted the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery was implemented, the postseason expanded from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches appeared on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.

Transactions

2021

November 10 – Joely Rodriguez re-signs with the Yankees on a 1-year, $2 million contract.
November 19 – acquired first baseman T.J. Rumfield and left-handed pitcher Joel Valdez from the Philadelphia Phillies for right-handed pitcher Nick Nelson and catcher Donny Sands.
November 30 – Gio Urshela re-signs with the Yankees on a 1-year, $6.55 million contract. Domingo German also re-signs with the Yankees on 1-year, $1.75 million contract and Lucas Luetge on a 1-year, $905,000 contract.

2022

March 13 – signed outfielder Tim Locastro to a one-year contract.
March 13 – acquired third baseman Josh Donaldson, shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and catcher Ben Rortvedt from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela. The Yankees take on Donaldson's $50 million contract, the projected $4.9 million for Kiner-Falefa's salary, and Rortvedt's minimum salary.
March 15 – re-signed first baseman Anthony Rizzo on a two-year, $32 million deal with an opt out after the first year.
March 18 – acquired pitching prospect Justin Lang from the San Diego Padres in exchange for Luke Voit.
April 2 – acquired catcher Jose Trevino from the Texas Rangers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Albert Abreu and left-handed pitcher Robert Ahlstrom.
April 3 – acquired right-handed reliever Miguel Castro from the New York Mets in exchange for left-handed reliever Joely Rodríguez.
April 4 – acquired right-handed relief pitcher David McKay from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations.

Regular season

Transactions

May 26 – signed infielder Matt Carpenter to a 1-year, $1 million contract.
June 3 – acquired first baseman and designated hitter Jake Bauers from the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash considerations.
June 24 – re-signed outfielder Aaron Judge to a one-year, $19 million contract with additional $250,000 bonuses for winning each of the AL MVP Award and the World Series MVP Award.
July 28 – acquired outfielder Andrew Benintendi from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league pitchers Chandler Champlain, Beck Way, and TJ Sikkema.
August 1 – acquired right-handed relief pitcher Scott Effross from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for minor league pitcher Hayden Wesneski.
August 1 – acquired right-handed starting pitcher Frankie Montas and right-handed relief pitcher Lou Trivino from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league pitchers Ken Waldichuk, JP Sears, Luis Medina, and second baseman Cooper Bowman.
August 2 – traded Joey Gallo to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league prospect Clayton Beeter.
August 2 – acquired outfielder Harrison Bader with a player to be named later or cash considerations from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for left-handed starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery.
August 28 – signed left-handed relief pitcher Anthony Banda to a one-year contract.

Postseason

Postseason rosters

Pitchers: 30 Miguel Castro 35 Clay Holmes 40 Luis Severino 43 Jonathan Loáisiga 45 Gerrit Cole 50 Jameson Taillon 55 Domingo Germán 56 Lou Trivino 58 Wandy Peralta 63 Lucas Luetge 65 Nestor Cortés Jr. 86 Clarke Schmidt
Catchers: 39 Jose Trevino 66 Kyle Higashioka
Infielders: 12 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 14 Marwin González 24 Matt Carpenter 25 Gleyber Torres 28 Josh Donaldson 48 Anthony Rizzo
Outfielders: 22 Harrison Bader 31 Aaron Hicks 33 Tim Locastro 95 Oswaldo Cabrera 99 Aaron Judge
Designated hitters: 27 Giancarlo Stanton
Pitchers: 30 Miguel Castro 35 Clay Holmes 40 Luis Severino 43 Jonathan Loáisiga 45 Gerrit Cole 47 Frankie Montas 50 Jameson Taillon 55 Domingo Germán 56 Lou Trivino 58 Wandy Peralta 65 Nestor Cortés Jr. 85 Greg Weissert 86 Clarke Schmidt
Catchers: 39 Jose Trevino 66 Kyle Higashioka
Infielders: 12 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 24 Matt Carpenter 25 Gleyber Torres 28 Josh Donaldson 48 Anthony Rizzo 91 Oswald Peraza
Outfielders: 22 Harrison Bader 33 Tim Locastro 95 Oswaldo Cabrera 99 Aaron Judge
Designated hitters: 27 Giancarlo Stanton

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Aaron Hicks	130	384	54	83	9	2	8	40	0.216	10
Aaron Judge	157	570	133	177	28	0	62	131	0.311	16
Andrew Benintendi	33	114	14	29	9	1	2	12	0.254	4
Anthony Rizzo	130	465	77	104	21	1	32	75	0.224	6
DJ LeMahieu	125	467	74	122	18	0	12	46	0.261	4
Estevan Florial	17	31	4	3	0	0	0	1	0.097	2
Giancarlo Stanton	110	398	53	84	7	0	31	78	0.211	0
Gleyber Torres	140	526	73	135	28	1	24	76	0.257	10
Harrison Bader	14	46	3	10	3	0	0	9	0.217	2
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	142	483	66	126	20	0	4	48	0.261	22
Joey Gallo	82	233	32	37	4	1	12	24	0.159	2
José Treviño	115	335	39	83	12	1	11	43	0.248	2
Josh Donaldson	132	478	59	106	28	0	15	62	0.222	2
Kyle Higashioka	83	229	27	52	7	0	10	31	0.227	0
Marwin González	85	184	20	34	7	0	6	18	0.185	3
Matt Carpenter	47	128	28	39	9	0	15	37	0.305	0
Miguel Andújar	27	96	9	22	2	0	1	8	0.229	4
Oswald Peraza	18	49	8	15	3	0	1	2	0.306	2
Oswaldo Cabrera	44	154	21	38	8	1	6	19	0.247	3
Rob Brantly	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.333	0
Ronald Guzmán	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
Tim Locastro	38	43	13	8	1	0	2	4	0.186	8
Team totals	162	5422	807	1308	225	8	254	764	0.241	102

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Albert Abreu	2	2	3.16	22	0	0	25.2	25	10	9	6	26
Anthony Banda	0	0	40.50	2	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	5	1
	0	0	2.16	4	0	1	8.1	7	2	2	3	8
Luke Bard	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Barnes	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	2
Zach Britton	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	6	1
	5	0	4.03	34	0	0	29.0	27	16	13	15	31
	4	4	4.46	43	0	9	36.1	24	18	18	28	43
	13	8	3.50	33	33	0	200.2	154	81	78	50	257
	12	4	2.44	28	28	0	158.1	108	44	43	38	163
Scott Effross	0	0	2.13	13	0	3	12.2	9	4	3	4	12
Domingo Germán	2	5	3.61	15	14	0	72.1	65	31	29	19	58
	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	4.0	5	4	4	2	5
Chi Chi González	0	0	1.93	1	1	0	4.2	4	1	1	3	3
Marwin González	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
	1	1	3.00	14	0	1	15.0	13	6	5	5	16
Shane Greene	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1
	7	4	2.54	62	0	20	63.2	45	21	18	20	65
	6	3	2.29	34	0	1	51.0	35	15	13	16	66
	2	3	4.13	50	0	2	48.0	43	25	22	19	37
	4	4	2.67	50	0	2	57.1	63	19	17	17	60
	1	0	2.05	40	0	0	44.0	22	12	10	24	56
	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	1
Frankie Montas	1	3	6.35	8	8	0	39.2	46	28	28	15	33
	3	3	3.69	21	21	0	114.2	103	48	47	23	97
	3	4	2.72	56	0	4	56.1	42	19	17	17	47
	5	5	3.12	29	3	2	57.2	46	23	20	23	56
	3	0	2.05	7	2	0	22.0	14	5	5	5	15
	7	3	3.18	19	19	0	102.0	72	37	36	30	112
	14	5	3.91	32	32	0	177.1	168	78	77	32	151
Lou Trivino	1	2	1.66	25	0	1	21.2	18	6	4	10	22
	0	0	0.84	5	0	1	10.2	6	1	1	1	3
Greg Weissert	3	0	5.56	12	0	0	11.1	6	7	7	5	11
Team Totals	99	63	3.30	162	162	47	1451.2	1177	567	532	444	1459