It’s the debut episode of the NEW YORK YANKEES OFFICIAL PODCAST, and we’re joined by the Yankees’ Opening Day starter, Gerrit Cole. The ace chats with Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz about his preparation, the fun he finds on the baseball field, and his children’s favorite thing about the sport. Sure, they also discuss the upcoming season a bit, too. And in our second segment, Yankees Magazine editors Alfred Santasiere III and Nathan Maciborski join to discuss Jon’s feature about Cole that appears in the 2023 New York Yankees Official Yearbook and the April issue of Yankees Magazine.

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the New York Yankees Official Podcast! Launching March 30, we’ll be bringing you episodes every other week featuring exclusive interviews with Yankees stars, coaches, alumni and front office executives. We’ll also be chatting about stories that appear in Yankees Magazine, and much, much more. If you already subscribed to the Yankees Magazine Podcast, you’re all set. But if not, make sure to hit that subscribe button before March 30 because you’re not going to want to miss this Opening Day start.

It’s our sixth season finale, with Opening Day just two weeks away, and we’ve got a great one for you. In our first segment, Yankees Magazine editors Alfred Santasiere III and Jon Schwartz welcome Yankees senior vice president Tony Bruno into the podcast studio, where they discuss Al’s feature on the 50th anniversary of George Steinbrenner’s purchase of the New York Yankees. Bruno tells stories that he picked up from years around The Boss, and the ways that Steinbrenner could be a demanding boss, but also incredibly loyal and compassionate. Then, in our second segment, Jon chats with executive editor Nathan Maciborski about the Anthony Rizzo feature that graces the cover of our spring issue. Note: This is the final episode of this version of the Yankees Magazine Podcast. Starting with our next episode, the feed will be rebranded as the NEW YORK YANKEES OFFICIAL PODCAST. If you’re already a subscriber, you don’t have to do anything — you will be transferred to the new feed automatically. The NEW YORK YANKEES OFFICIAL PODCAST, which will feature exclusive interviews with your favorite Yankees, will launch on Opening Day.

We’re live from Tampa, Florida, reporting from Spring Training! On this week’s episode, Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz is joined by the team’s chief photographer/senior photography editor Ariele Goldman Hecht. Arie discusses the 90-hour weeks she puts in during spring training, as she sprints around the complex capturing all the hard work — and all the smiles — that make this the happiest time of the year.

No one cares what Punxsutawney Phil has to say. Baseball players are down in Florida and Arizona as we speak, which means that spring is finally here. For this week’s episode Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz preview the spring edition of the magazine, plus they chat about their favorite spring training traditions and best practices.

It’s our last episode of the offseason, as the next time you hear from us, pitchers and catchers will already be working out in Tampa.

At long last, it’s time to check out how we fared in our 2022 preseason predictions. Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz go back to our episode from March of last year when we looked into our crystals balls. Apparently, we don’t quite know how to read them, though, or maybe ours were just defective. Because some of our predictions were hilariously — even tragically — wrong.

It’s 2023, and we’re thinking about all that we’ll get to write about in this new year.

It’s the last 2022 episode of the Yankees Magazine Podcast, and what a way to go out.

We’re So Thankful

The World Series is over, the Astros are champs and as far as we here at Yankees Magazine are concerned, that means that the road to the 2023 title is upon us. This week, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch stops by to chat with Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz about what the offseason schedule is going to look like, and when fans can expect to start hearing some hot stove news. Plus, Hoch drops a hot tip about a new book that he’s writing.

Not much good to say here … it’s always painful when another season ends. Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz offer some thoughts on the team’s run to the ALCS and try to make sense of whatever comes next. Maybe we’ll cheer you all up a bit? No promises. Either way, the road to the 2023 World Series title starts right now at Yankee Stadium, so hit the reset button with us as we mine through the memories.

So Game 1 of the American League Championship Series didn’t go as planned for the team, but Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz aren’t giving up.

This week, we bring on a special guest, as Yankees Magazine Chief Photographer/Senior Photography Editor Ariele Goldman Hecht stops by to chat about her month following Aaron Judge around as he pursued the AL home run record. Plus, Arie joins Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz as they recount Game 1 of the 2022 ALDS, and look ahead to the rest of the series.

It’s time to reset and refresh. The regular season is over, and with it, Aaron Judge’s home run chase.

Yankees Magazine Podcast Season 6, Episode 11 Episode Title: 60

Yankees Magazine Podcast Season 6, Episode 10 Episode Title: Welcome Back, Warrior

We’re back with another episode of the Yankees Magazine Podcast, with a conversation about editor in chief Al Santasiere’s trip to Los Angeles for the MLB All-Star Game, and what the team’s six delegates to the midsummer spectacular say about the season as a whole. Plus, Al and Jon Schwartz chat about Jon’s piece on the team’s stable of 10-year veterans, and what that milestone means in the life of a baseball player.

This week, Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz welcomes WFAN’s Sweeny Murti to the pod, as the two discuss things happening around the Bronx, as well as Murti’s appearances on the hit ESPN documentary The Captain.

We’re back after a quick break, cracking the spine on the July issue. This week, Yankees Magazine editors Al Santasiere, Nathan Maciborski and Jon Schwartz discuss Nate’s cover story, for which he brought Aaron Judge to the New York Yankees Museum for a private tour. Then they move on to an entirely different type of All-Star, discussing Al’s Q&A with catcher Jose Trevino.

The Yankees have the best record in the majors, so we’re chatting about the obvious and totally predictable reasons for their success — Nestor Cortes and Michael King.

This is a pretty offensive episode, but not the type that requires a parental warning. First things first, Yankees Magazine editors Alfred Santasiere III and Jon Schwartz chat about our May cover story on Anthony Rizzo, which Al reported and wrote earlier this year. And while the first baseman — who re-signed with the Yankees this past offseason, after arriving in an deadline deal in 2021 — looks to get back on another dominant run like the one he enjoyed in April, he can lean on new hitting coach Dillon Lawson, who chatted with Jon for a Q&A. Lawson’s simple philosophy — “Hit Strikes Hard” — betrays a remarkable complex and layered hitting system that has paid dividends so far in 2022.

The Yankees keep rolling, thanks in large part to a dominant bullpen. If you go back 16 months, no one in their right mind would have guessed that Lucas Luetge would be a part of that equation, yet here we are. On this week’s episode, Yankees Magazine editors Nathan Maciborki and Jon Schwartz discuss Jon’s feature about Luetge, which is really about bourbon, but do with it what you will. Plus, a look back at two incredibly memorable Opening Days.

We’re talking with and about good friends this week on the Yankees Magazine Podcast. In our first segment, editors Al Santasiere and Jon Schwartz discuss Al’s feature on former Yankees broadcaster Ken Singleton, who stepped away from the microphone at the end of last season. Then Bryan Hoch stops by, and he talks with Jon about filling in on the YES Network broadcasts, and about joining the esteemed ranks of baseball podcasters.

Yankees Magazine Podcast Season 6, Episode 2: Thunder Man