New York Yankees Jon Heyman Yankees dominating rival Red Sox in every which way By Jon Heyman Published April 23, 2026, 7:37 p.m. ET Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler (31) on the field during batting practice. Jason Szenes for the New York Post The Yankees are outspending and outthinking the Red Sox.
Last winter, they signed free agent left-hander Max Fried to a record $218 million, eight-year deal right after “saving” $760M on Juan Soto.
That beat the Red Sox, who “stopped” at $190M, and the Rangers, also at $190M.
What really has to hurt Boston is that two of the Yankees’ best players were born and bred in the Boston area. Likely All-Stars Ben Rice and Cam Schlittler are not only from suburban Boston (Rice, Cohasset; Schlittler, Walpole) but played college baseball in New England (Rice, Dartmouth; Schlittler, Northeastern).
