Joel Sherman

Joel Sherman

About the Columnist

Joel Sherman has worked at the New York Post since 1989 -- for seven years as the New York Yankees beat writer and since 1996 as the Baseball Columnist. He has also worked at MLB Network as an on-air Insider for nearly a decade. Joel grew up in Brooklyn, NY and attended NYU. Beginning late in his junior year, he started as a summer intern in the United Press International Sports department and was able to turn that into a full-time job until joining The Post in 1989.

The Archive

Former Cubs leaders confident this star can thrive with Yankees

What interested teams like the Yankees will have to determine is whether this was a revival befitting the player Bellinger was the first four years of his career or was...

Yankees, Mets maneuvering in trade talks for Rays outfielder

The expectation is the Rays will definitely trade the outfielder this offseason.

Mets would sign on for this Carlos Mendoza comparison

Thomson, like Mendoza, built respect with bosses and players via loyalty, humility and an undeniable passion for the game.

Hal Steinbrenner appreciated Brian Cashman's passionate Yankees defense -- minus one thing

Hal Steinbrenner did not love the language, but he did appreciate the sentiment expressed last week in Yankees GM Brian Cashman’s feisty defense of the baseball operations department.

Ex-Mets manager responds as Carlos Mendoza leaves door open for crucial job

Mendoza did not dismiss the possibility of the former Mets manager being enlisted as a bench coach.

The center field calls the Yankees should make before diving in on Cody Bellinger

The concern is at the plate, which should have the Yankees worried about whether they are signing the positional version of Carlos Rodon.

Yankees interviewing their former pitcher in search for new bench coach

The Yankees are looking for a new bench coach after Carlos Mendoza left to become the Mets' new manager.

Yankees risk making bad situation worse by adding a big-ticket superstar

Should a team built on that shaky bedrock spend the money/prospects to change the conversation?

Japanese star's looming MLB free-agent frenzy comes with one minor concern

Shohei Ohtani will earn the largest contract this offseason. But it is possible that the second largest goes to Yamamoto, the 25-year-old with a six-pitch repertoire.

Brian Cashman might be his own worst enemy

Has the long-running main cohort grown too insular, stale and in some ways cultish?

Hal Steinbrenner sounds tone deaf

He really waited more than a month since a season he would later describe as “awful” and in which the Yankees “accomplished nothing” to deliver this?

Yankees on brink of hiring new hitting coach

The 47-year-old has just completed his first year as the Tigers assistant hitting coach.

Craig Counsell was right to push for higher manager salaries

All of that makes the job tougher and means the managers should be paid better, in general.

Mets must give risky hire a chance to become their Craig Counsell

Carlos Mendoza, who turns 44 on Nov. 27, is now where Craig Counsell once was in 2014.

Mets veteran to become free agent as contract redo fails

The Mets have a void in the bullpen after the veteran turned down his $6.75 million option for next season.

How Mets' title chances compare to others on list of longest World Series droughts

The Mets are now eighth on a list every club is determined to escape.

The analytics company Yankees hired for deep dive revealed

The outside company the Yankees are working with this offseason is no longer a mystery.

It's finally the Rangers' year to be the last team standing

At last, they had the magic that escaped them in 2011 when they were twice one strike away in World Series Game 6 from the franchise’s first title.

Mets interview one of their former players in managerial search

A former Mets player is a candidate to become the team's new manager.

Mets interview Yankees bench coach for manager opening

The Mets are looking toward The Bronx in their managerial search.