2021 New York Yankees season

The 2021 New York Yankees season was the 119th season for the New York Yankees.

The Yankees entered the 2021 season expecting to contend for the World Series. The Yankees' Opening Day was on April 1 against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium with 20% capacity. The full crowd at Globe Life Field got to witness starting pitcher Corey Kluber throw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers on May 19. The Yankees turned an 'around-the-horn' triple play on May 21 against the Chicago White Sox starting with third baseman Gio Urshela to second baseman Rougned Odor and then to first baseman Luke Voit.

During a game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Buffalo, New York, on June 17, the Yankees turned the first 1-3-6-2-5-6 triple play in major league history. The franchise had never turned more than one triple play in a season. Then on June 20, with 100% full crowd capacity, the Yankees turned their record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning, shutting down the Oakland Athletics and winning the game.

The Yankees underperformed throughout the regular season and were 41–41, with 80 games left to play on July 4. The Yankees went 51–29 in their final 80 games including a season-high 13 game winning streak, their longest winning streak since 1961. On October 3, the Yankees clinched a Wild Card berth with a 1–0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees finished the regular season with a 92–70 record and qualified for the postseason as the fifth seed in the American League (AL), before losing to the fourth-seed Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Game at Fenway Park on October 5, their fifth consecutive playoff exit.

From September 6–9, the Yankees never led in the 4-game series against the Blue Jays, the first time since 1924 they never led in a 4-game series in the regular season.

2020

 * December 2 – Luis Cessa re-signs with the Yankees for a 1-year, $1 million contract.

2021

 * January 6 – Acquired outfielder Greg Allen from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for James Reeves.
 * January 24 – Acquired starting pitcher Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates for four prospects (Miguel Yajure, Roansy Contreras, Maikol Escotto, and Canaan Smith).
 * January 27 – acquired Cy Young right-handed starting pitcher Corey Kluber from the Texas Rangers signs a one-year, $11 million contract with the Yankees.
 * January 27 – DJ LeMahieu re-signs with the Yankees to a six-year, $90 million contract in free agency.
 * February 10 – Signed sidearm right-handed pitcher Darren O'Day (coming off a season with the Atlanta Braves) to a one-year, $1.75 million contract while in free agency.
 * February 22 – Brett Gardner re-signs with the Yankees to a one-year, $4 million contract while in free agency.
 * February 23 – Acquired left-handed pitcher Justin Wilson from the New York Mets to a one-year, $4 million contract while in free agency.

2021

 * April 6 – Acquired second-baseman Rougned Odor from the Texas Rangers in a trade along with cash considerations and minor-league outfielders Antonio Cabello and Josh Stowers.
 * April 27 – Acquired left-handed pitcher Wandy Peralta and infielder Connor Cannon from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for outfielder Mike Tauchman.
 * July 1 – Acquired outfielder Tim Locastro from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league right-handed pitcher Keegan Curtis
 * July 26 – Acquired right-handed relief pitcher Clay Holmes from the Pittsburgh Pirates for minor league infielders Diego Castillo and Hoy Park.
 * July 27 – Traded relievers Luis Cessa and Justin Wilson to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later.
 * July 29 – Acquired outfielder Joey Gallo and left-handed relief pitcher Joely Rodríguez from the Texas Rangers for minor leaguer prospects: second basemen Ezequiel Duran and Trevor Hauver, right-handed pitcher Glenn Otto and infielder Josh Smith.
 * July 29 – Acquired first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Chicago Cubs for minor leaguers right-handed pitcher Alexander Vizcaino and outfielder Kevin Alcantara. The Yankees also acquired cash considerations ($5.5 million), the remaining balance of Rizzo's $16.5 million salary this season.
 * July 30 – Acquired starting left-handed pitcher Andrew Heaney from the Los Angeles Angels and cash considerations for minor league right-handed pitcher Janson Junk and Elvis Peguero.

Yankees team leaders
Updated through game of September 30.

† Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played

AVG qualified batters: Judge, Stanton, LeMahieu

Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played

ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Cole

Game log
On November 23, MLB announced that the Yankees would face the Chicago White Sox in the first MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa on August 12. This game was originally scheduled for August 13, 2020. Yankees went on to lose the game 9-8.

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

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 = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts Source: