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Yankees hope to bring back pitching coach Matt Blake with contract decision looming

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Heyman, J. (2026, October 3). Yankees hope to bring back pitching coach Matt Blake with contract decision looming. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/sports/yankees-hope-to-bring-back-pitching-coach-matt-blake/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-03 · by Jon Heyman

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The Yankees aim to renew pitching coach Matt Blake's contract, which expires after the 2026 season. Under Blake’s guidance, the team led Major League Baseball with a 3.23 team ERA, followed by the Brewers at 3.51. Initially an unpaid scout for the Yankees while coaching high school baseball in Massachusetts, Blake now has the opportunity to become one of the highest-paid coaches, potentially earning around $1 million annually.
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The New York Yankees are aiming to retain their pitching coach, Matt Blake, whose contract expires after the 2026 season. The team had the best ERA in Major League Baseball during the previous year at 3.23, with the Milwaukee Brewers coming second at 3.51. Initially, Blake began his unpaid scouting role for the Yankees while coaching pitching at Lincoln-Sudbury High outside Boston. Now, he has a significant opportunity to become one of the highest-paid coaches in baseball, potentially earning around $1 million annually.

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Jon Heyman
45 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 The Brewers, from MLB’s 30th market, went practically wire-to-wire, logging 114 victories en route to a championship hardly anyone predicted, even the friendly folks of Brew City.
🔮 The real shame now is that the Yankees couldn’t even beat these Rays.
🔮 Jake Bauers, the Brewers’ NLCS MVP who turned his game around after nearly calling it quits, will obviously continue his career now and the free-agent-to-be told The Post, “I would love to come back.
2026-10-26 · assertive framing · Jake Bauers may have out-priced his own Brewers desires
🔮 While he would have had to severely adjust his goal had he continued to pitch like he did in Queens, he’s only reminded folks how good he is, and maybe even upped the stakes by hitting 99 mph and improving his changeup and pitch mix as a Ray.
🔮 While we wait for the Yankees to settle their vital non-player personnel questions — GM Brian Cashman is expected to be extended, and it still seems more likely than not that manager Aaron Boone will be kept — let’s review what needs to be done to improve a roster that’s consistently good enough to play into October, but not too far into the month. 1.
🔮 The Yankees are expected to extend the $23.15M qualifying offer to free-agent closer David Bednar, who had a terrific year, sources say.
🔮 Sources say one or two Yankees bigs were slightly to somewhat annoyed that captain/three-time MVP Aaron Judge suggested the $320M Yankees could spend more after they were swept by the Rays in the division series.
2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Why Yankees bosses are a little upset with Aaron Judge
🔮 By the old Steinbrenner standards, Boone would have been gone six years ago.
2026-10-08 · assertive framing · It’s time for the Yankees to move on from Aaron Boone
🔮 Ex-Yankees coach Joe Espada has made the playoffs two of three years as Houston manager, but his tenure may depend on who’s hired as GM.
🔮 “I know what he would like to do. …
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Topics

Boston Brewers Lincoln-Sudbury High MLB Yankees

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Yankees ORG · 3× Blake PERSON · 2× Boston GPE · 1× Brewers ORG · 1× Lincoln-Sudbury High ORG · 1× MLB ORG · 1× Matt Blake PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Blake started as an unpaid “bird dog” scout for the Yankees while he was the pitching coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High outside Boston.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03

Claims (4 extracted, 0 hedged)

The Yankees want to retain pitching coach Matt Blake, whose contract is up after 2026. asserted
contract → want → 2026
The Yankees easily led MLB with a 3.23 team ERA. asserted
Yankees → lead → ERA
Blake started as an unpaid “bird dog” scout for the Yankees while he was the pitching coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High outside Boston. asserted
he → start → Boston
But Blake now has a chance to join the exclusive ranks as a $1 million-a-year coach (or get close). asserted
Blake → have → coach
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