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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 06: Billy McKinney #57 of the New York Yankees reacts while running to first during the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on August 06, 2023 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Astros won 9-7. (Photo by Sarah Stier\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the New York Yankees<\/a> played the Boston Red Sox<\/a> (in the Bronx).<\/p>\n They had lost by a score of 5-3 on Friday (before Saturday\u2019s game was rained out).<\/p>\n The Yankees were able to bounce back on Sunday, winning by a score of 6-1.<\/p>\n 2-Year Yankees Player Is Still A Free Agent GettyBilly McKinney #57 of the New York Yankees celebrates his fourth inning three run home run against the Kansas City Royals<\/a> at Yankee Stadium on July 21, 2023 in Bronx borough of New York City.<\/p>\n With the season well underway, it\u2019s worth noting that a former Yankees player still remains a free agent.<\/p>\n Billy McKinney<\/a> is available to sign with any team in the MLB<\/a>.<\/p>\n He appeared in six games for the Texas Rangers<\/a> last year (and was released<\/a> over the offseason).<\/p>\n Looking At McKinney GettyBilly McKinney #57 of the New York Yankees runs home to score a run against the Miami Marlins<\/a> during the seventh inning at loanDepot park on August 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n McKinney was picked in the 1st round of the 2013 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n He made his MLB debut for the Yankees in 2018.<\/p>\n Following two games with the team, he went on to spend part of three seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>.<\/p>\n GettyBilly McKinney #28 of the Toronto Blue Jays rounds third base after hitting a solo home run in the first inning during a MLB game against the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> at Rogers Centre on September 25, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old then had stops with the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, New York Mets<\/a>, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> and Oakland Athletics.<\/p>\n He returned to the Yankees in 2023, appearing in 48 games.<\/p>\n After his second stint with the franchise, McKinney played for the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> during the 2024 season (before the Rangers in 2025).<\/p>\n GettyBilly McKinney #57 and Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> #27 of the New York Yankees celebrate after a home run in the seventh inning against the Chicago White Sox<\/a> at Guaranteed Rate Field on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n Over 327 career games, McKinney is batting .209 with 180 hits, 34 home runs, 89 RBI\u2019s, 114 runs and four stolen bases.<\/p>\n It will be interesting to see if another team picks him up before the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n Yankees Right Now GettyJos\u00e9 Caballero #72 of the New York Yankees looks on after scoring off a single by Paul Goldschmidt<\/a> #48 of the New York Yankees during the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on June 07, 2026 in the Bronx borough of New York City.<\/p>\n The Yankees are currently the second-place team in the American League East with a 38-26 record in 64 games.<\/p>\n They will visit the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> on Monday night in Ohio.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tBen Stinar<\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0
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\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 06: Billy McKinney #57 of the New York Yankees reacts while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-722420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}