Joel Sherman
Joel Sherman is a sports columnis𓆉t at the New York Post.
Background
Joel 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 Unite♌d Press International Sports department and was able to turn that into a full-time job until joining The Post in 1989.
Latest Articles
Yankees' first loss of season still came with an encouraging win
At a time when the Yankees woul🥀d take competence from Warren, that made his effort Tuesday night a win within the team’s first loss of 2025.
Yankees' opening series bucked one big MLB tradition — here's why it worked
𝕴 Tradition dies hard in this game.
Why the Yankees lineup's kryptonite might be overrated
Multiple Yankees people have told me Stanton might return soon🍸er than publicly anticipated.
Why the next phase of the Yankees' torpedo bat explosion will be so telling
It is possible three games are going to be indicative of the hitters now having a tool that will neeဣd to b💜e banned. Or it is possible it was three...
Aaron Judge gave everyone a reminder in Yankees' post-Juan Soto world
A day like Saturday comes along as a reminder of who Aaron Judge is ꦇ— in stature and importance around here.
Yankees' Opening Day win offers initial answers to season's looming questions
Aaron Boone, third-generation baseball man, knows this drill. He wanted to get ahead of wh🥂at he called “the🍨 week of overreaction.”
Dodgers aren't high-spending, World Series-winning villains they're made out to be
⛄ Only in ♛baseball can the relentless fervor to win be viewed as a bad thing.
Yankees' offseason facelift a Band-aid on the same shaky foundation
The Opening Day roster u💫nderscores the opening theme music for these Yankees – have they done enough to replace Soto? And Cole? And 🌌possibly Giancarlo Stanton?
AL Central preview: Predicting a tigh💦t, 🐬four-team race
💯 The Post's Joel Sherman previews꧒ the AL Central:
AL East 💖preview: Predicting where Yankees finish after spring inj🦹uries
Can the Yankees take the division again? 🦂
How injuries are forcing Yankees, other contenders into difficult roster choices ☂
The Yankees are first. No doubt. No team took a worse injury beating this spring. But Yankees fans should remem𝔍ber — they are not the only team beset by in🥃juries.
The $765 million Juan Soto questions that Yankees, Mets can't escape
There has never been a more obvious jumping-off point for the Mets and Yankees as a season beꦛgins than Juan Soto in 2025.
NL East team set to buck longstanding pitching norm — critics be damꩲmed
The Marlins started the 𒅌sessions in the second half last year with the lowest level of the minors, the Dominican Summer League and the Complex League.
Mets' patience with once-embattled quartet is paying off
How many times has each been traded in our minds? Ho🎉w many times did the Mets actually say “no?”
Inside Yankees' and Mets' pursuit of right-handed bat before Opening Day
Both New York team൩s conti🌺nue to try to find a righty-hitting bat as spring training nears conclusion.
Wh꧟y Mets snapping long NL East title drꦛought matters for 2025 — and beyond
The Mets are due. They are on about a once-a-decade clock, having last won th♈e NL East in 2015.
Pete Alonso's path to breaking franchise home record will tell Mets everything
Pete Alonso returned to the Mets, and that put Darryl Strawberry and the franchi🍸se homer record on alert.
The 'roller coaster' infielder doesn't want to ride is at a Mets crossroads
As inexac⛄t scꦺience goes, ranking prospects makes weather forecasting look infallible.
Comparing Francisco Lindor's résumé to Derek Jeter, Carlos Beltran — and how he can solidify himself as a Hall of Famer
He has a strong résumé through his ag📖e-30 season. But what 🐓does he need to do to cement himself as a Hall of Famer?
Mets stars' coveted sixth skill can give them a season-long advantage
There are just some players who hav𝕴e a better ability to stay healthy. Franciso Lindor, Pete Alon♏so, Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto seem to fall into this steely category.