Joel Sherman
Joel Sherman is a sports columnist 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 United Press International Sports department and was able to turn that into a full-time job until joining The Post in 1989.
Latest Articles
Yankees can't let Juan Soto become repeat of debacle from last time they lost star lefty slugger
November 16, 2024 | 11:19amThe presence of Steve Cohen, in particular, is forcing the Yankees to more seriously contemplate what Plans B, C and D look like if Plan A, Juan Soto, signs elsewhere,...
The long-term contract example teams hope Juan Soto can follow
November 14, 2024 | 8:39pmThis is the moment when tomorrow does not matter, not to fans, anyway. The Yankees or the Mets or pick your team want Juan Soto signed now. Period. You will...
Where the Mets and Yankees could look in one intriguing corner of the trade market
November 12, 2024 | 6:40amHe is far from the only distressed asset I envision the New York teams (and others) will consider.
Japanese ace is coveted by Mets, Yankees and Dodgers — ex-teammate reveals why
November 10, 2024 | 1:20pmThe Marines announced on Saturday that the 23-year-old will be posted this offseason.
The risky star Yankees, Mets should test trade waters on
November 9, 2024 | 10:14amThe Mets and Yankees should do what I strongly suspect they would never consider — ignore his cost (kind of), his injury history (sort of) and ties to the Astros...
Reggie Jackson leaving Astros front office gig, doesn't rule out Yankees return
November 8, 2024 | 11:04pmBaseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is a free agent again after leaving the Astros, The Post has learned.
What the Mets absolutely must add this offseason, with or without Juan Soto
November 8, 2024 | 6:30amI don’t think anyone in the sport would be surprised if Cohen approved a $1 billion-plus offseason outlay.
The rare combination driving Juan Soto's free agency to unseen heights
November 7, 2024 | 2:09pmA position player this good, this young does not get out into the market that often and if you are waiting for it to happen again, well, grab a seat...
Mets have all the pieces in place to make giant step forward
November 6, 2024 | 7:30pmThe Mets squad that elated their fan base from June onward is gone.
Brian Cashman is looking at Yankees' disastrous issues all wrong
November 5, 2024 | 10:35pmBrian Cashman kept defaulting to the big picture.
Losing Juan Soto would cause these hard-to-fix problems for Yankees
November 4, 2024 | 7:54pmIf the Yankees lose Juan Soto, what they should diligently work to gain is aligning as an actual team.
The complex question Yankees face with Gerrit Cole free-agency decision
November 4, 2024 | 11:33amHere is a question to ask as the clock ticks toward the 5 p.m. Eastern deadline on whether the Yankees will add a fifth year at $36 million to the...
The Yankees' Juan Soto pitch is easy — but will they go to an uncomfortable place to keep him?
November 3, 2024 | 5:06pmSelling themselves to Juan Soto is the easy part for the Yankees. The question is, are they willing to go to an uncomfortable place financially to keep him?
The Dodgers realized the Yankees' fatal weakness — and brutally exposed it
October 31, 2024 | 6:41pmWhen you are in charge of something and see redundant mistakes, you are either fixing them or condoning them — there is no middle ground at this level.
World Series debacle shows everything wrong with Aaron Judge-era Yankees
October 31, 2024 | 12:41amThe Yankees lost because stars Cole and Aaron Judge were both G-O-A-Ts and goats in this clincher. Because they had a fifth inning that boggled the mind for ineptitude —...
Yankees are missing an opportunity with uninspired first pitch World Series selections
October 30, 2024 | 6:59pmThe team involved should be thinking about more than who is throwing the ceremonial first pitch, but who is catching it.
The pressure is all on Gerrit Cole now to pitch like an ace — and make this World Series really interesting
October 30, 2024 | 12:05amGerrit Cole now must do the modern ace thing. He needs to take the ball on regular rest Wednesday night and get the Yankees on another business trip.
Aaron Judge is not alone in his massive Yankees World Series failure
October 29, 2024 | 6:25pmThe Yankees could live without much from Judge and still prevail over the little brothers of the AL Central. Not against the Dodgers.
The pros and cons of Mets re-signing Pete Alonso
October 29, 2024 | 6:30amLet me translate what Steve Cohen and David Stearns were saying this year in regards to Pete Alonso.