Derek Dietrich

NEW YORK -- Former big league slugger Derek Dietrich has been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a stimulant. Dietrich, 33, is on the roster of the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He last appeared in the majors with Texas in 2020. Dietrich's suspension was one of...

New York Yankees minor leaguer Derek Dietrich was one of five players suspended Friday for violating Major League Baseball's performance-enhancing drug policy. Dietrich, who last appeared in the big leagues in 2020 with the Texas Rangers, was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for 1,4-dimethylpentylamine (DMPA), a banned stimulant.

Former major league infielder Derek Dietrich was one of five minor leaguers suspended on Friday for violating the Minor League

MOOSIC, Pa. — The RailRiders will be without infielder Derek Dietrich for the rest of the season. He has been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a stimulant. Dietrich was one of five players suspended for violations of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program that went into effect immediately. Dietrich started the season in AA with Somerset and the Yankees promoted him to AAA with the RailRiders back in May.

Last Thursday night, Yankees top-prospect Anthony Volpe celebrated his 21st birthday with many of his teammates from the comfort of his family home, which is just a short drive from TD Bank Ballpark, following the Patriots 15-3 victory over Portland. A group of 20-somethings enjoying dessert and cake – and then there’s Derek Dietrich. The elder statesman of the roster and 12 years the senior of Volpe, the 32-year old Dietrich, who has eight years and nearly 750 games of big league experience under his belt, has been carrying himself just like another one of the guys on the Somerset roster after inking a minor league deal with the Yankees for the second consecutive season in mid-April.

BRIDGEWATER — The average baseball fan might assume that a 32-year-old loathes playing in the minor leagues. For Derek Dietrich, it has provided a fountain of youth as he embraces the situation with a mature attitude. The veteran second baseman joked after Somerset’s 7-1 win Friday against Portland that...

For the second straight season, the Yankees have signed veteran infielder Derek Dietrich to a minor league contract. Dietrich, who last appeared in the majors in 2020 with the Rangers, split the 2021 season between the Yankees’ and Nationals’ Triple-A affiliates. The 32-year-old put together an odd line...

The Yankees have signed infielder Derek Dietrich to a minor-league contract, per Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America. It’ll be the second straight season with time spent in the Yankees organization for Dietrich, who’s represented by All Bases Covered Sports Management. Dietrich, 32, didn’t play in the big leagues...