The Yankees cancelled on-field batting practice during the solar eclipse at Yankee Stadium on Monday.
Their Monday game against the Marlins was pushed Thursday from its original 2:05 p.m. start time back to 6:05 p.m. due to the eclipse.
Juan Soto was among the Yankee players that came onto the field at Yankee Stadium during the solar eclipse to take a brief look at the phenomenon, with approved eclipse glasses.
Both the Yankees and Marlins cancelled outdoor batting practice due to the eclipse, but players and staff from the teams were on the field during the darkest part of the eclipse, around 3:25 p.m.
Carlos Rodon said he wanted to experience it outside.
Everything to know about the 2024 solar eclipse
- The solar eclipse will take place Monday, April 8, blocking the sun for over 180 million people in its path.
- The eclipse will expand from Mexico’s Pacific Coast across North America, hitting 15 US states and pulling itself all the way to the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
- New Yorkers will experience the solar eclipse just after 2 p.m. Monday.
- A huge explosion on the sun, known as a coronal mass ejection, is anticipated, according to experts. This happens when massive particles from the sun are hurled out into space, explains Ryan French of the National Solar Observatory in Boulder, Colorado.
- To avoid serious injury to the eyes, it is necessary to view the event through proper eyewear like eclipse glasses, or a handheld solar viewer, during the partial eclipse phase before and after totality.
- The next total solar eclipse will take place on Aug. 12, 2026, and totality will be visible to those in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia and a small slice of Portugal.
“It’s something you never think about doing,” Rodon said. “To be able to be on the field at Yankee Stadium and look at it, it was pretty cool.”
