Now that the Yankees have clinched a playoff berth, attention turns to their wild card-game roster. We can guess at the composition of most of that 25-man roster, beginning with about 16 sure things: C Brian McCann C John Ryan Murhphy 1B Greg Bird SS Didi Gregorius 3B Chase Headley OF Carlos Beltran OF Jacoby […]
Day: October 2, 2015
Both optimism and uncertainty surround Yankees’ playoff berth
Considering the tumultuous nature of the Yankees’ 2015 season, it’s only fitting that their playoff-clinching win was wrapped in both buoyancy and anxiety. On the one hand, here were the Yankees, who the masses counted out back in April, cracking beer cans and submerging their teammates in alcohol. Here was Alex Rodriguez, who wasn’t even expected to […]
The Yankees’ Slowest Runners can make them Faster
The Yankees aren’t the fastest team in the MLB (that title belongs to the Reds), but New York’s roster is comprised of at least a few fleet-footed players. Sure, Brian McCann has been recorded as one of the slowest runners in the majors (by Statcast, he runs 16.07 mph, the slowest in baseball by quite a […]