Another week of baseball is in the books, and it’s been a topsy-turvy start for the Yankees in reality. The pitching and defense have been sloppy while the offense hasn’t quite lived up to its billing just yet. All that said, the Yankees are still hovering around .500, so at least they’ve held their own. […]
Author: Derek Albin
Sonny Gray has made an adjustment
When it’s this early in the regular season, it’s silly to make much of any individual player’s performance. Even though it can be frustrating to see someone get off to a slow start or exciting to see a player shoot out of the gate, the fact is that these kinds of streaks happen throughout the […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: Slightly better than the real Yankees thus far
The first full week of the baseball season is now history, which means that the virtual Yankees’ first full week is complete as well. If you missed last week’s introduction, click here to check it out. The alternate universe Yankees opened this week with a 3-1 record, one game ahead of their real-life counterparts. This […]
Nitpicking the order of Gregorius and Sanchez in the lineup
Note: It just so happens that I wrote the following post BEFORE the game yesterday … meaning that it’s all going to sound really dumb now that Didi hit two homers in the cleanup spot. As much as I want to hide and not publish this, I should just own it. And alright, I’ll admit, I still […]
The Yankees in an alternate OOTP universe: The beginning
The Yankees season is underway. In reality, they are 2-2 after splitting its opening series in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Another Yankees team exists in another parallel universe, however, and throughout this season I’ll be providing weekly updates on what the other Yankees do. Where does this other Yankees team exist, you ask? In […]
Mixed feelings about the future at third base
If you’re alive and cognizant of baseball’s history, then you’re aware of the Yankees’ propensity to make big acquisitions of players whose former teams could no longer afford them. Whether it was Alex Rodriguez over a decade ago or Giancarlo Stanton just a few months back, this is simply what the Yankees do and will […]
Giancarlo Stanton vs. Aaron Judge in Left Field
When spring training began, the expectation was that both Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton would see time in left field during Grapefruit League action. To date, we have only seen Stanton there in actual games. Given how the Yankees have played it this March, it’s pretty clear that Stanton is going to be the one […]
Fandom makes for strange behavior
Being a fan of a team can morph into something more than merely rooting for your team of preference to win a ballgame. It leaks into everyday life in simple and innocuous ways, such as rearranging plans to watch a game or wearing team apparel in public. That’s not the only way fandom is exhibited […]
What to make of Brandon Drury’s perfomance on the road
Whenever a player leaves the Colorado Rockies for a new team, the first thing many people do is check his home vs. road splits. The same now happens for former Arizona Diamondbacks when they leave the friendly confines of Chase Field, which perhaps should be called Coors Light Field (maybe not for long, though). If a […]
History isn’t on Jacoby Ellsbury’s side
This spring, Jacoby Ellsbury is entering camp with his eye on the center field job. Whether or not he deserves to reclaim the position is a question that seemingly has an obvious answer: no. Rather, it’s Aaron Hicks’s job to lose. Hicks is younger, more talented, and outperformed Ellsbury last season. The problem: Hicks has struggled […]