Zack Greinke has had an up-and-down start so far this season, but on Tuesday night he was in peak Cy Young form. The $206 million man threw seven innings against the Yankees and allowed five hits, his fewest total in 2016. New York scored a run off the bat of Starlin Castro, who homered in the top of […]
Author: Max Gelman
Game 26 Recap: Over in the blink of an eye
Had you accidentally fallen asleep and taken a nap from 7-9 p.m., you wouldn’t have missed a thing. The Yankees and Orioles blazed through their rubber match as Kevin Gausman and Masahiro Tanaka tried to see who could throw the most zeroes up on the scoreboard. They each completed eight scoreless innings, Gausman in 97 […]
Game 24 Recap: Too Much Trumbo
The Yankees can’t be excited to face Mark Trumbo 18 more times. In his first career at-bat against Luis Severino, Trumbo launched a home run to left field, erasing an early 1-0 Yankee lead. Two at-bats later, he took Severino deep again for a 2-run shot. The Orioles never looked back. Chris Tillman started for […]
Game 12 Recap: Canha get a hot tub after that loss?
Tuesday night wasn’t billed as a pitcher’s duel, but that’s what the fans at Yankee Stadium got. And after six innings, it was a battle of the bullpens. Normally, such late-inning affairs fall in favor of the Yankees. However, in an occurrence as rare as finding a unicorn, the Yankees bullpen was outpitched on Tuesday. […]
Film Study: An early assessment of C.C. Sabathia
C.C. Sabathia is not the pitcher he used to be. No longer can the 6-foot-7, 270-pound behemoth of a man strike out 200 batters, win 20 games or eat up 230 innings in a season. Elbow and knee injuries over the past couple of years have severely hampered Sabathia’s production and made his contract seem like a […]
Game 6 Recap: Ellsbury makes up for blunder, drives in winning run
After being a disappointment so far, Jacoby Ellsbury’s season seemed to get even worse in the early stages of Tuesday’s game. In the bottom of the third inning, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista hit a deep fly ball to center field just out of the reach of Ellsbury, who was positioned in left-center expecting the […]
Why Michael Pineda, not Masahiro Tanaka, is the ace of the Yankees
Just three and a half months after trading for Michael Pineda, when the Yankees announced that the right-hander would undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, general manager Brian Cashman described the Pineda–Jesus Montero deal as a “massive decision gone wrong.” Now, with Montero recently being placed on waivers by Seattle, the trade looks like a steal for […]