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Game 57 Recap: An Unlikely Duel

One important concept that Sabermetrics teaches us is to prepare for regression. That being said, at any given point in the season a player could be playing above or below his true production level. We sometimes call these streaks. The Angels’ starting pitcher on Monday, Matt Shoemaker,  is almost certainly going through one of these periods. […]

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Game 30 Recap: Home runs for everyone

The Yankees got what they needed from starting pitcher Ivan Nova and more than what they needed from their hitters in a 6-3 win over the Royals on Monday. The ball was jumping out of the stadium tonight; the Yankees (5) and Royals (2) hit seven combined homers. Carolos Beltran had two dingers and Brian McCann, […]

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Game 17 Recap: Eovaldi Dazzles

No A-Rod, no Hicks, no problem. With the active career leader in home runs on the shelf temporarily with an oblique injury and down Statcast darling Aaron Hicks due to a shoulder injury, the Bombers had no problem picking up a 3-1 win in Texas against the AL West leading Rangers. The Yankees — who have struggled […]

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2016 Preseason Front Office Evaluations

For the past two seasons — over at the Effectively Wild Podcast sister site Banished to the Pen — I have attempted to evaluate the performance of general managers and their baseball operations department. It occurred to me that there are some basic economic principles that would allow us to better understand how effective each […]

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Hustlin’ Hicks shines in the outfield

Despite a dismal performance from the Yankees on Friday, Aaron Hicks shined in right field. He made two very difficult catches where he had to flash both speed and hand-eye coordination.   Play One The first play came on a hard hit fly ball by Miguel Cabrera to right center in the bottom of the […]