It’s easy to forget how off-the-radar Jordan Montgomery was before his rookie season in 2017. If performance were all that mattered for prospect hype, Montgomery would have been a household name among Yankee fans: 139 1/3 innings between Double-A and Triple-A, 2.13 ERA (including 0.97 at Triple), a strikeout per 9 innings, a solid walk […]
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The Unprecedented Misfortune of Bradley Jr. vs. Chapman
There are two different types of pain tolerance. The first is how much pain a person can handle in one single blow, or the “how much?” The second involves managing prolonged or repeated pain, or the “how many?” When a player gets hit by a pitch, it’s a matter of the first kind of pain tolerance: the “how much?” This […]
Bronx Beat Episode 144: Roster Crunch?
EJ, Scott and Jim talk about the impending returns of Brandon Drury and Greg Bird, Domingo German’s first MLB start, and Dellin Betances.
Making room for Brandon Drury
By the end of this week, the Yankees will have a roster decision to make. Brandon Drury’s rehab assignment began on April 24, meaning that his twenty-day rehab window will come to an end after Sunday. At that point, the front office will need to decide what to do with 25-year-old infielder recovering from migraines and […]
Sonny Gray is Struggling, but All is not Lost
In January, the New York Daily News published a column speculating on which starting pitchers the Yankees could add during July’s trade deadline. Seven months away. Before a pitch had been thrown at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. Before Joe Kelly and Tyler Austin reignited the bitterness in a decades-old rivalry. Before Sonny Gray […]
The 5 Best Moments of the Yankees’ Hot Streak
A dramatic, come-from-behind victory on a game-winning home run is the stuff of fantasy. Gleyber Torres’ walk-off three-run blast on Sunday afternoon could become a turning point of the 2018 season. It may be the moment on which we look back and say, “this was the when the Yankees solidified as a team.” But it probably won’t be […]
OOTP Universe Yankees: A forgettable week
Before the season began, the series against the Angels, Astros, Indians, and Red Sox all in a row were marked on the calendar as perhaps the toughest stretch of the season. In last week’s edition, the alternate universe Yankees took two of three in Anaheim to start strong. The real-life Yanks swept the Angels. This […]
Random thoughts after a stressful yet rewarding series win in Houston
After Thursday’s game against the Astros ended with the Yankees celebrating a three out of four-game series win, people around baseball kept saying how much they enjoyed the series and how they hoped that if it were a playoff series preview, it would be just as exciting. Personally, I was relieved it was over and […]
About Last Night: Stanton X 2
Heading into Wednesday night’s game in Minute Maid Park, the Yankees had never hit a home run against Dallas Keuchel. With one swing in the first inning, Giancarlo Stanton changed that. Stanton hit an opposite-field home run that just cleared the wall in right field to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Keuchel, who normally […]
Bronx Beat Episode 143: Montgomery Down
EJ, Scott, and Jim discuss the Jordan Montgomery injury and Yankee options to take his rotation spot.