I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Yankees’ offense has been pretty lucky so far this season. Some amount of regression is coming, but that’s alright. If the results had been just mediocre and lucky, that might be an issue, but the Yankees’ offense has been really, really good so far. In […]
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How do Yankees’ Late-Inning Flamethrowers Compare to Recent Championship Bullpens?
Few teams have put together a trio of relievers as dominant as the Yankees’ group in the first half of the 2016 season. The Bombers signed Andrew Miller prior to 2015 and added Aroldis Chapman via trade to join incumbent relief ace Dellin Betances. The Betances-Miller-Chapman combination performed as advertised in 2016, as the Yankees […]
It’s Almost Gleyber Time
Revisiting topics in the sports journalism universe can best be thought of as those Russian nesting dolls. Beautifully crafted to inconspicuously fit over one another, I’ve always found great satisfaction in believing they’re tangible representations of time. Sometimes we’re reminiscent of better days upon removing a shell, while otherwise we’re more than happy to convince […]
Aaron Judge is coming back to Earth…kind of
It was just a matter of time. Sometimes it happens discretely, unnoticed until an 0-for-16 stretch provides us with a casual small sample size to overreact to. Other times it’s sudden, buoyed by an other-worldly week of at bats that make the following week’s productivity seem relatively worse than it actually is. Then there is Aaron Judge’s May. […]
About Last Night: The Yankees get Clippered by the Rays
Is there anything worse than giving up the game-winning run almost immediately after your team ties up a game on a semi-dramatic two-run home run? Probably. But last night, that was the worst thing the Yankees could have done. In the eighth inning, the Yankees found themselves down 4-2 to the Rays with Brett Gardner […]
What Adjustment Has Aaron Hicks Made? He’s Stopped Swinging
Aaron Hicks is on a tear. As of Tuesday he was leading the American League in OBP at .462, and is hitting the cover off the ball with a .362 TAv and .644 SLG. Hicks has forced himself into the lineup, starting the past six games. Although Judge, Gardner, and Ellsbury are already locked in […]
About Last Night: Masahiro was Tanaked around
It’s safe to say Masahiro Tanaka was pretty awful on Sunday night. In fact, it was one of the worst outings of his career. He only lasted 1 2/3 innings and he gave up eight runs on seven hits, including four home runs. For this edition of About Last night, we’re going to look at […]
Luis Severino, the New King of Velocity
After averaging 98.3 mph on his fastball in Sunday night’s marathon of a game, the same Luis Severino that went down with a tricep strain a year ago Friday, causing many of us without retrain to give up on a 22 year old arm, currently sits atop the velocity leaderboards on his fourseam fastball (starting pitchers, min. […]
About Last Night: CC Sabadthia
Let’s not sugarcoat things. CC Sabathia has not looked good in his last three starts, and on Wednesday night against the Blue Jays it was more of the same. In his first three starts Sabathia went 2-0 while only giving up three earned runs in 18 1/3 innings. He held opposing batters to a .182 […]
Chase Headley’s Success on Fly Balls
The Yankees are off to a much better start than many expected. Young players like Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks have contributed from day one. Veterans like Jacoby Ellsbury and Starlin Castro, whom many had thought were lost causes, are off to hot starts offensively. Perhaps the most notable veteran off to a great start […]