The Yankees are off to a formidable 15-8 start and have their young nucleus, namely Aaron Judge and Luis Severino, to thank for it. It is always fun to research and discover new facts and statistics. Though we’re just five months left in the season and they might not mean the world, here are some interesting […]
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About Last Night: Dingers!
Okay, so can we talk about what happened on Friday night? Because I am still in shock. Since these pieces are not full game recaps, I won’t go into every detail about the game. So how about we take a look at all of the dingers the Yankees hit in their improbable 14-11 extra innings […]
About Last Night: Boom Tanakalaka
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday night, Yankee fans were watching the ninth inning through their fingers. On Thursday night, they watched in awe as Masahiro Tanaka pitched a complete game shutout and bested Chris Sale in a battle of the aces. And for once, a game actually lived up to its hype. Sale entered […]
About Last Night: That scary ninth inning
If you are like me, you were pacing during Wednesday night’s bottom of the ninth at Fenway Park because let’s be honest, the Yankees have been the victims of some devastating walk-off losses in that ballpark. Just last September, we sat through that dreadful Dellin Betances outing which was capped off by a walk-off, three-run […]
Aaron Judge and player comparisons
The method sports fans use to prepare themselves for a new generation of prospects is to draw comparisons. We do it all the time– maybe even too much. Comparisons are crude, inaccurate and based on so many subjective factors that we often blur the line between performance and aesthetic comps. Every short, hard-nosed middle infielder is […]
Luis Severino’s slider is becoming deadly
At almost this exact time last season, I talked about how Luis Severino needed to widen the velocity gap between his fastball and at least one of his secondary pitches. And believe it or not, he actually has done just that — he softened the velocity on his slider last season, and then he’s done so […]
That’s the Greg Bird We All Remember
Greg Bird’s Spring Training stats were fantastic: a .451 batting average with eight home runs and a slugging percentage over 1.000. His first 30 at bats of the season were the complete opposite: one hit, 13 strikeouts, and a smattering of walks to keep his OBP from sinking below the .100 mark. The staunch difference between the […]
Aaron Judge’s New Approach
Yankees’ right fielder Aaron Judge homered in three straight games earlier this week. That, combined with his judicial last name, has resulted in a multitude of excellent, top-notch, entirely original judge-based puns, each of which is far beyond the talents of this author. My attempts (“he judged that ball really far” and “that was a […]
Let’s build the best lineup
[Edit: This article was originally written after the second game of the season. Since then, Gary Sanchez has gotten injured, and Joe Girardi has deployed more lineup variations. Still, this article is more about building the optimal lineup with everyone healthy rather than an analysis of today or tomorrow’s lineup in particular.] Through the first two games […]
A closer look at Montgomery’s solid debut
Lefty Jordan Montgomery made his major league debut Wednesday afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays and while he didn’t factor in the decision, there were many positives during his outing. Mainly, his seven strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings of work so let’s look at those first. As you can see Montgomery used his slider to […]