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In most of the ways a pitcher can be great, Dellin Betances was in 2016. Despite having put together absolutely ridiculous seasons in 2014 and 2015 he set personal bests in K%, K-BB%, ground ball percentage, infield fly percentage and fastball velocity. In most cases, that makes for a career season, but that’s not how […]

Now that the season has come to an end, we can look back at how the Yankees’ pitching staff finished relative to the rest of the pitching staffs around the league. Without further ado: Yankees MLB Rank AL Rank ERA 4.16 15 7 ERA- 98 13 7 K% 23.1 5 2 BB% 7.4 4 2 […]

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon. Kevin Gausman was once again brilliant against New York, Zach Britton put the finishing touches on a perfect season as closer, and the Birds let the champagne fly in the locker room, as the win clinched a spot for them in the Wild […]

The Yankees rode a late offensive outburst to a 7-3 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, the penultimate game of the 2016 season. In a rather uncharacteristic showing, the team combined a dominant bullpen performance with a late-inning hit barrage to win their 84th game of the season and keep the American League wild card race […]

On a rain-soaked Friday night, the Yankees welcomed the Orioles for the final three-game set of the season. Baltimore proceeded to bop New York, even if it took a couple innings for their offense to settle in amidst wet conditions in the borough. The Orioles offense was sparked by the long ball, which may sound […]

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ playoff hopes died on Thursday night, and they couldn’t do a thing about it. With Baltimore’s 4-0 win in Toronto, there are now just four teams left in contention for a wild card spot–the Blue Jays, Orioles, Tigers and Mariners. No Yankees. So, Thursday marked one of four meaningless games they’ll play until […]

The title of this article sounds rather silly, doesn’t it? If CC Sabathia threw only changeups for the rest of his career, well, let’s just say that there would be no CC Sabathia in the league anymore. His first baseman would get fed up when CC continually fielded drag bunts and threw changeups over to […]

The Red Sox seemed ready to celebrate on enemy turf. The Yankees playoff hopes seemed doomed. That was until the Yankees miraculously scored five runs in the bottom of the 9th to defeat the Red Sox 5-3. With the game tied 0-0 in the top of the eighth – thanks to brilliant performances by both […]

Tuesday night was a good night for the Yankees. First and foremost, they staved off playoff elimination by beating the Red Sox 6-4 at the Stadium. Second, they guaranteed another season at .500 or above, their 24th in a row. Third, they hit three home runs—the most important a two-run, opposite field shot by Tyler Austin […]

The Yankees made a valiant run at the playoffs, which was arguably sparked by the ‘Baby Bombers’ who provided a sense of urgency that was lacking prior to their arrival. While we are starting to get a glimpse of the future of the Yankee organization, we’re surely not seeing the entire scope. There are other players […]