In the midst of all the rightly-deserved, and well-earned hoopla surrounding rookie Gary Sanchez in August, another young Yankees’ player had a good month: Starlin Castro. And while the world stopped what they were doing and watched Sanchez at bats in awe, Castro quietly batted .313/.333/.571 with eight home runs during the month of August […]
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Aaron Hicks’ potentially season-saving fix
In baseball, there are two general ways to evaluate a player: on-field scouting versus analytics. Although these two methods of gauging talent can be painted as conflicting arts, they’re more often used in tandem to get a more well-rounded assessment. Still, everyone has their preferences, and frequently, I lean toward the numbers side. Maybe this […]
Game 132 Recap: Extra Innings Drama
Somehow, after a 5-4 win against the Royals, the Yankees managed to win a Kansas City series to beat the Royals. If you watched the majority of the past three games, you’d assume it was a clean sweep for the defending World Series champions. The Yankees were often trailing, tied, or seemingly out of each […]
Game 131 Recap: Escape Act
On a rainy Tuesday night in Kansas City, the Yankees were just able to edge out the defending World Series Champions in extra innings in a magic act worthy of Houdini. New York blew a 4-0 lead. The Royals tied it at four when Lorenzo Cain walked to lead off the eighth, stole second, took […]
Ronald Torreyes is showing real skills
I know it’s hard to hear me over the deafening clamor of fans professing their love for Gary Sanchez, but there is more than just Sanchez to be optimistic about on the New York Gary Sanchez’s…I mean, Yankees. One such bright spot is lightly-regarded rookie infielder Ronald Torreyes. Torreyes has had a very interesting career […]
Game 130 Recap: Excuses
Royals 8, Yankees 5 I have watched more games at Kauffman Stadium than any other ballpark in major league baseball. In fact, its one of my favorite places to take in a game. It’s where I saw my first pro baseball game and it’s where I saw Derek Jeter play in person for the last […]
Aaron Judge will need a keener eye than most
The first thing you notice about Aaron Judge is that he’s massive. Unfortunately, there’s no two ways around it. You might feel more polite noticing something else about him, perhaps something more reflective of his character, but a 6-foot-7 275-pound human being has a physical presence that just draws the eyes. From an evolutionary point […]
Game 129 recap: Just not your day
Seeking a sweep of the division rival Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, the New York Yankees trotted into the final game of the weekend set having scored 27 runs in the previous two contests. The offense, mostly led by the prodigious Gary Sanchez, had elicited a jolt into the ball club who’d won six of 10 […]
Game 128 Recap: Wild Card Dreamin’
If we hadn’t yet run out of words to describe Gary Sanchez, Saturday’s performance ought to do it. Sanchez continued his torrid pace with yet another home run, his 11th in 21 games, and once again flashed his cannon arm behind the plate to help the Yankees to a 13-5 win over the Orioles. The […]
Game 127 Recap: A hit parade marches through
Parades in New York are usually reserved for the Canyon of Heroes. Friday night, however, a hit parade marched through Yankee Stadium on River Ave. and 161st St. in the Bronx as the Yankees welcomed the Baltimore Orioles to town and proceeded to waffle their division rivals from bell-to-bell. By night’s end and at the conclusion […]