The Yankees beat the Orioles Saturday night by a score of 8-6. Instead of a feel-good victory over a division rival though, Yankee fans were left shaking their heads at a late-inning bullpen debacle that proved to be nearly catastrophic. Early on it appeared that an awakening Yankee offense would be the story of the night. […]
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Ellsbury declines to immortalize himself with record chase
Jacoby Ellsbury has a commonality with every other human being on the face of the earth regardless of where they’re from, how old they are, or which way their moral compass points. He is going to die. While we’re on the subject, you are going to die as well, as will I. Last year’s Finnish […]
Game 54 Recap: The Frustration Continues
The Yankees entered the first game of a three-game road set against Baltimore looking to build off of a promising victory in Detroit. Instead, the Yanks reverted to their recent losing ways. Friday night marked yet another frustrating one to be a Yankee fan. With a 5-2 lead in the sixth, Nate Eovaldi loaded the bases for Matt Wieters. […]
Game 53 Recap: Mike finally comes up big
The definition of drama is an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances. And the game the Yankees played in Detroit would definitely qualify as drama. You had a starting pitcher who needed a big performance to keep his place in the rotation—because no matter what the manager has said up […]
Game 52 Recap: The Offense is Offensively Bad
The title of this recap says it all, as there’s really not much more to add to the Yankees’ 7-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Wednesday was #TanakaTime, the day where the Yankees are supposed to snap their losing streaks and right the ship. Tanaka held up on his end of the deal, but everything else went awry. […]
Beltran’s power surge
The Yankee offense hasn’t been anything to write home about this season. They currently rank next-to-last in the American League in runs scored, only ahead of the lowly Minnesota Twins. By wRC+ they are actually worse, dead last in the AL and one of the most anemic offenses in the league. If there’s been a […]
Game 51 Recap: Brought to you by Kevin Pillar
C.C. Sabathia has been on a bit of a roll lately. That roll continued Tuesday night. Riding a streak of 20 innings where he’d given up just one earned run, Sabathia continued his hot pitching. Through six, Sabathia allowed just one run on a Justin Smoak solo shot. Toronto starter J.A. Happ matched him, also […]
Andrew Miller isn’t able to waste pitches
There are a myriad of reasons to be impressed by Andrew Miller. He’s 6-foot-7, which is quite a height for a human to grow to. He’s left-handed, which a rare trait. He can throw a ball at 94 mph consistency. Beyond the basics, it has become apparent in recent years that he’s a pretty remarkable pitcher. You could […]
Game 50 Recap: Too Little, Too Late
At some point reality catches up with us all. This is exactly what happened to Ivan Nova in this game. Nova came into the game with a 3.65 ERA and a 4.24 FIP. He has outperformed his FIP by .59 this season, so it was no big surprise to see him give up four earned […]
Nathan Eovaldi is taking the long-awaited step forward
Nathan Eovaldi is finally taking that step forward that everyone forecasted for him as a youngster. The Dodgers saw it when they offered him a big bonus out of high school, despite the fact that Eovalid was a late-rounder that had already undergone Tommy John surgery as an amateur. The Marlins saw it when they acquired him […]