Jake Odorizzi shuffled back into the clubhouse, his head hanging low. He had been eight outs away. Eight outs had stood between him and history. He had pitched wonderfully, masterfully, even. But then he had let a pitch get away from him and walked Brett Gardner, and then… it was all over. He had watched […]
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Game 48 Recap: Bad Mike
As excruciating as April was for the Yankees, there’s no denying that the clouds have parted quite a bit this May. They’re playing better baseball. The bullpen has been as dominant as advertised. The offense that looked so defeated through the season’s first four weeks has come alive in the ones since. Even the starting […]
Game 47 Recap: Tanaka to the rescue
In a battle to avoid falling to the cellar of the AL East, the Yankees opened a three-game set with the host Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night and won the opener by a final score of 4-1. Masahiro Tanaka continued to be lights out for the Yankees, allowing just two hits while cruising through seven […]
A close up look at CC Sabathia’s May
CC Sabathia did something against the Blue Jays on Thursday that hadn’t been done in over 975,000 box scores since 1913: He pitched seven innings, gave up two runs—zero earned—on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. He unfortunately was saddled with the loss thanks to the defense behind him and to the Yankees’ […]
Weekend Series Preview: Yankees-Rays
PECOTA is unwavering in its love of the Rays, despite recent evidence of mediocrity. It projects them to have the second best record in the American League the rest of the way at 64-53. Tampa Bay comes into the weekend series at 21-23, just 1/2 game behind the Yankees in the standings. They are one […]
Game 46 Recap: No support for CC
CC Sabathia has been brilliant of late. With a seven-inning quality start on Thursday, the southpaw has now pitched into the seventh two times in his last three starts, and has allowed fewer than three earned runs in 10-of-16. And so had the Yankees’ offense…until Thursday’s 3-1 loss. Unlike Sabathia’s previous two outings, where he received a combined […]
The Yankees MiLB Week in Review: May 19-26
League Team Record GB Division TAv ERA International League Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 27-20 – North Division 0.263 2.92 Eastern League Trenton Thunder 25-19 5 Eastern Division 0.254 3.32 Florida State League Tampa Yankees 28-19 – North Division 0.272 3.19 South Atlantic League Charleston Riverdogs 29-16 – Southern Division 0.283 3.01 Top Performers Scranton: Jake […]
Game 45 Recap: No Breathing Room
Without fail, it seems that we learn something new from every baseball game. Wednesday’s 8-4 loss to the Blue Jays was no exception. Despite the score, this wasn’t a particularly ugly loss, nor one that fans will be lamenting for days to come. In the scheme of things, this game was quite generic and unremarkable, […]
Nathan Eovaldi and Michael Pineda defy FIP
In the baseball world, one of the go-to measures to predict future pitcher performance is fielding independent pitching (FIP). It’s easy to access, read, and understand—a quick and simple way to ‘predict the future’ of pitchers. But, FIP is far from perfect. Take Chris Young, the 6’10” Royals starter, who ‘broke’ FIP. Young, an extreme […]
Is it time to start panicking about Chase Headley?
We’re creeping up on the end of the first trimester of the 2016 season, and a slow start is no longer just a slow start. Carlos Beltran had a slow start. Dellin Betances had a slow start. Chase Headley is having a bad season. But is it due mostly to bad luck or bad process? — […]