INT YANKEES FRONT OFFICE – NIGHT CASHMAN sits in his dimly lit office, the only light coming from a desk lamp and the glow of a muted television mounted on his wall. A lit cigar fills the room with smoke, a glass of single malt scotch in his hand. There is an empty expression on […]
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Game 22 Recap: It’s All Bad
The Yankees wrapped up their worst opening month in 25 years Saturday night after they dropped their fourth straight game, an 8-0 rout at the hands of the rival Red Sox. The team enters May six games under .500 at 8-14, the first time they’ve begun that poorly since 1991, and the first time the […]
Game 21 Recap: Big Papi can’t retire soon enough
The Yankees’ offense was tossed a much-needed softball Friday evening in struggling starter Henry Owens and they failed to take advantage, falling 4-2 to the rival Red Sox. New York certainly wasn’t short on opportunities. Double plays shut down promising rallies in four of the first five innings. There were plenty of baserunners, but the big […]
Predicting Pitches of Yankee Pitchers: Masahiro Tanaka
As we know there is an endless amount of information to be uncovered from PITCHf/x and Statcast data. In fact, everyday it seems like there is some new and exciting piece of research that has come out which challenges the way we think about the game. In this series of posts I will go over […]
Weekend Series Preview: Yankees vs. Red Sox
The Red Sox come into this weekend’s three game series against the Yankees at 12-10, one and a half games back in the AL East and three ahead of New York. They have been more or less carried by their offense in the early going, slashing .272/.334/.485 through their first 22 contests. A .269 TAv […]
Game 20 Recap: Defense disappoints
The Yankees fell 3-2 to the Rangers on Wednesday, but it felt avoidable. The offense was yet again stagnant, but the pitching seemed good enough to overcome the lackluster bats. It didn’t quite turn out that way, though, and the reason could be less-than-obvious. On paper, the Yankees’ defense was supposed to be a plus. Just […]
How Nathan Eovaldi put it all together
Writers have spent countless words trying to crack the code on the mystical Nathan Eovaldi—he of all the talent and none of the results. Nasty Nate’s nickname holds true when looking at the stuff alone, but everything he does has a caveat that has stopped him from becoming one of the better pitchers in the […]
Game 19 Recap: A forgettable Tuesday in Texas
After receiving a dominant start from Nathan Eovaldi on Monday night, the Yankees were doomed by poor start from Luis Severino on Tuesday night as they lost to Texas by a 10-1 final at the Ballpark at Arlington. The 22-year-old Severino allowed six earned runs on seven hits in just three innings of work, the […]
Is Jacoby Ellsbury running more?
The Yankees have been running like crazy to begin the year, and Jacoby Ellsbury seems to be spearheading this initiative. In fact, the only reason that Ellsbury isn’t tied for the Major League lead in steals is because Jose Altuve swiped two bags on Sunday. There is a narrative out there that Ellsbury has been less […]
Betances, Nicholas, and the improbability of life
People often posit that baseball or unpredictable, or, less eloquently perhaps, that you “can’t predict ball.” At face value this statement is unequivocally true. You cannot predict baseball. Despite the advanced projection systems and good, old-fashioned intuition, we still find accurately forecasting baseball troublesome at best. However, the sport itself is not the problem. Human […]