You’ve likely heard by now that the baseball world has scourge on it’s hands. Specifically a strikeout scourge. The word “scourge” seems like an odd choice to describe a trend of one event occurring more frequently in an inconsequential game for children, but for some reason that’s what we’ve landed on. Ultimately, as a society of baseball […]
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Six Yankees prospects facing make or break seasons
The Yankees’ farm system recently rated in the middle of the pack according to Baseball Prospectus’ annual organizational rankings. The team undeniably has accumulated a lot of talent over the past few years, but much of it is in the lower levels of the system or has been derailed by injuries. Aside from the ‘Big […]
Reports: Reliever Nick Rumbelow will need Tommy John surgery
The Yankees’ bullpen depth took another hit on Monday. 24-year-old right hander Nick Rumbelow, currently pitching for Triple-A Scranton, will need to undergo Tommy John surgery according to multiple reports. Rumbelow was one of the members of the bullpen shuttle in 2015, pitching 15 ⅔ solid innings for New York. While he was beat out by Kirby Yates, […]
The curse of being the Yankees’ top pick
Since Eric Milton back in 1996, here is the list of Yankees’ top picks that have eclipsed 15 career WARP: 1. Wasn’t that great? Do you want me to repeat the list again? By top pick, I’m referring to the highest draft selection of each draft year by the Yankees. That isn’t 15 total WARP in […]
Game 5 Recap: CC Returns, so do the bats
The Yankees hit parade returned on Saturday, as they rode a pair of home runs and a 3-run triple to an 8-4 victory over Detroit. It marked the third time in New York’s first five games that they’ve scored at least that many runs, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished by the team since 2003. […]
Pregame Notes: April 9 vs. Detroit
The Yankees will look to get back in the win column Saturday afternoon after dropping the first game of the Detroit series yesterday, 4-0. All eyes will be focused on CC Sabathia as the big lefty makes his 2016 debut. Sabathia posted a 4.73 ERA and 4.84 DRA in 167 1/3 innings last year, though […]
Hustlin’ Hicks shines in the outfield
Despite a dismal performance from the Yankees on Friday, Aaron Hicks shined in right field. He made two very difficult catches where he had to flash both speed and hand-eye coordination. Play One The first play came on a hard hit fly ball by Miguel Cabrera to right center in the bottom of the […]
Game 4 Recap: Yankees go down quietly without A-Rod, McCann, Beltran
The Yankees’ bench faltered during their first test of the season today. Manager Joe Girardi opted to rest veterans Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, and Brian McCann, replacing them in the lineup with Dustin Ackley, Aaron Hicks, and Austin Romine. That trio went 0-9 in today’s 4-0 loss, and the result was a very different offense […]
Brian McCann’s ‘bro’ nicknames, ranked
In the Yankees’ newest “Yankees On Demand” short, catcher Brian McCann plays that annoyingly over-the-top extrovert that literally spends all day at the water cooler. He comments on the quality, uses an empty water jug as a dumbell, but most importantly, he doles out some ‘bro’ nicknames. Bro nicknames, ranked: Abroldis Chapman Starlin Casbro Luis […]
The luckiest Yankee hitters according to batted ball data
Typically, when we attempt to determine if a player has been lucky or unlucky we look at statistics like BABIP for hitters and pitchers. BABIP for hitters is somewhat of a skill and therefore abnormal values during a given year can be regressed to the mean to determine if that particular hitter is due for […]