Bronx » alex http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:04:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Game 47 Recap: Tanaka to the rescue http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/27/game-47-recap-tanaka-to-the-rescue/ http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/27/game-47-recap-tanaka-to-the-rescue/#comments Sat, 28 May 2016 03:21:43 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=4892 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 scoreless innings on just 82 pitches. New York is now 7-3 in games started by Tanaka this season.

Offensively, the Yankees used a three-run sixth inning, keyed by a two-run home run from Alex Rodriguez, to take a 3-0 lead. Carlos Beltran added insurance for the Yankees with an eighth inning solo shot, his second home run of the week, to make it 4-0.

Kirby Yates allowed a solo homer to Steve Pearce with two outs in the ninth, but Aroldis Chapman came in to cement the 4-1 win for the Yankees.

 

THE PLAY: A-Rod’s two-run blast in the 6th (+.216 WPA)

In just his second game back from injury, Alex Rodriguez blasted a two-run home run to center field, scoring Brian McCann to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning. The home run was Rodriguez’s sixth of the season.

 

TOP PERFORMERS

Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (7 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 0 BB)

Rays: Chris Archer (8 IP, 4 R (1 ER), 7 K, 3 BB, 2 HR)

 

NOTES

– Masahiro Tanaka didn’t allow his first hit until the bottom of the fifth when Steve Pearce led off with a single to center field.

– A-Rod’s sixth inning home run was the 693rd homer of his career, moving him closer to the vaunted 700 home run club.

– Jacoby Ellsbury is now 18-for-28 (.643) in his career against Chris Archer with a 2-for-4 performance tonight.

 

THE HIGHLIGHT: Starlin Castro’s spectacular play up the middle

UP NEXT

The Yankees (23-24) look to get to .500 with a win over Tampa Bay in game two of this series on Saturday afternoon at 4:10 pm. Michael Pineda (2-5, 6.34) takes the mound for New York while Matt Moore (1-3, 5.47) goes for the Rays in a battle of struggling righties. The game will be televised on WPIX 11.

 

Photo: Kim Klement / USATSI; Video: MLBAM

]]> http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/05/27/game-47-recap-tanaka-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 Alex Rodriguez announces plans to retire after contract expires in 2017 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/23/alex-rodriguez-announces-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-in-2017/ http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/23/alex-rodriguez-announces-plans-to-retire-after-contract-expires-in-2017/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:57:53 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2737 New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez has announced that he will retire after the 2017 season when his current contract expires, according to ESPN’s Andrew Marchand.

Rodriguez, 40, has two years remaining on his current contract, which pays him through the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The 14-time All-Star is owed $20 million per season in both 2016 and 2017, with a $1 million signing bonus included for each season.

At age 39 last season, Rodriguez batted .250 for the Yankees while belting 33 home runs and knocking in 86 RBI as well. The three-time MVP also appeared in 151 games for the Yankees, surpassing even the most generous of expectations.

While the news is unexpected, it’s not exactly a surprise. Rodriguez will turn 41 years old in July of this season, and has played over 2,700 career MLB games since his debut on July 8, 1994.

Rodriguez signed a 10-year extension worth $275 million with the Yankees in 2007, and will now play out the final two years of his contract before retiring after the 2017 season.

The former No. 1 overall pick currently has 687 career home runs, and will surely inch closer to Barry Bonds’ 756 career home run record over the course of his final two seasons in pinstripes.

 

Lead photo: Kim Klement/USA Today Sports

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