Late last night in Oakland, the Yankees had the chance to not only win their fourth consecutive game, but also to take the opener of a four-game series in which they were heavily favored to lose the second game against A’s ace Sonny Gray. Although a Brett Lawrie two-run homer off a bad CC Sabathia pitch in […]
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To die by the bullpen
Well, PECOTA projects the Yankees for a record of 79-83, and who am I to argue with that? The computer knows more than me; it knows more than all of us. However, teams that beat their projections seem to share some common traits. Chief among them is a good bullpen (see: Orioles in 2014 and […]