Tuesday night wasn’t billed as a pitcher’s duel, but that’s what the fans at Yankee Stadium got. And after six innings, it was a battle of the bullpens. Normally, such late-inning affairs fall in favor of the Yankees. However, in an occurrence as rare as finding a unicorn, the Yankees bullpen was outpitched on Tuesday. […]
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Game 1 Recap: ‘Do it. Throw it into the runner’s back’
Masahiro Tanaka warmed up a sellout crowd in the frigid Bronx for a short while, but 47,000-plus ultimately left the ballpark with their arms outstretched and their heaviest insults directed toward the day’s umpiring crew. Tanaka lasted 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out four, but he was once again out-dueled by […]
Building a Bridge to the Elite Relievers
Following Monday’s trade for fireballer Aroldis Chapman, it’s quite clear that the Yankees have the best 1-2-3 ‘pen punch in the game, if not the best ever. Obviously, this absurd combination of high-strikeout and low-ERA relievers—Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and Chapman—has the Yankees’ relieving corps receiving some high praise. There’s one thing to keep in […]
Aroldis Chapman and the Cost of an Improved Seventh Inning
The Yankees might have the best bullpen of all-time in 2016. Between Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and now Aroldis Chapman, manager Joe Girardi will have at his disposal a three-headed monster of fire-balling relievers to guide him through innings seven through nine. Having an incredible bullpen will obviously help the Yankees. Besides thwarting comeback attempts […]
Yankees Acquire Aroldis Chapman from Reds
After dealing away two relief pitchers to start the month, the Yankees acquired one of the best in the game towards the end of it. New York traded four prospects to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for left-handed relief ace Aroldis Chapman on Monday, continuing what’s been a stealthily sound offseason. He joins incumbent closer Andrew […]
Yankees must refill hollowed-out bullpen after trades
When it was firing on all cylinders, the bullpen was easily the strongest part of the 2015 Yankees. Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances alone combined for 4.4 WARP as they told the entire baseball world to kindly buzz off. As of right now both of them will return for the 2016 campaign, yet trade rumors […]
Dellin Betances and the disadvantage of being Godzilla
For those of us that have never played major league baseball, there are some experiences within the game that are difficult to imagine. In most people’s lives their biggest professional moments aren’t so easy to pinpoint nor do they come in front of thousands of people with millions more watching at home. It’s very unlikely that […]
Reliability of Yankees’ bullpen could make or break playoff chances
Once upon a time, the Yankees had a bullpen that caused the opposition to quake in its boots. This bullpen was used early and often, and in the process it seems that the figurative gas tank was depleted in a bad way. Nowhere is this best encapsulated than in the form of Dellin Betances, whom […]
Don’t let the ERA fool you, Dellin Betances is dropping off
Dellin Betances isn’t just extraordinary, he’s unique. The 27-year-old has unparalleled size, a breaking ball that defies categorization, and he’s thrown 16 2/3 more innings than any other reliever in the majors over the last two years. On the surface his success is easy to understand. He throws hard, he misses bats and he’s durable. […]
Is Dellin Betances the best reliever in baseball?
Dellin Betances has been the best relief pitcher in baseball this season. That’s difficult to contest. The Yankees right-hander has thrown the second most innings (64) out of the bullpen of anyone in baseball, and among pitchers with at least 40 innings on the season, he ranks second in ERA (1.13), first in FIP (1.67), […]