Prior to this season, there was only one significant flaw for the newest Yankee James Paxton: health. His entire career has been marred by injuries, although the Yankees have indicated that his medicals don’t raise any red flags. Nonetheless, that concern will linger into 2019, though it won’t be the only thing to worry about when the […]
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Luis Severino, the New King of Velocity
After averaging 98.3 mph on his fastball in Sunday night’s marathon of a game, the same Luis Severino that went down with a tricep strain a year ago Friday, causing many of us without retrain to give up on a 22 year old arm, currently sits atop the velocity leaderboards on his fourseam fastball (starting pitchers, min. […]
Finding the Yankees a Young Starting Pitcher
So far this offseason, the Yankees have focused on bolstering their batting order through trades for outfielder Aaron Hicks and infielder Starlin Castro. But now, with the team’s position-player alignment pretty much set (barring a trade of Brett Gardner) it is time to talk about pitching. If the season started tomorrow, the Yankees’ starting rotation […]