CC Sabathia did something against the Blue Jays on Thursday that hadn’t been done in over 975,000 box scores since 1913: He pitched seven innings, gave up two runs—zero earned—on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. He unfortunately was saddled with the loss thanks to the defense behind him and to the Yankees’ […]
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Predicting Pitches of Yankee Pitchers: Michael Pineda
As we know there is an endless amount of information to be uncovered from PITCHf/x and Statcast data. In fact, everyday it seems like there is some new and exciting piece of research that has come out which challenges the way we think about the game. In this series of posts I will go over […]
Can Nathan Eovaldi be better?
Yankees fans always hear about Nathan Eovaldi having good stuff. He does have good stuff some of the time, and it does work some of the time. But there are also times when Eovaldi’s good stuff could, and should, be so much better and when it isn’t, it’s extremely frustrating to watch. Here’s what we […]
What To Watch For This Season: Pitch type selection by Yankee hitters
With the 2016 season just around the corner and roster spots becoming more clear we can begin to do some preliminary analysis on the players likely to get a majority of the playing time. For the most part the Yankees are rolling out the same cast of main characters with a few new supporting roles. The […]