When the Yankees signed Aroldis Chapman to a 5-year, $86 million contract, they expected to have an elite relief pitcher for most of that term. They did not expect the first year to feature a very shaky 3.22 ERA/2.53 FIP/3.34 DRA, lots of blown saves, and for Chapman to lose his closing job briefly over […]
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Statcast Year in Review: Masahiro Tanaka
Within three days of the end of the World Series, Masahiro Tanaka will have to decided whether or not to opt-out of the final three years and $66 million of his contract. His is one of the more interesting opt-out cases to come up in recent years. Will he opt-out? Should the Yankees re-sign him […]