There is an inherent opportunism to writing that I occasionally find a bit uncomfortable. Often I find myself cheering for specific outcomes because they would make a long-standing idea of mine become timely. If I’m dying to write something about Alex’s Rodriguez’s opposite-field power and he puts one out to right field it won’t make or break a story, […]
Tag: Stephen Drew
The Offensive Feats of Stephen Drew
As this is a subsection of Baseball Prospectus dedicated to the New York Yankees, it is quite likely that you, the reader, are familiar with Stephen Drew. For the uninitiated, Stephen Drew is the second baseman for the Yankees, and has been since around this time last year. He became a free agent after being […]
Stephen Drew is a one-pitch hitter
Stephen Drew has had himself a pretty bizarre career so far. The 32-year-old shortstop has been everything from a rising star to a complete liability and one season rarely seems to be predictive of the next. Drew has posted a negative WAR in three separate seasons with at least 300 plate appearances accumulated (2007, 2012, […]
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
It’s no secret that for the last couple of decades, the New York Yankees have been fond of older, more experienced hitters. This season in particular, the average age of their Opening Day starting lineup was 29 years-old – with only one position player, 25-year-old Didi Gregorius, under the age of 30. With age and […]
Are the Yankees’ struggling positions really as bad as they seem?
The Yankees finished up their first month of the season with an extra-innings loss to the Rays on Wednesday afternoon, but they did end April with four consecutive series wins and a 13-9 record. The offense was mostly frustrating and brought back bad memories of the Yankees’ earlier 3-6 record for people hopeful that they would go […]
Recap: Yankees 6 Orioles 5
The Yankees won a tough game with the Orioles 6-5 in Baltimore on Monday night. New York needed a little bit of everything to get the job done. Despite only reaching base five times against Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen, who threw a quality start, the Yankees made the most of their opportunities as two of […]
Rushing Rob Refsnyder is not going to save the 2015 Yankees
The Yankees have not exactly gotten off to the best of starts, as they lost both series to begin the year while their offense hit .193/.280/.342 with a 78 wRC+ over the season’s first week. Although there are a number of culprits to their early malaise, the one player many fans appeared fixated on is […]