Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, and CC Sabathia were great players and one day may share the halls of Cooperstown together. Each broke in with small-market teams, were superstars during their prime, signed huge free agent contracts, and took part in franchise-altering trades. Player Age Years Active Career bWAR bWAR All-Time Rank Highest bWAR Season 2015 Career Earnings Alex Rodriguez 39 […]
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The Yankees rotation is playing with fire
So far this season the New York Yankees have enjoyed pleasant surprises up and down the roster. That’s what it takes for a team that’s projected to play .500 ball to seize an early division lead and post one of the best records in baseball. It is not shocking that the resurgence of Alex Rodriguez has been […]
Michael Pineda joins Ron Guidry and a pair of Davids in Yankee strikeout lore
Michael Pineda was absolutely dominant on Sunday afternoon against the Orioles, notching 16 “strike ‘em outs” in just seven innings while the Yankees won 6-2, securing a four-game series victory over the defending AL East champs. It was the type of strikeout performance not witnessed in a generation by Yankees fans, as it had been […]
Recap: Yankees 1 Blue Jays 5
It was all Blue Jays in this one as the Yankees fell in Toronto by a score of 5-1. Despite taking an early 1-0 lead on a first inning ground out by Mark Teixeira, the Blue Jays took the lead in the second inning with a two-run single by Ezequiel Carrera and never looked back. […]
To die by the bullpen
Well, PECOTA projects the Yankees for a record of 79-83, and who am I to argue with that? The computer knows more than me; it knows more than all of us. However, teams that beat their projections seem to share some common traits. Chief among them is a good bullpen (see: Orioles in 2014 and […]
The Yankees and the Pressure to be Relevant
Say you receive a fax from yourself from the future that tells you three things: You should invest your entire savings in gold Rap-Rock makes a comeback New York will win the 2018 World Series Which team is future you talking about? Mets or Yankees? Sharing is hard. It’s hard on kids, it’s harder on their parents, […]