Andrew McCutchen is a Yankee.  In anticipation of all the “what do you think?” questions I’ll gladly accept today, here’s what I think: Ironically, I wrote about McCutchen in January when he was acquired by San Francisco, you can read the detailed analysis HERE.  Short version: San Francisco trading for him was a bad move.  … Continue reading McCutchen: I was right then (and now)

Here are some interesting numbers involving recent arrivals and departures on the Yankees roster (then bear with me as I make my points): In 50 plate appearances with Minnesota, Tyler Austin has 6 HR, a .340 OBP and a .717 SLG.  For his career, he now has 318 PA with 21 HR and a .500 … Continue reading Trade deadline follow up (Yankees):

Much has been mentioned about the Yankees surprisingly good performance since losing Aaron Judge to a broken wrist.  18-12 record, 2nd in the AL in runs scored ain't too shabby. I don’t think it needs to be said that 30 games is a small sample size.  All players and all teams can and have been … Continue reading Missing Judge? (and what’s next)

Remember the movie "Wildcats" with Goldie Hawn?  I thought of the cheerleaders from the movie when I was watching the game last night:  "U! G! L! Y! you ain't got no alibi, you ugly!" Don’t shoot the messenger.  When you have a game as ugly as last night’s you’re going to get an ugly blog … Continue reading Did you see the game last night?

As I’ve mentioned in recent series previews, no this is not a repeat.  The Yankees are playing another bad team, with some more bad ones coming up. Miami is exactly what we all expected them to be when the season started:  Awful. They received in the neighborhood of $50 million in revenue sharing during the … Continue reading Yankees vs. Marlins Preview

So I was on Baseball Reference, Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus with about 50 tabs open looking for something interesting about the Toronto Blue Jays that I could share with you prior to the start of their three game series with the Yankees this weekend. I failed.  There is nothing interesting about this team.  Maybe just … Continue reading Blue Jays Preview

Imagine you have a Ferrari.  You’re driving during moderately high volume traffic and you’re kind of in a rush.  You don’t do anything dangerous or crazy, but you take a few liberties with pulling in front of people and maybe speeding up a little to get through a light.  Then BAM! I, in my ’74 … Continue reading Enough with the macho nonsense (part 2)

Wow.  What a day in baseball yesterday. Cubs/Brewers.  Athletics/Mariners.  Red Sox/Phillies. And a whole bunch of stupid macho crap, mostly from cranky ex-jocks. Before I even get to the lunacy that was Jose Urena throwing at Ronald Acuna and the idiotic defense of it by Keith Hernandez, let me start with another angry, illogical ex-jock … Continue reading Enough with the macho nonsense (part 1)

The practice of teams using an “opener” has been pretty thoroughly discussed over the past few months since the Rays have been having success with it.  Heck, Michael Kay has had a great few days – he was all chatty on Saturday about how the defensive shift is an effective strategy and yesterday he couldn’t … Continue reading How to use “the Opener”

The Yankees are about to start another series tonight in which they should take two out of three. The Tampa Bay Rays, they of the dead last in MLB payroll of $46 million ($13 million behind second to last Oakland).  Yes, the white flag waving Rays – Wilson Ramos is gone as is Chris Archer, … Continue reading Tampa Rays: Your need to know