Just a quick post today about some numbers I saw that weren’t too surprising to me, but the extent of some of the year-to-year changes raised my eyebrows a little bit. The Yankees are pulling the ball a lot more in 2022 than they did in 2021 and it’s working. Last season, the Yanks ranked … Continue reading Fun With Numbers, 2022 Yankees Style
Month: August 2022
Let’s Talk Gerrit Cole
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: The Yankees lost in ugly fashion yesterday. They managed to score only one run off of Mitch White, one of Toronto’s back-end pitchers and then were held to only one more run by five Jays’ relievers. Jose Trevino was the only Yankee other than Aaron Judge to … Continue reading Let’s Talk Gerrit Cole
Let’s talk about Benintendi
(Preface: I despise small sample sizes with the intensity of 1,000 white hot suns. Yet I understand an enormous portion of Yankees Universe absolutely adores small sample sizes so sometimes I’ll play along. We’ll return to this point in a minute.) Since being inserted into the Yankees lineup on July 28th, here are Andrew Benintendi’s … Continue reading Let’s talk about Benintendi
Judge, Ohtani, and MVP Criteria
Fun fact: In 2022, the Yankees have a better winning percentage in games that Joey Gallo played in than in games Aaron Judge has played in – actually, they have a better winning percentage in games Judge hasn’t played in than in ones he has. My point? The number of variables that determine whether a … Continue reading Judge, Ohtani, and MVP Criteria
JFC Yankees, with the bunting…
Last night’s Yankee game was as frustrating a game as I can remember in a very, very long time. Between the “glovework” of Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Aaron Hicks, the non-call on Anthony Rizzo’s HBP, and the bunting…oh, the bunting… Specifically, there’s a lot to unpack with the mind-numbing decision-making with Jose Trevino’s fourth-inning bunt, however, … Continue reading JFC Yankees, with the bunting…
Let’s Talk Contact Again
In an effort to expand the reach of my personal blog this season, I’ve spent significantly more time interacting and following along with other writers and fans on social media than I have in the past. That of course has a downside, but the upside is I see many common topics of discussion that are … Continue reading Let’s Talk Contact Again
Out of Left Field, August 2nd Edition
Out of left field is an occasional post about matters that don’t need over 1,000 words of analysis, but should be touched on anyway. In no particular order… As someone who’s done the research for thousands of baseball articles, I can assure you that pitchers’ ERA is far (and I mean FAR) more reliant on … Continue reading Out of Left Field, August 2nd Edition
Let’s Be Clear About IKF
If there is an upside to watching Isiah Kiner-Falefa play this season, it’s that it’s finally (FINALLY!!!) opened the eyes of many Yankee fans and media to the fact that making contact just for the sake of making contact is a garbage strategy. If you don’t wait for a pitch you can drive, you’ll rarely … Continue reading Let’s Be Clear About IKF
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