Some final thoughts on the 2024 regular season and the upcoming postseason: Going by record, strength of schedule, and run differential, the Yankees were clearly the best team in the American League in 2024. The good news? They’re better right now than they were at any point this season. For a good chunk of the … Continue reading Let’s Look Back and Forward:
Manager of the Year choices seem so random, it’s hard to understand what the criteria is. Joe Girardi, as one example, won the Manager of the Year award in a season in which he made his team demonstrably worse than the previous season. That said, I’m a big fan of overachievement. One of the odder … Continue reading Aaron Boone, the 2024 AL Manager of the Year
I am by no means an expert, as there are exponentially more things about baseball that I do not know than I do know. That said, I’ve always had a pretty good grasp on the fact that randomness (luck? fortune? Choose your own term…) has a very big impact on the outcome of baseball games. … Continue reading You Do Not Have a Holmes Problem
You can’t get beaten by bad teams and not have some “bad” things going on, but there are a few good things happening too – let’s start there: The Yankees have the best record in the American League and using Baseball Reference’s strength of schedule and run differential adjustments, they’re tied with the Dodgers as … Continue reading The Good and Bad in the Bronx
The weekend was a wild ride, but it’s all good for the Yankees, after taking two of three from Texas (a team who has guys who can mash, regardless of what their record says), which puts the Yanks in a tie with Baltimore for both first in the AL East and the best record in … Continue reading Let’s Talk Holmes, Volpe, DJ
Hey, sometimes real-life business gets in the way, so I haven’t been around as much as I normally like to be. So, here’s a quick temperature check on the Yankees since my last Yankees related rant: In no particular order… The trade deadline saw the acquisitions of Jazz Chisolm Jr., and Mark Leiter Jr. As … Continue reading Yankees Temperature Check
The Yankees need a starting pitcher at the deadline, and I don’t mean a half measure, innings eater – I mean a good one who scares the bejeesus out of other teams. Because right now, the Yankees’ starting rotation is closer to Gerrit Cole and cross all your damn fingers than you realize. Let’s take … Continue reading Yanks Need a Plus, Plus, Starter Pronto
Here's the thing with Volpe: His glove at a premium position and his baserunning make him a valuable player even if he remains a below average hitter. But… His hitting is already below and it’s getting worse. From his rookie season in 2023 to this season, Volpe’s barrel rate, exit velocity, launch angle and hard-hit … Continue reading Do We Have a (Volpe) Problem?
Are Aaron Judge and Juan Soto the best pair of teammates…ever? That certainly is possible, with some caveats: Let’s not include pre-integration teammates. I’ve learned many things over the years and one of them is that comparing pre-integration players to post-integration players is a waste of time - there are just too many variables. (Although … Continue reading Judge and Soto: Best Duo Ever?
On multiple occasions in May I wrote right here in these pages in the clouds that the Yankees pitching was not that good. That flew in the face of the barrage of “best staff in baseball!” proclamations that came from Yankees state TV on a nightly basis. Although to be fair to Simpleton Summer Camp … Continue reading Let’s Do This Again
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