Today we have the rest of the 2022 report cards for Yankees position players (if you missed part 1, simply go back to the previous post). Let’s get right to it, but two quick reminders: I only included players with at least 150 PA in 2022, and the grades are based on the individual expectations … Continue reading Yankees’ Report Cards: Position Players Pt. 2
Yankees Player Report Cards: Position Players, Pt. 1
The regular season and the postseason are two completely different animals. The water in the former will almost always find its own level, and the latter is a total crapshoot. (Although, most players’ histories are written by what they do in the postseason, fairly or unfairly.) So before we move on to playoff baseball, let’s … Continue reading Yankees Player Report Cards: Position Players, Pt. 1
Out of Left Field
“Out of Left Field” is an occasional post about matters that don’t need 1,200 words of analysis, but should be mentioned anyway. In no particular order… We all have or idiosyncrasies. One of mine is when individuals in the baseball media make statements that can be very easily and very quickly be proven false. It’s … Continue reading Out of Left Field
Let’s Talk Stanton and Cole
It’s easy to get wrapped up in discussing Aaron Judge but there are other players on the Yankees about whom we need to chat. In no particular order… Let’s talk about Giancarlo Stanton: I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but I really question if Stanton has been playing injured for a while and we’re just not … Continue reading Let’s Talk Stanton and Cole
The 2022 Yankees: What Happened?
Entering action on July 3rd, the Yankees were 58-21 and were 15 games ahead of the Rays in the loss column. Since then they’ve gone 21-32 and currently lead Tampa Bay by four games in the loss column. Ouch. What the heck happened? Of course, a drop-off to that extent is never the result of … Continue reading The 2022 Yankees: What Happened?
The “Real” Home Run King
There are many questions that do not have definitive answers. In cases such as those we can all form our own opinions based on our own perspectives, feelings, and prejudices and we’ll often disagree, and that’s cool. Discussions that arise from situations like that are what make it fun to talk about baseball. There are, … Continue reading The “Real” Home Run King
Fun With Numbers, 2022 Yankees Style
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
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
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