Needless to say, there are a lot of interesting things about the Rays this season.  As of today, they have an 89% chance of being in the postseason this year, which is ridiculous considering the division in which they reside.  Tyler Glasnow, Brandon Lowe, Yandy Diaz, and Austin Meadows join veterans Charlie Morton, Tommy Pham, … Continue reading World’s most interesting Tampa Ray:

Aaron Boone certainly isn’t alone among Major League Baseball managers who get out managed by the likes of Alex Cora, A.J. Hinch, and Bob Melvin.  But last night the Yankees fearless leader showed it doesn’t really matter who the opposing manager is by again making what I would call sub-optimal strategic decisions.  And also once … Continue reading Boone, Kay, O’Neill: 3 Blind Mice

“When you put the ball in play, good things happen.” – D.J. LeMahieu Hmm.  Not so fast.  We’ll come back to that… The play to which DJ was referring was a two-out, bases loaded infield single up the middle which was fielded by Minnesota shortstop Jorge Polanco.  Polanco’s wild throw led to an additional run … Continue reading Not so fast, DJ…

Three games against the 1st place Minnesota Twins (did you have that in your pre-season predictions?) await the Yankees of New York.  There are two things we can always count on when the Twins play the Yankees: One: The Twins will always lose to the Yankees. Two: Byron Buxton is one of the most fun … Continue reading Minnesota Twins preview:

When discussing the question of to what can the Yankees attribute their recent success, I let you know yesterday that Brian Cashman’s General Managing skills are certainly not it.  Today, we’re going to talk about the “small ball” myth.  Prior to the Yankees 11 win 2 loss recent stretch we have over one hundred years … Continue reading No. It’s not small ball.

Since the Yankees have won 11 of 13 games without, as we all know, pretty much everybody, there has been some chat assigning credit.  To whom or what do the Yankees owe their pleasantly surprising recent success? I’m here to tell you this:  In spite of what the shills at Simpleton Summer Camp tell you, … Continue reading No, it’s not Cashman. Stop.

So off to San Francisco, the Yankees go for three more games against another crap (maybe – not so fast), last place team following a 6-2 stretch against two other crap last place teams.  Looking back, to be fair, I don’t think Kansas City is that bad – at least their lineup has some professional, … Continue reading SF preview – Your need to know:

If you didn’t, here’s what you missed.  And if you did catch the game, here's what the Simpleton Summer Camp crew over at the YES network didn’t tell you.  In no particular order: As I posted on social media prior to the game, despite the absurd extent of injured players, the Yankees still put a … Continue reading See the Yankee game yesterday?

Before we get to how Alex Cora out managed Aaron Boone last night, I have a question for you: For those of you who still believe in "clutch": Which player last night made the play that had the biggest impact on his team’s chances of winning the game?  In other words, who had the at-bat … Continue reading Cora 3, Boone 0.

I just re-read some work done by Rob Mains (if you don’t follow him, you should) where he reiterated that teams and player performances in April have the lowest correlation to end of season averages than any other month.  Basically, there’s a much better than average chance that your favorite team and favorite players aren’t … Continue reading White Sox Preview