The Yankees are 4-2 and have outscored their opponents by 3.5 runs per game. The bottom line is unequivocally, very good. That said, and with the huge caveat that six games is a sneeze in terms of baseball season time*, there are some things we can keep an eye on that may have a big … Continue reading Yankees Temperature Check
We, as fans, all tend to overvalue the impact of a few games within the 162-game season, both when our favorite team plays awfully and when they do what the Yankees did this weekend. As much as I enjoyed watching the Yankees play some home run derby this weekend, I’m here to suggest we keep … Continue reading That was Fun! But…
If you missed the game yesterday, you missed a lot. Milwaukee’s three Field Goals weren’t enough to overcome the Yankees putting up a 20 (twenty) spot on the board, as the Yankees improved to 2-0 on the season, with a 20-9 win in the Bronx. The tide turned in this game when Paul Goldschmidt hit … Continue reading 20-9 Yanks Win: What You May Have Missed…
It’s the first Saturday of the baseball season, the weather is beautiful (at least in the New York and New Jersey area), the Yankees are undefeated and in first place. It’s a good day. On Opening Day I wrote how the Yankees were the beneficiaries of good fortune last season and that would likely change … Continue reading More On Fortune, Yankees Style…
Today is a good day. The Yankees open the 2025 season against the Milwaukee Brewers (nee Seattle Pilots) at 3:05pm in the Bronx, to embark on the 162-game trek with which we’ll certainly have a six-month love/hate relationship. Coming off an amazing 2024 which ended in soul crushing fashion, and after what seemed to be … Continue reading The 2025 Yankees Will Win _ Games! (Answer Below…)
I’ve written previously about how the one-time perception of the Yankees as Major League Baseball’s “Evil Empire” is long gone, and rightfully so. While the Dodgers and Mets make it clear they intend to use their considerable resources to build a team that will bury you and feel no shame for doing so, the Yankees … Continue reading New York Yankees: The Evil Empire of Half Measures
The Yankees recently acquired reliever Devin Williams in exchange for Nestor Cortes, and infield prospect Caleb Durbin. Here’s the thing: Relief pitchers are not as important as you think they are. This is an important point on which we need to agree before proceeding with this conversation, so let’s repeat: Relief pitchers are not as … Continue reading Yanks Acquire Devin Williams – Your New Opinion:
Let’s circle back to 2008. Coming off a 94-win season in 2007, the Yankees parted ways with manager Joe Torre and handed the keys of the managerial bus to Joe Girardi. In 2008, with no significant roster changes, Joey Bullpen “led” the Yankees to five fewer wins. (Tangentially, this was the second time Girardi took … Continue reading But The Yankees Have a Luxury Suite!
Juan Soto is a New York Met. At least I’ll still be able to watch him regularly. (He wrote, with a shrug and a tear in his eye…) Good for the Mets and their fans, because $765 million is a bargain for Juan Soto. Despite the obvious bump he’s going to be for the fan … Continue reading Juan Soto. Deep Sigh…
If we go by contract estimates from the smart people at FanGraphs, the total contract value for Juan Soto should exceed the total contract value of… Alex Bregman, Max Fried, Jack Flaherty, Anthony Santander, and Christian Walker combined. This begs some questions. Short term, All-Stars at first and third base, a better than average corner … Continue reading Would You Rather Juan Soto, or…?
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