To wrap up the Pinstriped Prospects series on what went wrong during the 2020 season, it’s fitting to do so by looking at some of the bright spots. While the Yankees ultimately fell short of their Championship goal, they still had plenty of positives to take away. Luke Voit Perhaps the biggest surprise not just […]
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Yankees 2020 What Went Wrong: Postseason Woes Strike Again
One of the most exhausted and overused tropes in sports analysis is the idea that some teams and players are built to win in the playoffs and others aren’t. And at this point, it’s almost as common to assert the contrary: that research has proven that “clutch” isn’t a real thing, and if you’re good […]
Yankees 2020 What Went Wrong: Mid-Season Collapse
It may feel like the Yankees’ season was slow and painful from the very beginning. In reality that wasn’t the case at all. If you recall, the Yankees started the 2020 season 8-1. Yes, believe it or not, there was a point where it felt like the Yankees may never lose again. Aaron Judge was […]
Yankees 2020 What Went Wrong: Pitching Woes
Heading into the last offseason, the general sentiment among Yankee fans was that the team’s major area of need was pitching – specifically, starting pitching. In the six-game ALCS against powerhouse Houston, the team’s lack of depth was horribly exposed. It didn’t have a true ace; it had a disappointing James Paxton, a diminished Masahiro […]
Yankees 2020 What Went Wrong: Hitting And Defense
For the fourth straight season, Yankees’ fans have been handed the same old story. “We’re close.” And the reality of it is, that’s true. The Yankees are close, but Yankees fans don’t care about close. I think fans cared about close in 2017 and 2018. They don’t want to be close anymore, they want to […]