Admit it, you were mad at the lack of the off season big splash signing. You wanted Carlos Correa. Trevor Story. Freddie Freeman or (like me) Matt Olson. You wondered if GM Brian Cashman was out of minutes on a Tracphone. And today, like me, you were wrong. Because this team is a blast to […]
The Yankees wrapped up a four game set with the division rival Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. Let’s recap the series before the team starts their six game road trip in Baltimore. Game One – 3-0 loss W: Alek Manoah (1-0), L: Jameson Taillon (0-1), S: Jordan Romano (3) – Box Score Offensive No-show […]
We’re six games into the season and the Yankees have split those games evenly. They close out a four game set with the Blue Jays tonight before heading off for a six game road trip. Let’s dive into some random thoughts and observations I have after these first few games. Addressing the black hole(s) in […]
Over the past few days the last of the Yankees roster cuts have trickled in and the Opening Day roster for the 2022 MLB Season is now set. Friendly reminder that the rosters have been expanded to 28 players until May 1st to accommodate the shorter Spring Training schedule as a result of the lockout. […]
The 2021 Yankees have suffered some of the worst losses of this MLB season for any team. But bad losses are normal in any given 162 game season. There are going to be those games where your win probability climbs above 90% and it’s still lost. What’s not normal, though, is how many times the […]
It’s been a tale of two seasons for Aroldis Chapman. From April 1st to May 20th, he hadn’t given up an earned run. Opponents over that stretch slashed .089/.188/.143 whilst striking out 36 times over 18 innings pitched. But in a May 21st outing against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium, we could start […]
If you were to speak to Yankees fans about the state of the team on April 21st you’d think the sky was falling. The Yankees had just dropped the second game of a two-game set to the Atlanta Braves and sat at a 6-11 record as they hit the road for 8 games. What made […]
Deivi Garcia delivered on the mound Friday night as the Yankees fell to the Phillies 4-1 at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The Phillies scored all four of their runs in the ninth inning, with Kyle Barraclough surrendering three of the four runs. Coonnrod (1-0) takes the win for the Phillies, Barraclough (0-1) the loss, and […]
While the beginning of this New York Yankees’ 2021 campaign has been a weird one, perhaps the brightest spot of the first ten games has been the performance of Aroldis Chapman. In those ten games, Chapman has pitched four innings and has not allowed an earned run while striking out 11. It’s only been four […]
FINAL: Yankees 7 Mets 9 WP: Diaz (2-1), LP: Abreu (0-1) The Yankees had a 4-0 lead heading into the bottom of the second and had the lead heading to the fourth, before the Mets came back to tie it up. The Yankees re-took the lead in seventh and had the lead until the bottom […]