A replacement starter, not an additional starter. (Getty)
The trade deadline has come and gone and everything the Yankees did was smart and sensible right up until they threw us a curveball abou...
2022-08-03 05:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostTwo impressive streaks came to an end Sunday. Ron Marinaccio went 56 batters between allowing a hit, the third most ever behind Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley (71 in 1977) and former Yankee Doc Gooden (57 in 1996). Also, Clay Holmes went 178 batters before allowing a home run this season, the mos...
2022-08-01 17:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The Yankees have gone from a 116-win pace to 6-10 in their last 15 games and 15-15 in their last 29 games. 10 of those 15 losses have been by no more than two runs, so they’re in just about every game, but all those comebacks the Yankees were mounting earlier this season are now falling short (...
2022-07-29 02:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Please be more Damon than Ellsbury. (Getty)
Trade season has arrived and the Yankees have landed a badly needed lefty outfield bat, 2022-07-28 05:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The trade deadline is a week away and the rumor mill should heat up soon now that MLB and the MLBPA failed to reach an international draft agreement, and the qualifying offer system will remain (more on that later). Trade rumors are coming. Now here is Tuesday morning’s post Monday night since ...
2022-07-25 23:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe All-Star break is over and the Yankees begin the rest of their season Thursday. The trade deadline is less than two weeks ago too. Fun fun fun. Here is my midseason review and 2022-07-21 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Thumbs up for this year’s first round pick. (Vanderbilt)
The three-day 2022 MLB draft is complete and 616 picks were made across 20 rounds. 2022-07-20 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The 2022 draft began Sunday night and the Yankees selected Vanderbilt slugger Spencer Jones with their first round pick. Here’s my pre-draft profile. 2022-07-19 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
PSA: Next week’s post schedule will be a little wonky because the draft begins Sunday and it’s the All-Star break. I’m thinking a first half review-y post Tuesday, a single dedicated draft post Wednesday, and then a second half preview-y post before the Astros doubleheader Thursday. Sound g...
2022-07-15 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe four-city, 10-game, 11-day road trip is finally over. The Yankees went 5-5 during their longest road trip of the season and I’d say it was closer to being an 6-4 trip than a 4-6 trip. Feels like the Yankees haven’t been home in a month. I’m ready to watch a few ballgames in the Bronx be...
2022-07-11 22:18:12 +0000 UTC View Post
On this date in 2000, the Yankees and Mets played baseball’s first two-stadium doubleheader since 1903. The Yankees won the day game 4-2 at Shea Stadium and the night game 4-2 at Yankee Stadium. Mariano Rivera saved both games. 2022-07-08 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Monday was the Yankees’ first Fourth of July of
2022-07-05 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees played five games against the Astros in the last week and did not take a single at-bat while holding a lead. They’re gonna need some other team to beat Houston in the ALDS, because not they’re beating them in the ALCS. Kidding! Or am I? Anyway, there’s a lot of black holes in th...
2022-07-01 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSelf-promotion: I was asked to write a thing at CBS explaining why the Yankees will (and will not) win 116 games this s...
2022-06-28 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: I woke up and felt like writing a bit more, so I added stuff throughout the Weekday Thoughts section. I also fixed a typo in the Trevino section. He's been great, but not +21.9 WAR great.
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Folks, I have a confession: I thought the Yankees would lose Thurs...
2022-06-24 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The 50-17 start is not just one of the best starts in Yankees history, it’s one of the best starts in baseball history period. The 2022 Yankees are the 11th team to win at least 50 of their first 67 games, and they’re only the third team to do it in the Expansion Era (since 1961). Here are th...
2022-06-21 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees are 47-16 (this is tied for the third fourth best 63-game start in franchise history) and they have a 10-game lead in the AL East. The Mets have the second best record in baseball (42-23) and they’re six games b...
2022-06-17 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees begin a 20 games in 20 days stretch Tuesday and it’ll be a tough one: 13 of the 20 games are against the Astros, Blue Jays, and Rays, including the first 12. If you haven’t noticed, the rest of the AL East has gotten on track the last few weeks. Here are the best records in the Am...
2022-06-13 20:50:05 +0000 UTC View PostMLB released the 2022 All-Star ballot earlier this week, if you care about such things. Gotta think Aaron Judge will be voted in as a starter for the fourth time (2017, 2018, 2021). Judge and some combination of Gerrit Co...
2022-06-10 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s reunion week. The Yankees first head to Minnesota for three games against Gary Sanchez, Gio Urshela, and the Twins (Sonny Gray is on the injured list), then they return home for three games against Clint Frazier, David Robertson, and the Cubs. That’ll be fun. Beating them will be even mo...
2022-06-06 20:26:56 +0000 UTC View PostAt 36-15, the Yankees are off to the eighth best start in franchise history, and their best since the 1998 team started 38-13. The Yankees went to the World Series every previous year they started this well and won it four times. Granted, most of those trips came when there was one postseason rou...
2022-06-03 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe 23 games in 22 days stretch is over and the Yankees went 15-8. I would’ve happily signed up for that going into those 22 days. The Yankees split four games in Tampa this weekend with like 3.5 Major League hitters in their lineup, which is a good outcome, except they won the first two games ...
2022-05-30 22:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees have wrapped up the “easy” part of their early season schedule. Thursday night’s win in Tampa was the first game of a 29-game stretch in which the Yankees will play the Angels, Astros, Blue Jays, Twins, and Rays a combined 23 times (the other six games are against the Cubs and T...
2022-05-27 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRoger Angell, the greatest ballwriter to ever live, passed away Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 101. If you’re only going to read one thing today, read Angell’s 1975 profile on Steve Blass...
2022-05-24 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: I goofed on some of the math in the mailbag question about the improved base running. They're small changes that don't change anything in the big picture, though the numbers are correct now. My bad.
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As much as Thursday’s walk-off loss stunk, I can’t ...
2022-05-20 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees have won 26 of their first 35 games for only the sixth time in franchise history. They previously did it in 1926 (26-9), 1928 (28-7), 1939 (28-7), 1951 (26-9), and 1998 (26-9), and they won the World Series in every one of those years except 1926, when they lost the World Series to th...
2022-05-17 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAt 23-8, the Yankees are tied for the fifth best 31-game start in franchise history, behind 1928 (25-6), 1939 (25-6), 1958 (25-6), and 1998 (24-7), and tied with 1923, 1950, and 2003. The Yankees went to the World Series in every single one of those years and won it every year except 2003. If we ...
2022-05-13 12:47:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe impromptu All-Star break is over and the Yankees are two days into this 23 games in 22 days stretch. So far, so good, even if the offense makes you want to pull your hair out. The Yankees are 7-1-1 in their nine series this year. Keep winning series and everything will work itself out. Here i...
2022-05-10 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE (3:55pm ET): Clarke Schmidt is starting the second game of Triple-A Scranton's doubleheader today (box score), so he won't b...
2022-05-07 15:07:17 +0000 UTC View PostPretty incredible the Yankees are sitting on a +49 run differential a month into the season. Only the Dodgers (+57) are better, and the Angels (+27) are a distant second in the American League. It’s still early enough that run differential is only descriptive, not predictive, but in the games t...
2022-05-05 22:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post