Appreciating the Bullpen

By On April 26, 2011 · 10 Comments · In General Musings, Statistical Analysis

A lot of discussion has been had lately over the Yankees bullpen. Most of the conversation focuses around the Yankees having to use it so often because of the inability of the starting pitching to go deep into games. Often the bullpen is discussed in a negative light. They give up too many runs. They’re over [...]

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Jesus Montero Should Replace Jorge Posada as The Yankees’ Regular DH

By On April 26, 2011 · 39 Comments · In Prospects, Roster Decisions

Jorge Posada is hitting .145/.243/.435 this season. According to Joe P. over at Fangraphs, he’s swinging at more bad pitches, making contact less, and continuing downward trends from past years. Almost all of his offensive contribution has come from his 6 home runs. He has just 3 singles other than those, [...]

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Change in approach and results for Soriano

By On April 26, 2011 · 2 Comments · In PitchFX, Player Analysis

had a bit of a rough night last night. It started with an embarrassing play in which neither her nor the infielders could catch a simple pop up behind the mound off the bat of Alexi Ramirez. It ended after he gave up another hit, a walk, and allowed a run [...]

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Yankees face inexperienced pitcher for the first time; inexperienced pitcher wins

By On April 26, 2011 · 11 Comments · In Game Recaps

In his series preview, Larry suggested that the unknown Chicago starter, , whom the Yankees had never faced before, would no-hit the Bombers over nine innings. Larry is prone to exaggeration. Instead, Humber limited the Yankees to one hit over seven innings. If not for a seventh inning single from [...]

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