7/20: Yankees vs. Rays

By Matt Imbrogno On July 20, 2011 · 42 Comments · In Game Thread

Good evening, Yankee fans! Hope you all had a good day and are settling in for the night to watch the Bombers take on (3.73/3.11/2.95 E/F/x) and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I’ll be enjoying one of these while I watch this lineup try and back up starting pitcher

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Phil Hughes and the Case of the Curiously Effective Curveball

By Larry Koestler On July 20, 2011 · 11 Comments · In PitchFX, Statistical Notes

As those of you who read my game recap know, a funny thing happened on the way to delivering his first strong outing of the season on Sunday. Following the game, I noticed that his curveball — the one that he told everyone he was going to revert back to [...]

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As Yanks’ Offense Starts to Lag, What, not Who, Is Biggest Question at the Deadline

By William J. On July 20, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Roster Decisions, Statistical Analysis

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

The Yankees offense currently ranks second among American League teams in just about every meaningful category, including wOBA, OPS+ and runs per game. However, the lineup has seemed to lack consistency as well as a definitive positive trend. As a result, the aggregate numbers look [...]

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The best player on the Yankees since the start of 2010?

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On July 20, 2011 · 21 Comments · In Player Analysis

According to Fangraphs, over the past season and a half Brett has been worth 9.9 fWAR. That’s just 0.3 behind and 0.2 ahead of . It’s good for ninth in all of baseball. Anyone who has watched Brett come into his own as a player [...]

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Dreaming on Robertson’s changeup

By Matt Imbrogno On July 20, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Player Analysis

So something pretty cool happened the other night during the Yankees’ comeback win against the Rays on Monday night: threw two changeups. And got a swing and miss on one of them! Why is this remarkable? Because before that gamE. Robertson had thrown exactly zero changeups. In [...]

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Yankees lose to Rays, 3-2

By Sean P. On July 20, 2011 · 17 Comments · In Game Recaps

For 6 and half innings, this was a great, great game for Yankee fans. who had struggled in his past two starts was masterful, pitching 6.1 innings with 9 strikeouts, 2 walks and one earned run. hit a bomb to deep left center field. An awful, sloppy [...]

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