2011 Yankees Preview: Right Field

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 20, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Player Analysis

wasn’t supposed to be this good, at least not as far as and the Chicago White Sox were concerned. Swisher broke into the majors with the Oakland Athletics, where he thrived in his first three seasons, posting wOBAs of .331, .368 and .361, respectively. In 2008, [...]

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2011 Yankees Preview: Center Field

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 18, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Player Analysis

During the 2009-2010 offseason, when it became apparent that the Tigers will willing to trade , the Yankees reviewed their system and determined that ‘s best-case scenario would be turning into Granderson, and therefore decided to trade future potential for the already-established model.

Granderson had come off a [...]

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2011 Yankees Preview: Left Field

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 16, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Player Analysis

It’s easy to forget it now, but the 2010 Yankees were stacked on paper heading into the season. The team had a legitimate staff of five pitchers with proven track records (funny how that turned out) and an All Star-caliber player at every position — every position save one, that is: Left field. In [...]

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2011 Yankees Preview: Shortstop

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 11, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Player Analysis

How the mighty have fallen. In 2009 was still the Yankees’ golden boy. He posted a wOBA of .390, the third-best mark of his career, and posted a .947 OPS in the World Series, leading the Yankees to their fifth title during his tenure. In 2010, however, that all came [...]

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2011 Yankees Position Preview: Third Base

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 9, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Player Analysis

In 2007, posted a wOBA of .449 (which is practically unfair) and hit 54 homers. In 2008 he posted a wOBA of .413 and slugged 35 homers in an injury shortened season. In 2009, A-Rod missed even more time, but managed an excellent .405 wOBA when he played, and hit 30 [...]

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2011 Yankees Position Preview: Second Base

By Mike Jaggers-Radolf On March 4, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Player Analysis

2010 was ‘s coming out party. He exploded out of the gate, posting an incredible .497 wOBA in April, while batting .400. He posted a wOBA below .375 in only a single calendar month and went on to post career highs in homers, OBP, walk rate, slugging, wOBA, fWAR, OPS+ and bWAR. [...]

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