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Published: May 27, 2025 22:47
Yankees pitching going into the middle game in Anaheim
RodĂłn 1.48 ERA in last 7 starts and MLB-best .161 BAA for the season
No Weaver, so Williams could close if it's tight in the 9th (2.45 ERA, .114 BAA, 42.9 K% last 12 games)
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Published: May 27, 2025 22:44
Yankees/Angels Lineups!
Yanks go for a 7th straight series win
Game at 9:30 on YES, Pregame at 9
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Published: May 27, 2025 16:51
Anthony Volpe's AVG is only up 1 point from last year, but +30 in OBP & +76 in SLG...compared to 1st 2 years:
2023-24
.228 | .288 | .373 | .661 (84 OPS+)
2025
.244 | .323 | .440 | .763 (116 OPS+)
Hard-Hit%
2024 35.4 (23rd percentile)
2025 49.3 (83rd…
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Published: May 27, 2025 13:56
Hell yeah
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Published: May 27, 2025 04:34
Yankees on a 14-4 run to improve to 33-20
Season-high 13 games over .500 and on pace for 101 wins
+111 run differential, best in MLB and highest by the Yankees through 53 games since 1998 (+112) (10th in franchise history)
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Published: May 27, 2025 03:26
Ryan Yarbrough!
6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K
At least 1 K with all 5 pitches (3 change, 1 cutter, 1 sweeper, 1 sinker, 1 4-seam)
his 4 starts this season:
ERA 2.25 (5/20.0)
BAA .171 (12/70)
BB/K 5/19
HR/9 1.35 (3/20.0)
Yankees would improve…
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Published: May 27, 2025 01:44
Ryan Yarbrough Pitch Usage
Sinker 25.3% (87.3 MPH)
Sweeper 22.6 (72.1)
Change 22.4 (78.1)
Cutter 20.9 (83.7)
4-Seam 8.9 (88.3)
Mixing pitches very well...the only other hurler who's thrown 400+ pitches with 4 offerings at 20+ percent…
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Published: May 26, 2025 23:21
Yankees pitching as they start the Angels series
Yarbrough 2.57 ERA in 3 starts (3.38 for the season). Top 4 relievers all threw 20+ pitches while closing out yesterday's win (but all had 2 days off before that):
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Published: May 26, 2025 23:17
Yankees/Angels Lineups!
Memorial Day, so we can finally look at the standings and the Yanks are up 6 games in the East. Yanks lead MLB with 86 HR, Angels 4th with 77. Angels 15th with 4.25 runs/gm, 5th-worst with 5.21 runs allowed/gm and MLB-worst 6.45…
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Published: May 26, 2025 02:54
Still alive
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Published: May 26, 2025 00:06
Yankees beat the Rockies 5-4
6 straight series wins and a 13-4 run
On to Anaheim to face the Angels
Mon 9:38 Yarbrough / RHP Jack Kochanowicz (YES)
Tue 9:38 RodĂłn / LHP Tyler Anderson (YES)
Wed 9:38 Schmidt / LHP Reid Detmers (YES)
Go Knicks, a journey…
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Published: May 25, 2025 23:12
Nice to see Jasson steal a bag, and he comes home on J.C. Escarra's RBI single (Escarra's first career 3-hit game and it's 5-3)
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Published: May 25, 2025 21:38
Yankees/Rockies resuming at 6:15 ET (4:15 local)
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Published: May 25, 2025 18:50
Will Warren's sweeper is getting 6.1 extra inches of horizontal break above average, the most in MLB
His sinker is getting great movement on both planes (3.8" vertical drop above avg and 2.1" horizontal break above avg)
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Published: May 25, 2025 18:00
Skubal this season: 2.49 ERA
68.2 IP, 7 BB, 92 K "lmao"
a 13.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio, the MLB record belongs to Phil Hughes (11.63 with the 2014 Twins)
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Published: May 25, 2025 17:51
Tarik Skubal!
9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 13 K
94 pitches, 72 strikes
13 strikeouts are the most on record in a Maddux
12 for Sandy Koufax in 1964 no-hitter, Cliff Lee in 2011 & Carlos Carrasco in 2014 (pitch counts not all the way complete, but still)…
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Published: May 25, 2025 16:58
Yankees pitching as they finish the Rockies series
3 runs allowed or fewer in 10 straight games, longest NYY streak since an 11-gamer in Sept 2002
Warren 1.50 ERA last 3 starts, 34 K's in last 4
for the season: 29.7 K% (6th in the AL min 40 IP)
Bullpen…
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Published: May 25, 2025 16:42
Yankees/Rockies Lineups!
Senzatela hasn't quite turned every batter into Judge but it's close
Judge .395/.485/.759
vs Senzatela .380/.416/.570
MLB OPS Leaders
1.244 Judge
1.049 Freeman
1.020 Ohtani
.986 Anyone Facing Antonio Senzatela
.976…
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Published: May 25, 2025 13:58
The Yankees’ +106 run differential isn't just the best in the big leagues, it's the franchise’s best through 51 games since 1953! (tied for 8th-best in Yanks history through 51 games)
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Published: May 24, 2025 23:09
Best ERA Through First 11 Starts with Team
Wild Card Era Since 1995
1.22 Justin Verlander 2017-18 HOU
1.23 Lance Lynn 2021 CHW
1.28 Randy Johnson 1998 HOU
1.29 Max Fried 2025 NYY
1.43 CC Sabathia 2008 MIL
(sorry, tossing out Openers John Brebbia,…
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Published: May 24, 2025 23:06
Max Fried leads the American League with 7 wins, a 1.29 ERA, and 70.0 innings pitched
The 1.29 ERA also leads the majors and is the lowest by a Yankee in his first 11 starts in a season and in his first 11 starts with the team
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Published: May 24, 2025 22:26
All 9 Yankees starters with an RBI, first time they've done that since a 21-4 home win over the Devil Rays on July 22, 2007 (Cabrera, Jeter, Abreu, Rodriguez, Matsui, Posada, Cano, Phillips, Duncan)
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Published: May 24, 2025 21:40
Yankees 10 runs in the 5th inning, also had 10 in the 7th on 5/6 vs SD...their first season with multiple 10+ run innings since 2009 (4/28 at DET & 10/4 at TB)
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Published: May 24, 2025 21:14
Max Fried with 2 pickoffs in the first 3 innings
1st Yankee with 2 in a game since Tanaka (8/16/18 vs TB)
Just in case...the last pitcher with 3 pickoffs in a game is Mark Langston (9/11/1989 Expos at CHC)
MLB record is 4 by Bill Wight (7/3/1956 BAL at…
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Published: May 24, 2025 19:48
Max Fried's main fastballs have been superb
4-Seamer is missing more bats...
2024 2025
BAA .263 .139
SLG .340 .198
K% 15.0 25.0
...and the sinker is getting even more grounders
2024 2025
BAA .270 .196
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Published: May 24, 2025 18:38
Kyle Freeland Fastballs This Season
(MLB Ranks min 100 PA)
BAA .405 (2nd-Highest, Senzatela .409)
SLG .577 (6th-Highest)
K% 6.7 (3rd-Lowest)
(4-Seam, Sinker, Cutter)
Yankees vs Fastballs
.291 AVG (2nd to PHI .299)
MLB-high .553 SLG & 58 HR
(MLB…
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Published: May 24, 2025 18:03
Yankees pitching:
Fried is the MLB ERA leader at 1.29
2 ER or fewer in all 10 starts
2 R or fewer in his last 9, tying a non-opener Yankees record streak held by Pineda, Severino & Cortes (sorry Chad Green)
2.91 ERA in 4 career games at Coors Field
Last…
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Published: May 24, 2025 17:58
Yankees/Rockies Lineups!
Rockies series record: 0-16, but can win their first today
Judge (.467 AVG 1.167 OPS) & Goldschmidt (.538 AVG .974 OPS) are top 2 vs LHP
Yanks 5th in AVG & 1st in OPS vs LHP
Even just their lefties: 8th in AVG & 5th in OPS
Game…
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Published: May 24, 2025 15:18
Highest AVG with 17+ HR
Through 50 Team Games in Season
.426 Chuck Klein 1930 PHI (19)
.421 Todd Helton 2000 COL (17)
.398 Aaron Judge 2025 NYY (17)
.397 Mickey Mantle 1956 NYY (21)
.395 Jimmie Foxx 1932 PHA (21)
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Published: May 24, 2025 03:15
entering today
Yankees 30-19 (4th in MLB)
Rockies 8-42 (worst 50-game start in 130 years)
Yankees 5.63 runs scored/G (1st in AL, 3rd in MLB)
Rockies 6.46 runs allowed/G (worst in MLB)
Yankees 10 G w/ 0-2 runs scored (T-fewest)
Rockies 8 G w/ 0-2 runs…
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Published: May 23, 2025 22:12
Yankees pitching as they start the Rockies series
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Published: May 23, 2025 22:02
Yankees/Rockies Lineups!
Yanks have as many wins in the last 10 games as the Rockies have all year. Rockies are 8-42, but ya never know, Gil was great last year and he lost one to the White Sox.
Game at 8:30 on YES, Pregame at 8
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Published: May 23, 2025 15:56
Aaron Judge's first visit to Coors Field. Are you pondering what I'm pondering? His longest career HR from Statcast:
496 9/30/17 vs TOR (off Marcus Stroman)
495 6/11/17 vs BAL (Logan Verrett)
477 8/2/24 vs TOR (Kevin Gausman)
473 5/9/24 vs HOU (Ryan…
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Published: May 23, 2025 15:20
The Rockies are 8-42, the worst-50-game start since 1895 Louisville Colonels (who were 7-43 on the way to 35-96-2, which is "only" 119 losses per 162)
Rockies on a 136-loss pace and 7 games worse than last year's 121-loss White Sox were at the 50-game…
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Published: May 23, 2025 02:24
Living near the 4 train stop at Zeckendorf Towers: “escalator temporarily stairs”
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Published: May 22, 2025 19:50
Seeing this Spud Chandler game made me dig this up from the old site
Homered & Pitched 1-0 Shutout Since 1920
Red Ruffing NYY 8/13/1932
Spud Chandler NYY 5/21/1938
Early Wynn CHW 5/1/1959
Jim Bunning PHI 5/5/1965
Juan Pizarro CHC 9/16/1971
Bob Welch LAD…
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Published: May 22, 2025 19:12
Yankees Win 1-0 on Someone's 1st MLB HR
4/29/1914 vs BOS
Jimmy Walsh off Dutch Leonard
Ray Fisher 7-hit shutout
5/21/1938 at CHW
Spud Chandler off Thornton Lee
and he also pitched an 8-hit shutout
5/22/2025 vs TEX
Jorbit Vivas off Nathan Eovaldi…
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Published: May 22, 2025 18:57
Luke Weaver warming up for the 9th with a 1-0 lead. You don't see guys go 3 days in a row very often, but he's thrown only 2 and 6 pitches these last couple of games. The last Yankee to pitch 3 days in a row in the regular season: Aroldis Chapman from…
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Published: May 22, 2025 18:54
Devin Williams goes 1-2-3 in the 8th
First 10 G Last 11 G
ERA 11.25 2.70 (3/10.0)
BAA .343 .097 (3/31)
BB/K 7/8 4/15
Baserunners 21 8
Whiff% 24.1 42.5 (31/73)
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Published: May 22, 2025 18:21
6 shutout innings for Carlos RodĂłn in a duel with Eovaldi
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K
105 pitches/67 strikes
The 8th strikeout pushed RodĂłn past Tarik Skubal for the American League lead with 80
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Published: May 22, 2025 17:02
Always nice to have the Yankees starter and his counterpart on a leaderboard, and they're 1-2!
AL Opponent AVG Leaders
.167 Carlos RodĂłn ***
.179 Nathan Eovaldi ***
.185 Tyler Mahle
.185 Hunter Brown
.185 Joe Ryan
.186 Max Fried
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Published: May 22, 2025 15:26
Yankees pitching as they finish the homestand. Fernando Cruz to IL with shoulder inflammation, tough break as he's been so good, but he's hoping it's just the minimum 15 days. Brent Headrick up from AAA, looked sharp when he began the year in the…
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Published: May 22, 2025 15:13
Yankees/Rangers Lineups!
Yanks go for a sweep. DomĂnguez walk-off hero last night. Judge hitting .402. Bellinger 15-game hit streak. Burger 1st TEX player w 2+ HR & SB vs NYY. RodĂłn & Eovaldi 1-2 in AL in BAA (.167 & .179). Eovaldi 1.61 ERA, 0.59 last 5…
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Published: May 22, 2025 14:42
Mauer
Pujols
Cano
Lindor
A-Rod
Bonds
Trout
Judge
Ohtani
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Posey
Cabrera
Utley
Jeter
Beltre
Betts
Soto
Pedro
Kershaw
Halladay
Scherzer
Verlander
-
Rivera
Wagner
Kimbrel
Jansen
Chapman
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Published: May 22, 2025 02:54
Home just in time to see the Knicks choke, great
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Published: May 22, 2025 02:09
Yankees Longest Droughts Between Walk-Off HR
2974 days 5/3/1906 - 6/24/1914
Frank LaPorte to Roy Hartzell
1027 9/12/1914 - 7/5/1917
Ed Sweeney to Home Run Baker
1016 10/5/1949 - 7/17/1952
Tommy Henrich (WS G1) to Joe Collins
974 9/20/2022 -…
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Published: May 22, 2025 01:49
Aaron Judge's 39th tying or go-ahead PA in the 8th inning or later since 2017 (most in MLB)
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Published: May 21, 2025 23:28
Lowest ERA Through First 7 Seasons (1000+ IP)
2.38 Seaver 1967-73 NYM
2.48 Kershaw 2008-14 LAD
2.60 Whitey Ford 1950/1953-58 NYY
2.60 Bullet Rogan 1920-26 KC Monarchs
2.61 Jacob deGrom 2014-20 NYM
deGrom still great when he's on the mound
Since 2021
2.07…
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Published: May 21, 2025 23:07
Ryan Yarbrough's warmup song: "Smooth Operator"
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Published: May 21, 2025 20:01
Yankees pitching going into tonight's game
Yarbrough great at limiting hard contact
AL Statcast Ranks (min 60 Batted Balls)
Avg Exit Velo 83.3 (1st) (MLB avg 89.5 MPH)
Barrel Pct 2.8 (1st) (MLB avg 8.7%)
Hard-Hit Pct 22.5 (1st) (MLB avg…
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Published: May 21, 2025 19:58
Yankees/Rangers Lineups!
MLB Best ERA+ All-Time (200+ GS)
156 Jacob deGrom
155 Clayton Kershaw
154 Pedro Martinez
148 Lefty Grove
147 Walter Johnson
Best OPS+ All-Time (1000+ G)
206 Babe Ruth
191 Ted Williams
182 Barry Bonds
179 Lou Gehrig
177 Aaron…
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Published: May 21, 2025 13:20
Congrats to the Pirates on last night’s 1-0 win, but they’re up to 25 straight games scoring 4 runs or fewer (7-18 record)
The longest streak since 1901 is 26 games with no more than 4 runs scored, by the 1906 Braves, the 1918-19 Braves, 1931 Braves and…
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Published: May 21, 2025 13:15
I can’t believe I have to defend [shudders] the Philadelphia Eagles, but it’s pathetic that the NFL is banning the Tush Push. Sore loser baby behavior.
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Published: May 21, 2025 01:41
Aaron Judge visits the short porch with a 326-foot home run that's the shortest of his career. 5-0 Yankees in the 8th.
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Published: May 21, 2025 01:37
Devin Williams looks like he's back...scoreless in 9 of his last 10 games
First 10 G Last 10 G
ERA 11.25 3.00 (3/9.0)
BAA .343 .107 (3/28)
BB/K 7/8 4/14
Baserunners 21 8
Whiff% 24.1 …
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Published: May 21, 2025 00:51
Yankees Rookies with 10+ Strikeouts & 0 Runs Allowed Since 1985
Mariano Rivera 7/4/1995 at CHW (11 K)
Orlando Hernandez 8/13/1998 vs TEX (13 K)
Masahiro Tanaka 4/16/2014 vs CHC (10 K)
Chad Green 8/15/2016 vs TOR (11 K)
Will Warren 5/20/2025 vs TEX (10 K)
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Published: May 21, 2025 00:45
10 K's for Will Warren! Out after 5.2 IP with the bases loaded on a pair of bloop singles
In comes Mark Leiter Jr, 1 of 5 MLB RP with 30+ K% & 50+ GB% in 15+ IP
Brendon Little 37.1 | 60.0
Andres Munoz 35.9 | 74.4
Gabe Speier 35.2 | 53.7
Mark Leiter…
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Published: May 20, 2025 19:45
Yankees pitching as they start the Rangers series
Rotation 2.66 ERA in last 12 starts, Warren had a couple of nice ones on the West Coast trip
Bullpen 1.38 ERA in last 7 games, 3.39 for the season ranks 9th in MLB (they're also 9th in SP ERA at 3.65)
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Published: May 20, 2025 19:42
Yankees/Rangers Lineups!
Yanks on 8-3 run. They lead MLB with an .869 OPS vs LHP, and not just because Judge & Goldschmidt are 1-2 in AVG & OPS. Team is also 5th in LHB vs LHP OPS (.782). Bellinger .387 AVG & 1.110 OPS vs LHP (and he also has a 13-gm hit…
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Published: May 20, 2025 02:38
Amen
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Published: May 20, 2025 02:35
Bryce Harper vs Jake Bird?
Harper hitting this 470 right?