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Published: May 27, 2025 22:47

Yankees pitching going into the middle game in Anaheim Rodón 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) [contains quote post or…

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…

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…

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): [contains quote post or other embedded…

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…

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 Rodón / LHP Tyler Anderson (YES) Wed 9:38 Schmidt / LHP Reid Detmers (YES) Go Knicks, a journey…

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) [contains quote post or other…

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)…

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…

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…

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) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Published: May 22, 2025 15:13

Yankees/Rangers Lineups! Yanks go for a sweep. Domínguez walk-off hero last night. Judge hitting .402. Bellinger 15-game hit streak. Burger 1st TEX player w 2+ HR & SB vs NYY. Rodón & Eovaldi 1-2 in AL in BAA (.167 & .179). Eovaldi 1.61 ERA, 0.59 last 5…

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 -…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)

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…

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) …

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…