Thoughts after Game 5 of the 2022 ALDS gets rained out
Shoulda splurged for a roof, Hal. (Getty)
UPDATE: The Guardians will indeed s...
2022-10-18 03:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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Thoughts after Game 4 of the 2022 ALDS
Better than the last center fielder to wear No. 22. (Getty)
The Yankees live to play another da...
2022-10-17 05:47:54 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 3 of the 2022 ALDS
Look out, he’s managing. (Getty)
Not sure you could script a worse way to lose a postseason g...
2022-10-16 06:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 2 of the 2022 ALDS
More traffic on the bases, less watching from the dugout. (Getty)
The Yankees were never going ...
2022-10-15 03:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts before Game 2 of the 2022 ALDS
UPDATE: Game 2 has officially been postponed. Game 2 will be played at 1:07pm ET on Friday. If necessary, Games 2-5 will be played on four consecutive days. The right call. The for...
2022-10-13 13:16:04 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts after Game 1 of the 2022 ALDS
One down, 10 to go. (Getty)
I wouldn’t call it a perfect win, but Game 1 went about as well a...
2022-10-12 13:47:20 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts prior to Game 1 of the 2022 ALDS
he ALDS begins Tuesday night and Yankee Stadium will host its first postseason game since Game 5 ...
2022-10-11 15:45:44 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 9th, 2022: Chapman, Cole, Holmes, Carpenter, ALDS X-Factors
It’s official, it will be Yankees vs. Guardians in the ALDS. Cleveland ousted the Rays in the Wild Card Series over the weekend, and while Game 2 went 15 innings, there was no Game 3. Too bad. Th...
2022-10-09 22:52:16 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 7th, 2022: Judge, Cole, Stanton, Catchers, Wild Card Series, Mailbag
Fittingly, the Yankees won 99 games in the year of No. 99. An objectively great season, but if you would have told me on July 1st the Yankees would not win 100 games, I don’t think I would've bel...
2022-10-07 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostQuick thoughts after Aaron Judge hits his 62nd home run
No. 62 for No. 99. (Getty)
There is a new American League single-season home run king. Aaron J...
2022-10-05 03:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostOctober 4th, 2022: Britton, Holmes, Marinaccio, Judge, LeMahieu, Cortes, Severino, ALDS Roster
Ready for the last two days of meaningless baseball? The Yankees wrap up their regular season Wednesday, then will spend a few days working out and watching the Wild Card Series, then all ...
2022-10-04 12:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 29th, 2022: AL East, Judge, Cole, Stanton, LeMahieu, Carpenter, Montas, Minor League Awards, Mailbag
Only a week remains in the 2022 regular season, the most eventful Yankees’ regular season in some time. It wasn’t all good, but that’s baseball. You have to take some bad with the good and th...
2022-09-29 20:07:23 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 27th, 2022: Judge, Cole, Bullpen, Chapman, Awards, Postseason
If you care about such things, ZiPS gives the Yankees the third b...
2022-09-27 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 23rd, 2022: AL East Race, Judge, Stanton, Bader, Post-Clinch To-Do List, Britton, Mailbag
Self-promotion: I ...
2022-09-23 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 19th, 2022: AL East Race, Judge, Holmes, Cole, Stanton, Montas, Arizona Fall League
According to SNY, Sunday was the first time the Yankees, Mets, Jets, and (football) Giants all won on th...
2022-09-19 21:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 15th, 2022: AL East, Judge, Cole, Injured Players, Dominguez, RailRiders, Mailbag
The Yankees have won four straight, eight of their last 10, and 14 of their last 22. I’m not going to say they’re capital-B Back (they’re too injured for that) but at least they’re piling u...
2022-09-15 20:28:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe Yankees and MLB’s newest rules
At long last, the pitch clock is here. (MiLB.com)
As expected, MLB’s competition committee la...
2022-09-13 20:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 12th, 2022: AL East Race, Judge, Offense, Pitching, Hicks, Peraza, Florial, Rortvedt, Jeter
Only 21 games and 23 days remain in the 2023 regular season. I’m not sure I’d call this the most exciting season in recent Yankees memory, but it has certainly been the most extreme. We’ve go...
2022-09-12 22:15:42 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 9th, 2022: Injuries, Judge, Kiner-Falefa, Cole, Cabrera, Mailbag
Would you believe the Yankees are 10-7 in their last 17 games? Considering they won only 10 of their previous 30 games, that qualifies as major progress. There’s another huge series on tap with t...
2022-09-09 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 6th, 2022: Benintendi, Judge, Peraza, Holmes, LeMahieu
The seasons change, the players come and go, and we all get a little older each year, but the one thing remains the same, and that is the Yankees beating the Twins. They are the elixir that cures a...
2022-09-06 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostQuick thoughts after the Yankees call up Oswald Peraza
First Oswaldo, now Oswald. (Getty)
The September roster expansion period has arrived and the Ya...
2022-09-02 15:45:25 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember 1st, 2022: Collapse, Judge, Taillon, Loaisiga, Holmes, LeMahieu, Pitcher Signings, Mailbag
Remember when the Yankees could play .500 ball and still coast to 100 wins? Now they need to win 21 of their final 31 games to get to 100 wins, and seeing how they’ve won only 21 of their last 52...
2022-09-01 21:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 30th, 2022: Cortes, Chapman, Britton, German, Weissert, September Call Ups
At best, the Yankees will go 11-17 (.393) in August. It will be their worst month since going 8-14 (.364) in April 2016. It looked like the Yankees were turning things around last week, then they n...
2022-08-30 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 25th, 2022: Benintendi, Peralta, Bunts, 2023 Schedule, Mailbag
The Subway Series was fun this year, no? All four games were close and exciting. The Citi Field series was the first time the Yankees and Mets met while both being in sole possession of first place...
2022-08-25 17:45:38 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 23rd, 2022: Cabrera, Trivino, Hicks, Cortes, Trevino, Abreu, Effross, Prospects
The Yankees couldn’t win a game to save their lives the last three weeks or so, then they beat Alek Manoah and Max Scherzer on back-to-back days. This sport is so stupid sometimes. The Yankees ar...
2022-08-23 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 19th, 2022: Cabrera, Florial, Donaldson, Chapman, Injuries, Volpe, Betances, Mailbag
Friday night the Yankees will play their 120th
2022-08-19 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 16th, 2022: Offense, Kiner-Falefa, Holmes, Chapman, Dominguez, Iglesias, Senga
Doesn’t it feel like the air is slowly being let out of the balloon? The Yankees peaked at 49-16 on June 18th and it’s been a slow – and worsening – slip down the winning percentage slide s...
2022-08-16 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 11th, 2022: Carpenter, Abreu, Judge, LeMahieu, Cortes, Taillon, Peraza, Mailbag
Self-promotion: I was asked to write a thing ...
2022-08-11 22:54:44 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 8th, 2022: Montas, Judge, Marinaccio, Schmidt, Holmes, Prospects, Waiver Targets, Bard
The Yankees are 9-16 in their last 25 games, including 6-15 against teams other than the Royals, and that’s with Aaron Judge playing out of his mind. I’d be less annoyed about this if the Yanke...
2022-08-08 19:31:41 +0000 UTC View PostAugust 4th, 2022: Severino, Lopez, Torres, Mailbag
UPDATE: I misunderstood the third mailbag question. My bad. An updated answer is below.
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The great Vin Scully passed away earlier this week. He was 94 and a ...
2022-08-04 23:47:57 +0000 UTC View Post