In case you hadn’t heard, Masahiro Tanaka‘s gotten off to a great start to the 2014 season. Through five starts, he owns a 2.27 ERA backed by an impressive K:BB of 46:6 (7.67) — the seventh highest in baseball. Tanaka’s been unequivocally excellent, but … Continue reading
Last week, Fangraphs’ Carson Cistulli examined some of the most improved pitchers by projected WAR, focusing on the daily updated ZiPS projections in comparison to its preseason forecasts. Today, a similar exercise for Yankees’ position players. By comparing ZiPS’ rest … Continue reading
In the first month of the season, Brian Roberts hasn’t done much of anything offensively. The veteran second baseman is currently hitting .212/.312/.258, good for just a 61 wRC+. Roberts has drawn a fair amount of walks, but has been completely punchless at … Continue reading
If you’re a hard-core baseball fan and have never played Out of the Park Baseball, I highly recommend you do so. OOTP is the best baseball simulator out there — hands down. What separates OOTP from the rest of the … Continue reading
The pressure of living up to a new contract is something that is difficult, if not impossible, to measure. As outsiders, we can imagine and understand the idea of a player pressing to perform under circumstances such as this. Yet, … Continue reading
After a rough first inning in Wednesday night’s game against the Red Sox, Michael Pineda apparently decided he needed a little sumthin’-sumthin’ to aid his performance. The following inning, Pineda emerged from the dugout with a smattering of pine tar on his neck, and … Continue reading
After posting a career-worst 71 wRC+ and only 1.1 fWAR in 2013, it was evident that Ichiro no longer deserved to be a starting outfielder (this was really known sooner). Reacting accordingly, the Yankees brought in Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran to … Continue reading
Back in 2010, nearly 14% of Brett Gardner‘s plate appearances ended in a walk, significantly more than the MLB average of 8.7%. Gardner’s walk rate was among the highest in baseball, ranking 10th out of 151 players with at least 500 plate … Continue reading
Every year, there are a few players who come out of the woodwork to tear the cover off of the ball for the first few weeks of the season. Most end up being nothing more than a flash in the … Continue reading
After he left Saturday night’s game with an elbow injury, the Yankees officially placed Ivan Nova on the disabled list yesterday with a torn Ulnar Collateral Ligament. Nova’s likely to be out of action for at least a few months … Continue reading