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Two Strikes and You’re Out?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, sabermetrics, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on February 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Patience at the plate is about more than just drawing walks. It also incorporates a hitter’s ability to work himself into a favorable count. When ahead, major league hitters batted .299 with a .494 slugging percentage in 2011, but when they fell into a hole, those rates plummeted to .206 and .304, respectively. That’s why […]

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On Location: A Look at Which Yankees Use the Whole Field

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Earlier in the week, Mark Teixeira raised some eyebrows by suggesting he may start dropping down an occasional bunt when the infield is shifted against him. In the right situation, such a strategy could be productive, but for the most part, Teixeira’s locational splits suggest the slugger would be better off […]

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Show Me the Money: A Chronological History of Baseball’s Best Paid Players

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, George M. Steinbrenner, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , , on January 27, 2012 | 4 Comments »

(The following was originally published at Bronx Banter) Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for a decade, but now he has company. In the last six weeks, the fraternity has tripled with the addition of Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. However, Arod still remains firmly planted atop baseball’s all-time salary totem […]

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Yanks Resurrect Rotation, Trade Montero for Pineda

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Prospects, Rumors, Trades, Yankees, tagged , , on January 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Pitching, Pitching, Pitching in deed! In the span of a couple of hours, the Yankees went from having a rotation full of question marks to one that very well could be one of the best in the American League. By trading for the Mariners’ young fire baller Michael Pineda and then signing veteran Hiroki Kuroda, […]

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With Nakajima Headed Back to Japan, Do Yanks Have a Backup Plan?

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Hot Stove, International, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »

The Yankees’ winning bid for Japanese short stop Hiroyuki Nakajima came out of the blue last month, which led me to believe the team had identified international professionals as the next “market inefficiency”. As it turns out, the team wasn’t really interested in Nakajima, at least not enough to persuade the Seibu Lions’ star to accept […]

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2011 Review: Best and Worst Yankees’ PAs by WPA

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Yankees on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Most Yankees’ fans have probably been looking forward to 2012 since Alex Rodriguez swung and missed at the last pitch of the 2011 ALDS, but with a New Year fast upon us, what better time to take one last look back at the 2011 season? Instead of getting bogged with subjective recollections of the year’s […]

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Rage Against the Machine; Anger Toward Pujols Familiar Territory for Arod

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Arod, Baseball, Business and Finance, Hot Stove, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on December 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »

Albert Pujols’ decision to take his talents to Southern California has inspired great joy among Angels’ fans and, not surprisingly, a considerable amount of vitriol from those who root for the Cardinals. Phony, trader, liar, mercenary, and fraud have all been used on twitter and talk radio to describe Pujols because he opted for a […]

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