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Yankees Whiff on Scouting Report vs. Francisco Liriano

Posted in Baseball, MLB, PitchFX, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on August 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

During Joe Girardi’s WCBS pre-game interview with Suzyn Waldman, the Yankees’ manager talked about his lineup’s need for patience when facing White Sox lefty Francisco Liriano. The game plan was correct, but executing it proved to be easier said than done. You gotta lay off the pitches that appear to be strikes. I always talked about […]

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Melky Cabrera’s Positive Test, Not Performance, Proves PED Use

Posted in Baseball, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on August 18, 2012 | 6 Comments »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Melky Cabrera was one of baseball’s most interesting feel good stories, that is, until Wednesday, when the San Francisco Giants’ left fielder tested positive for increased levels of testosterone. Now, the once emerging cult hero has become a public enemy. Not surprisingly, the response to Cabrera’s positive […]

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Hiroki Kuroda’s 2012 Season Turns Question Marks into Exclamation Points

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on August 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Hiroki Kuroda’s signing was an afterthought. Coming on the same day as the team’s blockbuster trade for Michael Pineda, the news of Kuroda’s acquisition was met with a relative shrug of the shoulders followed by a litany of questions. Now, the only one left to answer is where would the Yankees be without him? Most […]

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Verlander Strikes Back at Empire (with Help from Umpire); Approaches Several Strike-Throwing Milestones

Posted in Baseball, MLB, PitchFX, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , on August 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Last night, Justin Verlander was a strike-throwing machine. Over eight innings, the right hander threw 96 strikes, or nearly 73% of his career-high tying 132 pitches. That not only represented the most strikes ever recorded by the Tigers’ ace in one game, but it was also the highest total by any pitcher since Brandon Morrow registered […]

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Tough Luck: Yankees Falling Behind in One-Run Games

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on August 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) The last two weeks have been frustrating for Yankee fans. Not only has the team lost 9 of 14 games, but six of the defeats have come in one-run ballgames. Talk about rubbing salt in the wound. Intuitively, when games are very close, luck should play a […]

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Yankees Continue to Lag in Scoring, Not Hitting, with RISP

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Yankees on July 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Earlier in the season, the Yankees’ offense was plagued by excruciatingly poor performance with runners in scoring position. More recently, however, those troubles have gradually faded away. Even before last night’s 10-run outburst, the Yankees were batting .288/.383/.508 with runners in scoring position during the month of […]

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A Look at Derek Jeter’s First Pitch Fancy

Posted in Baseball, MLB, PitchFX, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on July 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) Derek Jeter has gained a reputation for being a very aggressive hitter. However, the Yankee shortstop’s career walk rate of 8.8% is actually slightly higher than the American League average of 8.7% over that same period. In terms of pitches per plate appearance, Jeter’s career rate of […]

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