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Beast of Burden: Sabathia Carries Yankees into ALCS

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on October 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) With all due respect to Matt Kemp, beast mode resides in the Bronx and his name is CC Sabathia. Yesterday evening, the big left hander not only beat down the Baltimore Orioles’ offense, but also dragged his own team’s struggling hitters across the finish line in the […]

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Intentional Fallacy: First Inning Free Pass Backfires on Yankees

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , on April 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

(The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) There was some logic behind it. Sean Rodriguez entered yesterday’s game with a respectable OPS of .782 versus lefthanders, including an .872 OPS in 23 chances against CC Sabathia. Meanwhile, Carlos Pena had only four hits in 39 times to the plate against the big lefty. So, […]

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Filling Out the Yankees’ Trade Wish List: The Left Handers

Posted in Baseball, Hot Stove, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , , , on November 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »

As the baseball Hot Stove slowly builds from early embers, the Captain’s Blog will be busy identifying the top pitching targets the Yankees should consider pursuing in a trade. In part one, a game plan to acquire Felix Hernandez was devised. Admittedly, such an acquisition probably falls more under the heading of wishful thinking than […]

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Yanks Ace First Offseason Test as Sabathia Opts In for Two More Years

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Business and Finance, MLB, Roster Analysis, Yankees, tagged on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

CC Sabathia surprised all of baseball by doing exactly what everyone suspected he would: sign an extension to remain with the New York Yankees. Although there was little doubt Sabathia would remain in pinstripes, conventional wisdom suggested the big left hander would first opt out of his current deal before returning to the Bronx. Instead […]

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Some Rain Must Fall: Yanks, Tigers Need to Look on the Bright Side

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Yankees, tagged , , on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The first game of the ALDS between the Yankees and Tigers was supposed to be a battle of aces, but Mother Nature took center stage instead. With only 1 1/2 innings completed, the skies opened up and washed away the much anticipated showdown between CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander, leaving the two Cy Young candidates […]

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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Go to a Six Man Rotation

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Roster Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged , , on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Before the Yankees’ adopted a six-man rotation at the end of July, the team’s starters had posted one of the lowest combined ERAs in the league. Since then, however, the Yankees’ rotation has ranked 9th in the league with a 4.85 ERA. Coincidence or correlation? When Joe Girardi first decided to expand the rotation to […]

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20/20 Vision: Sabathia Seeking Encore, but How Many More?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankee History, Yankees, tagged , , on September 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Even though the value of wins has been somewhat discredited by the modern focus on sabermetrics, amassing 20 victories in one season remains a notable milestone for a starting pitcher. Since 1901, 476 different pitchers have started at least one game for the Yankees, but only 35 have made it to the 20-win mark. Included […]

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