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Yankees Slut
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Nov 18, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My ranking of reporters by trustworthiness on Yankees offseason transaction news.

(This represents my opinion, and nothing more). Image The list is not comprehensive, but covers the main names who have attempted to break NYY offseason transaction news over the last 3 years. Other beats (Hoch, Kirschner, Sherman) do not usually *break* transaction news, but can be considered somewhat trustworthy if they do.
Oct 23, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Crazy chart.

Here are the senior members of the Yankees' and Astros' baseball operations staffs, along with the year they were hired by the organization.

If you're wondering why the Yankees seem "behind the curve"... Not only is the Houston staff significantly younger and recently staffed, many among them were imported from other cutting edge orgs (James Click and Andrew Ball from TBR, Scott Powers from LAD, Sara Goodrum from MIL).
Oct 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
So far, it seems like the home plate umpire has a fairly small zone (especially up), and to the extent that Javier is struggling with anything, he’s missing a bit with the fastball up.

My mid-game adjustment would be to try laying off that pitch more. Work count, create traffic This is obviously easier said than done, and should apply more early in the count. But it does seem like NYY came in with a plan to try and jump the heater, and they’ve helped him out a bit
Oct 21, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Luis Severino had a strong outing last night, but both he and Kyle Higashioka were insistent that the 1-2 pitch to Alex Bregman in the 3rd inning was a "good pitch", and that Bregman's home run was heavily influenced by luck. Let's explore if that's true.

Thread: Entering Bregman's 3rd-inning at bat, Severino had a 72% 4S fastball percentage for the game, significantly higher than his season 48.1% 4S percentage. A well-executed pitch is hard to hit regardless, but it still helps (a lot) to know what's coming.
Oct 15, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
What happened to the Yankees' offense in 2021? A thread.

In 2019 and 2020 combined, the Yankees ranked 1st in runs scored across baseball. In 2021, they ranked 19th.

What accounts for the sudden drastic drop in NYY's offensive production? Will explore in this thread: Theory #1: Different players?

This is an easy theory to quickly dismiss. In spite of some role-players and imports (Rizzo, Gallo), the great majority of PAs went to the same players in 2021 as in 2019/2020 (DJL, Torres, Voit, Gardner, Urshela, Judge Stanton, Sanchez).
Oct 7, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
A thread on Gerrit Cole, and his 2021 season.

Many point to sticky stuff, covid, and/or a hamstring injury as the culprit of Cole's struggles down the stretch.

Which of these was the main factor? Was it any of them? Non of them?

Will dig into it in this thread: When the crackdown on sticky stuff occurred in June, the spin rate on Cole's entire arsenal dropped, obviously. He was able to retain spin rate on everything as the season progressed, but his main 2 pitches (FB, slider), never got back to their original spin rate.