Yankee Pitching Trending Up
Posted by Steve L. on June 23rd, 2005 · Comments (4)
I was just looking at the Yankees ERA and OPS allowed, for each month, and their rank for that month in each stat (in the AL). Here’s the trend, with June being to date:
ERA
April – 11th out of 14
May – 9th out of 14
June – 8th out of 14
OPS
April – 13th out of 14
May – 9th out of 14
June – 7th out of 14
This makes me wonder: To all the claims of “terrible Yankee pitching” – how much of this is the result of looking at season numbers that are weighed down by some bad performance in April?
Are the Yankee pitchers great? No – not by a long shot. But, at least in May and June (so far) they have been around league average.
Average is not terrible, right?
You don’t win penants with average. Let alone a WS.
This is true. But, you should be able to win 87 or so games with average pitching and good hitting.
“This is true. But, you should be able to win 87 or so games with average pitching and good hitting.” -
And that’s probably what this group will win. Last year, they should’ve won 89.
Sounds like the 1980′s all over again, good hit and mediocre pitch. Will 87 get into the post season? At best to win the AL East because the wild card will be higher than 87.
And last years team over-achieved, true, as their collapse vs. the Bosox showed. Maybe this year they’re due to under-perform?
Or maybe the 2004 RJ will show up starting in July….