Behind The Yankees Pitching Success

I was just using the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia to look at the current Yankees pitching stats:

To me, the key here is the Yankees SO/BB ratio. It’s the best in the AL. This is very important for New York – because of their defense.

If you look at all AL teams, from 1996 through 2005, the squad that posted the best mark in SO/BB ratio was the 2003 Yankees. By the way, that was the last Yankees team to reach the World Series. (The 2005 Yankees posted a ratio of 2.13.)

I would bet that the Yankees would need to keep their SO/BB ratio above 2.3 in order to have a team that can win in the post-season. (Unless, of course, their defense improves to the point where their pitchers can allow/afford more free passes and balls in play.)

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