The Yankees have now played 10 games since they had a chance to beat up against the Astros and Padres. What have the Yankees done in these 10 games?
New York has gone 4-6. And, this was against teams such as the Reds, Pirates, Mets…and one game against the Rangers. When you factor in how messed up the Mets are…and look at the rosters of the Reds and Pirates…you have to wonder how the Yankees have lost six of these last ten games?
In these last ten, the Yankees pitchers have posted an ERA of 4.19 and have allowed a BA/OBA/SLG line of .289/.344/.438 – and, when you factor in that two of the six losses where blow-outs, by the scores of 15-6 and 12-5, you have to say that New York’s pitching, in the last ten games, overall, has been decent.
How about the Yankees batters? Well, in their last ten games, the Yankees have scored a total of 41 runs. Do the math: That’s 4.1 runs per game. And, that’s not awesome. Here’s the worst part: In these ten games, the Yankees batters have 390 PA and have put together the following BA/OBP/SLG line: .253/.336/.371 – yes, that’s a slugging percentage of three-seventy-one. Not very Bronx Bomberish, is it?
But, it’s all the same old story. Allow 4.19 earned runs per game and score 4.1 runs per game. It’s no wonder that they’ve just about played .500 in these games.
Last week, I wrote:
It’s all about run differential. If you’re a hitting team, you need to score more than you allow to win games. If you’re a pitching team, you need to allow less runs than you score to win. Right now, the Yankees are not a hitting or a pitching team. They’re a hit as well as you pitch team – scoring about as much as they allow. Hence, the near-.500 record.
Well, nothing has changed in the past week. The question is: Will it ever change for the Yankees this season?
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
There’s not a whole lot of promising things on the horizon for this team. Basically we’re getting the average from the players – our BP is beat up we lost 3 major pitchers and our offense is spotty. You can’t really fault anyone in particular as everyone has a hand in the results of the team.
Girardi has done a good job keeping the team afloat and getting good results. However, we haven’t seen any standout performances yet.
Also don’t forget that Posada has been injured and Damon/Matsui are fending off injury issues.
We’re going to need 2-3 arms. Batwise you can’t really replace anyone because there aren’t too many available people who would provide an immediate improvement.
It’s a weird year for sure
July 1st, 2008 at 11:46 am
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July 1st, 2008 at 6:07 pm
All things considered, these Yankees have held it together quite well. The injuries to Jeter, A-Rod, Posada, Hughes, Kennedy, Wang etc.; the disappointment of Hughes and Kennedy early on; the minor league pitching staff they are battling with… Hitting is a streaky part of the game. These Yankees WILL hit and I am sure you agree. Loved the run differential analysis
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Like I mentioned the other night, this has the feel of the 1992 Mets, where they were expecting to reel off a 10 game winning streak “any day now” to get them back into the race. They were saying that until August
It’s starting to get late, guys.