#Analytics boss answers all with MLB buzzing about Yankees obsession

#Analytics boss answers all with MLB buzzing about Yankees obsession

“#Analytics boss answers all with MLB buzzing about Yankees obsession” Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone are running neck and neck in one of America’s favorite pastimes — more than baseball itself — which is deciding who to blame most when disappointment far outweighs distinction. The Yankees (42-41) have underachieved expectations and payroll, playing lethargically and…

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#Win over Mets doesn’t change Yankees’ Cole-Chapman problem

#Win over Mets doesn’t change Yankees’ Cole-Chapman problem

“#Win over Mets doesn’t change Yankees’ Cole-Chapman problem” Well, other than the team’s priciest two pitchers getting booed off the field and the manager making his most confounding decision of this dumpster-fire 2021, the Yankees enjoyed a lovely Independence Day on Sunday. No, given how this pinstriped season has proceeded, the odds favor the Yankees’…

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#Why Yankees decided to sit Aaron Judge

#Why Yankees decided to sit Aaron Judge

“#Why Yankees decided to sit Aaron Judge” Two days after Yankees manager Aaron Boone manager said the “season is on the line,” Aaron Judge was on the bench Wednesday for a key showdown against Shohei Ohtani and the Angels. The Yankees choked away a big lead without him — scoring seven off Ohtani in just…

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#Aroldis Chapman may have just burned down Yankees season

#Aroldis Chapman may have just burned down Yankees season

“#Aroldis Chapman may have just burned down Yankees season” Aroldis Chapman took the mound inside Yankee Stadium on the other side of midnight, with dramatic visuals of fireballs exploding around him on the big center field board. Chapman is rightfully advertised as a flamethrower, which was never more fitting than it was early Thursday morning,…

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#Why this Gary Sanchez home run was so important

#Why this Gary Sanchez home run was so important

“#Why this Gary Sanchez home run was so important” In the boxscore, it accounted for just one of three Yankees’ home runs. One of six extra-base hits. One of a season-high 11 runs. No big deal. Unless you consider the circumstances. When Gary Sanchez drilled an opposite-field, two-out, solo home run against Angels’ high-strikeout pitcher…

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#Yankees’ Zack Britton gets positive hamstring diagnosis

#Yankees’ Zack Britton gets positive hamstring diagnosis

“#Yankees’ Zack Britton gets positive hamstring diagnosis” The Yankees continued to get encouraging news on Zack Britton after the reliever’s latest injury. An MRI exam Monday revealed a “Grade 1/1-plus” hamstring strain, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday, a diagnosis that could have him back on the mound sooner than later. “He’s actually pretty far along…

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#Yankees can’t afford to get swept by Red Sox again

#Yankees can’t afford to get swept by Red Sox again

“#Yankees can’t afford to get swept by Red Sox again” BOSTON — Does the fate of the Yankees’ season rest upon Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, with $301.3-million man Gerrit Cole facing a hostile Fenway Park crowd for the first time while wearing “NEW YORK” road grays? I think that’s a stretch. Yet…

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