TYA Open Thread, Monday October 17, 2011

By On October 17, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Open Threads

Now that the Brewers are out of contention I find myself grasping at straws for who to root for in the World Series, or even if I should watch it. Once again, at gun point, I’d go for the Cardinals. I’m still holding a bit of a grudge against the Rangers for last season, even [...]

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Don’t Believe What You Read On Darvish

By On October 17, 2011 · 17 Comments · In Hot Stove

In a very interesting column on the Yankees’ offseason plans, Joel Sherman shared the following nugget about how the organization views Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish:

“For those on the Matt Cain bandwagon, I heard the Giants have made it so clear they are not trading him that the [...]

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End of an ERA? Dominant Starters Not Setting the Tone This October

By On October 17, 2011 · 10 Comments · In Postseason, Statistical Notes

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

The San Francisco Giants’ championship in 2010 was supposed to usher in a new era of pitching dominance. With offense levels reaching long-time lows, the conventional wisdom suggested that only with a strong starting rotation could a team hope to make the World [...]

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Working hard for the money: What each Yankee pitcher was paid, versus his worth

By On October 17, 2011 · 32 Comments · In Player Analysis, Whimsy

Friday I ran the first post in this series, examining what Fangraphs estimated each Yankee hitter was worth to the team on the season, and then comparing that value to what a player was actually paid in 2011. Today, I’ll be performing the same exercise, only examining the Yankee pitchers.

As before, the rules [...]

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Follow-up study on the 2011 Yankees’ run-scoring by inning

By On October 17, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Statistical Analysis

One of the more popular refrains surrounding the Yankee offense in 2011 was that it seemed to have a good deal of trouble scoring in the later innings of ballgames. More often than not it seemed we’d watch the offense get to work immediately in the first inning — highlighted by a league-leading 115 runs [...]

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Story of a Season: Brett Gardner

By On October 17, 2011 · 11 Comments · In Player Analysis

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Brett Gardner had an up and down season. He started it off as the Yankees’ leadoff hitter, but lost the job after a tough first month of the year (.286 wOBA/73 wRC+). The next three months were much better, as Gardner produced splits of .337/108; .386/141; and .358/122. He [...]

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