Declining Trends In Hughes’ Fastball Show He May Be Overworked
By Michael Eder On August 24, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Organizational Philosophies, PitchFX, Player Analysis
CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda, Andy Pettitte, Ivan Nova, Mariano Rivera, Dellin Betances, and Manny Banuelos are all on the disabled list. While Hiroki Kuroda has stepped up in a huge way, Phil Hughes’ rebound season has been just as important. Since mechanical and repertoire adjustments began on May 6th, the 26 year old is pitching [...]
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This month marks the four year anniversary of my blog writing. I’ve published pieces more often than I haven’t, and for the most part, I’ve loved it. I went into teaching so I could share my love of reading, writing, and the English language with my students; I went into blogging [...]
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From “the” Bronx
Why is it known as ‘the’ Bronx, anyway? Suffolk is Suffolk, Queens is Queens, New York is New York, Brooklyn is Brooklyn, Chautauqua is Chautauqua, and Cornwall was Cornwall until it was annexed into Massachusetts, [...]
The Texas Rangers have a really good problem. Jurickson Profar is a mega-prospect, who hits and fields like a future star shortstop. At 19 years old, he has hit .278/.361/.456 in 117 games. The Rangers are considering promoting Profar in September, and using him through the postseason. They believe he is major league [...]
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It’s been another monster offensive month for Derek Jeter so far in August. After predictably cooling down in May after his scorching hot April, and dipping down to a .608 OPS in June, Jeter started picking the batting [...]
No one predicted that Derek Jeter would be the best hitting shortstop of 2012, but so far, the 38 year old has outproduced prime players like Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera. Over the last month, The Captain is hitting .386/.412/.588 at a point in the season where this team [...]
After winning two series at home by beating the Texas Rangers three out of four and Boston Red Sox two out of three, the Yankees flew to Chicago and got swept out of town in three games by the White Sox.
Poor Phil Hughes pitched a great game giving up two runs on [...]
New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Derek Jeter, SS Dewayne Wise, CF Nick Swisher, RF Kevin Youkilis, 3B Robinson Cano, 2B Adam Dunn, 1B Mark Teixeira, 1B Paul Konerko, DH Andruw Jones, DH Alex Rios, RF Curtis Granderson, CF A.J. Pierzynski, C Russell Martin, C Dayan Viciedo, LF Casey McGehee, 3B Alexei Ramirez, SS Ichiro [...]
As per Chad Jennings, Nova felt tightness in his right shoulder as he faced his final batter last night. Reports initially indicated that his shoulder was bothering him throughout the sixth inning, and Girardi stated that this is the first time this season Nova has mentioned any pain or discomfort – so, [...]
(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog; follow me on Twitter at@williamnyy23).
During Joe Girardi’s WCBS pre-game interview with Suzyn Waldman, the Yankees’ manager talked about his lineup’s need for patience when facing White Sox lefty Francisco Liriano. The game plan was correct, but executing it proved to be easier said [...]
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