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Yankees Need Sabathia To Come Up Aces

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on September 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Tampa Rays come into Yankee Stadium licking their wounds after a three-game sweep in Baltimore, but they shouldn’t expect much sympathy from the Yankees. Although the Bronx Bombers won the last two games of their series against the Red Sox, the team is riding its first winning streak in just under a month. With […]

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High Anxiety as Yankees Dwindling Lead Threatens to Make History

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Post Season, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged on August 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Are the Yankees in the midst of a historic collapse? Not too long ago, the Bronx Bombers appeared to be in cruise control headed toward another division title, but now, their lead in the American League East seems to be in grave danger. With the Yankees idle last night, the Tampa Rays, whose pitching staff […]

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Hit, Don’t Walk: Batters with Lowest Ratio of On-Base Percentage to Batting Average

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Statistical Analysis, Yankees, tagged on May 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Some hitters have a unique ability to get on base despite hitting for a low batting average. That skill, which I recently examined at Bronx Banter, has been best personified this season by the Rays’ Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena. But, what about those batters who can’t seem to find first base without recording a […]

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Advantage Rays as Maddon and Girardi Match Wits in Opening Series

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on April 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The first two games of the Yankees’ season-opening series against the Rays have played out like the American League Championship Series. There has been so much unorthodox strategy employed, it’s almost as if the two managers are working backwards from the end of the year instead of easing into the start. On one side, Rays’ […]

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Are Yankees Headed for Pennant Race No Man’s Land?

Posted in Baseball, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) As July draws to a close, gradual separation in the American League East has begun to emerge. After beginning the month three games behind the Yankees, the Red Sox have turned the tables on their rival by going 16-3 and […]

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Rays Could Strike Gold in 2011 Draft, but Can They Afford to Mine It

Posted in Baseball, Draft, MLB, Yankees, tagged on January 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

At the same time the Tampa Bay Rays have been dismantling their major league team, the organization has also been stockpiling draft picks. In addition to the team’s own first round selection (32nd overall), the Rays have amassed eight more early picks. As a result, GM Andrew Friedman and his staff will have the ability […]

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