As expected, the Yankees broke the single-season home run record last season. It’s usually silly to say a team or a player is expected to break a record, especially a home run record, but once ...
On the eve of pitchers and catchers reporting, there is one thing we know with absolute certainty about the 2019 Yankees: Their projected starting lineup will be very right-handed. With Didi Greg...
Barring a surprise Manny Machado or Bryce Harper signing — either would qualify as a big surprise to me at this point — the 2019 Yankees are pretty much set on the position player side. They ...
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After seven weeks and 38 posts, our 2018 Season Review series finally comes to an end today. It was a good run. Time to put 2018 in the rear-view mirror and look ahead to 2019 and beyond. If you ...
As you’d expect with a team that won 100 games and went to the postseason, the Yankees pounded out several big hits this past season. Especially early in the year, when they went on that 17-1 r...
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There are few things in baseball more enjoyable than a no-doubt home run. The crack of the bat, the hitter stopping for a moment to appreciate what’s he done, the pitcher either getting mad at ...
http://riveraveblues.com/2018/10/yankees-five-shortest-home-runs-2018-180362/
As far as home runs go, the 2018 Yankees lived up to the hype. The set a new Major League record with 267 homers, and they did that despite Aaron Judge missing close to the two months, Giancarlo ...
http://riveraveblues.com/2018/10/yankees-five-longest-home-runs-2018-180347/
With all due respect to Miguel Andujar, who’s been my dude since he was in Single-A ball, Gleyber Torres was the best rookie on the 2018 Yankees. Gleyber has Andujar beat in OBP (.340 vs. .328)...
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Last night, as the Yankees blew out the Rays en route to their sixth win in the last eight games, the offensive attack was led by new leadoff hitter Andrew McCutchen. McCutchen went 1-for-2 with ...
http://riveraveblues.com/2018/09/andrew-mccutchen-much-needed-upgrade-leadoff-spot-yankees-179121/
After missing close to two months, Aaron Judge returned to the Yankees last night. He went 0-for-4 in the series opener against the Red Sox after getting simulated at-bats the last few days, whic...