The Yankees’ pitching in June was not what they had hoped for. They were still carrying injuries – Max Fried is a long-term absentee, and the rest of the starting rotation – which was a strength in May – was not handling things well.
David Bednar who struggled in the previous month was back on form and Tim Hill who was improved on his last month’s performance too was getting little run support and despite a healthy WHIP was conceding more runs than he should.
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16-10 (April)
16-12 (May)
12-14 (June)
Things are not getting better for the New York Yankees. Most of their batters are batting below a .250 batting average in recent weeks. Starting pitchers are struggling. The players they depend upon are being added to a lengthening injury list.
Continue readingGetting to understand a classic Jesus rocker
In September of 2025, I met with Randy Matthews and we did the interview that follows. We flew Randy to New York City and we sat in Bryant Park in Manhattan and talked about his career.
There was Randy, his son Ash, my wife Isobel and myself, Darren Hirst.
The plan at the time was that we would get to know each other and then work on remastering his old albums and getting those re-released and then work on some new recordings, At this point, it looks like the rest of that will now never happen.
But I don’t want to get morose, here’s the interview:
Continue readingIn May, the Yankees went 16-12 and despite Gerrit Cole returning to the roster and Cam Schlittler maintaining his excellent form, the starting rotation was worse than it had been in the months of March and April. Something of a mystery!
Two relievers who were called up briefly did very well – Yovanny Cruz and Yerry De Los Santos – but because of the strength of the bullpen they were soon returned to the minors.
Continue readingIn May, the Yankees won 16 and lost 12. This was a slight decline on their April perrformance and with the Tampa Bay Rays really hitting their stride the Yankees went from 1.5 games ahead in the American League East to 1.5 games behind. The division was tied by May 9. They then drifted out to five and a half games behind by the 22nd.
They then won 6 of the next 7 games and closed that gap.
Continue readingThe Yankees’ starting rotation. even with Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon out injured, looked really strong on opening day. Despite Ryan Weathers not having a great Spring Training, he is a good addition.
The bullpen looked more questionable, but the hope was with strong starting and David Bednar to finish out the games, it was hoped it would be strong enough.
By the end of April, the rotation was carrying the weight with some batters and some relievers struggling, but the Yankees reached the end of the month with a 1.5 lead at the head of the American League East.
Continue readingNew York Yankees – March 4-1.
New York Yankees – April 16-10
At the end of March, they were in a tie for first place in the American League. By the end of April, they had opened a lead of 1.5 games.
Continue readingEach season, we award to players’ rankings according to outstanding performances during the season. Using this system, here’s how the Batters and Pitchers of the New York Yankees placed:
Continue readingThe Yankees’ batting almost completely stalled (with the exception of Aaron Judge) which left the pitching staff with way too much weight to carry. Sadly the starters also hit a slump and in the Division series they were swept aside.
Very, very easily indeed.
Only a couple of the relievers (one of them amazingly being Devin Williams) and one starter were up to the task and this left the Yankees all at sea.
Let’s see who were the ones who fell apart and who stood up to the task:
Continue readingThe Yankees only just failed to win the American League East. And if they had done, they would have achieved a bye through the wild card playoffs and progressed straight through to the American League Division Series.
As it worked out, they did get to that Division series, but when they arrived they found themselves hopelessly over-matched by the Toronto Blue Jays – the very team that they had tied for the top position in the American League Eastern division. Let’s look at which players left them in that position, first considering the guys with the bats.
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