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The New York Yankees in August – Part Two – The Pitchers (2026)

Posted on September 3, 2026 by twilightdawning

The Yankees only came through August with more wins than losses because of their starting rotation and a few elite relievers. The batters contributed little. The fielding was often gauche and clumsy.

In the month, they used 7 starters. This heightened number was necessary because Max Fried went on the the Injured list (IL) (17th, retroactive to 14th), Ryan Weathers went onto the IL (23rd, left forearm flexor strain), and Elmer Rodriguez was recalled from Scranton (Triple-A). Oh, what a merry-go-round!. Let’s see how it all went.

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The New York Yankees in August – Part One – The Batters (2026)

Posted on September 2, 2026 by twilightdawning

The New York Yankees in August were indifferent – neither good, nor bad, just lukewarm. They started the month at 62-48 and two games behind the Tampa Bay Rays, in 2nd place in the American League East. They finished August at 78-60 and still two games behind. Their monthly record 16-12. Lukewarm.

Aaron Judge still out injured. Clay Bellinger also on the injjured list for the majority of the month.

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The New York Yankees in June – Part Two – The Pitchers (2026)

Posted on July 11, 2026 by twilightdawning

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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The New York Yankees in May – Part One – The Batters (2026)

Posted on June 3, 2026 by twilightdawning

In 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.

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The New York Yankees in September – Part One – The Batters (2025)

Posted on October 4, 2025 by twilightdawning

March & April – 18-13

May – 17-9

June – 13-14

July – 12-13

August – 16-12

September? Who knew…

But this was a crucial time for the Yankees to produce a month like May or August and certainly not like June or July.

It was during those months that they had let the Toronto Blue Jays narrow the gap and eventually pass them.

Now they needed to more than match the Canadian team blow-for-blow and in so doing take the division and also earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

Let’s look at who did well in September – firstly among the batters…

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The New York Yankees in August – Part One – The Batters (2025)

Posted on September 2, 2025 by twilightdawning

For the last two months, the Yankees have been below .500 in win percentage each month. In August they have begun to turn that around. They lost the first five games in August and then went two-two in the next four. From there, they really picked up, and on the whole month, they went 16-12 which means they were 14-5 after August 10th.

Most of the improvement can’t be attributed to the new signings that they brought in or around the trading so we must think in terms of the return of Giancarlo Stanton, a career best season for Trent Grisham and continued good form from Cody Bellinger.

Sadly, Aaron Judge was still not playing his best game.

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The New York Yankees in July – Part Two – The Pitchers (2025)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by twilightdawning

The pitching in July has not been a pretty picture.

Several relievers came in at the deadline (more on them presently), but the Yankees could also have used a new starter or two, but no-one arrived. They really aren’t in great shape.

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The New York Yankees in June – Part Two – The Pitchers (2025)

Posted on July 4, 2025 by twilightdawning

13-14? 13-14 on the month of June? How did the New York Yankees suddenly collapse to a point where they are winning less than half the games in the month?

Well, as we have seen in my first article. most of the batters (with the exception of Jazz Chisholm and Cody bellinger) are no longer hitting. And whilst the starting rotation (injuries aside) is holding up, the bullpen is falling apart…

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The New York Yankees in August – Part Two – The Pitchers (2024)

Posted on September 6, 2024 by twilightdawning

The pitchers turned the New York Yankees around in August, after the nosedive of June and July. Their amazing start in March, April and May meant that they were always going to be in contention, but a 14-12 month was enough to put them back to the top of their division.

The starting rotation combined for 12 of those wins, and the bullpen made up mostly of names that were not well-known, combined to keep the team in contention in most games.

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The New York Yankees in July – Part Two – The Pitchers (2024)

Posted on August 6, 2024 by twilightdawning

As you will have seen in our batting coverage, the Yankees had another bad month in July. They are very thankful indeed for the start they had before June.

July was 11 wins and 13 losses. Imagine how it would have been if it wasn’t for the 5 straight wins they racked up between the 27th and the 31st of the month. They bounced back from a one game deficit in Boston to take the series 2-1, and then swept the National League’s strongest, Philadelphia 3 games to zero.

During that period the pifching started to bounce back after what had been otherwise a very weak month – especially for the starting rotation.

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