Re: ...and whoever's playing the Yankees - 2008 Game Thread
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Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill
I can even give you the link for finding this sort of stuff:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/te...07_sched.shtml
The Yankees were 22-29 at the end of May last year.
The key reasons for their recovery included a strong summer by Melky Cabrera, a strong second half by Robinson Cano, two of the best seasons in the history of MLB for players at their positions by A-Rod and Posada, and strong starting pitching (29-11) in August and September.
But...
1) Robinson Cano has never looked this bad;
2) A-Rod and Posada won't be repeating their 2007 magic; and
3) Pitch f/x showed some interesting things regarding ball-strike calls by umpires late last summer. Now MLB knows that every game is being watched by folks who know how to access the Pitch f/x files--I don't expect Ian Kennedy, for instance, to post an annual ERA of 1.89 ever again in his MLB career.
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As constructed, the 2008 Yankees are roughly a .500 team. I expect trades, and I expect improvement to follow. |
The Yankees were 4-17 in games decided by two runs or less during that run. That's a lot of bad luck they endured last year.
This year, they are right in line where they are supposed to be.
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