Brett Gardner is slap happy
May 10, 2010 by iYankees · 6 Comments
If you’ve watched most of the Yankees’ games this year, the spray chart below probably isn’t much of a surprise.
Whenever Gardner gets a hit, most of the time he finds a way to slap the ball to left field, just over the head of the third baseman, or he hits a knee-high pitch just over [...]
Nick Johnson a victim of bad luck?
May 3, 2010 by iYankees · 24 Comments
Yesterday, against the ChiSox, Nick Johnson finally drove in a few runs (although that’s not really his job, per se, as he is mainly in the two-hole to get on base). Though he was only 1-for-4 and ended the day with a triple slash line of .141/.368/.234, one thing that was noticeable was that he [...]
Explaining Mariano Rivera’s contact rates in 2009
March 9, 2010 by iYankees · 8 Comments
It is no secret that Mariano Rivera’s average velocity on both his four-seamer and his cutter was down last season. Now that he is a full year removed from shoulder surgery, an issue that seemed to hinder his arm strength for much of 2009 and cause, in part, the downturn in pitch speed, we have [...]
Science & The Outfield
September 6, 2008 by iYankees · Leave a Comment
Here’s an fascinating read from Nicholas Bakalar at the NY Times. The text delves into the science behind line drives, specifically those that head into the outfield and how outfielders (Abreu and Damon are quoted) react to and deal with them. If you’ve ever played baseball before (little league, babe ruth league, whatever) and have [...]
Remember Matt Clement?
January 1, 2008 by iYankees · Leave a Comment
He was the Red Sox version of Carl Pavano (except he’s not nearly as bad in terms of his contract and the amount of starts he provided). Here’s the video of him getting beaned in the head with a line drive off the bat of Carl Crawford. Absolutely amazing that he didn’t sustain any serious [...]
