What will Ichiro give the Yankees?
Derek: A-Rod, a former teammate of Ichiro, says it’ll give the team a “shot in the arm”. Funny for him to say that, but I digress. We’ve read and heard that people think leaving a last place team to...
View ArticleA Look Back at the Ichiro Trade a Month Later
It’s been a little over a month since he Yankees acquired Ichiro from the Mariners fringy pitchers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar. Although sample size caveats will obviously apply, it’s worth a...
View ArticleShould Ichiro Play More?
I’ve spoken to a few people who would like to see Ichiro play everyday, even against lefties. I’ve also read some columns clamoring for it, and also heard WFAN’s Mike Francesa call for it. But, is it...
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Announcing Our First Giveaway!
We’re happy to announce our first contest, in which we’ll be giving away a copy of Baseball is Just Baseball: The Understated Ichiro by David Shields. Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (US)...
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Ichiro Deal Puzzling
Take a look at the two players below, performances 2011-2012: Do you want either of these two players on your team? No way. Both are terrible offensively, while player Y has advantages in BB% and...
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Ichiro’s Putrid Start
Ichiro has scuffled Just two weeks into the season, only one position player has vastly underperformed his offensive expectations: Ichiro. We are dealing with a sample size of 38 plate appearances,...
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Is Ichiro done?
(This post is being syndicated from Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees are only a month and a half into Ichiro Suzuki‘s new contract, and it already looks like they will rue the day the two sides reached a...
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The Yankees’ aging outfield
With Brett Gardner, Ichiro Suzuki, Vernon Wells, and Alfonso Soriano all signed through the 2014 season, the Yankees already have a good chunk of next year’s outfield in place. Even if the team lets...
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Projecting platoon stats for the 2014 Yankees
Platoons are becoming increasingly common across Major League Baseball as teams try to mix and match their lineups in order to gain every advantage possible. As Tom Tango showed in The Book,...
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2014 Projections: Outfielders
Over the last few days, I looked at the projected stats for the starting pitchers, relievers, catchers, first basemen, and second basemen, third basemen, and shortstops in camp with the Yankees this...
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A look at the Yankees right fielders using Inside Edge data
A couple of weeks ago, Fangraphs added fielding data from Inside Edge to their site for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Inside Edge is a company that employs scouts who measure the difficulty of fielding...
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Trying to find meaning in Spring Training stats
Most baseball fans know that spring training stats mean next to nothing. The sample sizes are tiny and opposing rosters are often filled with guys from double-A. This explains how no-name players like...
View ArticleIchiro appears to be embracing the fourth outfielder role
After posting a career-worst 71 wRC+ and only 1.1 fWAR in 2013, it was evident that Ichiro no longer deserved to be a starting outfielder (this was really known sooner). Reacting accordingly, the...
View ArticleThe right field safety net
#450258410 / gettyimages.com For the second season in a row, Ichiro‘s depleted skills have been exposed with extended playing time. This isn’t to anyone’s surprise, as Ichiro is well past his prime at...
View ArticleFree Agent Targets: From the 2014 Club
#458171573 / gettyimages.com After profiling Pablo Sandoval and Andrew Miller, I realized that I’d be remiss to ignore the Yankees own free agents. There are eight 2014 Yankees that filed for free...
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Ichiro’s Putrid Start
Ichiro has scuffled Just two weeks into the season, only one position player has vastly underperformed his offensive expectations: Ichiro. We are dealing with a sample size of 38 plate appearances,...
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Is Ichiro done?
(This post is being syndicated from Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees are only a month and a half into Ichiro Suzuki‘s new contract, and it already looks like they will rue the day the two sides reached a...
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The Yankees’ aging outfield
With Brett Gardner, Ichiro Suzuki, Vernon Wells, and Alfonso Soriano all signed through the 2014 season, the Yankees already have a good chunk of next year’s outfield in place. Even if the team lets...
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Projecting platoon stats for the 2014 Yankees
Platoons are becoming increasingly common across Major League Baseball as teams try to mix and match their lineups in order to gain every advantage possible. As Tom Tango showed in The Book,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2014 Projections: Outfielders
Over the last few days, I looked at the projected stats for the starting pitchers, relievers, catchers, first basemen, and second basemen, third basemen, and shortstops in camp with the Yankees this...
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