2022 Yankees Season

[donniesyracuse]

Hicks is clutch

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Timmy !!!!!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Well, Suzyn, that was a productive inning:

TimmyLo single
Higgy single
DJ single
Judge single
Rizzo walks
Gleyber K's
Carpenter double
Hicks single
IKF sac fly
TimmyLo HR

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[PoppyHart]

Well, Suzyn, that was a productive inning:

TimmyLo single
Higgy single
DJ single
Judge single
Rizzo walks
Gleyber K's
Carpenter double
Hicks single
IKF sac fly
TimmyLo HR

And somehow Gallo Ks for the final out?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

And somehow Gallo Ks for the final out?

Gallo's loading the bags on the plane.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

He's Pal Joey !!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Timmy !!!!!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

And Lasagna for the close...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

At the turn:

Yankees (64-28)
Rays (51-41) +13.0
Blue Jays (50-43) +14.5
Red Sox (48-45) +16.5
Orioles (46-46) +18.0

Yankees (64-28)
Astros (59-33) +4.5
Twins (50-44) +15.0

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[JeremyCuse]

Nice rebound after Friday's choke job. Carpenter has to start until he inevitably cools off. Gallo homering was hilarious

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[donniesyracuse]

FanGraphs does a Clutch stat. Here is the explanation and context:

Clutch measures how well a player performed in high leverage situations. It’s calculated as such:

Clutch = (WPA / pLI) – WPA/LI

In the words of David Appelman, this calculation measures, “…how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment.”

It also compares a player against himself, so a player who hits .300 in high leverage situations when he’s an overall .300 hitter is not considered clutch.

Clutch does a good job of describing the past, but it does very little towards predicting the future. Simply because one player was clutch at one point does not mean they will continue to perform well in high-leverage situations (and vice versa). Very few players have the ability to be consistently clutch over the course of their careers, and choking in one season does not beget the same in the future.

Context:

The majority of players in the league end up with Clutch scores between 1 and -1, with zero being neutral, positive scores being “clutch”, and negative scores being “choke”. Only a few players each year are lucky enough (or unlucky enough) to have extreme Clutch scores.

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Rating​	Clutch​
Excellent​	2.0​
Great​	1.0​
Above Average​	0.5​
Average​	0.0​
Below Average​	-0.5​
Poor​	-1.0​
Awful​	-2.0​

Here are the Yankee's position players' (with a minimum of 10 PAs) Clutch numbers this season:

 

[PoppyHart]

What do you think a trade for Soto would require? Having a left handed bat in the outfield (that actually works) would be delightful.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[JeremyCuse]

What do you think a trade for Soto would require? Having a left handed bat in the outfield (that actually works) would be delightful.

There gonna want an absolute fortune. One of Volpe or Peraza, Florial, probably King, Wells and god knows who else.

 

[Noexcuse]

There gonna want an absolute fortune. One of Volpe or Peraza, Florial, probably King, Wells and god knows who else.

You’re getting him for the rest of this year and the next 2. I’d do Volpe or Peraza and Florial or Andujar and work from there. Probably isn’t happening and I’d prefer those eggs in the Castillo basket. I think the Yankees are downplaying Severino’s injury.

 

[JustPherU]

You’re getting him for the rest of this year and the next 2. I’d do Volpe or Peraza and Florial or Andujar and work from there. Probably isn’t happening and I’d prefer those eggs in the Castillo basket. I think the Yankees are downplaying Severino’s injury.

Much rather have pitching, not that Soto wouldn’t add a ton to any ball club but pitching is what usually plays in October

 

[donniesyracuse]

What do you think a trade for Soto would require? Having a left handed bat in the outfield (that actually works) would be delightful.

I am sure the Yankees would make the move for the right price, but I don’t think they will go after him hard. They seem to be valuing defense more these days. Metrics and observers say Soto is somewhere between an adequate and not-great fielder. They are already trying to find playing time for a below average outfielder in Carpenter. The Yankees are not struggling to score runs even with Gallo in the lineup. There must be cheaper options out there that will produce more than Gallo and not weaken the team defensively.