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Message: [QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 4277446, member: 101"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://blogs.fangraphs.com/elite-rotation-helps-yankees-to-majors-best-start-in-21-years/']Elite Rotation Helps Yankees to Majors’ Best Start in 21 Years[/URL][/HEADING] [I]…With six straight wins and a 39–15 record, the Yankees are the best team in baseball right now. One-third of the way through the season, they have the best record of any team since the 2001 Mariners (42–12) and are just two games off the pace of the 1998 Yankees (41–13). While an offense that leads the majors in homers (80) and wRC+ (117) and is second in the AL in scoring (4.78 runs per game) has been a big part of that success, lately they’ve been dominating opponents thanks to incredible starting pitching. Even at a time when starter usage is on the rebound from its pandemic-driven trends, what the Yankees have done lately particularly stands out. Consider what the starters have accomplished during this winning streak: Yankees’ Starters Since May 31[/I] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][I]Player[/I][/TH] [TH][I]Date[/I][/TH] [TH][I]Opp[/I][/TH] [TH][I]Rslt[/I][/TH] [TH][I]IP[/I][/TH] [TH][I]H[/I][/TH] [TH][I]R[/I][/TH] [TH][I]BB[/I][/TH] [TH][I]SO[/I][/TH] [TH][I]HR[/I][/TH] [TH][I]Pit[/I][/TH] [TH][I]BF[/I][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I][URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jordan-montgomery/16511/stats']Jordan Montgomery[/URL][/I][/TD] [TD][I]5/31/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]LAA[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 9-1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]7[/I][/TD] [TD][I]4[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]4[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]87[/I][/TD] [TD][I]25[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I][URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/players/nestor-cortes/17874/stats']Nestor Cortes[/URL][/I][/TD] [TD][I]6/2/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]LAA[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 6-1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]7[/I][/TD] [TD][I]5[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]2[/I][/TD] [TD][I]7[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]96[/I][/TD] [TD][I]27[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I][URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jameson-taillon/11674/stats']Jameson Taillon[/URL][/I][/TD] [TD][I]6/2/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]LAA[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 2-1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]8[/I][/TD] [TD][I]2[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]5[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]101[/I][/TD] [TD][I]26[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I][URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/players/gerrit-cole/13125/stats']Gerrit Cole[/URL][/I][/TD] [TD][I]6/3/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]DET[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 13-0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]7[/I][/TD] [TD][I]2[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]9[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]102[/I][/TD] [TD][I]23[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I][URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/players/luis-severino/15890/stats']Luis Severino[/URL][/I][/TD] [TD][I]6/4/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]DET[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 3-0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]7[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]10[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]92[/I][/TD] [TD][I]22[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I]Jordan Montgomery[/I][/TD] [TD][I]6/5/22[/I][/TD] [TD][I]DET[/I][/TD] [TD][I]W 5-4[/I][/TD] [TD][I]6.1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]5[/I][/TD] [TD][I]2[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]5[/I][/TD] [TD][I]0[/I][/TD] [TD][I]90[/I][/TD] [TD][I]24[/I][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][I]Total[/I][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][I]42.1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]19[/I][/TD] [TD][I]4[/I][/TD] [TD][I]5[/I][/TD] [TD][I]40[/I][/TD] [TD][I]1[/I][/TD] [TD][I]568[/I][/TD] [TD][I]147[/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [I]That’s a 0.85 ERA, 1.92 FIP, and 27.2% strikeout rate for those starters while holding opposing hitters to a .134/.163/.190 line. The run includes back-to-back perfect game bids by Taillon and Cole, the first time that has happened since at least 1961, according to the Elias Sports Bureau…[/I] [/QUOTE]

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