2025 Yankees Season

[OrangeXtreme]

161-1 is still in play...

 

[donniesyracuse]

I blame Devin Williams’ baby. If he were available tonight, Weaver would have pitched the 8th inning.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I blame Devin Williams’ baby. If he were available tonight, Weaver would have pitched the 8th inning.

Don't these guys know the rules...

No sex after Father's Day.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[IthacaMatt]

That’s an original take

Isn't that the reason they've fallen short in so many of recent post-seasons? Wasn't this new version of the Yankees supposed to be more well rounded? That's what we were told in the offseason. It's only 3 games, but so far, nope, same offense, same Yankees with broken pitching before they get a month into the season.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Isn't that the reason they've fallen short in so many of recent post-seasons?.

No

 

[IthacaMatt]

No

I remember when you were Donnie Manhattan. Now I guess your Donnie in the Bronx.

 

[donniesyracuse]

I remember when you were Donnie Manhattan. Now I guess your Donnie in the Bronx.

This is from 2020, but nothing has changed.

Homers are still the key to winning in playoffs

In the fourth inning of Wednesday evening's Yankees-Rays Game 3, Kevin Kiermaier stepped to the plate with the score tied 1-1, after the first two Tampa Bay hitters of the inning had reached. Briefly, the television broadcast noted that the sacrifice bunt had fallen out of favor, but that this

www.mlb.com

 

[690West]

This is from 2020, but nothing has changed.

Homers are still the key to winning in playoffs

In the fourth inning of Wednesday evening's Yankees-Rays Game 3, Kevin Kiermaier stepped to the plate with the score tied 1-1, after the first two Tampa Bay hitters of the inning had reached. Briefly, the television broadcast noted that the sacrifice bunt had fallen out of favor, but that this

www.mlb.com

What a great article. Now I’m so intrigued as to whether this has held from 2021-2024?!! That 19-1 is record is wild.

 

[donniesyracuse]

What a great article. Now I’m so intrigued as to whether this has held from 2021-2024?!! That 19-1 is record is wild.

Here’s one from 2023.

2023 MLB playoffs: Home runs are leading slugging teams to victory in the postseason, not small ball and bunts

 

[donniesyracuse]

More data from Perplexity AI with citations.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/in-the-mlb-postseason-how-ofte-c8vC9s5GS_Or.7PE.nIYJg#0

Historical Winning Percentages for Teams with Home Run Advantage
The correlation between outhomering opponents and winning playoff games has been consistently strong throughout baseball history. When looking at comprehensive data from the divisional era (beginning in 1969):
• From 1969-2020, teams that hit more home runs than their opponents in a postseason game won at a .780 clip
• In more recent history (2010-2020), the winning percentage remained remarkably stable at .775
• The trend has actually intensified in the most recent postseasons:
• In 2021, teams outhomering their opponents went an incredible 25-2 (.926 winning percentage)
• In 2023, through the Championship Series, teams with more homers went 21-4 (.840 winning percentage)
These postseason winning percentages consistently exceed the already impressive regular season rates, where teams hitting more homers win approximately 73-75% of games historically.

The 2023 Postseason Case Study
The 2023 playoffs provide the most recent comprehensive example of this phenomenon, with remarkable consistency across different rounds:

League Championship Series
• NLCS (Diamondbacks vs. Phillies): Team with more home runs went 4-1
• ALCS (Rangers vs. Astros): Team with more home runs went 3-2

Division Series
• NLDS (Phillies vs. Braves): Team with more home runs went 4-0
• NLDS (Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers): Team with more home runs went 2-0
• ALDS (Astros vs. Twins): Team with more home runs went 2-0
• ALDS (Rangers vs. Orioles): Team with more home runs went 1-1
In the 2023 Divisional Round alone, teams outhomering their opponents posted an overwhelming 9-1 record.

 

[690West]

More data from Perplexity AI with citations.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/in-the-mlb-postseason-how-ofte-c8vC9s5GS_Or.7PE.nIYJg#0

Historical Winning Percentages for Teams with Home Run Advantage
The correlation between outhomering opponents and winning playoff games has been consistently strong throughout baseball history. When looking at comprehensive data from the divisional era (beginning in 1969):
• From 1969-2020, teams that hit more home runs than their opponents in a postseason game won at a .780 clip
• In more recent history (2010-2020), the winning percentage remained remarkably stable at .775
• The trend has actually intensified in the most recent postseasons:
• In 2021, teams outhomering their opponents went an incredible 25-2 (.926 winning percentage)
• In 2023, through the Championship Series, teams with more homers went 21-4 (.840 winning percentage)
These postseason winning percentages consistently exceed the already impressive regular season rates, where teams hitting more homers win approximately 73-75% of games historically.

The 2023 Postseason Case Study
The 2023 playoffs provide the most recent comprehensive example of this phenomenon, with remarkable consistency across different rounds:

League Championship Series
• NLCS (Diamondbacks vs. Phillies): Team with more home runs went 4-1
• ALCS (Rangers vs. Astros): Team with more home runs went 3-2

Division Series
• NLDS (Phillies vs. Braves): Team with more home runs went 4-0
• NLDS (Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers): Team with more home runs went 2-0
• ALDS (Astros vs. Twins): Team with more home runs went 2-0
• ALDS (Rangers vs. Orioles): Team with more home runs went 1-1
In the 2023 Divisional Round alone, teams outhomering their opponents posted an overwhelming 9-1 record.

This just gave me a hypothesis that i just checked. I wondered, in the year the great Tony Gwynn hit almost .400 (.394), where would that résumé rank in 2024. He would’ve only been 6th last year in WRC+. There were 5 more productive hitters last year than a guy who basically hit .400!!

Chicks and message board posters dig the long ball

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[donniesyracuse]

Rodón recovered well

 

[NineOneSeven]

Gallen absolutely dominated tonight.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Devin Williams (paternity list) is expected to rejoin the Yankees tomorrow in Pittsburgh, Aaron Boone said.

 

[kingtidge]

I just gotta say, I have a bit of a love/hate with Portnoy...

The good: I like his pizza reviews and what he does for pizza shop small businesses, and how he saved and advocates for rescue dogs, etc.

...but... To say he has personal "issues" is an understatement.

Also, he's a Red Sux homer to fault, thin-skinned, and has some sordid personal bahavior history to to say the least.

Also, he constantly refers to himself as some sort elite "triple crown" baseball player and home run hitter. Evidently he was actually pretty good - in highschool in Swampscott, MA. He claims a shoulder injury sidelined his college and pro career... OK, so why do you have to pretend your triple-crown highschool stint makes you a pro hitter?? It's cringeworthy.

This was a great chuckle...



Also love that Chisolm went after him as the pro baseball "nobody" that he is:

 

[donniesyracuse]

I just gotta say, I have a bit of a love/hate with Portnoy...

The good: I like his pizza reviews and what he does for pizza shop small businesses, and how he saved and advocates for rescue dogs, etc.

...but... To say he has personal "issues" is an understatement.

Also, he's a Red Sux homer to fault, thin-skinned, and has some sordid personal bahavior history to to say the least.

Also, he constantly refers to himself as some sort elite "triple crown" baseball player and home run hitter. Evidently he was actually pretty good - in highschool in Swampscott, MA. He claims a shoulder injury sidelined his college and pro career... OK, so why do you have to pretend your triple-crown highschool stint makes you a pro hitter?? It's cringeworthy.

This was a great chuckle...



Also love that Chisolm went after him as the pro baseball "nobody" that he is:

This guy does not deserve my attention.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

ALL RISE

 

[OrangeXtreme]

A Swish by Grish

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Jazz

 

[JeremyCuse]

Boone continues to have little feel on Bullpen moves and when to make them. Why the hell are u leaving Yarbrough in there?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I know who I WON'T be voting for...