8-10
i think all these teams stay close in a tight AL East this year.
a nice outing by Eovaldi tonight.
The Yankees are the third organization that has been seduced by the right arm of Nathan Eovaldi, whose whiplike pitching motion can hurl a baseball in excess of 100 miles per hour.
As hard as Eovaldi can throw, and as much as his curve can dart and his splitter can dive, he has bounced from the Dodgers to the Marlins to the Yankees because of his inability to harness his pitches.
But on Monday, everything coalesced for Eovaldi, an easygoing Texan. He pitched brilliantly, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning and leading the Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Until Nomar Mazara’s leadoff single in the seventh inning, Eovaldi, 26, had allowed only a fourth-inning walk to Mazara and one lone hard-hit ball: Adrian Beltre’s drive to the warning track in left.
i think all these teams stay close in a tight AL East this year.
a nice outing by Eovaldi tonight.
The Yankees are the third organization that has been seduced by the right arm of Nathan Eovaldi, whose whiplike pitching motion can hurl a baseball in excess of 100 miles per hour.
As hard as Eovaldi can throw, and as much as his curve can dart and his splitter can dive, he has bounced from the Dodgers to the Marlins to the Yankees because of his inability to harness his pitches.
But on Monday, everything coalesced for Eovaldi, an easygoing Texan. He pitched brilliantly, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning and leading the Yankees to a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.
Until Nomar Mazara’s leadoff single in the seventh inning, Eovaldi, 26, had allowed only a fourth-inning walk to Mazara and one lone hard-hit ball: Adrian Beltre’s drive to the warning track in left.
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Their offense has been awful, scoring three runs or fewer in 15 of 20 games and two runs or fewer in half of their games. They will finish April with a losing record for the first time since Joe Girardi's initial month as the Yankees manager in 2008. They did not make the playoffs that year.
The biggest reason to be positive is that the Yankees have not played their best baseball yet -- or any semblance of it, while the American League East looks as if it is ruled by parity. No team has started overwhelmingly well.
The Yankees, despite being in last, could shoot up to the top of the standings with one hot week of baseball.
That said, as the Yankees head to Boston for their first series of the season against the Red Sox, let's look at the issues that have made the 2016 edition of the Bronx Bombers a very frustrating team to watch thus far.
1. The Yankees aren't hitting.
The Yankees have a lineup that, in theory, should be potent. They have big-name, big-salary guys from Jacoby Ellsbury to Alex Rodriguez to Carlos Beltranto Mark Teixeira and others.
Rodriguez has begun slowly -- though he showed signs of life on Wednesday -- while Teixeira has been only OK.
Ellsbury has not lived up to his $153 million deal, despite occasional flair. Beltran has been very good at the plate to start a walk year.
Overall, the Yankees have been unable to hit with runners in scoring position, which -- beyond any one player -- is the reason they have struggled so mightily to score.
2. The starting pitching has not been very good.
The questionable Yankees starting staff has not received many positive answers. While Masahiro Tanaka has not been an ace, he has pitched very well. Nathan Eovaldi flirted with a no-hitter recently, but is still inconsistent. CC Sabathia is pitching like a No. 5 starter, which is to say not too long and moderately effective. Michael Pineda and Luis Severino have been complete disappointments thus far.
3. Aroldis Chapman will be back soon, but is not the solution.
If anyone thinks that adding Chapman to the team will be a cure, they are a bit insane. Chapman, of course, figures to make the Yankees better when he returns from his domestic violence suspension on May 9. That doesn't necessarily mean the Yankees will win more games with Chapman.
The bullpen, especially Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, has been very good. The Yankees' issues are not about who pitches late.
Chapman, or one of the other relievers, could eventually become a trade chip to help in another area.
4. The Yankees haven't really been hurt yet.
The Yankees' roster is brittle, but it hasn't broken yet. While they have had a number of injuries to prospects such as Greg Bird and James Kaprielian, and relievers, the big guys have yet to go down for any extended periods. That probably won't continue.
There is a lot of the season left for the Yankees, which may or may not be a g
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Their offense has been awful, scoring three runs or fewer in 15 of 20 games and two runs or fewer in half of their games. They will finish April with a losing record for the first time since Joe Girardi's initial month as the Yankees manager in 2008. They did not make the playoffs that year.
The biggest reason to be positive is that the Yankees have not played their best baseball yet -- or any semblance of it, while the American League East looks as if it is ruled by parity. No team has started overwhelmingly well.
The Yankees, despite being in last, could shoot up to the top of the standings with one hot week of baseball.
That said, as the Yankees head to Boston for their first series of the season against the Red Sox, let's look at the issues that have made the 2016 edition of the Bronx Bombers a very frustrating team to watch thus far.
1. The Yankees aren't hitting.
The Yankees have a lineup that, in theory, should be potent. They have big-name, big-salary guys from Jacoby Ellsbury to Alex Rodriguez to Carlos Beltranto Mark Teixeira and others.
Rodriguez has begun slowly -- though he showed signs of life on Wednesday -- while Teixeira has been only OK.
Ellsbury has not lived up to his $153 million deal, despite occasional flair. Beltran has been very good at the plate to start a walk year.
Overall, the Yankees have been unable to hit with runners in scoring position, which -- beyond any one player -- is the reason they have struggled so mightily to score.
2. The starting pitching has not been very good.
The questionable Yankees starting staff has not received many positive answers. While Masahiro Tanaka has not been an ace, he has pitched very well. Nathan Eovaldi flirted with a no-hitter recently, but is still inconsistent. CC Sabathia is pitching like a No. 5 starter, which is to say not too long and moderately effective. Michael Pineda and Luis Severino have been complete disappointments thus far.
3. Aroldis Chapman will be back soon, but is not the solution.
If anyone thinks that adding Chapman to the team will be a cure, they are a bit insane. Chapman, of course, figures to make the Yankees better when he returns from his domestic violence suspension on May 9. That doesn't necessarily mean the Yankees will win more games with Chapman.
The bullpen, especially Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, has been very good. The Yankees' issues are not about who pitches late.
Chapman, or one of the other relievers, could eventually become a trade chip to help in another area.
4. The Yankees haven't really been hurt yet.
The Yankees' roster is brittle, but it hasn't broken yet. While they have had a number of injuries to prospects such as Greg Bird and James Kaprielian, and relievers, the big guys have yet to go down for any extended periods. That probably won't continue.
There is a lot of the season left for the Yankees, which may or may not be a g
1-5 skid New York's has been limited to nine runs with a .208 average over a 1-5 skid. Jacoby Ellsbury is 1 for 14 in his last four, while fellow table-setter Brett Gardner is 3 for 23 in his last six.
18-22.
I think they can right this. They should do well with any close game past the 6th with those 3 relievers.
New York (18-22) opened the series with Thursday's 4-1 win as Carlos Beltran went 2 for 5 with a home run, double and three RBIs to overcome a 3-for-20 span in his previous seven games.
I think they can right this. They should do well with any close game past the 6th with those 3 relievers.
New York (18-22) opened the series with Thursday's 4-1 win as Carlos Beltran went 2 for 5 with a home run, double and three RBIs to overcome a 3-for-20 span in his previous seven games.
