Marlins Home Run Leaders since 2017
Giancarlo Stanton 59
Brian Anderson 57
Jazz Chisholm Jr. 55
Garrett Cooper 52
Jorge Soler 49
This is Stanton's 7th season with the Yankees
Aaron Judge 21 HR
Juan Soto 17 HR
Giancarlo Stanton 15 HR
First time in Yankees history that 3 teammates have 15+ HR through the first 62 games of a season
"New York, New York" blaring through a sparsely filled Times Square is giving me some real "filing out of Yankee Stadium after a 14-1 loss to the Blue Jays on a Tuesday night" vibes
3rd Ultimate Grand Slam in Yankees History
(Walk-Off Slam Down by 3 Runs)
Babe Ruth 9/24/1925 vs CHW
Jason Giambi 5/17/2002 vs MIN
Josh Donaldson 8/17/2022 vs TB
Yankees score the most runs and allow the fewest. Highest SLG and allow the lowest. MLB's best record by 6 games over the Mets and best run differential by 31 over the Dodgers. Best record vs winning teams and best record vs losing teams. Best home record and best road record.
Gleyber Torres is hitting .288/.355/.505 in the major leagues at 22 years old. Looking at the Yankees' high-A affiliate in the Florida State League, Torres is younger than 16 of the 30 players on the Tampa Tarpons roster!
Anthony Rizzo Last 12 Games
.068/.163/.091, 0 HR, 3 RBI
Giancarlo Stanton 11 Games Off IL
.135/.238/.324, 2 HR, 2 RBI
DJ LeMahieu Last 28 Games Since May 11
.183/.227/.288, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Yankees Best 30-Game Starts All-Time
1928 24-6 Won WS
1939 24-6 Won WS
1958 24-6 Won WS
1998 23-7 Won WS
2003 23-7 Lost WS
1923 22-8 Won WS
1932 22-8 Won WS
1950 22-8 Won WS
2022 22-8
DJ LeMahieu AL Ranks
BA .373 (1st)
OBP .426 (1st)
SLG .641 (3rd, Voit .659 Abreu .644)
OPS 1.067 (1st)
wRC+ 187 (1st)
R 37 (T-4th)
WAR 2.7 (1st)
Fun in a shortened season. One week ago, he wouldn't have gotten any MVP consideration. Now...
Gleyber Torres is the first Yankee to have a game-tying hit in the 9th, then a walk-off hit in extra innings since
Raul Ibanez in Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS vs Orioles
Luis Gil tonight for Yankees vs Blue Jays
5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 6 K
A 🚨 Unique Box Score Line 🚨 a first among the more than 1.1 million MLB pitching lines in the regular season or postseason since 1901 (thanks
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Nationals were eliminated last night
Last team to repeat as World Series champions is still the 1998-2000 Yankees
It's the 20th straight season without a back-to-back champ, the longest stretch without one in the history of any of the four major sports leagues (MLB/NFL/NBA/NHL)
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Jordan Montgomery 6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
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Torres
.273/.330/.493, 14 HR, 3.1 bWAR
Espinal
.271/.333/.394, 6 HR. 2.0 bWAR
Yankees should’ve had yet another All-Star with Torres having this resurgent season
AL Wild Card Standings
Yankees 91-68 +2.0
Red Sox 89-70 --
Mariners 89-70 --
Blue Jays 88-71 1.0
Yankees magic number down to 2
They can clinch tomorrow with a win, plus a Red Sox loss at the Nationals OR a late-night Mariners home loss to the Angels
Any which way you slice it, DJ LeMahieu is good:
DJ LeMahieu BA
vs LHP .383
vs RHP .324
Home .343
Away .333
Inn 1-3 .361
Inn 7-9 .350
DJ LeMahieu BA by Pitch
Changeup .423
4-Seam .392
Curve .365
Cutter .346
Slider .313
Jasson Dominguez wasn't called up today
.383 AVG, 3 HR, 1.039 OPS over his last 14 games at Triple-A as he finally shook off the rust from his left oblique strain
Alex Verdugo AVG | OPS | HR
Through/After June 14
First 69 G .266 | .757 | 9
Last 61 G .197 | .539 | 2
Jake Westbrook➡️CLE for David Justice
Justice➡️NYM for Robin Ventura
Ventura➡️LAD for Scott Proctor
Proctor➡️LAD for Wilson Betemit
Betemit➡️CHW for Nick Swisher
Swisher➡️CLE as a free agent
Comp pick➡️Yankees (2013 32nd-overall), and they took Aaron Judge
On this day in 1999, the Montreal Expos obtained P Hideki Irabu from the New York Yankees in exchange for P Jake Westbrook and two players to be named, Ps Christian Parker and Ted Lilly.
Aaron Judge 24 HR 48 RBI
Anthony Rizzo 15 HR 41 RBI
Giancarlo Stanton 13 HR 40 RBI
Judge, Stanton & Rizzo are the first trio in Yankees history to have 13+ homers and 40+ RBIs through the team's first 60 games of a season
The Yankees had not only MLB's best record against teams that had winning records, but they also played more games against them than any other AL playoff team:
MLB Best vs Teams with Winning Records
NYY 43-32
LAD 40-30
ATL 43-33
OAK 35-27
HOU 35-28
Albert Pujols (41 years, 217 days old) home run off Rich Hill (41 years, 163 days)
First time a 40-something hitter homered off a 40-something pitcher since May 9, 2017, when Carlos Beltran (40) of the Astros went deep against Bartolo Colon (43) of the Braves
Juan Soto said a goal was to homer in all 30 MLB parks
He came into 2024 with 5 left on his list
CLE Progressive Field ✅
LAA Angel Stadium (May 28-30)
CHW Guaranteed Rate Field (Aug 12-14)
TEX Globe Life Field (Sep 2-4)
SEA T-Mobile Park (Sep 17-19)
Great point by Kay in the postgame show. The 6th inning "infield single" by Gimenez was a KILLER. If IKF makes that play, it's a 1-2-3 inning and Severino's through 6. Bottom of the order comes up in the 7th instead of the top. Bullpen could've played out so differently.
MLB Best Record vs. Teams with Winning Records
Yankees 37-20 .649
Dodgers 38-23 .623
Astros 30-22 .577
Braves 39-31 .557
Athletics 28-24 .538
That .649 winning percentage against teams with winning records is the 14th-highest out of 2,542 MLB team seasons since 1901
Yankees Hit Back-to-Back Tying/Walk-Off HR
8/6/1949 vs Browns
Tommy Henrich & Joe DiMaggio
8/8/2000 vs Athletics
Bernie Williams & David Justice
9/1/2019 vs Athletics
Brett Gardner & Mike Ford
Aaron Judge is hitting .389/.520/.881 with 28 home runs in his last 55 games since July 16
The list of seasons to hit those marks in a 55-game span
28+ HR, .389+ BA/.520+ OBP/.881+ SLG
55-Game Span in Single Season
Babe Ruth 1921
Babe Ruth 1930
Aaron Judge 2022
The Yankees are now 108-38 against the Twins since 2002 (including 16-2 in the postseason). That .740 winning percentage works out to 120 wins per 162 games, against a team that has a winning record overall during this same stretch!
4th Ultimate Grand Slam in Yankees History
(Walk-Off Slam Down by 3 Runs)
Babe Ruth 9/24/1925 v CHW
Jason Giambi 5/17/2002 v MIN
Josh Donaldson 8/17/2022 v TB
Giancarlo Stanton 9/20/2022 v PIT
2nd team ever to hit two in a season (1956 Pirates, Danny Kravitz & Roberto Clemente)
Gary Sanchez: 99 home runs in 352 career games. He's about to be the 2nd-fastest all-time to 100, while playing the most demanding position in baseball
MLB Fewest Games to 100 HR
325 Ryan Howard
376 Ralph Kiner
377 Joey Gallo
390 Chuck Klein
390 Bob Horner
393 Mark McGwire
With 3 Batter Minimum coming, let's honor the 9 pitchers to average fewer than 3 batters per relief appearance (125+ G):
2.60 Clay Rapada
2.60 Randy Choate
2.70 Mike Myers
2.71 Javier Lopez
2.77 Joe Thatcher
2.79 Marc Rzepczynski
2.92 Mitch Stetter
2.95 Ray King
2.96 Tommy Layne
Judge Highest Win Probability Added HR
#168
- +81% (19% to 100%)
5/10/2022 vs TOR off Jordan Romano
Down 5-3 bottom 9, 1st & 2nd, 1 out
3RHR for a 6-5 win and his first career walk-off HR
Mike Minor is having a terrific season, but how in the world is he leading the American League in Baseball-Reference's pitching Wins Above Replacement? Let's take a look (warning: mega-thread commencing)...
MILESTONE WATCH IN TORONTO
Anthony Rizzo's 199th career hit by pitch breaks a tie with Frank Robinson for sole possession of 9th on the all-time MLB list
Anthony Volpe is 3-for-21 with 0 XBH in his first 7 games
It's a big jump to the big leagues! Last year, Adley Rutschman hit .176/.256/.257 with no HR in his first 20 games
Julio Rodriguez started on Opening Day and hit .205/.284/.260 with no HR in his first 20 games
Could there be any more star power on this leaderboard?
MLB Runs Leaders
27 Mookie Betts
27 Bryce Harper
27 Aaron Judge
27 Manny Machado
25 Mike Trout
24 Shohei Ohtani
Red Sox lose 8-4 to the Blue Jays
5-game losing streak for Boston
combined score 67-13 vs Yankees & Blue Jays
That's a -54 run differential, the worst in any 5-game span for any MLB team since 1901!
Judge 3RHR knocks out Manaea, 5-0 Yankees
Yankees are 11-1 all-time when Judge & Stanton homer in the same game (incl playoffs)
They were 11-0 until they lost the Field of Dreams game, which was actually their last loss (ever???)
With 2 innings tonight, Gerrit Cole completed his 500th as an American League pitcher
He now has the lowest opponent batting average by any AL starter with 500+ IP
.193 Gerrit Cole
.198 Nolan Ryan
.200 Herb Score
.203 Andy Messersmith
.206 Pedro Martinez
Last night was the Yankees' 1st walk-off playoff loss since 2017 ALCS Game 2 at Houston, and their 1st extra-inning playoff loss since 2017 ALDS Game 2 at Cleveland
So much for momentum in those series...The Yankees immediately won three straight games after both losses
The Red Sox are eliminated. The last team to repeat as World Series champions is still the 1998-2000 Yankees. This is the 19th straight season without a back-to-back champ, the longest stretch without one in the history of any of the four major sports (MLB/NFL/NBA/NHL).