Yanks Go Yard » Rodriguez http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 22:55:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Sabermetric Outlook: Alex Rodriguez http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/07/14/sabermetric-outlook-alex-rodriguez/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/07/14/sabermetric-outlook-alex-rodriguez/#comments Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Matt Hunter http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=7015 The decline of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has not been difficult to spot, nor has it been ignored in the mainstream media. After an illustrious 14 years or so of crushing the ball as one of the best players in baseball, time has finally caught up to A-Rod. He is getting old, plain and simple, and it shows in the numbers, both traditional and sabermetric. Today, we’ll continue the Sabermetric Outlook Series by taking a deeper look at A-Rod. (more…)

]]> http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/07/14/sabermetric-outlook-alex-rodriguez/feed/ 0 Top, Bottom Of Lineup Awful In Opener http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/04/07/top-bottom-of-lineup-awful-in-opener/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/04/07/top-bottom-of-lineup-awful-in-opener/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:10:07 +0000 http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=5393 The way their starting pitcher, closer and most of the lineup performed in Friday’s season opener perhaps it was amazing the Yankees even had a shot to beat the Rays. Along with a terrible start from CC Sabathia and a rare stinko thrown in from closer Mariano Rivera, most of the Yankee lineup was awful too.

Derek Jeter

Take away Robinson Cano and Alex Rodriguez’ 4-for-8 combined effort in the 3 and 4 holes and the Yankees just didn’t get the job done at the plate. At the top, 1-2 hitters Derek Jeter and Curtis Granderson were a combined 1-for-9 with a walk, with “Jetes” getting both positive results. Hitters 5-9 went a combined 4-for-20, with the main belt a three-run homer off Raul Ibanez’ bat.

Most troubling was the Yanks inability to score after the third inning, with six straight goose eggs going up on the board. ”Not good,” as comedian Jerry Seinfeld would say. “Not good.” Only this result wasn’t too funny.

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