Yankees amazing and inconceivable season at the 40-game mark

By Cory Claus | May 21, 2017

May 6, 2017; Chicago, IL, USA; New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez (24) congratulates second baseman Starlin Castro (14) for hitting a 2 RBI home run during the fourth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports /

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Chris Carter has a better batting average than Greg Bird

Now that shouldn’t be. I understand that Carter is going to have more home runs (2/1) and RBI’s (11/3) than Bird. Greg went on the disabled list and has only 60 AB’s compared to Carter’s 80. Hey, Carter also has more strikeouts (35/22), which shows all the numbers are up, good and bad.

But BA? Bird has 60 AB’s; how could his average be .100? Carter’s is horrible at .216, and that is 116 points higher than Bird’s. Did you see spring training? Bird looked like he had imbibed the soul of Sanchez and was going to utterly destroy American League pitching. Instead, he made Stephen Drew look good until he finally hobbled off the field.

Everyone gets injured, and I am not down on Bird for that. But how can it be that forty games into the season, Carter has a better batting average than Bird? No one could have or did predict that one. Or the next one.

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