Yankees hitters vs. Baltimore Orioles’ starting rotation

Overview

The Yanks should have smiles on their faces when facing the Orioles’ staff. Although five of the potential six starters throw sliders, which the Yankees struggle against, most of these sliders do not have much movement.

Nonetheless, no New York Yankee outfielder hits above .250 against sliders, with Jacoby Ellsbury and Aaron Hicks hitting under .200. If Dylan Bundy were to excessively use his slider and curveball against Yankee hitters, there should be somewhat of a limit to the fireworks.

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Along with the high reliability on four-seam fastballs by the same five starters and the fact that the Orioles have zero left-handed starters at the moment, should be good news for the Yanks and their fans alike.

Being that the Yankees should have five left-handed hitters on their active roster come Opening Day, the lack of southpaws will be helpful. Not to mention the Yankees, as stated in previous articles, can hit fastballs as good as any team. Hitting a home run around one percent of the time against fastballs is outstanding as a team, and that includes bench players. Four Yankee batters hit long balls north of 1.5 percent of the time when facing fastballs.

Kevin Gausman’s significant threat to the Yanks will be his splitter. However, based on past pitching patterns, he will not throw enough splitters to limit the Yankee offense; seen through the team’s previous success when facing Gausman.

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But do not consider Alec Asher a non-factor. With his major discrepancies from the rest of the rotation, Asher can be the surprising dark horse of the Baltimore rotation.