Consider this part 2 in a 3 part series. After AJ’s last start in September (tomorrow) I’ll be doing one of these for him as well. I’m leaving out Joba Chamberlain because of the oddities caused by his innings limits and the mish-mosh of fifth starters isn’t really worth looking at unless you are into [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2009
Looking at CC Sabathia's Season In Graphical Form
I realize CC Sabathia has another turn in the rotation before the ALDS starts (which makes sense–you want to keep him sharp, afterall) but now that he’s pitched his final game in September, it’s a good time to take a look at his season as a whole. If you go by ERA, CC had two [...]
Mariano Rivera's Batted Balls By Month
Mariano Rivera’s greatness comes from two things: His great command/control and his ability to induce groundballs. Well, here’s how he’s been doing so far this year (September/October is through 9/16): It’s terrifying yet also strangely awesome that his rate of giving up line drives is about equal to that of flyballs. I broke each month [...]
Important Facts Learned At Yankee Stadium
At Yankee Stadium the first time a player comes up to the bat, or when nothing is going on offensively in a game, the Armitron (that’s the giant TV screen thing in the middle of the place) usually displays some important fascinating fact about him since there’s nothing to note about the game so far. [...]
Andy Pettitte's August – A Very Good Month
Today I’m going to talk about something I love talking about: Andy Pettitte pitching well. And I’m very happy to talk about his because he went through a stretch where he just wasn’t pitching very well. And unlike a most of his bad stretches, it was pretty long. Here are his splits by month: Month [...]
Yankees ERA vs FIP by Month – August Update
Usual caveats, FIP is flawed but it’s a decent benchmark. Once again, if anyone knows where I can find xFIP or *tRA by team by month I’ll gladly add it but I’ve had no luck so far. As you can see, the starting pitching staff had a very good month in August. A huge chunk [...]
