As well as the Yankees have been playing, at their core they’re still a home run hitting team.
In today’s Three Things I Think video, Joel examines the fact that New York’s power outage, coupled with the Blue Jays power surge has been the difference in this series so far.
He’ll also talk to the fact that other than that, the Yankees are actually doing a lot of other things well. They’re fielding, Giancarlo Stanton is hitting the ball hard, albeit on the ground. And Aaron Judge, although not hitting for power, is pulling off his best Luis Arraez impersonation at the plate.
Joel also touches on the fact that the starting pitching landscape this postseason looks a lot different for a number of reasons. Guys like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander and Zack Wheeler are either in unfamiliar roles, didn’t make the postseason, or are out injured. I wonder if teams should maybe think about holding starters back in the minors until midseason in order to have fresh arms in the postseason.
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