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Oops

Well, the Yanks were sloppy all season and it came back to bite them in agonizing, burn-in-your-brain-forever misery last night.

Surely, this was a Yankee series created by the fantasies of all true Yankee-haters. But our Bombers found cruel and unusual ways to lose this thing. You could call them chokers, but they’ve been sloppy like this all year. They weren’t in Game 6 or Game 7—their mistakes cost them them that chance. We’re left with 4 loses that could have all gone the other way, particularly Game 1 and Game 5.

Yup, nothing but pain and disgust for us Yankee fans.

Dag.

Congrats the Dodgers.

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2 comments

1 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 31, 2024 9:18 am

Just to cheer everyone up, it appears that the Yankees have made it known that they intend to exercise Boone-y's 2025 option.

2 cult of basebaal   ~  Oct 31, 2024 9:20 am

I'm a day late with this, but something to think about when considering the decision in #1

However, because this is FanGraph, it’s worth putting into context just how dreadful the Yankees were at running the bases this season: At -16.9 BsR, they were the worst baserunning team in the majors. That mark is also the lowest for a pennant-winning team since the 2012 Tigers were worth -17.5 BsR. They took the extra base 36% of the time, the second-lowest rate in the majors. They were thrown out at the plate 18 times, third most in the AL and sixth most in the majors. Gleyber Torres accounted for six of those outs at home, tied for the major league lead, while Juan Soto led the Yankees with 11 outs at any base, second most among all big leaguers.

Yankees batters hit 278 singles this season with a runner on first base. That runner made it safely to third base 72 times, which works out to a 25.9% advance rate, the second-worst mark in the majors. They hit 159 singles with a runner on second base. That runner scored 85 times, for a rate of 53.5%, the lowest in the majors.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-yankees-are-hoping-bad-baserunning-wins-championships-too/

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