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Yankees MOM Dynasty May 1st Update

Posted on May 1, 2015 at 03:13 AM.

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The Yankees have gotten off to a great start, winning 16 of their first 22 games. They lead the AL East by 3 over the Red Sox and currently have the best record in baseball.

New York Yankees April 2015 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 6	vs Toronto	Won, 5-3
Apr 8	vs Toronto	Lost, 8-4
Apr 9	vs Toronto	Won, 11-9
Apr 10	vs Boston	Lost, 7-2
Apr 11	vs Boston	Won, 9-8
Apr 12	vs Boston	Won, 6-2
Apr 13	at Baltimore	Won, 5-3
Apr 14	at Baltimore	Won, 3-2
Apr 15	at Baltimore	Lost, 4-2
Apr 17	at Tampa Bay	Won, 6-3
Apr 18	at Tampa Bay	Lost, 2-1
Apr 19	at Tampa Bay	Won, 4-2
Apr 20	at Detroit	Won, 10-2
Apr 21	at Detroit	Won, 5-0
Apr 22	at Detroit	Won, 4-2
Apr 23	at Detroit	Lost, 3-2
Apr 24	vs New York Mets	Lost, 6-3
Apr 25	vs New York Mets	Won, 4-3
Apr 26	vs New York Mets	Won, 8-5
Apr 27	vs Tampa Bay	Won, 9-3
Apr 28	vs Tampa Bay	Won, 4-3
Apr 29	vs Tampa Bay	Won, 3-2

Yankee pitching got hit hard in the first week of the season, but has since settled down. While the team ERA of 3.56 ranks only 19th on the season, the Yankees have only given up 4 runs or more once in their last 17 games.

The Yanks rank 2nd in batting average, hitting .278 so far, and lead the league in home runs (34). The offense has come from all over, including some surprises.

Chase Headley leads the team in home runs with 7, and Didi Gregorius leads in batting average at .373. His .373/.439/.627 hashline has been particularly impressive.

Jacoby Ellsbury has been a beast on the basepaths, stealing 15 bases in the first 22 games of the season, without being caught stealing all year.

The only truly disappointing hitter thus far has been Brian McCann (.186/.275/.271).

On the mound so far, I've gotten what I expected out of my starters. Masahiro Tanaka has been good, but not great (2-1, 2.78 ERA, .246 BAA).

Closer Dellin Betances has been outstanding to this point (9 SV, 1.38 ERA, .209 BAA) but might begin to suffer from rubber arm if I don't get him some rest. He's pitched 13 innings in relief in 11 appearances. That's largely due to Andrew Miller.

Miller has been a disappointment so far, (7.50 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, .292 BAA). There have been a couple of occasions already this season, where I went to different options, (notably Adam Warren), in late and close situations. I had been hoping that I would be able to split some of the closing duties with him, but that appears not to be the case.

Stats - Hitting
NAME	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG
Didi Gregorius	59	9	22	6	0	3	11	6	5	0	0	.373	.439	.627
Carlos Beltran	61	9	20	4	0	5	12	8	9	0	0	.328	.406	.639
Jacoby Ellsbury	71	19	23	3	1	2	7	4	6	15	0	.324	.360	.479
Mark Teixeira	66	12	20	7	1	5	14	7	9	0	0	.303	.378	.667
Chase Headley	78	14	23	4	0	7	12	8	11	0	0	.295	.356	.615
Austin Romine	46	4	13	1	0	1	6	2	13	0	0	.283	.327	.370
Brett Gardner	57	7	16	2	1	2	7	6	10	4	2	.281	.349	.456
Garrett Jones	61	9	16	3	1	2	12	7	15	0	0	.262	.333	.443
Alex Rodriguez	59	5	15	2	0	2	7	6	15	0	0	.254	.333	.390
Jose Pirela	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
Stephen Drew	44	6	11	2	0	1	7	6	16	0	0	.250	.340	.364
Chris Young	49	6	11	1	0	1	2	5	14	0	0	.250	.321	.306
Brendan Ryan	51	6	11	2	0	2	3	2	14	0	0	.216	.259	.373
Brian McCann	59	3	11	2	0	1	6	7	10	0	0	.186	.275	.271

Stats - Pitching
NAME	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	ERA
Jose Ramirez	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	9.1	8	0	0	0	7	0.86	0.00
Dellin Betances	11	0	1	0	9	0	0	13.0	9	2	0	2	9	0.85	1.38
Adam Warren	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	8.2	8	2	1	1	5	1.04	2.08
Chris Capuano	4	4	1	2	0	2	0	25.0	21	7	2	6	9	1.08	2.52
Masahiro Tanaka	5	5	1	1	0	4	0	32.1	29	10	5	8	29	1.14	2.78
David Carpenter	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	3	0	2	6	1.11	3.00
C.C. Sabathia	5	5	2	1	0	4	0	34.2	30	16	5	14	22	1.27	4.15
Nathan Eovaldi	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	25.0	26	12	3	6	15	1.28	4.32
Michael Pineda	4	4	2	0	0	2	0	25.1	27	14	3	8	26	1.38	4.97
Jim Miller	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	5.0	9	3	0	2	4	2.20	5.40
Jared Burton	7	0	1	0	0	0	3	6.1	5	5	1	3	9	1.26	7.11
Andrew Miller	9	0	1	1	1	0	1	6.0	7	5	1	3	8	1.67	7.50

Callups:

Jose Pirela made his debut on April 29th. He came up after Brett Gardner suffered a head contusion on the 27th. Gardner is expected to miss about 3 weeks.

Pirela was called up due to his ability to play nearly every position (the only position he lacks is 3B). With only 1 extra middle infielder and 2 dedicated third basemen on the team (Headley, Rodriguez), I needed the flexibility to give the middle infield some rest. He had put up a hashline of .400/.421/.491 in Scranton prior to being called up. If he continues to hit that well, he'll be hard to send back down.