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dwilson10
The back end of the Yankees bullpen is pointless if they can’t win games, which right now looks like it will be the case.
nmendoza51
Nova went 5 innings of 1 run ball, Tanaka has been solid and Eovaldi is sharpening up again. Sabathia is going to come back soon and has been great too. Their rotation has such bloated stats because of Pineda and Severino.
dwilson10
It has nothing to do with their rotation, which isn’t any good, it’s that fact that their offense is one of the worst in baseball
jimbenwal
I think looking at their last 10 games is a better assessment of what kind of offense they can have this year. They have, on paper, improved on the offense that they had last year. With an improving rotation and offense, I think by the All Star break they will be back in contention
MB923
It is one of the worst thanks to an awful April, where they finished dead last in runs scored
In May, they are 15th in runs scored. They’ve won 7 out of their last 10 against the first and second place Orioles and Red Sox, the defending WS champs, and the first place White Sox.
dwilson10
They only won 1 game at Baltimore, the Royals are struggling just as bad as the Yankees this year so winning that series isn’t very impressive, and the White Sox are finally coming down to earth. I’ll give it to them that winning the series against Boston was pretty impressive even though Boston’s pitching is terrible.
MB923
Not how you start. It’s how you finish. KC won’t struggle all year
vmmercan 2
Well goodness, by your requirements for facing good teams, the Yankees should have about 150 cupcake games so they shouldn’t have many issues going forward.
BadCo
Good pitching always beats good hitting…. Who ever gets there pitching straightened out first in the AL east wins the prize…that’s a fact
joeseadog
When Severino comes off the DL they should send him down to work on all of the command issues. Part of the issue may be Severino reading his press clippings. He needs to concentrate more on his command rather than riding his star-car.
stump43
This kid looks scared to me. I don’t think it’s a “star car” thing. He’s bigger and stronger than last year and he’s throwing with more velocity. The best explanation I heard was that he’s throwing everything too hard. The off speed differential is too close and hitters are timing him better, this year. He’s throwing 95+ fastballs and should be getting better results, even if he’s missing location from time to time, unless hitters are pretty sure what’s coming. Everyone is far too enamored with velocity and I think that’s what got into this kid’s head.
davidcoonce74
Severino’s biggest issue is his mechanics. As most scouts have noted, he’s almost all upper body; he doesn’t get his lower half involved enough. A major problem with throwing hard with little lower-body involvement is, you guessed it, the risk of arm injury is much higher. I’m not sure how the Yankees haven’t fixed this yet; I’m sure they’ve tried. Pitchers with his mechanics almost always end up in the bullpen. .