Posted on 08/10/2021 11:58:34 AM PDT by conservative98
Sometimes the numbers DO lie.
The New York Yankees have no less than 15 players sidelined by injury or COVID-19. But that hasn’t stopped them from being MLB’s hottest team since the All-Star break.
Following the Yankees’ 8-6 win in 11 innings Monday night vs. the Royals, Kansas City PR noted this about New York:
Improved to a Majors-best 16-7 since the break and have won 21 of their last 30 games since Game 2 of their July 4 doubleheader, after falling to an even 41-41 in Game 1 … they’ve outscored opponents 133-103 (+30) over the last 30 games, and are a season-high-tying 12 games over .500
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The Yankees are in third place in the American League East, six games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays. New York trails the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A’s by two games in the American League Wild-Card race.
FanGraphs reports the Yankees have a 52.9% chance of making the playoffs, with a 14% chance of winning the division and 38.9% chance of qualifying as a wild card.
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So what?
The Evil Empire.
Who cares?
actually, it the first place Phillies
Haven’t watched anything but HS sports in many, many moons.
Not the least bit interested.
(This from a sports fan that WORSHIPPED my formerly-beloved NY Giants.)
Sorry, but I believe the Phillies are the hottest team right now. 8 wins in a row in the month of August.
The Yankees are in third place in the American League East, six games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays
they need to get a whole lot hotter
China’s hottest team, anyway.
I wouldn’t tune in to see these flag kneelers for anything. They can try to and fail to explain exactly how our US constitution represents racism first. Then apologize. Then we’ll consider it
I do.
How many WS Titles and Hall of Famers do they have compared with the Yankees? Asking for a friend.
Hi.
“six games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays. “
Who are hotter.
5.56mm
Yep!! That is me at work today, after staying up to watch the Yankees win last night!!
For some reason, Brett Gardner is my favorite player EVER (savage that he is!), and I would love for him to get another World Series ring before he retires.
“Don’t look now...”
OK, I won’t.
Bowling is still good. That’s what we’re watching. And that’s coming from a Giants fan who listened to the games on the radio with his dad and fondly remembers Marty Glickman saying wherever you are whatever you’re doing pull your car over, open your window at home and yell Go Giants. That’s over. Now it’s oil patterns ball speed and rotation.
Good to know. They were so bad I stopped watching them. They would go a whole game with only a few hits and if they were lucky enough to have a lead near the end of a game their closers would blow it.
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