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Keys for Nestor Cortes against the Astros

Keys for Nestor Cortes against the Astros

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/ How to navigate the gauntlet of Houston’s Opening Day lineup. As recently as three weeks ago, the Yankees were among the minority of clubs around the league in having their Opening Day starter sorted. Reigning AL Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole looked set to defend his crown a year after reestablishing the mantle as the best pitcher in the league. But then we learned the team’s ace would miss the first 10-12 weeks of the season with elbow inflammation, and all of a sudden the team’s plans for the starting rotation were...
Pinstripe Alley 1 hour ago
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/28/24

Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/28/24

Photo by Bob Levey/ Let the games begin! Opening Day is here at last! We are READY for it. I’m not even afraid to use the all-caps. It’s merited! Today on the site, Peter will preview Nestor Cortes’ Opening Day start by strategizing how the southpaw can attack the Astros’ lineup, and Andrés will preview recent trade acquisition Jon Berti’s 2024 season. Sam will then opine about the Yankees’ unwillingness to add top-tier starting pitching despite Gerrit Cole’s absence, and Matt will remember the time 60 years ago when Whitey Ford started Opening Day as the...
Pinstripe Alley 7 hours ago
NYY News: The time is upon us, Paul

NYY News: The time is upon us, Paul

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Opening Day has arrived; Yankees trade for “security blanket”; positional projections favor New York; why a Gumby deal never came together MLB.com | Will Leitch: Opening Day is here, and we can start to answer some of the questions we’ve been asking all winter. For the Yankees, the big question is the general crossroads the organization finds itself in; with one year of control over a superstar, two of the very best in the sport only getting older, and no clear-cut path to the postseason. The team should be good, but certainly aren’t...
Pinstripe Alley 16 hours ago
Is the Yankees bullpen mid?

Is the Yankees bullpen mid?

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees always churn out a quality bullpen, but projections aren’t so confident in the relief corps this year. Over the last ten seasons, no team has accrued more fWAR out of their bullpen than the New York Yankees. The margin is pretty wide too. The Yankees have 59.8. The Dodgers have 52.0 and the next highest is Houston in a distant third with 43.9. If you filter that range to the last three years, the Yankees aren’t an outlier but still rank in the top three with LA and Tampa Bay. Point being, this has been an...
Pinstripe Alley 17 hours ago
Yankees acquire Berti in three-team deal, Rortvedt to Rays

Yankees acquire Berti in three-team deal, Rortvedt to Rays

Photo by Rich Storry/ A three-team deal broke on Opening Day Eve between New York and the two Florida teams. The Yankees and Marlins have been much-predicted trade partners for a while now, and we finally got a deal done between the two — and that other Florida franchise. Jon Berti, the speedster who saw time at five different positions in 2023, comes to the Bronx, the Marlins get Rookie ball outfielder John Cruz, and the Rays picked up Ben Rortvedt from the Yankees. Miami also gets another young outfielder in Tampa Bay’s Shane Sasaki, who finished last season in...