Statistics, data visualization, and thoughts on the New York Yankees 📊. All thoughts are my own.
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I really cannot believe they got outhomered by that team.
Figured they could lose the series, sure, but no shot they’d get outhomered and swept.
Anyways, here’s my offseason blueprint. I’m too tired and angry to defend it right now but it’s here.
tbeckmann.substack.com/p/a-r…
Tristan retweeted
Dax Kilby has perhaps the best contact and swing decision skills in the NYY organization, but there was a desire to add more power in '26. The results to that were mixed. I break down why things didn't fully work in '26 and provide some optimism for '27.
yankeesfarmreport.com/post/c…
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Will be doing some advanced box score stuff after each Louisville basketball game this season.
A newspaper style look that has a quick minimal game story, box score, rotation and lineup data, three stars, and how Louisville did against the spread.
You can sign up to see them here:
thebestwager.substack.com
The funniest part is that all of the hitters who are pro-data are either rookies, a catcher, or have been good hitters in their career.
This makes sense to me on top of how Matt Blake has a background in Cleveland (analytics heavy), considering how nerdy Gerrit Cole/Max Fried (the vets of their staff) like to get with their arsenal. Have to give Carlos Rodon an enormous amount of credit here too for the buy-in after taking a fat wad of cash and accepting the changes the org was trying to make. Same with Ryan Weathers (minus the cash).
The vets of the position player staff over the years on the other hand (Judge, Stanton, Rizzo, etc..) don’t seem like numbers guys haha. I think the buy-in as time goes on will get better considering how entrenched in data young hitters and MiLB players already have to be as they develop.
Ben rice
George Lombard
Austin wells
Anthony Volpe
Spencer jones
I think the buy-in from that crop is probably a lot better.
Tristan retweeted
With Teruaki Sato’s transfer to MLB incoming, I’m very curious to see what orgs are interested in his high risk profile. There’s been some comps to Murakami in the Thump+K% department, but Sato chases at a far higher clip without the extreme BB rates.
(📊 via @YankeesFocus)
This chart was from the article but man, DRS loved the Yankees shortstops in 2026.
New words out: first of a few pieces this offseason evaluating the homegrown Yankees’ rookies. This one centers around George Lombard Jr.
tbeckmann.substack.com/p/hom…
Tristan retweeted
Tons of credit to @YankeesFocus who put together an excellent tweet with underlying data on Teruaki Sato and other recent position players who've come over from the NPB.
Great follow for forward-thinking baseball information and data visualization.
New words out: first of a few pieces this offseason evaluating the homegrown Yankees’ rookies. This one centers around George Lombard Jr.
tbeckmann.substack.com/p/hom…
He will be 29 at the start of next season.
The best outcome on this list for a player in that age range is Adolis Garcia, who in his next five seasons posted wRC+ of:
2022 — 112
2023 — 128
2024 — 94
2025 — 83
2026 — 63
Profile is volatile at best.
Teruaki Sato will be a name to watch for the upcoming MLB offseason.
Just won the NPB Triple Crown in 2026.
Here’s how he stacks up compared to other hitters making the jump from the NPB to MLB in recent years (final 2 seasons before posting).
Data is from @yakyucosmo
