YANKEES MAGIC NUMBER PLUS
If that doesn't tell the story, here's an idea of how each active regular in the Yankees lineup has been producing in terms of weighted runs created plus (wRC+), which is useful to quantify run creation for players who play in different ballparks and different eras (league average is 100): The Yankees rank 26th in MLB in batting average (.227), 26th in on-base percentage (.297), 20th in slugging (.379), 23rd in RBIs (115), 21st in runs scored (118), 23rd in walk percentage (8.3) and 15th in strikeout percentage (23.4). It's the Yankees' front office that seems surprised by - and woefully unprepared for - the deficiencies. Such issues, for the most part, were to be expected. He has missed time due to various injuries in five straight seasons. Stanton's hamstring strain, in particular, was as predictable as the sunrise every morning. Even before Judge hit the IL, the offense was scuffling amid the absences of Giancarlo Stanton (left hamstring strain), Harrison Bader (oblique strain) and Josh Donaldson (hamstring strain).Īll three of those players, and even Judge to some extent, have a history of missing time because of injuries. In the six games since Judge slid into third base and injured his hip, the Yankees have scored the fourth-fewest runs (14) in Major League Baseball. Now, with Judge on the injured list with a hip strain, it's become even more evident how mediocre New York is without him. It was built to be reliant on one big bat, star slugger Aaron Judge, and that was never going to work. NEW YORK - The Yankees' lineup is unapologetically the opposite of well-rounded.
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