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As we await the daily updates from the league and union’s collective bargaining sessions, the Yankees made some news this morning. The team will retire Paul O’Neill’s no. 21 on August 21, finally putting an end to its unofficial retirement for two decades. That’s a Sunday afternoon game against the Blue Jays. There’s been some consternation about not issuing O’Neill’s number over the years, so if you want to discuss any of this news in the comments, have at it.

This morning’s news aside, today I’m breaking down Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projections for the 2022 season, which were released last week. As rosters currently stand, PECOTA envisions a second place finish for the Yankees, projecting a hair under 94 wins, trailing the Blue Jays by a game. Obviously, signing one Freddie Freeman or Carlos Correa would change things. For now though, allow me to break down some of PECOTA’s individual projections on the Yankees’ current roster.

Reviewing the Yankees’ 2022 Projections: Steamer

By Derek

On January 28, 2022

In Analysis

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Earlier this month, I broke down the Yankees’ 2022 ZiPS projections which are published at FanGraphs. Also on display at FG is Steamer, another projection system that I’ll take a look at today. And once Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA is published, I’ll get to that one as well.

On the whole, Steamer projects the Yankees to accumulate roughly +49 WAR. That’s three more than ZiPS and translates to a high-90s win ballclub as presently constituted. Granted, the process of adding up the WAR is often foolhardy, but it serves as a reminder that the Yankees should still be very good in 2022. Now, to the individual player projections:

The Views from 314ft Podcast Episode 61: Pro-gression

By Views From 314ft

On June 11, 2021

In Podcast

Randy and Rohan return in the middle of Randy’s move to discuss what’s been an up -and-down stretch of play for the Yankees. The duo break down what went wrong over the weekend against the Red Sox and whether any negative trends are concerning. They also talk about the recent hot stretches from Gary Sánchez and Miguel Andújar and the consistent dominance from Aaron Judge. They also discuss positive signs in the underlying metrics that have led to success about the Twins. They close with a look ahead to the trade deadline and which players they Yankees might target to bolster the roster.

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Game 61: Thank you, Minnesota

By Derek

On June 8, 2021

In Game Recaps

The Yankees’ four-game losing streak is over. New York beat the Twins 8-4 in the first of three at Minnesota. It’s really too bad that the Twins aren’t in the AL East. The Yankees would never lose the division. Anyway, let’s get to tonight’s takeaways.

Thoughts on the catching situation, Jameson Taillon, Wandy Peralta, and more

By Derek

On May 13, 2021

In Thoughts

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Good morning everyone. And it is indeed a good morning — the Yankees have won the first two of this week’s series against the Rays at Tropicana Field and go for the sweep tonight. It’s really nice to finally see the team win a couple of games at that awful excuse of a ballpark. With that out of the way, let’s get to some of my Yankees-related thoughts.

On the catcher situation. I understand why the Yankees turned to Kyle Higashioka more than Gary Sánchez toward the end of last month, but at this point, we’re starting to see Higgy’s limitations as a near-everyday player. Keep in mind that this is someone who hasn’t caught a significant workload since 2016, when he caught 102 games split between Double-A and Triple-A.

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Reviewing the Yankees’ 2022 Projections: PECOTA

Reviewing the Yankees’ 2022 Projections: Steamer

The Views from 314ft Podcast Episode 61: Pro-gression

Game 61: Thank you, Minnesota

Thoughts on the catching situation, Jameson Taillon, Wandy Peralta, and more