The New York Yankees misplaced 8-5 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday evening (field rating), extending a latest stretch of poor play at dwelling. The Yankees have now misplaced three consecutive dwelling video games and 5 of their final seven total. What’s extra is that New York is now 6-16 in its final 22 video games at Yankee Stadium, its worst stretch since 1917.
We’ll notice that 22 video games is an arbitrary endpoint, and that the Yankees nonetheless have a successful file at dwelling for the season. Nonetheless, it is a notable prevalence every time a crew suffers via their worst stretch of play as a bunch for the reason that days of House Run Baker and Tim Hendryx. This stretch can be the primary time since that 1917 season the Yankees have misplaced 16 of twenty-two dwelling video games, although they did drop 15 of twenty-two in 2003. You might recall that as a season through which they went on to win the American League pennant.
Friday’s recreation included some controversy on the Yankees aspect, as supervisor Aaron Boone benched second baseman Gleyber Torres following a baserunning blunder. Torres, it needs to be famous, is again within the lineup for Saturday’s matinee towards the Blue Jays (GameTracker).
Earlier than that recreation will get underway, we needed to dish on three issues price figuring out in regards to the Yankees’ dwelling struggles.
1. Current improvement
You would possibly suppose that, for the Yankees to endure their worst dwelling stretch in a century, they should have constructed a crew that is wholly incompatible with their park. That overlooks some vital context — particularly, that these Yankees excelled at dwelling early on.
Certainly, the Yankees received 21 of their first 29 video games performed this season at Yankee Stadium. For these not desirous to waste a second of their Saturdays toying round with a calculator, that prorates to 117 wins over the course of a 162-game schedule. (The Main League Baseball file for many crew wins in a single season is 116.)
Provided that the Yankees have not overhauled their roster through the interim stretch, and on condition that we do not see an actual underlying cause to imagine there’s extra to it than this, we’re inclined to categorise each excessive stretches because the sort of bizarre statistical developments that occur over the course of a baseball season.
2. Did not pack troubles on street journey
A part of what made Friday’s loss towards the Blue Jays so irritating for the Yankees is that it got here after a run of scorching play. The Yankees entered having received 5 consecutive contests, all on the street. That stretch started with a collection win towards the Boston Pink Sox and carried over right into a three-game sweep towards the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Yankees, because it seems, have been dominant on the street all yr. They’re now 38-22 — a 103-win tempo over 162 video games — with a plus-93 run differential. The Yankees, then, have outscored their opponents by greater than 1.5 runs per recreation.
3. Turnaround wanted
Whereas we do not imagine there’s greater than statistical noise at play behind New York’s dwelling struggles, it is clear that the Yankees want to show issues round in the event that they’re severe about taking dwelling their second American League East crown in three years.
The Yankees have performed 9 extra street video games than dwelling video games up to now, which means that their schedule is slanted closely in favor of dwelling video games the remainder of the best way. That features an ongoing nine-game homestand that may see them play the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers along with this weekend’s set towards the Blue Jays.
It is price noting that the Yankees have solely three video games remaining towards the Baltimore Orioles, their competitors within the East. These video games, fittingly sufficient, will happen at dwelling and over the past week of the common season.
