Giancarlo Stanton's grand slam on Saturday increased the Yankees chances of winning the World Series by .81%, according to
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cWPA
That's the highest cWPA (Championship win probability added) for any play this season, meaning it's the biggest moment of the year so far
Yankees 1st half:
64-28 record. Best in MLB
+199 run differential. Best in MLB
5.40 runs per game. Best in MLB
3.24 runs allowed per game. Best in MLB
157 home runs. Best in MLB
.776 OPS. Best in MLB
37.9 WAR. Best in MLB
Nestor Cortes: 1.41 ERA
Gerrit Cole: 2.67 ERA
Jordan Montgomery: 2.90 ERA
Jameson Taillon: 2.93 ERA
Yankees are the only team this season to have four different pitchers with an ERA under 3.00 (min. 30 IP)
Aaron Judge is currently batting .300 with 30 HR this season.
The last Yankee player to bat over .300 with 30+ HR in a season was Robinson Cano in 2012.
Gerrit Cole: 92 K
Jordan Montgomery: 52 K
Corey Kluber: 50 K
Jameson Taillon: 50 K
Yankees are the only AL team this season to have four different pitchers with at least 50 strikeouts.
OTD in 2016, Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first set of teammates in MLB history to hit a home run back-to-back in their first Major League at bats
Aaron Judge is the first American League player with 45+ HR, 100+ R and 100+ RBI through his first 120 games of a season since both Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in 1961
Aaron Judge last 40 games:
.333/.399/.769 (1.168 OPS), 52 H, 21 HR, 43 RBI
He's the first Yankee hitter with at least 52 H and 21 HR in any 40-game span since Babe Ruth in 1930
Jonathan Loaisiga: 1.63 ERA
Aroldis Chapman: 1.98 ERA
Chad Green: 2.55 ERA
Lucas Luetge: 2.57 ERA
Yankees are the only AL team to have four different relievers with an ERA under 3 with at least 25 innings pitched.
Happy 50th birthday Jason Giambi!
Giambi is the most recent AL player with 40 home runs and a .400 OBP in consecutive seasons, which he did for the Yankees in 2002-03.
Yankees rotation last time through:
Corey Kluber: 6.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 K
Domingo German: 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 K
Jordan Montgomery: 5 IP, 2 ER, 1 K
Gerrit Cole: 6 IP, 0 ER, 12 K
Jameson Taillon: 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
29.2 IP, 4 ER, 32 K
Happy 30th birthday Gio Urshela!
Urshela’s .292 career batting average with the Yankees is the 2nd highest by a Yankee 3B, behind only Wade Boggs (.313), min. 1000 PA
Clay Holmes has a 0.99 ERA (54.2 IP, 6 ER) in his career as a Yankee (through 50 games).
That’s the lowest ERA through a player’s first 50 games with the team in franchise history.
Gerrit Cole (2.03) and Corey Kluber (2.86) both have an ERA under 3.
That makes the Yankees the only American League team to have two different qualified starters each have an era below 3.00
Happy 25th birthday Gleyber Torres!
Gleyber has a .988 career postseason OPS. That’s the 5th highest among all Yankees with at least 75 plate appearances in the playoffs
Yankees last 7 series:
W 2 of 3 vs Tigers
W 3 of 3 vs Guardians
W 3 of 3 vs Orioles
W 3 of 3 vs Royals
W 2 of 3 vs Blue Jays
W 2 of 3 vs Rangers
W 2 of 2 vs Blue Jays
Aaron Judge is the seventh player to be drafted by the Yankees to record 500 hits with the club.
He joins: Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Don Mattingly, Mike Pagliarulo and Thurman Munson
Gleyber Torres this season
First 11 games:
.143/.205/.286 (.491) in 40 PA with 1 HR, 2 2B & 2 RBI
Last 10 games:
.344/.353/.625 (.978) in 34 PA with 2 HR, 1 2B, 1 3B & 10 RBI
OTD in Yankees history:
Jim Leyrtiz hits a 3-run HR in the 8th inning of Game 4 of the 1996 World Series, tying the score at 6 and giving the Yankees a crucial momentum boast.
The Yankees eventually won the game 8-6 in 10 innings and went on to win their first title since 1978.
Luis Gil through 20 career games
9-2
2.58 ERA
133 K
He's the first pitcher in American League history with a sub-2.75 ERA and 130+ K through the first 20 games of his career