2021 Remarkable! Season Preview — New York Yankees

by | Feb 17, 2021 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. The Yankees were able to re-sign DJ LeMahieu and look as potent as ever throughout the starting nine. With Cole leading the way on the starting staff, will the Yankees dethrone the Rays as AL East champs?

 

2020 Record: 33-27 (2nd in AL East)

 

Yankees Hitters

 

DJ LaMahieu

  • DJ LeMahieu is slugging.642 at home since the start of the 2019 season — 4th best in MLB; League Avg: .488
  • DJ LeMahieu is batting.271 with two-strikes since the start of the 2019 season — 2nd best in MLB; League Avg: .189

  • DJ LeMahieu is slugging.702 on changeups since the start of the 2019 season — 4th best in MLB; League Avg: .433
  • DJ LeMahieu has missed on just 15% of swings against RHP since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 6th best in MLB; League Avg: 24%
  • DJ LeMahieu has a Well-Hit Avg of.227 on breaking pitches since the start of 2018 — best in MLB; League Avg: .151

 

Aaron Hicks

  • Aaron Hicks had an OBP of .479 (94 PA’s) with runners on base in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
  • Aaron Hicks chased just 16% of pitches out of the zone (57/353) against RHP in the 2020 season — 7th lowest in MLB
  • Aaron Hicks chased just 18% of non-fastballs out of the zone down (34/193) in the 2020 season — 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Aaron Hicks drew 41 walks in 211 PA’s (19%) in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
  • Aaron Hicks batted just .121 (4-for-33) on changeups in the 2020 season — 4th lowest in MLB

 

Aaron Judge

  • Aaron Judge has missed on 36% of swings (675/1,868) since the start of 2018 — 9th highest in MLB
  • Aaron Judge has an OBP of .381 (1,059 PA’s) since the start of 2018 — tied for 14th best in MLB 
  • Aaron Judge has an OPS of .917 (1,059 PA’s) since the start of 2018 — 12th best in MLB
  • Aaron Judge has 63 HRs in just 892 ABs (14.2 AB/HR) since the start of 2018 — tied for 11th best AB per HR rate in MLB

 

Luke Voit

  • Opponents have used a defensive shift against Luke Voit on 67% of his plate appearances (412/619) since 2019 — 9th highest in MLB
  • Luke Voit is batting .395 (34-for-86) on low fastballs since 2019 — 8th best in MLB
  • Luke Voit has missed on 56% of swings (250/450) on low non-fastballs since 2019 — 5th highest in MLB
  • Luke Voit is slugging .979 (92 total bases in 94 ABs) on the first pitch of at-bats since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB

 

Giancarlo Stanton

  • Giancarlo Stanton has missed on 48% of swings (193/401) on sliders since the start of 2018 — 6th highest in MLB
  • Giancarlo Stanton is batting just .177 (34-for-192) on sliders since the start of 2018 — tied for 11th lowest in MLB
  • Giancarlo Stanton has a groundball batting average of .340 (35 GB hits out of 103 GBs) against the shift since the start of 2018 — 6th best in MLB
  • Giancarlo Stanton averaged 4.41 pitches per plate appearance (415/94) in the 2020 season — tied for 15th highest in MLB

 

Gleyber Torres

  • Gleyber Torres is slugging .583 (109 total bases in 187 ABs) on inside pitches since 2019 –– tied for 14th best in MLB
  • Gleyber Torres is slugging .783 (101 total bases in 129 ABs) on low fastballs since the start of 2018 — best in MLB

  • Gleyber Torres has missed on 29% of swings (722/2,466) since the start of 2018 — 11th highest among 109 in MLB
  • Gleyber Torres is batting .407 (79-for-194) in hitter’s counts since the start of 2018 — tied for 11th best among 109 in MLB

 

Clint Frazier

  • Clint Frazier had a swing rate of just 35% (243/688) in the 2020 season — 5th lowest in MLB
  • Clint Frazier chased just 14% of breaking pitches out of the zone (19/140) in the 2020 season — 3rd lowest in MLB 
  • Clint Frazier had an OBP of .451 (82 PA’s) versus relief pitchers in the 2020 season — 6th best in MLB

 

Gio Urshela

  • Gio Urshela is batting .281 (59-for-210) on low non-fastballs since 2019 — 11th best in MLB 
  • Gio Urshela is batting .336 (50-for-149) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — tied for 15th best in MLB
  • Gio Urshela is slugging .725 (140 total bases in 193 ABs) on inside pitches since 2019 — best in MLB
  • Gio Urshela has chased 44% of non-fastballs out of the zone down (220/497) since 2019 — 15th highest in MLB
  • Gio Urshela is batting .310 (184-for-593) since 2019 — 11th best in MLB

 

Gary Sanchez

  • Gary Sanchez is batting just .199 (30-for-151) with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Gary Sanchez has 44 HRs in just 552 ABs (12.5 AB/HR) since 2019 — 11th best AB per HR rate in MLB
  • Gary Sanchez has pulled 55% of balls he’s put into play (200/364) since 2019 — 15th highest in MLB
  • Gary Sanchez is batting just .183 (57-for-311) on outside pitches since 2019 — tied for 5th lowest in MLB 

 

Bench

 

Tyler Wade

  • Tyler Wade saw fastballs 58% of the time (229/394) in the 2020 season — tied for 11th highest in MLB 
  • Tyler Wade batted just .170 (15-for-88) in the 2020 season — 15th lowest in MLB

 

Kyle Higashioka

  • Kyle Higashioka has not drawn a walk in his last 90 PAs against a RHP dating back to August 30th, 2018

 

Mike Ford

  • Mike Ford is hitless in his last 19 ABs against RHP dating back to August 31st, 2020

 

Mike Tauchman

  • Mike Tauchman is hitless in his last 14 ABs against LHP dating back to August 7th, 2020

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Gerrit Cole

  • Gerrit Cole has allowed an OBP of just .240 (1,104 PA’s) since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB

  • Gerrit Cole has averaged 97.0 MPH on fastballs since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 324 of Gerrit Cole’s 1,066 fastballs out of the zone (30%) since 2019 — 9th highest in MLB 
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 34% (433/1,280) against Gerrit Cole on fastballs since 2019 — best in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .121 (33-for-273) against Gerrit Cole’s elevated fastball since 2019 — 2nd best in MLB 
  • Gerrit Cole has allowed an OPS of just .599 (1,105 PA’s) since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Gerrit Cole has elevated his fastball 56% of the time (1,364/2,450) since 2019 — highest among qualified SPs in MLB
  • Gerrit Cole has a strikeout rate of 38% (420 SO in 1,105 PAs) since 2019 — best in MLB
  • Gerrit Cole has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 71% (633/897) of opposing batters since 2019 — tied for 8th highest in MLB

 

Jordan Montgomery

  • Left-handed hitters had a chase rate of 34% (36/106) against Jordan Montgomery in the 2020 season — 12th highest in MLB
  • Opponents in the heart of the order batted .394 (26-for-66) against Jordan Montgomery in the 2020 season — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Left-handed hitters had a Well-Hit Avg of just .062 (3/48) against Jordan Montgomery in the 2020 season — best in MLB 

 

Deivi Garcia

  • Opponents batted .278 (15-for-54) against Deivi Garcia’s non-fastballs in the 2020 season — tied for 13th highest in MLB 
  • Deivi Garcia walked 6 of 146 batters (4%) in the 2020 season — tied for 13th best in MLB
  • Opponents had a chase percentage of 46% (43/94) against Deivi Garcia with two-strikes in the 2020 season — tied for 13th highest in MLB 
  • Deivi Garcia allowed an OPS of just .441 (55 PA’s) versus the top of the order in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB 

 

Domingo German

  • Domingo German threw his curveball 46% of the time (301/659) with two-strikes last season — 3rd highest in MLB 
  • Right-handed batters batted just .210 (50-for-238) against Domingo German last season — 15th best in MLB
  • Hitters chased 71 of Domingo German’s 196 fastballs in off the plate (36%) last season — 13th highest in MLB
  • Opponents had a miss rate of 56% (149/267) against Domingo German on low breaking pitches last season — 5th best in MLB
  • Domingo German allowed a BABIP of .260 last season — 13th best in MLB 

 

Jameson Taillon

  • Hitters have chased 152 of Jameson Taillon’s 371 fastballs in off the plate (41%) since the start of 2018 — 2nd highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 24% (105/428) against Jameson Taillon on sliders since the start of 2018 — 7th lowest in MLB

 

Luis Severino

  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .069 (14/204) against low curveballs from Luis Severino since the start of 2018 — tied for 10th best in MLB 
  • Luis Severino has thrown his slider 35% of the time (1,195/3,371) since the start of 2018 — 8th highest in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting .314 (60-for-191) against Luis Severino when going through the lineup the third time in a game since the start of 2018 — tied for 10th highest in MLB 
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .099 (15/151) against elevated fastballs from Luis Severino since the start of 2018 — 10th best in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 134 of Luis Severino’s 403 elevated fastballs out of the zone (33%) since the start of 2018 — tied for 12th highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .136 (104/767) against Luis Severino since the start of 2018 — tied for 12th best in MLB

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Aroldis Chapman

  • Opponents are hitting just .092 (27-for-293) against Aroldis Chapman with two-strikes since the start of 2018 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB

  • Aroldis Chapman has a strikeout rate of 41% (200 SO in 492 PAs) since the start of 2018 — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Aroldis Chapman has allowed a slugging percentage of just .123 (13 Total Bases / 106 ABs) on low breaking pitches since the start of 2018 — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Aroldis Chapman has allowed an OPS of just .554 (366 PA’s) against right-handed batters since the start of 2018 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .161 (68-for-422) against Aroldis Chapman since the start of 2018 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Aroldis Chapman has allowed an OPS of just .526 (492 PA’s) since the start of 2018 — best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Zack Britton

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 77% (163/212) against Zack Britton since 2019 — highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Zack Britton has a first-pitch strike rate of just 55% (176/322) since 2019 — 5th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Zack Britton has allowed a slugging percentage of just .248 (69 Total Bases / 278 ABs) since 2019 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .187 (14-for-75) against Zack Britton with runners in scoring position since 2019 — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Zack Britton has an ERA of 1.90 (80.1 IP) since 2019 — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Chad Green

  • Chad Green has a first-pitch strike rate of 69% (270/394) since 2019 — tied for 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • 100 of Chad Green’s 130 strikeouts (77%) have come on fastballs since 2019 — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Chad Green has thrown fastballs 77% of the time (1,339/1,745) since 2019 — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Chad Green has allowed an OPS of just .574 (185 PA’s) with runners in scoring position since the start of 2018 — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Justin Wilson

  • Opponents have a groundball rate of 62% (52/84) against Justin Wilson’s curve and slider since the start of the 2019 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .140 (6-for-43) against Justin Wilson on fastballs away since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 10th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 23% (56/239) against Justin Wilson on non-fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — 7th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Luis Cessa

  • Luis Cessa has thrown off-speed pitches 77% of the time (368/477) with two-strikes since 2019 — 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Luis Cessa has thrown his fastball for a strike just 62% (418/679) of the time since 2019 — 6th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Luis Cessa has thrown his slider 51% of the time (868/1,712) since 2019 — 12th highest among among 148 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Jonathan Loaisiga

  • Jonathan Loaisiga allowed an OBP of .309 (55 PA’s) with two-strikes in the 2020 season — tied for 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hitters chased 41 of Jonathan Loaisiga’s 121 fastballs out of the zone (chase rate of 34%) in the 2020 season — 13th highest among among 104 qualified RPs in MLB

 

Nick Nelson

  • Opponents had a chase percentage of 49% (35/72) against Nick Nelson with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Nick Nelson allowed an OBP of .321 (53 PA’s) with two-strikes in the 2020 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

 

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