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Yankees 2023 Season Preview: Clarke Schmidt
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Schmidt will get a chance in the rotation to start the season. Can he make the most of it? After the Yankees made some offseason moves, it seemed as if the rotation was set going into the 2023 season. At the top, you of course have Gerrit Cole, plus there was the exciting new addition of Carlos Rodón. Besides them, there’s Nestor Cortes — coming off an All-Star 2022 season — and Luis Severino, who — on his day — can be as good as anyone. Last year’s Frankie Montas trade didn’t work out as hoped, but he was penciled in as the...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 19, 2023
Yankees 3, O’s 5: Cole’s day tarnished by weak final inning
Photo by Julio Aguilar/ New York dropped a Sunday spring matinee to the O’s at home in Tampa. The Orioles beat the Yankees by a score of 5-3 on Sunday with some help from the wind. What was supposed to be a regular fly out turned out to be the biggest blip on Gerrit Cole’s day, as the right-hander gave up a three-run homer in the fifth inning that proved to be the decisive blow. It was a tale of two very different lineups this afternoon. The Yankees entered the game at nearly full strength, using this opportunity to rotate positions, with Aaron Judge getting the day...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 19, 2023
NYY vs. BAL: Gerrit Cole vs. Tyler Wells
Photo by Julio Aguilar/ The Yankees’ ace takes the ball against a familiar opponent. First and foremost, the unfortunate news that there’ll be no broadcast of this game. It won’t be on the TV nor on the radio, which is very upsetting, but let us not drag on the negative. And hey, it’s Gerrit Cole Day. The Yankees’ ace will take the mound for his fourth outing of this spring. Once again, he’ll face a divisional opponent, as the Blue Jays were able to do some damage against him last week, despite his six strikeouts 4.2 innings of work. Overall though, Cole has...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 14, 2023
NYY vs. TOR: Gerrit Cole vs. Drew Hutchison
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees ace looks to continue his dominant start to the spring against a declawed Blue Jays lineup. Ah the foibles of broadcasting an MLB game. Against the backdrop of the expected Bally Sports bankruptcy and resulting RSN hell, MLB continues to strike out when it comes to distributing their product to an interested audience. Case in point: Gerrit Cole gets the ball against the division rival Blue Jays at GMS Field and all we get is an away radio broadcast. Cole makes his third start of the spring as he looks to take a positive step...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 14, 2023
Today on Pinstripe Alley - 3/14/23
Photo by Jim McIsaac/ Happy Pi Day. I know that I won’t shut up about this, but it’s annoying that the Yankees are hosting a spring home game with Gerrit Cole starting tonight and they can’t even prop a single camera up to take a feed for us to watch. We don’t necessarily need commentary! It would just be cool to watch Cole pump some strikes in against a Blue Jays ballclub that will challenge New York for the AL East crown in 2023. Whatever. Today on the site, Matt will run through the WBC highlights from yesterday, including Puerto Rico tossing an eight-inning...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 8, 2023
Yankees 0, Cardinals 4: Cole impresses as offense gets blanked
Photo by New York Yankees/ Cole struck out seven as the Yankees fell to St. Louis. The primary Yankees stories entering into their spring matinee against the Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon featured a chance to watch ace Gerrit Cole prepare for Opening Day, and an intriguing new defensive alignment that could be deployed in 2023. The Yankees tested out Aaron Judge in left field with Giancarlo Stanton in right. It was Judge’s first game in left at any level since he was in Triple-A in 2016 (not counting the 2018 All-Star Game). The idea comes out of the Yankees...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 8, 2023
NYY vs. STL: Gerrit Cole vs. Jake Woodford
Photo by New York Yankees/ Cole takes the hill as the Yankees face off against the Redbirds. After getting Tuesday off, the Yankees will return to the spring training field this afternoon as they take on the Cardinals. Today’s starting lineup for the Yankees will feature all players projected to go north with the team to start the season, including pitcher Gerrit Cole. In his last spring start, Cole allowed one hit in three scoreless innings against the Tigers. Behind him is a strong lineup that could very well be used in the regular season, including one interesting...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 5, 2023
NYY @ ATL: Carlos Rodón vs. Charlie Morton
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/ The Yankees’ “No. 1A” takes the hill for the first time Sunday morning road spring training games aren’t exactly the highlight of someone’s week. Veterans hate them, they often serve as just a reminder that we’re not quite at the point of real baseball, but today’s contest is a little different. After signing a 6 year, $162,000,000 contract over the winter, Carlos Rodón will get his first taste of in-game, albeit exhibition game, action as a Yankee. Rodón is something of an anomaly among the game’s elite arms. Unlike Gerrit Cole...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 4, 2023
NYY News: Cole in command early
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Cole settles in for first “normal” spring; Pitching tech opened up pathway to stardom for Rodón; Reynolds seeking extension over trade talks; Peralta works the pitch clock to perfection. NY Daily News | James O’Connell: Gerrit Cole is entering his fourth season with the Yankees, but in a way it’s his first clean slate with the team. His opening season was massively delayed by the emergence of COVID, 2021 similarly impacted spring travel schedules due to the pandemic, and then last year’s camp fell victim to the labor negotiations...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 3, 2023
Yankees 3, Tigers 5: Michael King is back, baby
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Cole was sharp, and the King has returned. Gerrit Cole got his spring debut tonight, and Michael King made his awaited return, but the Yankees fell 5-3 to the Tigers in this Friday night matchup. To be blunt, even the full-strength Tigers are at best a very pedestrian lineup, and in tonight’s case, Cole went up against their B team. The bulk of Detroit’s primary hitters played in the afternoon against the Phillies with this being a split-squad day for AJ Hinch’s team. With it being his first game action, Cole took this opportunity to...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 3, 2023
NYY vs. DET: Gerrit Cole vs Michael Lorenzen
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Gerrit Cole’s first spring start comes against Detroit. The Detroit Tigers come to George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa to face the New York Yankees in a Friday night matchup that unfortunately won’t be televised. Gerrit Cole will make his spring debut as he begins to tune up for the season. The lineup set to face Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen has a top four that is as good a bet as any to be the primary one at the top of the Yankees’ order come Opening Day, with DJ LeMahieu leading off, getting in some work at third, followed by Aaron...
Pinstripe Alley Mar 3, 2023
Yankees 2023 Season Preview: Gerrit Cole
Photo by Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via The nominal ace of the staff looks to keep the ball in the yard. Gerrit Cole had the second best K-BB% in baseball last year, in my opinion the single most valuable pitching stat. Only five pitchers, one in the AL, threw more innings than Cole, combining per-inning effectiveness with a 200-inning workload. If it weren’t for those damn home runs, Cole would likely have found himself a Cy Young finalist once again, after finishing fourth and second in his first two seasons in the Bronx. Instead, those home runs count. Gerrit...
Pinstripe Alley Feb 26, 2023
How three relievers can optimize the Yankee rotation
Photo by Jim McIsaac/ There are options abound as a trio of arms can work more than one inning. Assuming Nestor Cortes’ hamstring heals up as expected, the Yankees will enter play next month with one of the highest-ceiling rotations in recent memory. Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón are good bets to ultimately finish 2023 with Cy Young votes, Cortes actually finished ahead of Cole in last year’s voting, and fans all know the potential in Luis Severino’s right arm. That ceiling comes with some downside risk, however — Cole is as close to a workhorse as there is in...
