Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus pinch-hit today over at LoHud. He looks at the “Verducci Rule” and how it pertains to the Hughes, Chamberlain and Kennedy. Not sure I learned much by reading it other than the organization needs to be careful (which we are already aware), but it was a good read nonetheless.
David Pinto of Baseball Musings is looking at team offenses in MLB and starts with the Yankees today. It’s a great starting point for predicting how many runs they might score this year.
Pinto adds this:
Even though Wilson(Betemit) and Shelly(Duncan) are not Giambi in terms of OBA and power, they still project to hit well. That gives the Yankees two players off the bench capable of getting on base at better than a league average clip. That’s flexibility Joe Girardi should appreciate. Quite simply put, what every combination the Yankees settle on will be among the league leaders in runs scored.
It will be interesting to see how Girardi handles the first-base platoon.
