Kevin Winterhalt

1 week ago | pinstripealley.com | Kevin Winterhalt

Photo credit should read MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images Chuck Knoblauch won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1991. He was a four-time All Star who received down-ballot MVP votes in three separate seasons. He captured two Silver Sluggers and a Gold Glove (the latter fairly recently in ‘97). He won four World Series titles. His three-year peak from 1995-97 saw him average 7.4 bWAR per season with a 130 OPS+. Chuck Knoblauch was a hell of a ballplayer.

2 weeks ago | pinstripealley.com | Kevin Winterhalt

Photo by Sydney Schneider/MLB Photos via Getty Images FanGraphs | Davy Andrews: Do you fully understand what xwOBAcon is and could you explain it to someone? Me neither. But it’s part of this article. Also, have you ever heard the old phrase “a walk’s as good as a hit?” Of course you have. In reality, this season, a walk is about 61.5 percent as good as a hit. Here’s where this gets wild. In 2025, when Aaron Judge puts the ball in play, it results in a .685 xwOBAcon.

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Kevin Winterhalt

FanGraphs | Davy Andrews: Do you fully understand what xwOBAcon is and could you explain it to someone? Me neither. But it’s part of this article. Also, have you ever heard the old phrase “a walk’s as good as a hit?” Of course you have. In reality, this season, a walk is about 61.5 percent as good as a hit. Here’s where this gets wild. In 2025, when Aaron Judge puts the ball in play, it results in a .685 xwOBAcon.

3 weeks ago | pinstripealley.com | Kevin Winterhalt

Photo credit should read PETER MUHLY/AFP via Getty Images The Yankees came into this game having split the first two games of a three-game set against the Expos who, despite their negative -12 run differential, sat six games above .500 and in second place in the National League East. To win the series, the Yanks tuned to Orlando Hernández.

3 weeks ago | pinstripealley.com | Kevin Winterhalt

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images I hate getting shut out. It’s humiliating. And one of my worst baseball fears is being on the wrong end of a no-hitter. For an uncomfortable amount of tonight’s game, both seemed like very real possibilities. Thankfully, the Yankee offense came alive eventually, led by the triumphant return of a key member of the lineup. Meanwhile, Carlos Rodón remained en fuego on the mound.