Yankees like to swing and miss.... surprised me only 1 walk, seems Yankees teams of the past were more patient.

Yankees had 7 players with over 80 strikeouts this season with Granderson at 195. Only 2 had 75 or more walks. Yankees had 0 players who see regular time have more walks than strikeouts. They are a boom or bust team.

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Posted by Srbtiger06

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Posted on 10/9/12 at 11:08 am to tduecen

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Yankees like to swing and miss.... surprised me only 1 walk, seems Yankees teams of the past were more patient.

This is one place we miss Gardner. Either last season or the one before he averaged like 4.6 pitches per AB, which led the bigs. Next closest was 4.2 or something.

That and on the bases.

And in the OF.

And in the hustle department.

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Posted by go ta hell ole miss

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Posted on 10/9/12 at 11:11 am to tduecen

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Yankees like to swing and miss.... surprised me only 1 walk, seems Yankees teams of the past were more patient. Yankees had 7 players with over 80 strikeouts this season with Granderson at 195. Only 2 had 75 or more walks. Yankees had 0 players who see regular time have more walks than strikeouts. They are a boom or bust team.

Third in MLB in walks and had the most of any AL team. 21st in MLB in strikeouts. They are still pretty patient.

This post was edited on 10/9/12 at 11:13 am

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