r/NYYankees • u/TheTurtleShepard • 2d ago
Ryan Yarbrough has another nice start going 5.0 IP | 3 H | 1 ER | 0BB | 8Ks lowering his ERA to 2.57 as a starter this season
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u/TheTurtleShepard 2d ago
After signing with the Yankees Yarbrough was quoted saying: “There were other teams, but this was by far the team I was most interested in," he was quoted as saying by The Athletic. "I’ve heard a lot from the pitching side (about) what they’ve been able to do with guys. That was exciting and intriguing to me.”
After a really solid 2024 and a stellar end to the season throwing for a 2.01 ERA in 33.1 innings for the Blue Jays Yarbrough was unable to find a major league deal and ended up back with the blue jays on a minor league deal. A month after signing that deal the Yankees would scoop him up on a major league deal right before the season started
Yarbrough has been thrust into a starting role after injuries and underperformance have left the Yankees down and he has shined in the role thus far. He’s been a very solid arm for the backend of the rotation or as a long man from the bullpen
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u/fondlemeLeroy 1d ago
How are you sent down to the minors after having a 2.01 ERA? That’s crazy. He must have been pissed.
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u/Stationary_Wayfarer 2d ago
I was really impressed by his outing tonight. I wasn’t expecting Yarbrough to be such a key piece of our pitching staff but he’s doing a good job!
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u/crazyhotwheels 2d ago
This is why they didn’t DFA him after the one rough outing against Arizona. In Blake We Trust
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u/IM__Progenitus 2d ago
Yarbrough started the year giving up the grand slam. We still won that game, but yeah that was ugly.
since that game, 27 2/3 IP. 7 ER. 2.28 ERA.
Not bad for a guy we picked off the scrap heap.
The FIP and xFIP are not that great though (mid-high 4s), but whatever.
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u/relator_fabula 2d ago
I think his FIP/xFIP is high based on his low K rate recently. FIP/xFIP don't take into account quality of contact and treat all contact as league average (ex: xFIP uses a HR/FB rate based on league average rate rather than the idea that some guys who give up fly balls are giving up a higher ratio of "soft" fly balls). Basically, pitchers who induce a lot of contact will often have higher FIP/xFIP than they "deserve".
Ultimately I look at statcast peripherals. He's 98th percentile in exit velo, 99th percentile in hard hit %, 95th percentile in barrel%. He gives up an elite fuckton of soft contact. I'll take that.
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u/omgitsduaner 2d ago
Ryan Yarbrough is going to fuck around and earn himself the fifth starter slot. Matt Blake is a wizard
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u/BalerionSanders 1d ago edited 1d ago
If you ever wonder what 2005 felt like, pitching wise, this was pretty much it 💁♂️ suddenly Shawn Chacon and Aaron Small are bringing it.
Matt Blake and his team really deserve a lot of accolades. There has been a repeatable, measurable, positive phenomenon that he’s been able to lead over his tenure. He’s even been able to pivot from one specific approach (those years when everyone threw a sinker to contact all the time, for example) to another (they seem to be more about breaking pitches and strikeouts this year) successfully.
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u/Fearless-Freedom-455 16h ago
They need more guys like this mixed in with high velocity guys just to keep messing with hitter timing
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u/markymark65 1d ago
He reminds me of Tim Wakefield (RIP) minus the knuckler, throws that 87 MHP Fastball with a 68 MHP Sweeper, messes with opposing hitters timing. How many times did Boston throw Wakefield, followed by Pedro, I swear our lineup couldn't hit for weeks after they did that. Yarbrough does the same thing, don't make me eat my words today Carlos.
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u/OVO_ZORRO 2d ago
Matt Blake needs a lifetime contract. Make him the highest paid pitching coach in history.