To Spin or Not to Spin: How Do the New Rules on Foreign Substances Affect Yankees’ Pitchers? By Chris O’Connor April 3, 2021 *** As Joel Sherman of the New York Post first reported, Major League Baseball is attempting to crack down on pitcher usage of foreign substances as part of their effort to increase the number of balls in play and improve the aesthetics of the game. There will be increased monitoring among compliance officers, spin rate analysis conducted by Major Leagu

This week we asked our writers: If the Yankees can get just one more pitcher, who should that be… and why? Here are their thoughts: *** Paul Semendinger – I want the Yankees to go for the home run, the big time… go all-in. They need a starting pitcher. If they can only get one more pitcher, I think they can figure out how to piece together the bullpen with all the young talent they have. I’ll revisit an idea from earlier this off-season… a long-shot if there ever wa

We used three main articles MLB Free Agents 2020-21: Ranking the Top 10 Starting Pitchers Ranking the Top 50 MLB Free Agents of the 2020-21 ClassMLB Free Agents 2020-21 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Class: Starting Pitchers to get a quick read on the consensus Top 10 Starting Pitchers available through Free Agency this year and decided to make a quick assessment on the ones the Yankees should target. Here they are: Trevor Bauer The reigning Cy Young Award winner. He pitched to a 1.