The Bronx Pinstripes Show - Yankees MLB Podcast

The Yankees swept Boston, effectively ending their division hopes. We discuss the 4-game sweep, more injuries to Hicks, Encarnacion, and Gleyber, what happens to the lineup with all the new injuries, impressive outings by German and Paxton, and Cashman’s comments about the deadline. Mailbags about the trade deadline, using an opener in the playoffs, Frazier, and showing emotion on the field.

The trade deadline has come and gone and the Yankees made no moves. We give our raw reactions to the deadline, the Trevor Bauer and Zack Greinke trades, if the Yankees had to pay a premium for pitchers, Clint Frazier not being traded, Luke Voit going on the IL, the split with Arizona, and the upcoming Red Sox series.

The Yankees salvaged the series in Boston and finally have a day off Monday. We discuss the dreadful pitching over the past week, Tanaka’s embarrassing start and struggles vs Boston this year, Paxton’s body language, German finally giving them a solid performance, CC landing back on the IL, injury news on Gardner, LeMahieu, Betances and Severino, the trade deadline, Stroman to the Mets, and mailbags about the starting pitching and trading Andujar. Other topics include Tulowitzki retiring, Didi vs the Media, and Bauer vs Francesa.

The Yankees win the Twins series and the wildest game of the year, emotional roller coaster on Tuesday night, Twins trolling the Yankees with ‘New York, New York’, Didi’s dominance at Target Field, Hicks’ walkoff catch, juiced baseballs, the pitching struggles of CC, German, and Happ, Sanchez’s slump and injury, trade deadline rumors and when we might see the first pitcher traded.

The Yankees swept the double header vs Tampa and won 2 of 3 vs Colorado. Topics: Aaron Boone’s SAVAGES rant, our favorite moments from the ejection, Yankees dominance over Tampa, German’s impressive outing without his best stuff, bullpenning, LeMahieu and Tauchman dominating their old team, Tanaka and Paxton’s rough outings, the BP Crew event on Saturday, the extreme heat, Mariano and Mussina's HOF speeches, Frazier’s comments about Cashman, and mailbags about starting pitching and Boone winning manager of the year.

The Yankees have split the first two vs Tampa and have a doubleheader on Thursday. Topics: the AL East standings, crushing loss on Monday, Chapman's opt-out, CC’s “manufactured beef” firing the team up, Judge and Didi’s home runs on Tuesday, Paxton’s start, Terrance Gore trade, Matthew Boyd rumors, injury news, Deivi Garcia’s first Triple-A start, upcoming weekend series vs Colorado, Didi’s tweets, and the faceapp phenomenon.

Topics: series win vs Toronto, German’s strong outing and Boone’s comments about him possibly pitching in the bullpen, Happ’s encouraging start, Didi’s postgame tweets returned but his offense hasn’t yet, Marcus Stroman, Voit returning, injury updates to Betances, Stanton, and Severino, and the trade deadline. Mailbag questions about trade targets Kirby Yates and Ken Giles, starting pitching vs bullpen in the postseason, Boone, and Frazier.

Topics: our thoughts on the All Star Game and Home Run Derby, Verlander’s comments about the juiced baseballs, if MLB has a home run problem, and a stupid rule they’re testing in the Atlantic League. Then we hand out mid-season awards, including MVP, Cy Young, biggest surprises and disappointments, best moment of the first half, and a look ahead to what we want to see in the second half. Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) from FanGraphs joined the show to revisit how ZiPS projections did on the Yankees first half, defensive metrics as they relate to Urshela and Sanchez, DJ LeMahieu’s clutch stats, trade targets, the juiced ball, and much more!

The Yankees finish the first half by splitting with Tampa. Topics: We recap the BPCrew invasion of Tampa, Scott’s review of Tropicana Field, the exciting extra-inning wins on Thursday and Friday, why Boone left Sabathia in the 7th inning, offensive struggles of Encarnacion and Sanchez recently, Judge not pulling a HR this year, LeMahieu’s WPA metrics, Gleyber making the All Star team, Deivi Garcia in the Futures Game, and mailbags about the trade deadline and final thoughts of the London Series.

Topics: the Yankees split with the Mets, Paxton’s solid start, Gleyber’s All Star snub, German returns from IL, Voit hits the IL, Urshela’s interesting trip around the bases, what awesome thing did Aaron Judge do?, upcoming Tampa series, and the international signing of Jasson Dominguez + more Voicemails. Keith from George’s Box podcast joined the show to recap his experience in London, talk about the atmosphere, locals, BPCrew UK, and more!

The Yankees won both games in London behind an offensive barrage. Topics: the spectacle that was the London event, why the games were so weird, how the field played a factor, poor pitching on both sides, why Happ or CC didn’t pitch Sunday, Stanton out until August, Severino’s setback, and how those injuries affect the trade deadline. Mailbags about the London games, DJLM for MVP, Frazier, and more! Listener voicemails end the show!

The Yankees finished their home stand 9-1 and are headed across the pond! Topics: weird sweep of the Blue Jays, Stanton back to the IL and corresponding roster moves, Holder being sent down, Green’s stats as an opener, Sabathia’s home/road splits, Paxton’s first inning problems, and Stroman and Castillo trade rumors. JJ from George’s Box joined the show to preview the London series, Clint Frazier not being added to the London roster, recap the ‘Where is Andrew’ BPCrew event, and air a grievance he has with Scott.

343: Yankees Keep It Rolling vs Houston

The Yankees swept the Rays at home and welcome Houston to the Bronx next. Topics: Tanaka’s complete game, the rotation over the last 5 turns, CC Sabathia getting win #250, DJ LeMahieu’s home/road splits, if Cameron Maybin can stick as a 5th outfielder, Edwin Encarnacion’s debut, Hal Steinbrenner’s comments about the luxury tax, more Clint Frazier drama, the upcoming Astros series, Didi’s emoji tweets are dead, and an important question from George’s Box about trading the 2009 World Series for the 2004 ALCS. Today’s sponsor is Incochino: enter code BRONX at Indochino.com to get any premium suit for just $369.

341: White Sox Series, Rotation Issues + Yankees Acquire Edwin Encarnacion