Checking In w/ the New Additions

The New York Yankees were the only team without a major league free agent signing this winter but that doesn’t mean that Yankees GM Brian Cashman didn’t make any additions to the club. Out the door is Stephen Drew, Justin Wilson, Adam Warren, Chris Young and others and in their places are Aaron Hicks, Starlin Castro, Aroldis Chapman and Luis Cessa most notably. How are these four new Yankees going with their new club? Let’s find out.

Aaron Hicks:

Year	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2016	9	26	2	7	2	1	3	0	1	6	.280	.308	.480	.788

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Starlin Castro:

Year	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2016	8	22	3	9	2	1	7	0	1	3	.429	.455	.667	1.121

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Aroldis Chapman:  

Year	Age	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2016	28	3.38	3	0	2.2	0	1	1	0	3	6	1.125	0.0	0.0	10.1	20.3

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Luis Cessa:

Year	Age	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2016	24	0.00	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	6.8

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Spring stats mean little to nothing, closer to nothing, and it’s been said 100 times but why not 101? At the same time though, and this is especially true for Cessa, you want to make a good first impression and a good early impact. Some are doing that while others still have plenty of time to turn it around. I have to say that I’m impressed with the power shown by Castro and Hicks this spring and the pitching by Cessa so maybe Brian Cashman knows what he is doing after all. Not sure, stay tuned.