The New York Yankees were flying high through the month of July and held a substantial lead in the American League East entering the month of August. The Toronto Blue Jays were fresh off making multiple acquisitions including David Price, LaTroy Hawkins, Mark Lowe and Troy Tulowitzki while New York added Dustin Ackley. The Yankees didn't feel like they needed to add much or had the room to add much, and at the time I agreed with that stance, but we all know how that worked out. The Yankees lost their pitcher with the most wins in Nathan Eovaldi and they also lost their best offensive weapon in Mark Teixeira. Essentially Eovaldi was replaced with Luis Severino after Michael Pineda returned off the disabled list while Greg Bird essentially replaces Teixeira at first base. Was the Teixeira injury the end of the Yankees season or did Greg Bird do enough to essentially replace his production?
I am a firm believer that along with a general eye test that the stats don't lie. When looking at the stats, which I have given to you below, you can see that Bird either met or exceeded Teixeira's average statistics for the remainder of the month of August and the month of September. Bird was great, no doubt about it, but he's no Teixeira.
Teixeira:
Split | G | GS | PA | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | ||||
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April/March | 21 | 20 | 90 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .216 | .322 | .608 | .930 |
May | 27 | 26 | 107 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 12 | .258 | .383 | .506 | .889 |
June | 24 | 24 | 101 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .259 | .366 | .506 | .872 |
July | 23 | 23 | 102 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 21 | .333 | .422 | .724 | 1.146 |
August | 16 | 15 | 62 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .175 | .242 | .333 | .575 |
Year | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 46 | 178 | 157 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 53 | .261 | .343 | .529 | .871 | 137 |
Get well soon Mark, the team needs you in 2016, gluten-free or not.
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