I told you guys I was feeling all nostalgic this morning and
I wasn’t kidding. While I was doing some research for the “So it Seems…” post
this morning a light bulb went off in my head when I was looking at the Yankees
roster from 2009. There was one name that stood out and not necessarily all for
good reasons either. Remember back in 2009 down the stretch when manager Joe
Girardi would continue to run out Damaso Marte night in and night out despite
him struggling for much of the 2009 season? Many thought Joe was crazy,
including myself, until Damaso found the switch in the postseason and became
absolutely dominant and unhittable? That kind of sounds like someone else on
the 2017 Yankees squad doesn’t it. Remember how bad Tommy Kahnle pitched after
being acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a pre-July 31st trade?
Where would the Yankees be right now without Kahnle’s contributions this
postseason? Let’s analyze and compare.
Marte’s Regular Season Stats for 2009:
Standard Pitching
Year |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
GF |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
SO |
FIP |
WHIP |
H9 |
HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
2009 | 1 | 3 | 9.45 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 13.1 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5.65 | 1.575 | 10.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 8.8 |
Marte’s 2009 Postseason Stats:
Postseason Pitching
Year |
Series |
Rslt |
Opp |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
SO |
WHIP |
H9 |
HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
2009 | ALDS | W | MIN | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
2009 | ALCS | W | LAA | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2009 | WS | W | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.9 |
Kahnle’s 2017 Yankees Stats:
Standard Pitching
Year |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
SO |
FIP |
WHIP |
H9 |
HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 | 32 | 26.2 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 2.30 | 1.313 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 12.2 |
Kahnle’s 2017 Postseason Stats:
Postseason Pitching
Year |
Lg |
Series |
Opp |
W |
L |
W-L% |
ERA |
G |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
BB |
SO |
WHIP |
H9 |
HR9 |
BB9 |
SO9 |
2017 | AL | ALWC | MIN | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
2017 | AL | ALDS | CLE | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.9 |
2017 | AL | ALCS | HOU | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 3 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.800 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
It is like night and day, except these two stat lines are
still eerily similar. I mean Kahnle was better than Marte was during the regular season but Kahnle also had a smaller sample size. Kahnle struggled down the stretch and seemingly was close to falling out of favor with Girardi before erupting in the postseason. It is funny how that works out sometimes, huh? If Kahnle
wants to be the 2017 version of Damaso Marte back in 2009, more power to him.
Just bring me a ring! I thought this was an interesting comparison and I wanted
to bring it to you this morning to read. Enjoy and enjoy your Friday!
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