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The Pinstripe Pulse Edition 3: Offense

The MT25 lurks, waiting to high-five the awesome Eric Chavez.
The MT25 lurks, waiting to high-five the awesome Eric Chavez.

This edition of the Pinstripe Pulse will cover the Yankees' 10 games since the last post, from August 2nd through the 12th. The Yankees averaged 5.7 runs per game and went 6-4 against the Mariners (2-1), Tigers (2-2), and Blue Jays (2-1), with the latter two series coming on the road. Against human pitchers (not Felix Hernandez or Justin Verlander), the runs per game went up a tick to 6.8 in eight games.

Player Last Period This Period Thoughts
Russell Martin, C Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Only .259/.310/.333 for Russ, but still better than season line.

Mark Teixeira, 1B Pinstripe_pulse_nj_medium
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Tex's wrist recovered, and he hit .270/.364/.459.
Robinson Cano, 2B Pinstripe_pulse_down_medium
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Another 10 games, another 20 total bases for Robbie.
Derek Jeter, SS Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium Average and power on display: 340 BA, .468 SLG.
Eric Chavez, 3B Pinstripe_pulse_down_medium Pinstripe_pulse_ruth_medium
What a difference. Hit .478/.500/.957 with 3 homers.
Ichiro Suzuki, LF/RF Pinstripe_pulse_equal_medium Pinstripe_pulse_equal_medium
Led team with 9 RBI, but can do better than .281 BA.
Curtis Granderson, CF Pinstripe_pulse_equal_medium
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Outside of one game, hit .097/.222/.097. Yeesh.
Nick Swisher, RF/1B Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Hit .250 with a .333 OBP and little power.
Raul Ibanez, "LF" Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Kept up pace: .279/.367/.581 since 7/23.
Andruw Jones, LF/RF Pinstripe_pulse_down_medium
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.091 makes Post-Break line even worse: .146/.222/.271.
Casey McGehee, 1B/3B Pinstripe_pulse_down_medium
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Who needs Pittsburgh? Casey's slugged .588 with the Yanks.
Jayson Nix, INF Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Nix returned to earth with a .267 AVG & OBP since 8/1.
Chris Stewart, C Pinstripe_pulse_equal_medium
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Stewart: ".455/.500/.727, bitches." Everyone: "?!?!"
Minors
Player Last Period This Period Thoughts
Mason Williams, CF Pinstripe_pulse_nj_medium
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Great season over after surgery on left labrum.
Gary Sanchez, C Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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14 hits and 19 total bases for the 19-year old kid catcher.
Tyler Austin, RF Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Not quite as epic as normal, but .263/.364/.421 is fine.
Slade Heathcott, CF/DH Pinstripe_pulse_up_medium
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Missed some time, but wow. .433/.485/.600 in 33 PAs.
Dante Bichette, Jr., 3B Pinstripe_pulse_down_medium
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Finally a good stretch. Hit over .300 and with .379 OBP.

Legend

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Players hitting at "Ruthian" levels are honored with, of course, the Babe.
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Players slumping are dis-honored with punchless former backup catcher John Flaherty.
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Injured players are indicated by the perpetually-hurt Nick Johnson, who unfortunately just hurt himself posing for this picture.

Full statistics for the ten-game stretch compared to the previous period are after the jump..

Here are the players' statistics from the past two periods (Click for a better view).

Statistics from August 2-12

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Statistics from July 23-August 1

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