Amidst recent Yankees' offensive woes, they are still in the top 1% of MLB in this key stat
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The New York Yankees have hit a bit of a wall in terms of performance at the plate. Over their last eight games, the Bronx Bombers have been held to under 5 runs in all but one game, which was a wild and unexpected 11-10 walk-off win this past Monday against the Los Angeles Angels.
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That is certainly not how the season started, with these bats hitting anything and everything being thrown at them. Recent shortcomings have even led to some explanation from the Yankees captain Aaron Judge, but it has not seemed to stick yet.
According to Baseball Savant, there might be a small glimmer of hope for this team. Deeply rooted in their analytics, when looking at their barrel% and hard-hit% from the first 18 games of the season, paints a bigger picture.
The Yankees have a barrel% of 12.7%, which is the perfect combination of launch-angle and exit velocity for batted balls, and a hard-hit% of 44.5%. This means that these hitters are getting good wood on the ball, and that will lead to more and more runs and scoring opportunities in the future.
In terms of that barrel%, they are the highest in all of Major League Baseball, and then the hard-hit% is third, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
It might not be working at the moment, but these professional athletes are going to use these numbers to their advantage. Eventually, they will figure it out. There is still a long season ahead, but the numbers are still in the Yankees' favor.