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Yankees Offensive Rankings

People have been bemoaning the Yankees offense for the past couple of days and even weeks. It’s true that their offense has been inconsistent of late, but with two of their biggest pieces Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez missing time, this his to be expected. Overall though, their numbers look pretty good.

Tm BatAge R/G R 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
BOS 31.4 5.54 388 173 7 93 371 24 7 275 463 .279 .354 .469 .823 115
NYY 30.3 5.47 372 118 17 77 354 42 13 283 441 .276 .360 .440 .801 118
CIN 29.3 4.88 337 125 17 83 327 50 22 226 508 .276 .342 .449 .790 109
DET 29.7 4.57 306 143 11 60 287 27 8 235 447 .274 .343 .425 .768 104
MIL 28.6 4.82 328 131 15 83 311 40 10 248 502 .260 .336 .431 .767 107
MIN 28.6 4.78 325 132 15 59 305 30 7 271 388 .272 .348 .417 .766 106
  29.2 4.48 9181 3750 373 1907 8759 1284 481 6948 14210 .259 .330 .406 .735 97
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com : View Original Table
Generated 6/20/2010.

These are the MLB offensive rankings entering today. As you can see the Yankees are second in runs scored, runs per game, and OPS, slightly behind the Red Sox in every category. Their numbers are a decent amount better than the rest of the league. It is a little scary to see the Red Sox doing so well offensively being that that was supposed to be their weak point this season.

These numbers don’t tell the entire story, though. Over the last 30 days ,the Yankees' numbers have taken a hit. They have scored 135 runs (8th in MLB) for 4.82 R/G, with an OPS of .774 (7th in MLB). Getting Posada and A-Rod back will help those numbers. If Mark Teixeira can stay hot (he’s hitting .300 with a 1.029 OPS over the past 11 games) that will also be a big boast.

They could add a bat to help sustain these numbers, but unfortunately they don’t really have an opening in the lineup. Their DH spot is open, but they may want to leave that open for Posada. They are still counting on Nick Johnson to return. Realistically ,their best avenue to add another bat will be on the bench where an upgrade over Ramiro Pena and Kevin Russo may be necessary.

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