The Bronx Pinstripes Show - Yankees MLB Podcast

As the regular season winds down, we discuss the current AL playoff picture and home field advantage, two games vs Tampa at the Trop, if the Yankees tried to “win” these games, CC Sabathia and JA Happ’s appearances out of the bullpen, and Marcus Stroman vs Brian Cashman. Robert Flores, host of “MLB Central” on MLB Network, joined the show to preview the playoffs. We discussed a potential Yankees vs Astros matchup, takeaways from the 2019 MLB season, home runs in baseball, the AL MVP race, robo-umps, and random baseball hypotheticals.

The Yankees clinched the AL East for the first time since 2012, we discuss the celebration, home field race, lining up the rotation for the ALDS, Judge getting hot at the right time, Wade’s chances of making the playoff roster, DJLM’s 25th homer, German’s domestic violence situation, and mailbags about Sabathia, playoff x-factor, and the MVP award. Listener voicemails end the show!

The Yankees will have to wait one more day to clinch the AL East. We discuss the current playoff outlook, Luis Severino’s impressive return, Aaron Boone’s comments about their pitching plan in October, CC Sabathia’s final start in the Bronx, Giancarlo Stanton is back, construction of the postseason lineup, and Dellin Betances’ season-ending injury.

The Yankees lost two of three in Toronto before heading home for their final home stand of the season. We discuss the doubleheader win in Detroit, another wave of injuries to Sanchez and Encarnacion, Tanaka’s inconsistent second half and how confident we are in him for October, Betances and Montgomery’s returns, Dellin’s playoff impact, and mailbag questions about Gardner’s career power year, Rothschild, and what’s up with the Yankees medical staff. Listener Voicemails end the show!

The Yankees won their final game in Boston but had a meltdown Tuesday in Detroit. We discuss the Yanks’ success vs the Red Sox this year, different trajectories of the two franchises currently, James Paxton being the #1 playoff pitcher, DJ LeMahieu’s mini slump, base running metrics, if there are any positive takeaways from the Tigers loss, playoff roster speculation, and Luis Severino’s final rehab start.

The Yankees took two games from the Red Sox this weekend, causing Dave Dombrowski to be fired. We discuss the Red Sox hopes for the season being over, Yankees pitching plan for Domingo German, Luis Severino update, Brett Gardner’s power, Aaron Judge’s struggles vs Boston, key home/road splits for the team, and mailbag questions about Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees numbers in high leverage, and Michael Pineda PED suspension.

ATTN: Important playoff ticket information at the beginning of this episode. The Yankees took 2 of 3 from the boring Rangers. We discuss takeaways from the Texas series, Yankees setting home run records, Tanaka experimenting with his pitches, Paxton figuring out his first inning problems, Severino’s time table, Betances’ potential value, playoff rotation questions, if the Red Sox are dead, and the Yankees wearing NFL jerseys.

The Yankees took 2 of 3 from the A’s this weekend with two exciting walk off wins. We discuss being at the stadium all weekend, BPCrew event on Saturday, CC Sabathia’s injury and if he will pitch again, Boone using Ryan Dull in a key spot, the comeback wins on Saturday and Sunday, Luis Severino, Edwin Encarnacion and Jordan Montgomery rehabbing, Didi Gregorius’ underwhelming season, and mailbags about the “full lineup” in the playoffs, Mike Mussina ceremony, and players dipping. Voicemails end the show.

The Yankees swept Seattle and finished the West Coast trip strong. We discuss MLB apologizing for the umpire timeout controversy in LA, Aaron Judge’s slump officially being over, Mike Ford bringing the power, Tanaka and Paxton’s starts, Severino making his first rehab start this weekend, roster decisions with September call ups, World Series odds according to Fangraphs, and John and Suzyn broadcasts.

The Yankees took the series vs LA despite a very questionable umpire call on Saturday. The guys discuss the final game in Oakland, Tanaka struggling on the road, Paxton dominating a good Dodgers lineup, Yankees pounding Ryu, German out-dueling Kershaw, Judge heating up, Saturday’s 9th inning play that cost the Yankees a run, Players Weekend jerseys, and listener mailbags.

Andrew is back for this episode and the guys discuss the Yankees two losses in Oakland, important upcoming road games, German’s home/road splits, Happ struggling and how the juiced baseball has affected him, Judge finally pulling a home run and his postgame comments, bullpen statistics on consecutive days pitched, the upcoming Dodgers series, and MLB players failing PED tests because they are taking gas station sexual enhancement pills.

The Yankees split with Cleveland, Brett bangs his way to another ejection as the umpires continue to insert themselves in the game, LMHU hits 20th + 21st HR of the year, Tanaka has a very good outing, Mailbags + VMs. Joined this week by @JJfromtheBronx filling in for Andrew who is stuck in Chicago. Wally Pipp?

The Yankees destroyed Baltimore again, finishing with 17 wins on the season against them. We discuss Gleyber’s amazing season vs the O’s, Paxton’s evolving pitch-mix, German’s 7-inning start, Judge’s ongoing slump, injury updates, and a weird story about Brian Cashman’s car. (01:05:00) Mandy Bell, Indians reporter for MLB.com, joined the show to preview the Yanks vs Indians series. We discussed Cleveland being the hottest team in baseball since June 1, Trevor Bauer trade and what it was like covering him every day, Yasiel Puig’s impact, Cleveland’s starting pitching, and how Carlos Carrasco’s illness has affected the team.

The Yankees go to Toronto and split with the Blue Jays behind an impressive start by Tanaka in the final game of the series. Topics include German and his innings limit, Urshela’s numbers compared to Andujar, Gardy going full-blown Savage on the umpire that tosses him for doing nothing, and your mailbags, including one about the booth dynamics at YES.

The Yankees swept the Orioles...like they should! Topics: Yankees record-setting home runs vs Baltimore, Masahiro Tanaka needs to figure his stuff out, James Paxton’s second good start in a row, Yanks 10-0 with Opener and problems with using it in the playoffs, Mike Tauchman has been the best player in baseball for a month, injury news and what is going on with Gleyber Torres. We also discuss the players' weekend jerseys and Pedro Martinez saying the Phillies had swine flu in 2009 World Series.