I’ve been a fan of J.A. Happ’s for a while. Part of living in a country where the company owning 90% of MLB broadcast rights also happens to own the country’s only MLB team means I get to see Happ a lot. I’ve written before about how much he’d add to the Yankees. Today, Brian Cashman landed Happ, and it’s exactly what the team needed.
Even after a rough July, Happ is still on a career-best pace in terms of strikeouts, sitting down 10.26/9. He’s performed better than the pitchers who have occupied the fourth and fifth slots in the Yankee rotation, and perhaps most important of all, is the piece the Yankees need to execute their postseason strategy.