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These five Yankees could benefit from a change

Players used to make adjustments at a slower pace in the past than today. In our current game, pitchers adjust between batters or even during an at-bat, rather than game-to-game or season-to-season. Analytics and advanced metrics help inform us what is working and what is not. And if we have that information at hand, you can imagine that pitchers also do.

These five Yankees could benefit from altering the frequency with which they use certain pitches:

Right now, Loaisiga relies on three pitches according to Baseball Savant: a four-seam fastball (47.7 percent usage), a curveball (30.