After a fourth consecutive rubber-game victory in Wednesday’s matinee, the Yankees’ record stands at 8-4. It’s only the fifth time in the team’s history that they’ve won their first four series of the season. Yet, none have been sweeps — in fact, all of them have been battles, especially the latest matchup against the Guardians that featured a pair of one-run games. Not to mention, two of the Yankees’ top contributors in the early going, DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres, will be leaving Cleveland hobbled.
So for This Week in Statcast (a new series that we’ll begin today), I’ll be focusing on some of the Yankees’ potential fill-ins.