I’ve long since accepted that the “zombie runner” extra-inning rule wasn’t going anywhere since both the players and owners love it. It’s whatever. I’m not a fan personally, but so it goes. I just wish that we got a normal 10th (and 11th) inning before we entered the kind of weirdo baseball where you can simply walk off on back-to-back outs and nothing else. Oh well!
Today on the site, Marcus will discuss the third-base depth in the Yankees’ system and Kevin will look back on Dellin Betances’ phenomenal breakout season as a rookie in 2014, cementing a valuable bullpen role for several years under Joe Girardi.