Last week, I wrote about how the Yankees have cut down on their strikeout rate, relative to league trends. A handful of games later, that’s holding up, as the team is below the league median in K% and ranked 20th in the majors. On the one hand, that’s pretty good, right? Fewer swings and misses is generally positive, and New York’s supposed propensity to strike out is easily the second favorite piece of fat for fans to chew on, behind the Jacoby Ellsbury contract.
Is it really a good thing, though? At the heart, strikeouts really are just another out.