The Yankees-talk starts by assessing which are the team’s biggest needs going into next season and how likely is the ownership to spend big and cover those needs.
They start by giving their quick thoughts about the developing World Series, before going to more important matters (The Yankees). In this week’s episode Randy, Rohan & Jaime get together to talk about some Yankees & Baseball. He will unfortunately miss Spring Training–and time in the 2022 season–with a surgically repaired ankle. Coming off his second TJS, he still managed to log 144.1 innings in 29 games. At other times, he didn’t.īut we’d be remiss, negligent even, if we did not acknowledge the great success Taillon had–mostly–in terms of health this year. At times, he had it figured out–like when he won AL Pitcher of the Month in July. Given this new approach, some growing pains were to be expected. The tradeoff, of course, is the home run ball. More 4-seamers up in the zone will produce way more strikeouts than 2-seamers down in the zone. These competing data sets, if frustrating, are logical. With his new approach, Taillon notched career highs in both K/9 and K%, but he also suffered career worst marks in HR/9 and FIP. As he gets more used to this approach, these numbers–especially the home run numbers (13 this year) could get even better. 286 and rose to 88 (in just one season 28.9%). 329 wOBA against his 4-seamer with 108 strikeouts (20.8%). This approach changed his 4-seamer into a true weapon. With the Yankees, Taillon switched from his 2-seamer to his 4-seamer and moved from working down in the zone to working up in the zone, all in addition to changing his mechanics. And, thus, Jameson Taillon, a 6’5”, 230 pound right handed pitcher from The Woodlands, Texas, changed not only organizations, but philosophies as well. They thought–as they often do–that they could unlock something in him that the Pirates could not. The Yankees saw something of value in Taillon, which isn’t surprising given his former high draft status and pitching successes. Taillon came to the Yankees by way of a January trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates, exchanged for minor leaguers Maikol Escotto, Canaan Smith-Njigba, Rosany Contreras, and Miguel Yajure. That the 2021 season was full and reasonably successful for him is impressive. That his baseball career is still intact after those is, at the very least, admirable. Before 2021, Jameson Taillon experienced a barrage of valleys: two Tommy John Surgeries and testicular cancer. Regardless of what one does for a living, one’s career will be filled–almost always–with peaks and valleys.
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