For all he did this season, Aaron Decide has struggled the previous few occasions the Yankees have been within the playoffs.
Since homering for a 3rd straight playoff recreation in Sport 2 of the 2018 ALDS, when the Yankees knocked off the Crimson Sox at Fenway Park and Decide walked by the Crimson Sox’ clubhouse with a stereo blasting “New York, New York,” he hasn’t had a lot postseason success.
And till Tuesday’s Sport 1 ALDS win over Cleveland in The Bronx, neither had the Yankees.
They went on to lose that Boston collection in 2018 and have overwhelmed solely Minnesota and Cleveland within the playoffs since, with a loss to Houston within the 2019 ALCS, Tampa Bay within the 2020 ALDS and Boston in final 12 months’s wild-card recreation.
In Tuesday’s series-opening win on the Stadium in opposition to the Guardians, Decide walked, stole a base and scored, however he additionally went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts.
With that efficiency, he’s now performed 20 video games since that victory in Boston and is hitting .192 (15-for-78) in 93 plate appearances.
He has simply 4 extra-base hits (all homers) and an OPS of .651 to go together with solely seven RBIs, 13 walks and 25 strikeouts.
It’s a stark distinction to the primary 16 playoff video games of Decide’s profession, when he hit .267 (16-for-60) with 4 doubles, seven homers, 15 RBIs, 11 walks and 29 strikeouts for an OPS of 1.064.
The upcoming journey to Cleveland won't do any favors to Decide, as he went 1-for-7 with three walks and a pair of strikeouts in three video games there this season and his profession OPS of .688 at Progressive Subject is Decide’s lowest at any ballpark the place he’s performed greater than six video games.
Anthony Rizzo’s two-run shot in opposition to Cleveland was simply his newest postseason success in opposition to the AL Central champs. The primary baseman has appeared in eight playoff video games versus Cleveland — together with the 2016 World Collection whereas with the Cubs — and is 10-for-29, with three doubles, two homers and 7 RBIs.
The Yankees bullpen will little question be examined throughout this postseason run, however it's definitely a well-rested group.
For the reason that workforce has performed only one recreation in over per week, solely Jonathan Loaisiga, Wandy Peralta and Clay Holmes have pitched for the reason that finish of the common season — and none of them threw greater than 12 pitches in Tuesday’s win.
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