Only one player in the Yankees' regular starting lineup has an OPS over .800 (Starlin Castro, .815). Four batters have an OPS under .700 (Mark Teixeira, .681, Jacoby Ellsbury, .659, Didi Gregorius, .583; Chase Headley, .400). The team's .666 OPS is second worst in the American League, well below the AL average of .709.
The Yankees rank last in the AL with 287 total bases (including an AL-worst 26 doubles) and rank 11th out of 15 AL teams with 23 home runs. Only 5.9 percent of their plate appearances end in an extra-base hit, lowest in the AL.
In their 12 road games, the Yankees have a .217 batting average, .283 on-base percentage and .320 slugging percentage.
The Yankees have done the most damage in the second inning, hitting .290 with a .385 OBP, five home runs and 17 RBIs. On the flip side, they have gone quietly in the later portions of games, hitting a combined .161 (25-for-155) in the eighth and ninth innings.
Chase Headley has been the Yankees' worst regular thus far. He ranks last among team qualifiers in batting average (.147), RBIs (two) and OPS (.400) and is second-to-last in OBP (.253). He has not yet had an extra-base hit this season.
Only one Yankees starting pitcher has an ERA below 5.00 (Masahiro Tanaka, 2.87).
Yankees pitchers are getting the ball over the plate, for better or for worse. They rank second in the AL in strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) and lead the AL with 2.4 walks per nine innings, but their 9.3 hits per nine innings are second worst in the AL and their 1.4 home runs per nine are tied for third worst in the AL.
The Yankees have a 2.56 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the road, compared to 5.64 at home.
Opponents are batting .282 with a .331 on-base percentage vs. Yankees starters.
Yankees starters have a 5.53 ERA when receiving two or less runs in support, compared with a 2.39 ERA when they get 3-5 runs of support.
Yankees starters are 4-0 when getting at least three runs in run support, but 0-11 when getting two or less. Luis Severino has had the worst luck with run support - he has been the pitcher of record for four of those 11 losses.
Only two positions have a wins above average higher than zero: leftfield (0.1) and the bullpen (0.1). Third base (minus-0.8) and rightfield (minus-0.5) in particular have not been producing for the Yankees, both ranking last in the AL.
..... - Newsday