Regression is already hitting Franchy Cordero hard

The Franchy Cordero experiment started off with a bang. After an impressive spring training with the Baltimore Orioles, he didn’t make the team and the Yankees snatched him on the cheap. In his first seven games in pinstripes, the lefty-hitting outfielder was hitting a cool .280/.333/.800 with four homers and a 208 wRC+. His 7.4 percent walk rate and 25.9 percent strikeout rate were much better than his career norms, particularly the punchouts.

Well, the regression monster is hitting Cordero really hard right now. His triple slash line is down to .186/.222/.488, and his 92 wRC+ tells us that his early-season success was a bit of a mirage. Since the Yankees didn’t really address outfield…