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The Yankees haven’t even peaked yet

Despite their often pedestrian pitching performances by the back-end starters and late-inning relievers, meltdowns which weighed down their overall record, a depleted Yankees lineup has somehow managed to replicate last year’s offensive dominance. Even if the individual performers have looked different, the results have been broadly the same, perhaps slightly better, again ranking in the top two of the American League in runs scored and wRC+.

In 2019, the Yankees were the third best team in the majors against both lefties and righties per wRC+. Even with a season of injuries to sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, the club deployed a deep lineup loaded with righty power bats.