N.Y. Yankees: Bombers Flirting With Historic Start

From the desk of: BLAME CARLOS MAY

JUDGE PUNISHING 

OPPOSING PITCHERS

BRONX BOMBERS OFFERING NO QUARTER

Aaron Judge, like the Yankees, is off to a freakish start.  He is also demonstrating the benefits of the season commencing in July.  Had the season started on time in April, an injured Judge wold not have been in the Opening Day lineup.  Be that as it may, a fully healthy Aaron Judge is presently batting .314 through his first 35 at-bats.  Of his eleven hits, six have gone for home runs.  He is slugging over nine, for Pete's sake.  Meanwhile, the Yankees as a team lead the majors in (20) home runs, slugging, and OPS.

On the mound, off-season acquisition Gerrit Cole is likewise off to a fine 3-0 start with a 2.61 ERA, allowing ten hits and five walks, with sixteen strikeouts, through three starts and 17.2 innings pitched.  As I write, per SNY-TV, Cole is 19-0 with a 1.86 ERA, 0.81 WHiP, and a 13.3 K/9 average over his last 25 starts dating back to last season.

With Monday's victory over former manager Joe Girardi and the Philadelphia Phillies, the Bronx Bombers improve to 8-1.  For the moment no team has lost less games than the Yanks, none except the Marlins, that is, whom are frozen in quarantine with a 2-1 record.  This is the third time in Bomber history they have gotten off to an 8-1 start.  The first time comes in 1988, and the second time occurs to start the 2003 season.

It just so happens the Yankees in baseball history own three of the top five records through the first sixty games of a regular season.

• 1912 - New York Giants; 48-11-1
• 1939 - New York Yankees; 47-13
• 1953 - New York Yankees; 46-14
• 1998 - New York Yankees; 46-14
• 2001 - Seattle Mariners; 47-13

Nine games into the season, the Yankees are presently on course for 45 victories.

Make no mistake: the Evil Empire is once again fully armed and operational.  Just ask Aroldis Chapman, who has been cleared to return.  He should be rejoining the team shortly.