![]() 330 plate appearances and is projected for roughly that same amount over the course of the the 2015 season. With Kiner-Falefa, we’ll soon see if lightning maybe strikes twice. The trade of Didi Gregorius to the Yankees appeared very much to be made possible by the emergence in 2014 of shortstop Chris Owings, who produced about two wins for Arizona in ca. Remember, Tony Fernandez kept Jeter’s seat warm for a year in 1995, and the fans’ patience was rewarded with a franchise player. Someone has to be the odd man out, and the Yankees are pretty high on Volpe. But in the meantime, fans can look forward to Kiner-Falefa being an effective transitional shortstop. Anthony Volpe and Oswald Peraza are making a lot of noise down on the farm. Kiner-Falefa is also still just 27 years old and, if we’re being honest, will only be a Yankee for a short time. But he’s also playing in Yankee Stadium now even without a significant increase in power, he could be in line for a career season. This was the Yankees first full season in over twenty years without team captain and shortstop Derek Jeter, who retired at the end of the 2014 season. Kiner-Falefa’s career-high in home runs is eight, set last year, and he has yet to hit one out of the park in 2021. 266 career hitter whose bread and butter is singles. Keep in mind he’s never been an elite bat either. 059 less than two weeks ago, and look at him now. Kiner-Falefa, on the other hand, has found his stroke after early struggles. 204 with just four RBI, ultimately finishing the year at a more respectable. Gregorius proved a reliable glove his first year in New York, posting a +3 DRS, but want to know how he fared as a hitter? Particularly over his first 15 games? Gregorisu batted an ugly. Not quite an elite fielder, but certainly a very, very good one. He’s also posted a defensive WAR of 0.8 early on and has a +2 DRS at shortstop. ![]() Even when Gleyber Torres looked like the future at shortstop, Gregorius remained a great supportive teammate.īack to Isiah Kiner-Falefa. He tends to wrap his bat behind his head before swinging and that causes him to be late on fastballs, but thats fixable. But Gregorius overcame a rough start, found his power stroke, and was a great clubhouse presence and social media star. Not exactly encouraging for someone expected to fill the Derek Jeter-shaped void at Yankee Stadium. 243 lifetime hitter didn’t show much with the bat. Remember when the Yankees acquired Gregorius from Arizona in 2015, he’d only played 109 games in three years. Bob Sheppard’s recorded voice will not intone, Num-bah 2, Der-ek Jee-tah, Num-bah. Isiah Kiner-Falefa isn’t just a surprisingly welcome Gregorius sequel. The Yankees are in transition again the tricky transition of replacing a revered player. Now, he’s in New York, playing as a New York Yankee that everybody knows. Kiner-Falefa won a Gold Glove at third base in 2020, but playing on bad Rangers teams prevented him from becoming a true household name. He too was something of a mystery acquisition for the Yankees, definitely someone with more upside than proven talent. It’s hard to look at this small sample size and not think of former shortstop Didi Gregorius. Not only did he hit the game-tying double on Saturday, he also scored the winning run. How well did Kiner-Falefa play in this series? Well, he hit. 437 in his previous five games before Friday. He was already on a hot streak entering the series, batting. The 2015 New York Yankees qualified for the playoffs as a wild card.The Yankees just swept the Guardians and Isiah Kiner-Falefa was the no-doubt MVP of the three-game set. Nathan Eovaldi topped the team with 14 wins, and Adam Warren recorded a 3.29 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers. Carlos Beltran paced all regular batters by hitting. Alex Rodriguez walloped 33 home runs for New York, while Stephen Drew, Brett Gardner, Brian McCann, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira each swatted 20 or more also. The Yankees scored 764 runs and conceded 698 runs. The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 2015 season with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the AL's East Division. 39,922 Ballpark: Yankee Stadium III Wild Card Playoff Qualifier American League Wild Card - Lost to Houston Astros 1-0 Manager: Joe Girardi (87-75) Location: New York, New York 2015 New York Yankees Statistics 2015 New York Yankees Results
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