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2024 New York Yankees Preview

2024 New York Yankees Preview Shawn Childs is a legend in the fantasy baseball world and his advice is invaluable. A member of the NFBC Hall of Fame, Shawn has several top-5 finishes in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship as well as five NFBC auction championship titles under his belt. He also boasts several prominent in the high-stakes market and multiple huge DFS wins. Shawn’s process and evaluation are among the most thorough in the sport and his exclusive FPGscore metric is changing the game. This 2024 New York Yankees preview and insight is courtesy of the brilliant mind of one of the sport’s best.    This 2024 New York Yankees Preview is courtesy of Shawn Childs. Read Shawn’s expert fantasy analysis at his Substack. The Yankees saw their six-year playoff run last season when the Orioles, Rays, and Blue Jays knocked them to fourth in the AL East despite a winning record (82-80). Their last World Series win and appearance came in 2009. New York has 11 playoff trips over the past 15 seasons. Their pitching staff ranked 10th in ERA (3.97 – fourth in their division) while having the best bullpen (35-30 with a 3.34 ERA, 625 strikeouts, and 44 saves over 619 innings). The Yankees slipped to 25th in runs scored (673) and RBIs (650) despite having more success in home runs (219 – 9th). Their base runners stole 100 bags while getting caught 30 times (76.9%). New York had the second-worst batting average (.227) and on-base percentage (.298).  In the offseason, the Yankees acquired OF Juan Soto and OF Trent Grisham from the Padres for C Kyle Higashioka, SP Michael King, SP Drew Thorpe, SP Jhony Brito, and SP Randy Vasquez. Boston shipped New York OF Alex Verdugo for SP Richard Fitts, RP Greg Weissert, and SP Nicholas Judice. New York claimed 2B Jeter Downs, OF Oscar Gonzalez, and OF Bubba Thompson off waivers for minor league depth.  Their starting lineup has to find a way to wash out some of their fading veteran players. Soto should be a good fit for their home park, but he will be a free agent next season. The Yankees need SS Anthony Volpe and C Austin Wells to emerge as potential offensive building blocks.  New York must develop the backend of their starting rotation and hope their bullpen pitches well for another year. Gerrit Cole is the only edge, while Carlos Rodon and Nestor Cortes come off injury seasons. This year, I’ll be looking at Mike Kurland’s new website (https://mlbplayingtime.com/) when doing some of my research for each major league team. His research is a reference point, but I’ll take my stances on how I view rosters as I go through each team’s outlook. Next up, is a deep dive into the 2024 New York Yankees Preview. Starting Lineup OF Juan Soto The dream of Soto being a difference-maker in batting average over the past two seasons was a flawed theory. His contact batting average (.297) was a disaster in 2022, and he failed to reach his previous bar set in 2019 (.373), 2020 (.429), and 2021 (.384) last year (.355). His regression in 2023 at the plate came from taking too many called third strikes (51 times) while looking to walk. Soto finished with strength again in his average hit rate (1.891) while regaining his clutch ability with runners on base (RBI rate – 19). Last year, he continued to have one of the best walk rates (18.6 – 19.0 in his career) in baseball, but he struck out 18.2% of the time (14.3% from 2020 to 2022). Soto was a below-par hitter vs. lefties (.256/26/8/21 over 172 at-bats) but better than the previous season (.210/31/7/23 over 195 at-bats). He saved his year with a monster September (.340/26/10/29/6 over 97 at-bats).  Soto still hits too many ground balls (51.0% – 49.2 in his career). His HR/FB rate (24.5) has been higher than 22.0% every year except in 2022 (17.2%) when his swing path was the most balanced (21/42/37) of his career. His flyball rate (32.4) has never been higher than 37.2%. He ranked 11th in exit velocity (93.2), 16th in hard-hit rate (55.3), and 50th in barrel rate (13.0). Fantasy Outlook: Soto finished 15th in FPGscore (5.98) for hitters last year while playing 162 games. The change in ballpark should treat him well in power and batting average, but the Yankee’s starting lineup lacks top-of-the-order bats. I decided to put Soto batting leadoff due to him getting on base so much and Judge having massive power behind him. His ADP (13) places him at the back of the first round in 12 and 15 team drafts. I expect 40 home runs with some help in speed and batting average. His floor should be 100 runs and 100 RBIs if his supporting cast plays much better than they did in New York in 2022.  OF Aaron Judge Judge finished first in FPGscore (16.89) for hitters in 2022, meaning a fantasy team that drafted him gained almost 17 points in roto standing by adding him to their 13 other players with league-average production.  For the third time in his career, he finished with over 540 at-bats. The difference between 2021 and 2022 was 20 more at-bats with an improvement of 44 runs, 23 home runs, 33 RBIs, and 25 percentage points in batting average. His stats last season, prorated over 550 at-bats, came to 118 runs, 55 home runs, 112 RBIs, and four steals.  In 2023, Judge missed 56 games with hip and top injuries, with the latter costing him the most time. Judge’s contact batting average has been higher than .400 in four of his past five seasons while continuing to have an elite average hit rate (2.296). His RBI chances (2.2 per game) were well below in 2022 (2.66 per game), with no change in his RBI rate (16.6).  His strikeout rate (28.4) almost matched his career average (28.7%) but off his gains over the previous two

2023 Preview: New York Yankees

Aaron Judge New York Yankees

Legendary fantasy expert Shawn Childs will be breaking down all 30 teams ahead of the 2023 MLB season. This is the kind of deep-diving, advanced information you can only get from FullTimeFantasy. Up next, Shawn’s 2023 Preview: New York Yankees.

Shawn Childs is a 7-figure lifetime winner in high-stakes fantasy sports. His analytical and thoughtful approach will have you well-prepared on draft day.  He’s breaking down all 30 teams ahead of the 2023 MLB season. Not all content is created equal. Get yours from a proven winner, Shawn Childs.

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