All Star Week, Yankees Mid-Season Awards + Dan Szymborski with FanGraphs

Topics: our thoughts on the All Star Game and Home Run Derby, Verlander’s comments about the juiced baseballs, if MLB has a home run problem, and a stupid rule they’re testing in the Atlantic League. Then we hand out mid-season awards, including MVP, Cy Young, biggest surprises and disappointments, best moment of the first half, and a look ahead to what we want to see in the second half. Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) from FanGraphs joined the show to revisit how ZiPS projections did on the Yankees first half, defensive metrics as they relate to Urshela and Sanchez, DJ LeMahieu’s clutch stats, trade targets, the juiced ball, and much more! BP Crew 2019 Regular Season event dates.  Buy tickets at: https://shop.bronxpinstripes.com/  Sat, Jul 20 vs COL Sat, Aug 31 vs OAK Get in touch: @YankeesPodcast @Andrew_Rotondi @ScottReinen @ItsChaBoyDom @T_ Danks_ Submit to the mailbag: bronxpinstripes.com/podcast Call the voicemail line: 646-480-0342 If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a rating and review!  Intro/Outro music: One Way Ticket, by Anitek.  #nyy #yankees #newyork #newyorksports #wfan #espn #mlb #baseball #sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices For sales inquiries, contact [email protected]. Find us on Substack: https://bronxpinstripes.com/ Get in touch: @BronxPinstripes @Andrew_Rotondi @ScottReinen Intro/Outro music: One Way Ticket, by Anitek.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.