The first home series of the year is in the books, and the Yankees have continued to excel in the early going. New York owns the best record in the American League, tied for the best in baseball, and while it’s quite early to be scoreboard watching it is notable to point out that they’ve already built up a bit of a cushion for themselves with everyone else in the AL East sitting below .500 entering Monday. You may not be able to win the division in April, but you sure can put yourself in a hole that leads
to you losing it, so the Yankees getting off to the sole strong start among their competitors makes it all feel even better.
There’s still plenty to go over, positively and negatively, with this year’s team. The offense has been good but not great, with the top half performing excellently while the bottom half has struggled to make any kind of impact. The bullpen has had several members struggle out of the gate, causing what could’ve been some easy wins to deliver a lot of stress in the process. How far can the team push their early lead in the standings? Is this Ben Rice’s superstar breakout after BABIP luck has held him down? Will we see a renaissance season from Giancarlo Stanton? If you have questions like these, or anything else on your mind, send ‘em in for a chance to be featured in our Yankees mailbag.
Answers will run on Friday afternoon. All questions received by the night of April 9th will be considered. You can leave your submissions in the comment section below or by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com.
