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But the Yankees’ ability to rely on Headrick has been a blessing for so long that it’s started to become a problem.

Headrick, a starting pitcher until late 2024, has never approached this many appearances in a season, and he’s on pace to pitch in 82 games. No Yankees reliever has worked as many as 80 games since Boone Logan in 2012. Only the Toronto Blue Jays’ Mason Fluharty (66 games) has pitched in more games this season than Headrick.

If the Yankees want the 28-year-old to remain the foundation of a bridge to closer David Bednar in October, they may need to take their foot off the gas.

“Obviously,” pitching coach Matt Blake said, “it’s a concern when you get to this volume of work. But it’s something we’ve just got to monitor down the stretch and be smart about trying to win every game versus trying to set ourselves up for October.”

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Hi

This is Mark Simon from Sports Info Solutions (the Defensive Runs Saved folks). Sharing an article I wrote here because it highlights Yankees shortstops. Here's some TLDR if you don't wish to read.

Whether you think George Lombard's defense has been average, good, great, amazing, Yankees shortstops have been one of the best defensive "committees" of the season. They have a combined 21 Runs Saved - that's best among shortstops and would would be no worse than 2nd among team's shortstops (and would still be among the best "committees") even if you took Lombard out of the mix because Caballero and Volpe have been quite good.

I'm guessing some of you are going to look at Lombard and say "He has 8 Runs Saved in 12 games, that's crazy!" - it is unusual but it happens sometimes. In his case it's more a product of opportunities - in 12 games he's gotten (and handled) a lot more of them then an average shortstop would (including odd ones where he's intercepting a ball hit to Chisholm). And we're valuing some of these plays more favorably than other systems.

I wouldn't say Lombard was going to save 80 runs in a season, just like I wouldn't say a guy with 8 homers in 12 games was going to hit 80. But he does look pretty good to me so far.

Anyway, if I violated a rule by self-posting an article, feel free to take this down. Happy to answer questions about Defensive Runs Saved if anyone has any.

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