New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ held the Red Sox to one run over 5.2 innings on Sunday. Happs performance was significantly less impressive under the hood, as the 37-year-old posted a 9.3% swinging-strike rate and a 40% hard-hit rate for the night. Happs performance looks even worse when considering that the Red Sox have posted the leagues fifth-worst swinging-strike rate (12.7%) so far this season and isnt a particularly strong offensive team in general. With all of that in mind, ...

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ lasted only three innings against the Phillies on Wednesday, walking six batters and allowing four runs. Happ isnt a stranger to the upper half of the strike zone, but the 37-year-old missed high frequently on Wednesday, contributing to his high walk rate. Encouragingly, Happ continued his elevated slider usage this season with a 27% usage rate on Wednesday, though it rarely hit the strike zone. Fantasy players shouldnt expect much out of Happ over ...

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that starting pitcher J.A. Happ will get the nod for one of the team's games versus the Phillies on Wednesday. The southpaw has made just one start this season, and he didn't look particularly sharp, allowing four runs in four innings to the Orioles. He also served up a pair of homers while walking two and striking out a pair in the 69-pitch effort. It'll be a revenge game of sorts for Happ, who pitched for the club from 2007-2010, but he's not a ...

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ struggled on Thursday, allowing four runs over four innings against the Orioles. Happ allowed a whopping nine hard-hit balls to a Baltimore lineup that ranked last in hard-hit rate last season, and his 7% swinging-strike rate was poor as well. Happs fastball velocity on Thursday was also down about one mph on average from last season, and thats something to keep an eye on over the rest of the season. Even so, there werent any huge red-flags that ...

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ will finally make his season debut Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. After a couple of postponements earlier this week, the Yankees rotation and schedule has mixed itself up, pushing Happs debut back. The veteran southpaw is a viable streaming option versus an Os offense that struck out against lefties 23.8% of the time a season ago, which was a bottom-10 mark. Backed behind one of the leagues top offenses, Happ should generate plenty of wins ...

New York Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake announced that the team is likely to start the season with a five-man rotation. Some teams may be more likely to use alternative rotation strategies in a shortened season, but the Yankees appear unlikely to be in that group. The Yankees are likely to go with a rotation of Gerrit Cole, Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, J.A. Happ, and Jordan Montgomery, with Jonathan Loaisiga as the primary sixth option if needed.

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ pitched four shutout innings against the Phillies on Wednesday, allowing three baserunners and striking out six. Happ struggled last season with a 4.91 ERA in 161 innings but owned a strong 3.48 ERA over his previous four seasons. A career-worst 5% home-run rate and poor 20.7% strikeout rate were two of the primary drivers behind Happs struggles last season. Underlying in those numbers is a fastball that allowed 25 homers and a slider that saw its ...

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that starting pitcher J.A. Happ will be the team's fifth starter entering the 2020 season. He'll slot in behind Gerrit Cole, James Paxton, Luis Severino and Masahiro Tanaka. Happ went 12-8 last year but with a 4.91 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 140 strikeouts and 49 walks in 161 1/3 innings over 30 starts and one relief outing for the Bombers last year. The 37-year-old must pitch well over the course of the 2020 season in order to justify keeping his ...

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ has quietly been on a solid run in September and that continued on Wednesday against the Rays. Happ entered the game in the second inning after opener Jonathan Loaisiga and went on to pitch five innings, allowing four hits, one walk and one earned run while striking out six. Happ now has a 1.65 ERA with 28 strikeouts and nine walks over 27 1/3 innings in September. While he's likely done pitching for the regular season, the impressive showing in ...

New York Yankees starter J.A. Happ continued his disappointing 2019 campaign in Oakland Wednesday night, getting tagged with his eighth loss of the year. The veteran couldn't record an out in the fifth, officially pitching just four innings and surrendering five runs on four hits and two walks. He was given an early lead but quickly gave up a pair of home runs in consecutive innings. The 36-year-old has recorded just two quality starts in the last three months, but has still managed to record ...