The New York Yankees recently went through one of their worst offensive stretches in the last decade. The team had a 30-inning scoreless streak before Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a home run in the second inning of a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
The Yankees were back to swinging the bats as usual in the last game of the series against the Angels, scoring seven runs with 12 hits in a 7-3 victory at Yankee Stadium. A couple of former Yankees recently weighed in on the team’s offensive struggles.
Clint Frazier Calls Out Yankees’ Analytics Department
Former Yankees teammates Clint Frazier and Erik Kratz discussed the Yankees’ hitting struggles on the “Foul Territory Network” with Frazier providing a surprising take about how the team’s analytics department rates hitters. Frazier mentioned that the analytics department didn’t believe in players going on hot streaks.
“I feel like they hired a few too many rocket scientists to try to make the lineup.”@ClintFrazier says someone in the Yankees analytics department told him they don’t believe in players getting hot, and that they are who they are. pic.twitter.com/0dYAsWoW5V
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) June 19, 2025
Frazier added that they “believed you were what you were” as a hitter. He believes that sometimes the Yankees should rely less on analytics and more on natural feel.
The Yankees have tried to use analytics in recent years to stay ahead of the curve. The team made headlines at the beginning of this season when players were encouraged to try custom torpedo bats designed specifically for each player’s swing path.
The Yankees‘ analytics department looked at hundreds of hours’ worth of data and found that hitters were often failing to hit the ball on the bat’s sweet spot. When hitters can do this, it allows the ball to travel farther and usually leads to good results.
The torpedo bats’ results turned heads throughout the baseball world. The Yankees scored 36 runs in three games after starting to use them against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Slam! Make noise, b-boys! #RepBX pic.twitter.com/Cz7uy12VaA
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 29, 2025
While many agree with Frazier that relying on analytics too much has become a problem around baseball, it’s tough to argue with the results this year. The Yankees are ranked in the top seven in baseball in team batting average, home runs, and RBIs. Even the recent slump only lowered Aaron Judge’s numbers to a still-incredible .366 average and 1.192 OPS.
If the Yankees fail to repeat as American League champions this year, though, perhaps the analytics department will be addressed in the offseason.