New York Yankees

New York Yankees

Garcia was never a flamethrower, averaging 93.6 mph on his four-seamer even in that two-year peak, but he had good command and generated big whiff rates on his cutter, slider and changeup alike.

Sports fans always want to get in on trivia, and having a recognizable format while doing it with Whistle is awesome. Heat Check came about in the last couple of months after seeing so much good trivia content, said Day.

The Yankees finished last year with a 94-68 record, tied with the Blue Jays for the best record in the AL East and the American League as a whole. An 18-7 record in September and an eight-game win streak to close the season put a bunch of pressure on the Blue Jays to keep winning. Unfortunately for the Yankees, though, a 5-8 record against the Jays swung the tiebreaker in Toronto's favour.

Eighty years ago this April, Jackie Robinson became the first Black player since the 19th century to compete in the International League, one of baseball's top minor leagues. It was his stepping stone toward the groundbreaking moment a year later when Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers, shattering long-established racial barriers in Major League Baseball.

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is open to extension talks but still hasn't been approached by the club in that department, he tells Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. Chisholm is entering his final year of club control before he's slated for free agency. It's a similar situation to last year, when it seemed Chisholm was more open to talks than the club.