"The Yankees continue their 'accurate' and 'strong' winning streak, and the locker room firmly believes that the ceiling has not been reached"

As the baseball schedule moves to the traditional memorial day, the New York Yankees are leading the way as the league's benchmark. Ahead of Monday's series opener, Aaron Boone was asked about his team's cautious performance: "The report card is incomplete", but the boss admitted: "We have every reason to believe that this team can be a real powerhouse. "

In fact, they are already strong. Anthony Volpe hit a second-base hit, and Ryan Yarbrough, who was on temporary rotation, made six innings to help the Yankees win 5-1 over the Angels, and ended May with 14 wins in their last 18 games. "We come out every night with a lot of collective confidence," says Volpe, "and it's a very precise and powerful style of play that is intoxicating and we have to take every opportunity to attack. "

Looking back at the Spring Training period, such a situation may be unbelievable. After Juan Soto's departure, the Yankees were forced to activate Plan B, veterans such as Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt were in questionable form, and ace pitchers Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil were on the waiver cards. In the tunnel on Monday, Kerr frolicked on the sidelines with his sons, while Gill plans to practice shooting in the bullpen at Dodger Park this weekend — and while he can't get off the bench yet, Yarborough's arrival fills the void perfectly.

The left-handed pitcher, whom Boone called the "Articular Flow Classic," backed up his rotation with a 2-0 record of four starts and a 2.25 ERA. The Yankee starters topped the league with a 2.37 ERA in May, a qualitative leap from 4.25 in April. Despite being blasted out of the first game by Zach Neto, Yarborough then overpowered the Angels with a precise combination of slicing, sliding, stretching and speedball, landing just two hits and delivering seven strikeouts.

"I've never been a speedball," Aarrbo admits, "and you have to dig into different ways to get out. Hitters reported that I had a weird angle of pitching, and this unconventional style became an advantage. Wolpe knows this all too well, recalling that against Aarrborough during his Shine days, his team-mates would often shake their heads at the mediocre stats of the radar speed gun, and always remind them of the strange angles of their shots before the game.

Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz silenced the Yankees in the first three innings, but the situation changed in the fourth inning. Ben Rice (104.3mph), Trent Grisham (107.4mph) and Aaron Judge (103.6mph) hit three strong hits in a row to break 100 mph to form a full base, and Bellinger picked four bad runs to tie the score. After two outs, Volpe blasted a four-seam speedball to the outfield casino billboard, and a three-point two-base hit that cleared the base pack set the court on fire.

Boone especially praised Volp's restraint on the first inside corner precision guided ball: "If you rush out of that position, it's likely to be a roll out at third base." His patience allowed the table to continue. "That was the pitcher's winning shot, and I had to adjust my strategy," Volp admitted. "

As the casino billboards suggest, Kochanovic dominated the opening goal, but Volpe waited for the fatal blow of the odds reversal. The Yankees' winning streak may eventually subside, but every moment is intoxicating. "Since the beginning of the season, the line has exploded," Volpe assures, "and tomorrow will be a new hero." "