{"id":173092,"date":"2026-04-05T01:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092"},"modified":"2026-04-05T01:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:41:45","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-impressive-start-brent-headrick-turns-heads-with-jaw-dropping-performances-is-he-the-yankees-new-ace-in-the-making-%f0%9f%91%87-headricks-meteoric-rise-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_1125,w_2000,x_0,y_60\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/b\/2\/b29b4c48f9654192943216d2c4a46506ad6aff23\/MLB-New-York-Yankees-at-Seattle-Mariners-28632876-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"NY Yankees\u2019 Brent Headrick keeps turning heads with amazing start of the season\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Yankees entered the season with four relievers who stood above the rest when considering age, ceiling, and track record: David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Fernando Cruz, and Tim Hill. Then, they have a few talented guys, but more of a question mark. Jake Bird and Brent Headrick certainly belong to this group.<\/p>\n<p>We have already discussed Bird and how effective he has been for the Yankees this year. It\u2019s time to talk about Headrick, though.<\/p>\n<p>Since landing on the Yankees as a waiver claim right before the start of the 2025 spring training, Headrick has shown his immense talent in spurts. The organization used him as an up-and-down arm for much of the season, and then a left forearm contusion limited him in the second half, but he was able to put up a 3.13 ERA in 23 frames with 30 punchouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_545,w_858,x_0,y_0\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700\/v1\/m\/3\/5\/3555811a2a9bbb06ee4450fbcac9903fc1a6060c\/MLB-Spring-Training-Tampa-Bay-Rays-at-New-York-Yankees-28420888-858x545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_116716197\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<h2>Headrick Has Earned His Place On The Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>This year, he entered spring training with no promises of a roster spot. He won one anyway, and it\u2019s a good thing he did because he has been magnificent.<\/p>\n<p>After tossing yet another scoreless inning on Friday\u2019s home opener against the Miami Marlins, the southpaw now has a perfect 0.00 ERA in 4.1 frames, with just one walk and seven strikeouts. His 0.61 FIP is absolutely incredible, and even though the sample is tiny, he looks legit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_2\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_2\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CLrNt_LR05MDFY3tTAId6eEJIg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last year, Headrick threw 63.9 percent fastballs and 25.4 percent sliders, with the splitter as a third option at 10.7 percent. This year, he has been throwing fewer hitters (43.6 percent before Friday) and many more sliders, at 40 percent. He has also incorporated a sinker, which he uses 12.7 percent of the time, and the splitter is now fourth at 3.6 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116716198\" class=\"article_chunk type_15\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_572,w_858,x_0,y_0\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700\/v1\/m\/d\/a\/dae8d2e1b0650aa2036563c64153464370365da8\/MLB-Tampa-Bay-Rays-at-New-York-Yankees-brent-headrick-26772923-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_116716199\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme\">\n<h2>A Long Way To Go, But A Brilliant Start Indeed<\/h2>\n<p>The change was a good idea, since the slider is generating, before Friday\u2019s game,\u00a0a whopping 61.5 percent whiff rate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_3\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_3\" class=\"aditude_div\" data-google-query-id=\"CJ6C1_XR05MDFaTiFgUd8HEJnQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/63317524\/yardbarker\/articles\/article_dynamic_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The splitter isn\u2019t so bad, either, as\u00a0it can do this against righties:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/50517c20364b9f6b5c24cb0f11c65883\/2026\/0404\/285eae7c-7047-4306-abf6-f67ac316708f-image.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Headrick still needs to maintain this level of dominance for a long period before we can officially say he has joined the aforementioned foursome, but he and Bird have been the Yankees\u2019 best relievers in the first seven games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees entered the season with four relievers who stood above the rest when considering age, ceiling, and track record: David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Fernando&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":173098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New York Yankees entered the season with four relievers who stood above the rest when considering age, ceiling, and track record: David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Fernando...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrThanh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec\",\"name\":\"MrThanh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrThanh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA","og_description":"The New York Yankees entered the season with four relievers who stood above the rest when considering age, ceiling, and track record: David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Fernando...","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MrThanh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrThanh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092","name":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent? - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T01:41:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/662737518_122123850069096267_8745738303582335901_n.jpg","width":960,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=173092#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udea8 IMPRESSIVE START: Brent Headrick Turns Heads with Jaw-Dropping Performances \u2014 Is He the Yankees\u2019 New Ace in the Making? \ud83d\udc47 Headrick\u2019s Meteoric Rise: The Yankees\u2019 Star Pitcher Is Shocking Fans with an Unbelievable Start to the Season \u2014 What\u2019s Next for This Rising Talent?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/850fd1b8bcb1d322b7f0a04b3d2f18ec","name":"MrThanh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c8f2d90ff2a21a61a5e6bc0619622a5021fc65353885d9d7b3db1c8c7c1ca8d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrThanh"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173099,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173092\/revisions\/173099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}