Key fact: First and only Indians catcher to reach 100 homers and holds team’s highest batting average for catchers with at least 500 at-bats. Choosing between Martinez and Sandy Alomar Jr. was not easy, but Martinez trumped Alomar in home runs (103), RBIs (518) and offensive Wins Above...
One of the best MLB stadiums when it opened in the 1990s, Progressive Field has fallen far behind the times in the two decades since. It’s also one of the smallest MLB stadiums, but in many ways, it also provides a more intimate setting in the lower bowl. We like seeing the view o...
Carlton's '72 season has a strong argument for the best by a pitcher in MLB history. Dealt from the Cardinals to the Phillies in one of the most infamous trades in baseball history, Carlton produced an all-time season in his Philadelphia debut. Carlton deservedly took home the NL Cy Young...
but he is still one of the best baseball players of all time. In his career, Gibson posted a batting average that rivaled the best hitters in MLB history (Ty Cobb, .366) and many of his peers believed hewas just as good as Babe Ruth. While Gibson’s numbers in the Negro Leagues a...
For most athletes, there's no tougher challenge than performing under pressure. But for certain players, no moment was ever too big. Here's a look at the most clutch baseball players of all time, including names like Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, David Ort
Flaherty's Expected Slugging still stood at .420 in that Game 1 start and his Expected Batting Average at .245, so with fewer strikeouts and more balls in play he would have surely allowed more than the two runs he had his on his line. This is a man who pitched to a lower 24.3%...
The Yankees’ superstar is hitting .403 in June with 10 homers and 32 RBIs (1.493 OPS). Over the last 30 days, Judge leads the MLB in RBIs (38), homers (13), OPS (1.384), and SLG (690) with a .375 batting average (2nd). The only player that competes in ...
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jack Flaherty has really struggled down the stretch after finding his level again earlier this year in Detroit, yielding a .271 Expected Batting Average over the last month of the year with a depressed 24.3% strikeout rate and brutal 10.3% walk rate....
Also ranks #2 on The Best Left-Handed Pitchers Currently in the MLB Also ranks #3 on The Greatest Curveball Pitchers of All Time Also ranks #5 on The Greatest Left Handed Pitchers of All Time 7 Corbin Burnes 569 votes Corbin Burnes has rapidly ascended the ranks of MLB pitchers, demons...
Louis is 18th in the league in strikeouts per game (8.51) this season and ranks 29th in batting average against lefties (.217). Corbin has been knocked around in the last few seasons, but he has cleared this prop in 10 of his 17 outings in 2024. Don’t sleep on him against an ...