SO (Strikeout): As the term suggests, a player is tagged with an SO when he is called out at the plate after taking three strikes. LOB (Left on Base): LOB indicates the number of times the player was stranded on base at the end of an inning. AVG (Batting Average): AVG measures...
Of the more than 300 hitters who came to the plate 100-plus times, Madrigal had the second-lowest strikeout rate, the 13th-lowest walk rate and the second-lowestisolated powerfigure, while 78% of his total times on base came via singles. (MLB average was about 42%). As MLB.com’s ...
Goldschmidt was an All-Star in six consecutive seasons with the D-backs from 2013-18, when he established himself as one of the elite first basemen in baseball. Over that period, he posted a 150OPS+with 181 home runs and won three of his four career Gold Glove Awards. He followed that...
with a short swing, especially from the left side, and great hand-eye coordination. He's fourth in the Sally League in hitting and in the top 15 in lowest strikeout rate even though he's the circuit's second-youngest regular.
In a sense, Horn's story is easy to understand. 1987 was the famous rabbit-ball year, so that helped Horn's power production that season. Among players with at least 100 PAs in 1987, he had the third-highest strikeout rate (behind Bo Jackson and Rob Deer), so he was an all-or-no...
This is the third straight winter Moran has inked a minors pact with Atlanta, though this tenure has yet to result in any playing time at the MLB level. Moran posted a 3.21 ERA, 28.3% strikeout rate, and 9.8% walk rate over 47 2/3 innings with Triple-A Gwinnett in 2023, but dropped...
Castillo pitched 94 1/3 innings out of the Buffaloes’ rotation (15 starts) and notched a 2.96 ERA with an improved 19.6% strikeout rate. The absurd walk rate he demonstrated a year prior unsurprisingly proved impossible to sustain, but his 4.8% walk rate was excellent nevertheless. Whether ...
Sure, every club has its share of star players and household names, but let's highlight an underrated guy from each of the 30 teams who isn't talked about nearly enough.
The seven-time All-Star hasn’t been able to stay healthy since 2018, but the Braves rolled the dice by acquiring the left-hander in a trade with the Red Sox during the offseason. Sale had some good moments in 2023 and had 125 strikeouts in 102 2/3 innings. Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamon...
Burnes gave up two runs (one earned) across five innings, but he had just four strikeouts — further lowering the lowest strikeout rate of his career — and it was against the abysmal White Sox. He’ll have to bounce back to ace status to give Baltimore any chance of winning a World...