To clarify, a player’s average bat speed, by our definition, is the average bat speed across the top 90% of his swings – in other words, excluding “swords” and other swings that may have been incomplete. Below, we analyze all 30 teams’ leaders in average bat speed this season, a...
Strikeout Records Set by MLB Teams | Research byBaseball Almanac OnApril 22, 1970, aNew York Metspitcher struck out the lastSan Diego Padresbatter in the sixth inning. Then, in the seventh, eighth, and ninth inning, that same pitcher struck out three consecutive batters in each inning. Those...
Only four times in 55 seasons of Royals history has a pitcher reached the 200-strikeout mark. (To put that in perspective, the Expos/Nationals franchise, founded the same year, has done it 18 times.) All four of those Royals seasons resulted in top-three AL finishes in K’s, but none...
all we do is talk about the good teams, so let's change that.In order to devote some bandwidth to the miserableMLBsquadrons among us, we'll first turn toour standings page. On the far right columns, you'll find the playoff odds for each team, which come to us courtesy ofSportsLine...
but it was accompanied by a .209 average and a .284 on-base percentage, which left him with a 95 OPS+ overall. He also saw his production plummet after the All-Star break, as he hit just .174/.270/.343 with eight home runs and a 26.5 percent strikeout rate during the second...
He had a decent 3.77 ERA this past year but his strikeout rate fell for the third year in a row and he missed a lot of time due to injuries in 2023. Though Gil or Schmidt would have more value to another club, that’s also true of the Yankees. Their competitive balance tax number...
Between five teams, Zastryzny has thrown 67 innings with a 4.30 earned run average in his MLB career. He had a nice year with Milwaukee’s top affiliate in Nashville last year. Zastrynzny managed a 3.03 ERA with an excellent 32.5% strikeout rate across 29 2/3 frames. That intrigued the...
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.
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Gurriel made his first All-Star team in 2023, establishing a career high with 24 home runs while driving in 82 runs with a .772 OPS. Gurriel ranked in the top quarter of the league in hard hit percentage and strikeout percentage, while his defensive metrics were solid. The 30-year-old...