the only MLB team to do so over that span. The Cardinals have a lot of work to do to keep theirstreak of 15 winning seasonsalive, but both the stats and their historical trends suggest they have at least a puncher’s chance to do so. ...
Conversely, the Mariners’ starting staff led the Majors in ERA, opponents’ batting average and strikeout-minus-walk rate, to name just a few stats. That starting five makes up arguably the best rotation in MLB, and each hurler is under team control through at least 2027. Seattle must ...
With a 3.07 ERA and 157 strikeouts, Crochet is one of the most coveted arms at the deadline. / Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The trade deadline looms for teams like one of those “last chance for gas” filling stations on a rural highway. Every team in contention is under pressure to...
slugging, but still scoring slightly fewer runs than Towson, albeit in three fewer games. They strikeout quite a bit, which Towson does not, and walk somewhat rarely, which Towson does do well (second in the CAA coming into the weekend). So the bats, much like the weather, are a wash...
Click here to view related media.click to expandBy Dayn Perry(CBSSports.com) --Man, 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...
Click here to view related media.click to expandBy Dayn Perry(CBSSports.com) --Man, 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...
Sale had some good moments in 2023 and had 125 strikeouts in 102 2/3 innings. Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks The D-backs — fresh off their surprise run to the World Series in 2023 — signed the lefty on an $80 million, four-year deal during the offseason. He’ll start the season ...
In four years in Japan, he has a 2.02 ERA, averaging 11.4 strikeouts per nine. He has hit 102 mph and is 6-foot-3 and athletic. You can argue that he's right up there on the Stephen Strasburg/Paul Skenes scale as a pitching prospect, except he has already dominated as a ...
The weakness in Seattle has been the same year in, year out: too many strikeouts. While Dipoto has long lived with the tradeoffs that come with favoring power over contact, last season was too much. Seattle's 1,603 whiffs were a franchise record and the second-mo...
with a 6.37 ERA in his first six outings. Since then, the left-hander is 5-2 with a 1.53 ERA, striking out 90 batters while walking only 12 in 64 2/3 innings. For the season, he ranks in the top 10 percent in xERA, xBA, fastball velocity, whiff percentage and strikeout percentage...