He's MLB's best contact hitter and on a much better team than the one he started the year with, but even while leading the Majors in batting average, he has a lot of legitimate challengers -- Ketel Marte, Nolan Gorman and Brice Turang all have strong statistical cases, and Bryson Stot...
Get the Latest From MLB Sign up to receive our dailyMorning Lineupto stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. This stands out a lot more, however, if you look at it in a slightly different way. Rather than average fastball velocity, a more interestin...
And that's say nothing of the arrival of Daniel Murphy - who leads baseball in batting average with runners in scoring position over the last three seasons - who was supposed to help even out the peaks and valleys of this offense. "Of course there's going to be a thorough exam...
This ratio of impact for singles, doubles, triples, and home runs and not been clearly proven statistically. Some players with limited power can have a rather high slugging percentage due to a high batting average. For example, would we generally think of a player who hits 7 home runs as ...
Pereira’s .300 average, .548 slugging percentage, .921 OPS and 138 wRC+ on the season as a whole all ranked among the top four Yankees full-season qualifiers, while his 18 homers are tied for sixth-most in the farm system. As the more traditional stats indicate, Pereira’s presence ...