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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:30:51 GMT -5
Yesterday, the Yanks and the Rangers were rained out, setting up today's double-header.
In other AL East action yesterday...at the StupidDome™ in Tampa, Zack Eflin dominated his former team with 7 innings of 4-hit, 1 BB, shutout ball with 7 K's, and Caleb Cowser lead off the game with a HR, O'Hearn hit a 2-run single in the 5th, and Mullins added a solo shot in the 7th, and the O's beat the Rays 4-1. Cano gave up a solo HR to new Ray Dylan Carlson in the 9th, but closed things out. Eflin finally made it back over .500 at 8-7, and his fellow Zack, Littell, took the loss to drop to 5-8. At Rogers Centre, Jose Berrios rebounded from his lousy start against the Yanks a week ago by throwing 7 innings of 1-run ball with 8 K's, and George Springer and Spencer Horwitz hit solo HR's to lead the Jays to a 3-1 win over the A's. Mitch Spence took the loss to drop to 7-8, Berrios impoved to 10-9, and Chad Green threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save. At Fenway Park, the Sox head a 3-1 lead over the Astros into the 7th inning, but Jose Altuve tied the game with his 15th HR, and Singleton and Pena added RBI singles to give the Astros a 5-3 lead. In the 9th, the Astros got a 2-run HR from Yainer Diaz in a 3-run rally that put the game away, and the Astros won 8-4. Ronel Blanco didn't last long enough for the W, so reliever Kaleb Ort, who pitched the bottom of the 6th for Houston was the winner, his first decision of the season. Tanner Houck bounced back from his recent poor pitching to throw 6 innings of 1-run ball, but new relief pickup Lucas Sims gave up the 4-run rally in the 7th to get both a blown save and his 5th loss of the season against 1 win.
Going into today's games, the O's are back in 1st by 1/2 game over the Yanks. The Sox are 6 1/2 back and 6 behind the Yanks. The Rays are 10 out of 1st and 9 1/2 behind the Yanks, and the Jays 14 1/2 out and 14 behind New York.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:32:37 GMT -5
Elsewhere in the AL East today...The Jays and A's play the 2nd game of their series in Toronto at 3:07 pm. Osvaldo Bido (2-3, 4.63 ERA) makes his 5th start for the A's; He took a tough loss against the Dodgers last time out. Yariel Rodriguez (1-4, 3.86 ERA) pitches for Toronto, he's coming off 4 2/3 shutout innings against the Yanks 6 days ago in a game the Jays lost on LeMahieu's walk off single against Francis in the 10th. The Astros and Red Sox play the middle game of their series in Fenway at 4:10 pm. Spencer Arighetti (5-10, 5.43 ERA) starts for Houston; he's 0-3 in his last 5 starts despite pitching fairly well with an ERA of 3.72. Nick Pivetta (5-7, 4.44 ERA) starts for Boston; he's 1-1 in his last 3 starts, but with an ERA of nearly 8.00. And at 7:15 pm in Tampa, he O's and Rays play the 2nd game of their series at the AwfulDome™. O's ace Corbin Burnes (12-4, 2.63 ERA, 2nd in the AL) starts for the O's, he's been a bit off lately, but it hasn't cost him much, he's 3-0 in his last 4 starts with a 3.60 ERA, even winning his last start against Cleveland despite giving up 5 runs in 5 innings. The Rays finally activated former ace Drew Rasmussen (0-0, 0.00 ERA) of the IL for his first game in relief, he threw 28 pitches 3 days ago against the Cards, and as his pitchcount did not reach 40 in any of the 5 minor league games he pitched in before that, it seems he'll be a glorified "opener", maybe good for 40-45 pitches. He had been on the IL after getting internal brace surgery to repair a flexor tendon injury after throwing back-to-back starts against the Yanks, combining for 12 2/3 scoreless inning with just 4 hits allowed, in early May of last year.
And, in the opener at 1:07 pm at the Stadium, it's Eovaldi vs. Cole.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:41:32 GMT -5
Now comes The Saturday Leaders™ for August 3rd.
Among AL hitters....
Aaron Judge leads the AL in bWAR at 7.7; Bobby Witt, Jr. of the Royals is right behind at 7.6. Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles is tied with Juan Soto is tied for 4th with 6.8 bWAR.
Witt leads in BAVG at .346, leading all of MLB. Steven Kwan of the Guardians is 2nd at .327. Vlad Guerrero, Jr. of the Jays is now 3rd at .323, and Judge is 4th at .321.
Judge is 1st in OBA at ..456; Soto is 2nd a .431
Judge still leads in slugging at .691; Witt is now 2nd at .600. Rafael Devers of the Red Sox is 3rd at .591, and Soto is 4th at .584.
Obviously, Judge still leads in OPS at 1.147, and Soto is still 2nd at 1.015.
Witt leads the AL in games played 117, Anthony Volpe is in a 4-way tie for 2nd at 115 with Henderson, Guerrero and J.J. Bleday of the A's. Judge is now in a 5-way tie for 6th with Jarren Duran of the Red Sox, Maikel Garcia and Sal Perez of the Royals, and Willi Castro of the Twins; all have played 114 games.
Witt leads in runs with 99. Soto is now tied with Henderson 2nd with 93, and Judge is 4th with 88. Volpe is tied for 7th with Devers at 74 runs scored.
Jarren Duran or the Red Sox leads in plate appeances with 533; Henderson is 2nd with 523. Volpe is 3rd at 516; Soto is tied for 4th with Witt at 515, Judge is 6th at 510. Duran has passed Volpe for the league lead in at bats with 484 and Volpe is 5 behind and fading as he's batting lower in the order now.
Witt still leads in hits with 162, Guerrero is a distant 2nd at 143, Duran is 3rd at 142, Jose Altuve of the Astros is 4th at 139, and Judge is 5th at 130, Henderson is 6th at 129, Soto is 7th at 127. Ramirez is 8th at 126, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros is 9th at 124, and Volpe is 10th at 123.
Witt has passed Judge the lead in total bases for the moment, 281 to 280. Soto is tied for 6th with Ramirez at 243. In between are Henderson (250), Duran (246) and Guerrero (244)
Duran is leads in doubles at 36. Witt is still tied for 2nd at 33 with Bleday. Ales Verdugo is 7th with 26. In between are Guerrero (30), Devers (29) and Alvarez (27). Judge is in a 7-way tie for 8th with 25.
Duran still leads in triples at 13, and Witt is still 2nd with 10. Volpe is still 3rd with 7.
Judge still leads in HR with 41, but Anthony Santander of the O's continues to creep closer; he's in 2nd at 34. Soto is tied for 5th with Brent Rooker of the A's at 28. Between them are Ramirez (30) and Henderson at 29.
Judge still leads in RBI with 104, Ramirez is 8 behind, and Soto has dropped 7th at 79. In between are Josh Naylor of the Guardians (85), Witt and his teammate Vinnie Pasquantino (84), and Brent Rooker of the A's (79).
Judge is back in the lead in walks with 95, Soto is 2nd at 93. As Michael Kay mentioned on Wednesday there's an enormous drop to 3rd, where Henderson has 59.
Cal Raleigh of the M's leads in batter K's with 133, 2 ahead of Zack Gelof of the A's. Judge is now 5th at 125. In between are Rooker and Jose Siri of the Rays at 126
Jose Caballero of the Rays still leads in steals with 31, 3 ahead of Duran . Volpe is in a 3-way tie for 9th with 20 with Zack Neto of the Angels and Dylan Moore of the Mariners.
Vinnie Pasquantiino leads with 12 sac flies; Verdugo is 3rd with 8, one behind Alejandro Kirk of the Jays. Gleyber Torres is in a 3-way tie for 4th, together with Yainer Diaz of the Astros and Witt. Austin Wells is in a 10-way tie for 8th with 5, and I'm not listing the other nine; too bad, so sad.
Josh Smith of the Rangers leads with 17 HBP, Tyler Freeman of the Guardians is 2nd with 16.
Diaz and Justin Turner of the Mariners now lead the AL in GIDP with 16. Judge is tied with Tyler Freeman of the Guardians for 3rd at 15.
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Post by JEGnj on Aug 10, 2024 11:42:33 GMT -5
Listening to hear Susyan and Carton in the booth.
This is so frustrating with Stanton. He doesn't play the field. He doesn't hustle or run at 100%. Now he can't DH consecutive days? What am I missing? Is resting Judge at DH and forcing Grisham in there more important.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:45:10 GMT -5
Listening to hear Susyan and Carton in the booth. This is so frustrating with Stanton. He doesn't play the field. He doesn't hustle or run at 100%. Now he can't DH consecutive days? What am I missing? Is resting Judge at DH and forcing Grisham in there more important. You're missing the fact that the Rangers are starting a righty in the first game, and a lefty in the 2nd game. So the powers that be know that Stanton won't play both, giving the first game to Grisham against the righty and the second game to Statnon against Bradford, who's a lefty. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:45:25 GMT -5
In the NL:
Ketel Marte of the D'backs has finally passed Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers to take the lead in the NL in bWAR at 6.0 to 5.9
Ohtani leads in BAVG at .3018, barely ahead of Luis Arraez of the Padres at .3017.
Freddie Freeeman has zoomed into the lead in OBA at .396, Jurickson Profar of the Padres has climbed to 2nd a .296. Ohtani has dropped to 4th at .389, just behind Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, who's at a slightly higher .389.
Ohtani's still leads in slugging at .622, Marcel Ozuna of the Braves is in 2nd at .585.
Ohtani leads in OPS at 1.011, Ozuna is 2nd at 0.958
There is now a 3-way tie for 1st in games played: including Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor of the Mets, together with Nick Castellanos of the Phillies; all are at 116.
Lindor leads in PA at 530, Ohtani is 2nd at 516.
Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies is 1st in at bats in 477, Lindor is 2nd at 473.
Arraez still leads in hits with 140, 6 ahead of Ohtani.
Ohtani still leads in runs scored with 87, Marte is 2nd at 80.
Ohtani still leads in total bases with 76, 25 ahead of Ozuna.
Alex Bohm of the Phillies continues to leads all of MLB in doubles with 42, and has an outside shot at becomng the first major leaguer in 88 years to hit 60 in a season. Tovar is 2nd in the NL, 11 back.
Corbin Caroll of the D'backs still leads in triples at 10, Mike Yastrzemski of the Giants is 2nd at 9.
Ohtani has still leads in HR with 35, just 1 ahead of Ozuna.
Ozuna leads in RBI with 89, Ohtani is 2nd with 83.
Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies still leads in BB with 83, Ohtani is 2nd with 63.
De La Cruz of the Reds continues to be way out front with 55 steals; he's got a solid shot to be the first major leaguer since 1988 to get 80 steals in a season (Vince Coleman had 81 and Rickey Henderson had 93 that year). He's now 26 ahead of Brice Turang of the Brewers. He still leads in K's with 152. Nolan Gorman of the Cards is 2nd with 146.
C.J. Abrams of the Nationals still leads in HBP with 12, 1 ahead of Brandon Nimmo of the Mets along with Nico Hoerner of the Cubs, Lindor, Profar and Brendan Donovan of the Cards.
Marte still leads the NL in sac flies with 9; Eugenio Suarez of the D'backs is alone in 2nd now at 8.
Manny Machado of the leads the NL and all of MLB with 23 GIDP, Arraez and Ozuna are tied for 2nd with 17.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:47:08 GMT -5
Among AL pitchers:
Tairk Skubal of the Tigers leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.2, Tyler Anderson of the Angels is tie for 2nd with Eric Fedde at 4.9, but Fedde was traded out of the AL to the Cards.
Skubal leads in ERA at 2.57 and Corbin Burnes of the Orioles is 2nd at 2.63.
Seth Lugo still leads in wins with 13, but is now tied with Skubal and Grayson Rodriguez of the Orioles.
Bryan Abreu of the Astros is now first in games pitched with 57, 1 ahead of Hunter Gaddis of the Guardians and T.J. McFarland of the A's.
There is an 8-way tie for the lead in games started with 24, including Nestor Cortes, Jose Berios of the Jays, Luis Castillo and George Kreby of the Mariners, Lugo and Cole Ragans of the Royals, Garrett Cruchet of the White Sox and Yusei Kikuchi, now pitching for the Astros.
Kevin Gausman is by himself with 2 complete games, the only such pitcher in the AL. He's also 1 of 4 starters to throw a shutout.
Lugo leads in innings pitched at 155 2/3. Logan Gilbert of the Mariners in 2nd at 147 2/3
Skubal leads in K's at 171. Crochet is 4 back. Luis Gil is tied for 9th with George Kirby of the Mariners at 138.
Crochet remains in first in K's per 9 innings 12.46. Skubal is well behind in 2nd at 10.69. Gil is 4th at 10.54, with Ragans between at 10.74,
Logan Gilbert now leads in WHIP at 0.89, Skubal is 2nd at 0.94.
Gil has taken back the lead in lowest H/9 innings at 5.58. Ronel Blanco of the Astros dropped to 2nd at 5.84
Kirby leads in BB per 9 innings at 1.02, and Zack Elfin, of the O's, is 2nd at 1.04.
Kirby still leads in K/BB ratio at 8.63, and Eflin is now 2nd at 6.93. Nestor Cortesis is somehow still hanging on to 10th at 4.28.
Houck leads in fewest HR per 9 innings at 0.51. Lugo is 2nd at 0.75. Gil has moved up to 3rd at 0.765, just ahead of Ragans at 0.770.
Gil leads the league in walks allowed at 58. Tyler Anderson of the Angels and Michael Lorenzen, now with the Royals are tied for 2nd at 52. Marcus Stroman is in a 3-way tie for 6th at 49.
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians still leads in saves with 33, and Clay Holmes is tied for 2nd with Josh Hader at 24.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:49:12 GMT -5
On the NL side:
Hunter Greene of the Reds leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.0. Reynaldo Lopez of the Braves is 2nd at 3.8, along with his teammate Chris Sale and Paul Skenes of the Pirates.
Chris Sale leads in ERA at 2.75, Zack Wheeler of the Phils is 2nd at 2.75.
Sale leads in wins with 13, 2 ahead of Dylan Cease of the Padres, Wheeler and teammate Aaron Nola, and ex-Yankee Sonny Gray, now with the Cards.
Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers leads in WHIP at 0.95. Dylan Cease is 2nd at 0.99.
Greene now leads in hits per 9 innings at 5.88, Cease is 2nd at 6.08.
Cease leads in K's at 176, Sale is 2nd at 165, 1 ahead of Glasnow in 3rd.
Sale now leads in K/9 at 11.63, barely ahead of Glasnow at 11.62.
Logan Webb of the Giants continues to lead in games started with 24, but he's tied with Cease, Jake Irvin of the Nationals and Miles Mikolas of the Cards.
Webb still leads in innings with 150. Wheeler is 2nd at 142 2/3.
Shota Imanaga of the Cubs still leads in BB per 9 innings at 1.31, and in K/BB ratio at 7.11. Miles Mikolas of the Cards in 2nd in BB per 9 at 1.50, and Sale is 2nd in K/BB ratio at 5.50.
Christopher Sanchez of the Phillies didn't give up a HR in his last start, and still leads the NL and all of MLB in fewest HR per 9 innings at a microscopic 0.28 Webb is 2nd at 0.42, and Sale is 3rd at 0.56.
Joining Gausman, Max Fried is still the only NL pitcher with 2 complete games this year, and he's still one of now 10 pitchers in the NL who have thrown a shutout.
Ryan Walker of the Giants now leads the NL with 59 games pitched, one ahead of his teammate Tyler Rogers and Derek Law of the Nationals.
Ryan Helsley of the Cards leads the NL in saves with 37, now 4 ahead of Clase for the major league lead, and 7 ahead of Kyle Finnegan for the NL lead.
And that wraps up the Saturday Leaders™ See you in about 15 minutes for the game.
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Post by JEGnj on Aug 10, 2024 11:51:00 GMT -5
Listening to hear Susyan and Carton in the booth. This is so frustrating with Stanton. He doesn't play the field. He doesn't hustle or run at 100%. Now he can't DH consecutive days? What am I missing? Is resting Judge at DH and forcing Grisham in there more important. You're missing the fact that the Rangers are starting a righty in the first game, and a lefty in the 2nd game. So the powers that be know that Stanton won't play both, giving the first game to Grisham against the righty and the second game to Statnon against Bradford, who's a lefty. This guy needs at bats. I guess he is now a platoon DH. If he is not going away we just need him healthy and in a groove come playoffs. That is all that is important. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 10, 2024 12:02:03 GMT -5
Curious as to how back-to-back doubleheader games are handled for ticket holders.
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Post by JEGnj on Aug 10, 2024 12:05:39 GMT -5
Sysan just said today's game tickets good for tonight's game. Last night's rain out required tickets for another game.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 12:08:18 GMT -5
OK, Yanks take the field.
Rodon starting his warmups. Josh Smith getting ready to step in.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 12:10:17 GMT -5
Smith steps up to the plate. Game underway
Smith...
FB near middle, gets under it to center, Grisham moves left and catches, 1 down.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 12:12:26 GMT -5
Seager swings over a curve going out of the zone low and away.
Slider misses just outside above the knees, 1-1
Swings over a slider going low and away, 1-2
Slider well outside and low, 2-2
Curve low over home taken, Rodon stumbled on landing
Takes a FB down the middle thigh high, pitched him backwards and beat him with a 96 FB for the ꓘ. 2 down.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 12:14:56 GMT -5
Semien takes a FB just high on the outer 3rd, 1-0. Close to a strike.
Takes a curve in the zone, knee high, inner half, 1-1
Change hangs outside, 2-1
Swings over a change tailing just outside at the knees, 2-2
FB just high on the outer 3rd at 97, taken, 3-2
FB up in the zone inner half, Semien on it but misses just under, high fly to fairly deep left dies well short of the track, Verdugo catches, inning over.
Good start for Rodon, a 1-2-3 on 13 pitches.
Bottom 1, 0-0.
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