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Post by kaybli on Sept 7, 2024 10:49:44 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 11:38:27 GMT -5
Come on Big Judge, time to break that HR slump.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:27:39 GMT -5
Javier Assad pitches the 2nd game of the series against the Yanks. Signed as an 18-year-old free agent from Mexico in 2015, the Cubs had him pitch 10 games (7 starts) at rookie ball in 2016, where he pitched well. The kept him in instructional camp to start 2017, then sent him to summer-A ball in June, where he was so-so in 13 starts. He spent all of 2018 in low-A, where he was again mediocre. He spent all of 2019 in high-A and he did decently, going 4-10 in 23 starts, but with a 3.87 ERA. As with all other prospects, 2020 was spent in developmental camp due to COVID. He started 2021 a bit late, not pitching until May but still made 21 starts at AA pitching poorly, ending the season with a 5.32 ERA. He finally broke through as a prospect in 2022, pitching 14 excellent starts in AA, then 7 more in AAA, before the Cubs called him to the majors for the first time in late August. He made 8 more good starts and 1 relief appearance before the season ended. Despite the strong showing, he couldn't find consistency in the big leagues for the 1st half of last season, as he was bounced back and forth between AAA and the majors for first eight weeks of the season.
Finally, the Cubs called him up for good in late May, and stuck him in the bullpen. He made 14 excellent appearances, mostly in middle/long relief, covering 32+ innings with an ERA of 2.23. The Cubs had an opening in their rotation and made him a starter again in early August, where he made nine mostly good starts. Then sent him back to the bullpen late in the year, and he pitched 4 more good games in middle relief/long relief. He ended the season, 5-3 with a 3.09 ERA in 109 1/3 innings. This year, he started in the Cubs' rotation and it stuck. In 25 starts, he's 7-4 with an ERA of 3.21. In 126 innings, he's allowed 118 hits, 47 runs, 45 earned, 16 HR and a rather high 53 walks, while striking out 106. That high walk has given him a subpar ratio at 1.367.
This Assad's 2nd career appearance against the Yanks and his first start. His only other appearance against them was a 3-inning mop-up relief appearance at the Stadium on July 8th last year. The Yanks knocked out Drew Smyly after 4 innings, and Gerrit Cole got to 9-2 with 7 1/3 innings of 3-run ball. Assad pitched the last three innings that day, giving up just a walk to Gleyber Torres and striking out 2. It's silly, but here's his line vs. the Yanks 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 innings, no hits, no runs, 0 HR, 1 BB and 2 K. His WHIP against the Yanks is 0.333 and the teams quadruple slash line against Assad, in 10 PA is .000/.100/.000/.100.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:29:55 GMT -5
Playing the Name Game: There have been 12 players with first name Javier in MLB history. The best hitting Javier title looked just 2-3 years ago as if it was Javier Baez' for the taking, but his career has plummeted in his 30's and he still hasn't caught up to catcher Javier 'Javy' Lopez, who spent his career mostly at catcher, mostly for the Braves. He was the starting catcher on those excellent Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz Braves, who only won it all once, in 1995. Lopez made the All-Star team 3 times, got down-ballot MVP votes in two seasons, and won one Sliver Slugger. He retired with over 1500 hits, 250 HR and 850 RBI, with a lifetime BAVG of .282 and lifetime SLG of .491. His career season was 2002, when he hit .328 with 43 HR and 109 RBI, slugged .687 and still finished just 5th in the NL MVP voting, behind Bonds, Pujols, Sheffield and Thome.
Of the pitching Javiers, by far the best is shockingly Javier Vazquez, who had at least one good season for every team he pitched for...except the Yanks, for whom he collapsed in the 2nd half in 2004, and was awful for all of 2010. Yankee fans remember him worst as the bum who gave up the grand slam to Johnny Damon in the 2nd inning of game 7 of the ALCS in relief of Kevin Brown, starting the rout that completed the only 3-0 collapse in the history of the MLB playoffs. It's hard for Yankees fans to remember that Vazquez had three different 6+WAR seasons, including 2009, the year he went 15-10 with a 2.87 ERA for the Braves, finishing 4th in the Cy Young voting, because that off season, Cashman repeated the blunder of trading for Vazquez, and he went 10-10 with 5.32 ERA for the defending champ Yanks that lost to the Rangers in the ALCS. So poorly did Vazquez pitch for the Yanks in 2010 that he wasn't even on the post-season roster.
The two players with last name Javier are father and son Julian Javier and Stan Javier. Julian's career has more high moments, he won a total of 4 pennants with the Cards and Reds, and has two World Series Champion rings for 1964 and 1967 with the Cards, and famously broke up Jim Lonborg's no-hit bid in the 8th inning of Game 2 of the World Series with a two-out double. He also made two All-Star teams. His son Stan was an outfielder, winning pennants with the A's in 1988 and 1989 and a ring the 2nd year. Stan never won any personal honors, but his career was five years longer, and he piled up almost twice as many bWAR as his father.
Javier Assad is the only Assad in big league history.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:33:16 GMT -5
The Yanks are bringing Clarke Schmidt off the IL to square off against Assad. Schmidt was in the midst of a breakout season before injuring his a lat muscle. Finally healthy and rehabbed after more than 3 months out of the rotation, he returns with a record of 5-3 and an ERA of 2.83 in 11 starts. In 60 2/3 innings, he's allowed 49 hits, 19 runs, 17 earned, 6 HR, 20 BB and struck out 67. His WHIP is an excellent 1.137. This is Schmidt's 3rd career game against the Cubs and 1st start. In the two relief games, he's pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing just one intentional walk and striking out 1. As with Assad, the record is ludicrously tiny, but his ERA against the Cubs in 0.00, and the WHIP is 0.375. The Cubs' team quadruple slash line against Schmidt is .000/.143/.000/.143. Also as with Assad, his last game against the Cubs was a mop-up 2/3 of an inning last July at the Stadium in a game the Yanks lost 7-4. He got his 1 K vs. the Cubs in that game.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:35:55 GMT -5
Yankees' lineup vs. Assad: A lot of nothing.
1. Torres (2B) has faced him once and drew the one walk he's allowed to the Yanks.
2. Soto (RF) is 0-1
3. Judge (CF) has never faced Assad
4. Wells (C) hasn't faced him either
5. Stanton (DH) is 0-1
6. Chisholm (3B) is 0-2
7. Rizzo (1B) is 0-1
8. Volpe (SS) is 0-1
9. Verdugo (LF) is 0-1
On the bench: Trevino is 0-1; LeMahieu is 0-2
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Cubs' lineup vs. Gil: He's never faced them, and only one Cubs' hitter has faced him, noted iu their lineup:
1. Happ (LF) is 0-1 with 1 BB
2. Busch (1B) has never faced Schmidt
3. Suzuki (DH) hasn't either
4. Bellinger (RF) also hasn't
5. Hoerner (2B) is 0-1 with the only K vs. Schmidt for the Cubs
6. Swanson (SS) has never faced him
7. Crow-Armstrong (CF) hasn't either
8. Wisdom (3B) hasn't, too
9. Amaya (C) also hasn't
On the bench: Bethancourt is 0-3 with 3 K's; Paredes (3B) is 4-13 with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, and 2 GIDP
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:36:57 GMT -5
Yesterday: the Yanks got great pitching from Luis Gil and three relievers, who combined for a one-hit shutout with the wind blowing in. The four Yankee pitchers walked 4, but struck out 13 Cubs. They got all their offense in the 3rd, when Judge hit a double with 1st and 2nd and nobody out, scoring Torres, and Wells immediately followed with a two-run single scoring Soto and Judge. That was enough. Gil came back off the IL and was terrific, going 6 innings, allowing just the one hit, 2 walks and striking out 7. Jake Cousins walked one and struck out two in the 7th for his zero; Kahnle had a 1-2-3 8th, also striking out 2. Jeff Weaver needed multiple favorable calls from home plate ump Jordan Baker and still walked Cody Bellinger with 2 down, but after an 11-pitch battle, Weaver got Isaac Paredes to hit a sharp grounder ot the left of 2nd that Torres made an outstanding backhand stop and throw on the move for the final out. Gil got the win, improving to 13-6 on the year. Jordan Wicks gave up the 3 runs and took the loss, dropping to 2-3. Weaver was shaky but still earned the first save of his career.
At Camden Yards, Dean Kremer threw 6 innings of 2-hit shutout ball, striking out 7, and the Orioles got a sac fly from Holliday in the 5th and a solo HR from Henderson in the 6th, and that was the story of the game, the O's beating the Rays, 2-0. Kremer got the win, improving to 7-9 on the season; Shane Baz was the hard-luck loser, giving up 2 runs (just 1 earned) and just 2 hits in 6 innings, and dropped to 2-3. Seranthony Dominguez got the last 4 outs to earn his 9th save with the O's and 10th of the season.
At Fenway, Ceddanne Rafaela broke up a 1-1 tie in the 7th with a 2-run HR, his 15th of the season, and the Red Sox' pen made it stand up for 3-1 win over the lowly White Sox. Nick Pivetta gave up just 1 run in 6 innings, but left before Boston took the lead. Zach Kelly got the win with a scoreless 7th, improving to 6-2 on the year. Matt Foster gave up the HR and took the loss; he's now 0-1 on the season. Josh Winckowski pitched a 1-2-3 9th for his first save this season. The loss snapped the White Sox' 1-game winning streak. They've lost 13 of their last 14, and 43 of their last 48; it was their 110th loss of the season with 20 games left on the schedule. They're on pace to go 37-125 and at .225, they're "ahead" of the 1916 A's, who finished at .235, the worst winning percentage since 1900.
The Braves got 3 in the 2nd on two RBI singles and a run-scoring groundout, and the pitching made that stand, giving up just a RBI grounder to Guerrero in the 3rd, the Braves winning the first game of their series in Atlanta, 3-1 over the Jays. Kevin Gausman gave up the 3 runs in 6 innings and took the loss, dropping to 12-11 on the year. Max Fried gave up just the unearned run, 5 hits and a BB, striking out 8 in 7 innings for the win, improving to 9-8. Raisel Iglesias made it interesting in the 9th. After striking out the first two hitters, he gave up a double and single to put runners at the corners, but whiffed George Springer to end it for his 31st save.
Coming into the games today, the Yanks remain 1/2 game behind the O's for first, still holding to top Wild Card slot. The Red Sox are in 3rd, 10 games behind the Yanks and 10 1/2 out of 1st. The Rays are two games behind Boston, 12 behind the Yanks and 12 1/2 out of 1st. The Jays dropped to 14 1/2 back of the Yanks and 15 behind the O's.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:40:53 GMT -5
In other East games today/tonight: All 5 East teams are playing the middle games of their respective series...At Camden Yards, Ryan Pepiot (7-6, 3.76 ERA) starts for Tampa; he's pitched poorly in his last two starts after 3 good one before those. Zack Eflin (10-7, 3.60 ERA) has been brilliant since coming to Baltimore from the Tampa at the deadline. He's the best deadline starter pickup, winning all five of his starts with the O's with a 1.95 ERA, striking out 34 and walking just 3 in 32 1/3 innings. At Fenway Park, Garrett Crochet (5-4, 4.18 ERA) starts for Chicago. The White Sox are protecting the former reliever's arm; they haven't let him throw more than 70 pitches or pitch more than 4 innings in his last 5 starts, even when pitching very well. Cooper Criswell (5-4, 4.14 ERA) has similar limits; the Sox haven't let him throw more than 80 pitches or 4 2/3 innings in his last 3 starts. At Truist Park in Atlanta, the Jays start Jose Berrios (14-9, 3.59 ERA); his last 5 starts have been as outstanding as his first 13 starts. One wonders what happened in the 10 starts in between, where he was 4-5 with a 6.43 ERA. Spencer Schwellenbach (5-6, 3.69 ERA) goes for the Braves. he's 2-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his last 7 starts.
And at 2:20 pm, it's Schmidt vs. Assad at Wrigley.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:42:51 GMT -5
Now comes The Saturday Leaders™ for September 7th.
Among AL hitters....Aaron Judge leads the AL in bWAR at 9.6. Bobby Witt, Jr. of the Royals is 2nd 8.9. Jarren Duran of the Red Sox is 3rd at 8.6. Gunnar Henderson of the O's is 4th at 8.2. Juan Soto is 5th at 7.4.
Witt leads the AL in BAVG at .347, and Judge's Triple Crown dreams are fading more with each passing game; he's dropped to 3rd at .323, Vlad Guerrero of the Jays is 2nd at .327, and Juan Soto is in 8th at .295. In between are Yordan Alvarez of the Astros at .310, Brent Rooker of the A's at .301, and Yanier Diaz and Jose Altuve of the Astros at .29749 and .29681, respectively.
Judge still leads in OBA at .456, Soto is 2nd at .422, and Guerrero is 3rd at .399.
Judge still leads in slugging at .702; Witt is 2nd at .606 and Soto is 3rd at .589.
Obviously, Judge still leads in OPS at 1.157, and Soto is still 2nd at 1.011, but Witt is 3rd at 0.997
Witt is first in games played with 142. Anthony Volpe is tied for 2nd at 140 with Henderson. Judge is in a 7-way tie for 4th at 139 with Marcus Semien of the Rangers, Jarren Duran of the Red, Sal Perez of the Royals, and Willi Castro of the Twins, J.J. Bleday of the A's, and Guerrero.
Jarren Duran or the Red Sox leads in plate appearances with 640; Henderson is 2nd with 634. Soto is 3rd with 628, Semien is 4th with 627, Witt is 5th at 625. Just is 6th at 622, and Anthony Volpe has fallen to 7th at 618.
Duran has leads in at bats at 582. Volpe is still 2nd at 572.
Witt leads in runs scored with 118, Soto is 2nd at 113, and Judge tied for 3rd with Henderson at 108, and Volpe is 9th with 84. In between are Jose Ramirez of the Guardian (101), Duran with 98, Semien with 86, and Guerrero with 85.
Witt still leads in hits with 190, Guerrero is 2nd at 176, Duran is 3rd at 170. Altuve is 4th at 166. Judge is 5th at 160. Yordan Alvarez of the Astros is 7th at 153, and Soto is 8th with 150.
Judge still leads in total bases with 348, but his cold streak has made getting to 400 total bases much less likely, he's on pace for just 393 now, and Witt is now just 6 behind him. Soto is 6th with 300. In between are Duran (303), Guerrero (302) and Henderson (301)
Duran leads in doubles at 44. Judge is tied for 5th with Rafael Devers of the Red Sox with 33. In between are Witt and Guerrero at 40, and Bleday at 38.
Duran still leads in triples at 13, and Witt is still 2nd with 11. Volpe is still 3rd with 7, and still tied with Kyle Isbel of the Royals and Daulton Varsho of the Jays.
Judge still leads in HR with 51, and Anthony Santander of the O's is 2nd at 39. Soto is 3rd at 38.
Judge still leads in RBI with 125, Jose Ramirez of the Guardians is now 19 behind at 106. Josh Naylor of the Guardians has crashed the century mark at an even 100. Brent Rooker of the A's is 4th with 99, Soto is 5th with 98.
Zack Gelof of the A's leads in batter K's with 162, Cal Raleigh of the M's is 2nd with 156. Judge is tied for 5th at 151 with Jose Siri of the Rays In between are Adolis Garcia of the Rangers with 153 and Rooker with 152.
Judge and Soto are still way out front, 1-2 in walks with 114 and 112. Henderson is a distant 3rd at 70.
Jose Caballero of the Rays still leads in steals with 37, 2 ahead of Ramirez. Volpe is in a 3-way tie for 9th with Mullins of the Orioles and Blanco of the Royals, all have 26. In between are Hamilton of the Red Sox and Garcia of the Royals with 33, Duran with 32, Moore of the Mariners with 29, Witt with 28 and Neto of the Angels at 27.
Vinnie Pasquantino leads with 13 sac flies Verdugo is 2nd at 10. Gleyber Torres is in a 4-way tie for 5th with Diaz, Adley Rutschman of the O's, and Witt at 7. Alejandro Kirk of the Jays is 3rd with 9. Gleyber Torres is in a 3-way tie for 4th with 7, together with Diaz and Ward of the Angels. Austin Wells and DJ are part of a 7-way tie for 9th (no one really cares who the other five are, do they?), and Rutschman of the O's is tied with with Witt for 7th.
Randy Arozarena of the Mariners has taken over the AL in HBP with 20, Tyler Freeman of the Guardians is 1 behind.
Diaz and Judge are tied for the AL lead in GIDP with 20. Giancarlo Stanton is tied for 8th with Guerrero at 14. Does anyone care who the 5 guys in between are, or that DJ LeMahieu is now in 10-way tie for 10th with 13?
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:46:13 GMT -5
In the NL:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads the NL in bWAR at 7,2. Matt Chapman had a huge week and is now 2nd at 6.3, his reward was being signed to a big 6-year extension by the Giants, who will likely regret the length of that deal; he'll be 37 when it's over. Francisco Lindor of the Mets is still ahead of Ketel Marte of the D'backs into 3rd, at 6.3 and 6.0, respectively
Luis Arraez of the Padres has moved back into the lead in BAVG, as he should, as .310, 1 point ahead of Marcell Ozuna of the Braves.
Mookie Betts of the Dodgers has regained the lead in OBA at .396. His teammate Freddie Freeman is 2nd at .383. Jurickson Profar of the Padres slipped to 3rd at .382
Ohtani still leads in slugging at .617, Ozuna is 2nd at .571.
Ohtani leads in OPS at 0.993, Ozuna is 2nd at 0.952
Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor of the Mets two of the 6th players tied for the NL lead in games at 141. The other four are Willie Adames of the Brewers, Matt Olson and Ozuna of the Braves, and Nick Castellanos of the Phillies.
Lindor leads in PA at 643, Ohtani is 2nd at 634.
Lindor leads in at bats at 578; 7 ahead of Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies
Arraez still leads in hits with 175, 12 ahead of Ozuna.
Ohtani still leads in runs scored with 112, Corbin Carroll of the D'backs is still 2nd at 106.
Ohtani has taken back the lead in RBI at 100, but he's now tied with Adames. Ozuna slipped to 3rd with 98.
Ohtani still leads in total bases with 339, 36 ahead of Ozuna.
Alex Bohm of the Phillies continues to leads all of MLB in doubles with 44, Tovar is 2nd in the NL, but now just 3 behind.
Corbin Carroll of the D'backs still leads in triples at 12, Mike Yastrzemski of the Giants is 2nd at 9.
Ohtani has still leads in HR with 45, now 8 ahead of Ozuna.
Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies still leads in BB with 96, Brandon Nimmo of the Mets is now 2nd with 73, 1 ahead of Ohtani.
De La Cruz of the Reds continues to be way out front with 62 steals, Ohtani is still 2nd with 46. De La Cruz still leads in K's with 182. Tovar is 2nd with 177.
Profar leads in HBP with 16. C.J. Abrams of the Nats is tied for 2nd with Joe Pederson of the D'backs at 15.
Eugenio Suarez of the D'backs has taken the NL lead in sac flies with 10, one ahead of teammate Ketel Marte, who's tied with Bryson Stott of the Phils for 2nd.
Manny Machado of the leads the NL and all of MLB with 25 GIDP, Josh Bell of the D'backs is 2nd with 22.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:48:23 GMT -5
Among AL pitchers:
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers now leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.7, Eric Fedde is still 2nd 4.8, and he's still in the NL. Seth Lugo is 3rd again at 4.4
Skubal leads in ERA is 2.53. Framber Valdez of the Astros has been hot for months and is now 2nd at 2.97.
Skubal is leads in wins with 16. Lugo is 2nd with 15, Carlos Rodon is tied with Valdez, Pablo Lopez of the Twins and Jose Berrios for 3rd with 14.Grayson Rodriguez of the Orioles is tied with Luis Gil along with Corbin Burnes of the O's for 7th with 13.
Brayan Abreu of the Astros leads in games pitched with 69. T.J. McFarland of the A's is 2nd with 69. Hunter Gaddis of the Guardians is 3rd with 67, and his teammates, Cade Smith and Emmanual Clase, are 4th and 5th with 66 and 65.
Five pitchers are tied for the league lead in starts, Luis Castillo, Kutter Crawford, George Kirby Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans all have 29. Nestor Cortes and Rodon are two of the 15 pitchers tied for 6th with 28. No one cares who the other 13 are.
Kevin Gausman of the Jays is still the only AL pitcher with 2 complete games; 8 others are tied for 2nd with 1. Gausman is one of four pitchers in the league with a shutout; the other three are Joey Estes of the A's, Ronel Blanco of the Astros, and Tanner Houck of the Red Sox.
Lugo leads in innings pitched at 186. Logan Gilbert of the Mariners in 2nd at 177 2/3.
Skubal leads in K's with 208; Cole Ragans of the Royals is 4 behind.
Ragans has gained the lead in K/9 innings at 10.97, Skubal is 2nd at 10.76.
Logan Gilbert leads in WHIP at 0.901, Skubal is 2nd at 0.954.
Ronel Blanco is back in first with just 6.13 hits per 9 innings. Gilbert is 2nd at 6.48. Luis Gil would be leading at 65.8, but unless he starts 4 more games and averages about 8 innings a start, he won't have enough innings to qualify.
Zack Eflin of the O's leads in BB/9 at 1.01; George Kirby of the M's is 2nd at 1.13
Kirby has regained the lead in K/BB ratio at 7.71, Eflin drops to 2nd at 7.56 Nestor Cortes is 6th at 4.50. Skubal, Gilbert, and Pablo Lopez are in between Kirby and Nestor.
Tanner Houck of the Red Sox still leads in fewest HR per 9 innings at 0.58. Valdez is 2nd at 0.63. Skubal is 3rd at 0.72.
Gil leads the league in walks allowed at 68. Marcus Stroman is tied for 6th at 58 with Michael Lorenzen of the Royals. Tyler Anderson of the Angels (65), Blanco (61), his team Spencer Arrighetti (60), and Chris Bassitt of the Jays (59) are between Gil and Stroman
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians still leads in saves with 40. Josh Hader of the Astros is tied with Clay Holmes for 2nd at 29. In Holmes' case, not for much longer.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 12:50:45 GMT -5
On the NL side:
Hurter Greene of the Reds leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.5. Chris Sale of the Braves is right behind at a lower 5.5 in 2nd.
Sale leads in ERA at 2.46, Zack Wheeler of the Phils is 2nd at 2.59.
Sale leads in wins with 16, 2 ahead of Wheeler.
Wheeler now leads in WHIP at 0.962, Sale is 2nd at 1.015.
Green leads in hits per 9 innings at 5.84, Wheeler is 2nd at 6.27.
Sale now leads in K's at 206, Dylan Cease of the Padres is 2nd at 201, Wheeler is 3rd at 190, and Sonny Gray of the Cards is 4th (!!) at 186.
Sale leads in K's per 9 innings at 11.54; Cease is 2nd at 11.03.
Logan Webb of the Giants continues to lead in games started with 29, but he's tied with Cease and now Cole Irvin of the Nationals. There are 7 pitchers tied with 28 for 4th.
Webb still leads in innings with 183 2/3. Wheeler has passed teammate Aaron Nola for 2nd at 173 2/3, Nola has 172 1/3
Miles Mikolas of the Cards now leads in BB per 9 innings at 1.406, and Shota Imanaga of the Cubs in 2nd in BB per 9 at 1467.
Imanaga still leads in K/BB ratio at 6.200 and Sale is 2nd at 6.059.
Sale has passed Webb and leads in HR/9 at 0.448; Webb is now 3rd at 0.490. Christopher Sanchez, who lead for months, is now back in 2nd at 0.453.
Joining Gausman, Max Fried of the Braves and Sanchez share the lead in the NL and MLB with 2 complete games this year, and there are still 11 NL pitchers who've thrown 1 shutout.
Tyler Rogers of the Giants now leads the NL with 69 games pitched, one ahead of his teammate Ryan Walker.
Ryan Helsley of the Cards leads the NL and MLB in saves with 42, now 2 ahead of Clase for the major league lead, and 8 ahead of Kyle Finnegan for the NL lead.
And that wraps up the Saturday Leaders™ See you in a little less than a half-hour for the game.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 13:16:23 GMT -5
Wind blowing in from LF again today, 15-20 mph. Partly Cloudy, low 60's for the temperature.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 7, 2024 13:19:18 GMT -5
Cubs on the field; Assad throwing his final warmups. Torres about to step in.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 7, 2024 13:19:40 GMT -5
Wind blowing in from LF again today, 15-20 mph. Partly Cloudy, low 60's for the temperature. It's windy all over Chicagoland today, and very cool temps this morning, while I was on my long run. Running against the wind sucks, by the way. |
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