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Post by desousa on Sept 28, 2024 10:13:24 GMT -5
The Martian leading off, Torres and Volpe sitting.
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 28, 2024 10:21:54 GMT -5
Both Gleyber & Volpe struggling at the plate recently. Last 3 games...
Gleyber - 2-13 / 4K
Volpe - 1-12 / 4K
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Post by ill636 on Sept 28, 2024 10:42:49 GMT -5
What is the weather like in the Bronx?
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Post by desousa on Sept 28, 2024 10:47:50 GMT -5
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:31:42 GMT -5
In the 2nd game the Pirates start a fantastic rookie righty who already might be the most dominant starter in baseball, Paul Skenes. Destined for MLB stardom for years before being selected by Pittsburgh with the #1 pick of last year’s June Amateur Draft, they didn’t let him pitch much after being drafted last year: just 1 inning at Rookie ball, 3 at high A and 2 2/3 in AA. He got hit in the AA game but it didn’t matter, he had struck out 10 and walked 2, and showed off his elite 100+ mph fastball and wipeout slider. They started him at AAA just to get the extra year of service time, but after 7 dominant starts (short outings, so he was 0-0, but in 27 1/3 innings he had an 0.99 ERA, with 45 K’s and 8 BB with just 1 HR allowed), they called him to the majors, and he’s been breezing through the highest-level competition ever since. In 22 starts, he’s 11-3 with a 1.99 ERA. In 131 innings, he’s allowed just 94 hits, 31 runs, 29 earned, 10 HR and 32 BB with 167 K’s. His WHIP is 0.915. He doesn’t qualify, but if he did, he’d lead the NL in ERA, WHIP, and K’s per 9 innings. He’d be 3rd in hits per 9 innings, 9th in BB per 9 innings, 3rd in K/BB ratio and 4th in HR per 9 innings. 15 of his 22 starts are quality starts, and he’s given up more than 2 runs in just 4 of the 22 starts. He got of to a good start in his first 5 games, but he’s been even better the last 17; 8-3 with a 173 ERA, and in his last starts, it’s 3-1 with an 0.82 ERA, 31 K’s and 6 BB in 22 innings. Suffice it to say, the Yanks have a very tough customer to face today, which will be the first time he’s ever faced them. Perhaps only Spencer Strider has been as electrifying a starter in recent memory. With all due respect to Jackson Merrill, Skenes is an easy Rookie of the Year choice, and if not for Sale's season, he might be the Cy Young winner as well.
Repertoire: Skenes isn’t just a 2-pitch extreme power righty. He has 6 pitches: 4-seam, sinker, curve, sweeper, slider and change. All this and 102, too? Not fair. The 4-seam gets way blow average “rise” but elite run in on righties; 5th best in MLB among over 400 pitchers who throw the 4-seamer. The sinker gets elite drop; 3rd best in MLB among 288 pitchers who throw one, and below average tail to the inside corner vs. lefties or in on righties. The curve gets well below average drop, and below average break away from righties. The sweeper gets well below average drop and below average break in on lefties. The slider gets way below average drop (12th lowest among 320 pitchers who throw one) and well below average break away from righties. The change gets above average drop and elite tail away from lefties (top 10% in MLB). In run values, the FB is a moderate plus, the sinker is an enormous plus, both per pitch and in terms of total run value, +18 runs for the season. The curve is a moderate plus, the sweeper is a very large plus per pitch, the slider is a fairly large minus per pitch, and the change is a hefty plus per pitch. His chase rate is well above average, the FB velocity is only top 11% because although the 4-seam velocity is way up there, the sinker velocity is 4 mph less on average, because he’s trading velocity for extreme drop. The FB spin is very low, and that helps the sinker’s enormous drop, 7 inches more than MLB average on the pitch. The curve spin is average, as is his extension. Skenes average exit velocity is below average, the barrel rate is very low (would be 3rd lowest in MLB among 59 qualified starters if he had enough innings), and the hard-hit rate is below average as well. The line drive rate is considerably below average and so is the flyball rate, the ground ball rate is high, over 50%, and the popup rate is very high, 15%. The called strike rate is near league average, but the swinging strike rate and CSW would both be 9th in MLB is he was qualified. As far as luck factors go, the BABIP is right around MLB average, the HR/FB rate well below average, and the strand rate is sky-high, 85.6%, which would be the highest in MLB by 2 full percent if he had enough innings. The extreme strand rate reads as lucky, according to his ERA estimators, which think his ERA should be 2.53 instead of 1.99, but again, elite pitchers make their own luck. The pitch mix so far in his career: 4-seamer averaging 99 about 39% of the time, sinker averaging 94 about 29%, curve 83 about 11%, sweeper 85 about 10%, slider 86-7 about 6% and change 87 about 5%.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:34:51 GMT -5
Playing the Name Game: Literally hundreds of players with first name Paul in MLB history, including several famous Yanks: Paul Blair, who played for the title winning 1977 and 1978 Yankees, Paul Lindblad, Paul Assenmacher, Paul Zuvella…Paul is the middle name of great Yankees such as Joe Torre and Joe DiMaggio and Greg Bird, who had the one immortal moment of the HR in the ALDS of 2017 off of the brilliant lefty reliever Andrew Miller that won the 1-0 game 3, and the first name one of the greatest scouts of MLB history, Paul Krichell, who signed Lou Gehrig, Red Rolfe, Tony Lazzeri, Mark Koenig and pitchers Marius Russo, Johnny Broaca, Johnny Murphy, Johnny Allen and Hank Borowy. Later in the 1930s, he signed Charlie Keller, Phil Rizzuto, and in the 1940s Tommy Byrne, Vic Raschi and his last great signing, Whitey Ford. The most beloved baseball figure named Paul who was associated with the Yankees is "The Warrior", Paul O’Neill, now an excellent analyst for Yankees games on YES. The trade of Roberto Kelly for O’Neill was criticized by many at the time, but it was a “DeBusschere trade” not in the sense that it finished the construction of a title-winning team, but more in the sense that it reshaped a group of players of obvious talent into a legitimate contending team. They might have been a winning team without O’Neill, but I can’t help but think they’re not nearly as successful without Paulie anchoring right field and the #3 slot in the batting order in between Jeter and Bernie.
Great hitting Pauls: Hall of Famers Molitor and Waner, both 3000-hit men, 1st basemen Konerko and Goldschmidt. As far as I’m concerned, you could take either Molitor or Waner as the greatest hitting Paul, and not be wrong, their career are nearly equal in bWAR, 75 for Molitor, 76 for Waner.
The best pitcher named Paul is more obscure, but is probably Paul Derringer, who pitched 15 seasons for the Cards, Reds and Cubs, but achieved his greatest fame and seasons with Cincinnati. He won 223 (and lost 212) with a lifetime ERA of 3.38, an outstanding figure considering he played in the huge offensive 1930s and early 1940s. He was 66-33 with an ERA of 2.99 from 1938 through 1940, going 25-7 in 1939, and was 8th in the NL MVP vote in 1938, 3rd in 1939 and 4th in 1940. As a rookie, he started two games in the 1931 World Series, and lost both but still got a ring as the Cards beat the A’s…the Philadelphia A's, the last of the 3 AL straight pennant winners of Connie Mack’s 2nd A’s dynasty; though he managed them for another 19 years, the A’s didn’t win another pennant. In his peak seasons, Derringer was the ace of the Reds team that won back to back pennants in 1939, getting swept by the 4th of the four great Bronx Bombers’ 2nd Yankee Dynasty teams. He made two starts in that Series, and pitched well, but took a loss and a no-decision. In 1940, he won two games in 3 starts against the Tigers, and took home his 2nd championship ring (Series rings became an annual tradition starting with the 1926 cards, though the first team to receive them was the 1922 Giants). In 1945, Derringer pitched 3 games in relief of the Cubs team that was the last to win an NL pennant until they broke the 108-year-long "Billy Goat" Curse and won it all in 2016 against the Indians. That 1945 Cubs team lost to the Tigers in 7 games.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:38:40 GMT -5
Luis Gil makes his final start of a terrific surprise season for the Yanks. He began it as a spectacular injury substitute in the rotation for Cole, then fell into a terrible slump, readjusted with an improved slider, ran off some more excellent starts, then struggled for a start or two before going on the IL with a back strain, before returning for three more excellent starts. The A’s beat him up a bit in his last game, but his season has to be considered one of the unexpected plusses that helped this Yankee team win the AL East. On the season, Gil is 15-6 with a 3.27 ERA in 28 starts. He’s pitched 146 innings, allowing just 98 hits, 54 runs, 53 earned, just 14 HR, and yes, leading the world with 76 walks allowed. The high BB total has forced his WHIP into the area of being merely above average at 1.192. As I point out, if he had the innings, he’d be among the league leaders in fewest hits per 9 innings, fewest HRs per 9 innings and most K’s per 9 innings and yes, most BB per 9 innings. He’s still tied for 5th with 15 wins, and is 10th in bWAR for pitchers at 3.5, going into this last start. This is his first start ever against the Pirates.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:39:16 GMT -5
Yankees' lineup vs. Skenes: He’s never faced them, and none of them have faced him. Therefore, the Yankees’ lineup:
1. Dominguez (LF)
2. Soto (RF)
3. Judge (CF)
4. Wells (C)
5. Stanton (DH)
6. Chisholm (3B)
7. Rizzo (1B)
8. Cabrera (2B)
9. Volpe (SS)
On the bench: None
Pirates’ lineup vs. Gil: He’s never faced them, and only two of them have faced Gil, which I’ve noted in their lineup.
1. Kiner-Falefa (3B) is 0-3 with 1 RBI, 1 BB and 2 K
2. Reynolds (DH)
3. Cruz (CF)
4. Gonazles (SS)
5. Palacios (RF)
6. Triolo (1B)
7. Grandal (C) is 0-1 with 1 BB
8. Yorke (2B)
9. Cook (LF)
On the Bench: None
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:40:41 GMT -5
Yesterday: the Yanks fairly sleepwalked through Hangover Day after clinching the East. Hard-throwing righty Jones was impressive, throwing fastball as hard as 101 mph, and a sharp slider, racking up 7 K’s in 4 1/3. But the Yanks got him in trouble in the 5th, giving up a single to Trevino, a double to Cabrera moving him to 3rd, and after Torres grounded to short, the Pirates IBBed Soto. Chisholm made them pay with a 2-run single up the middle off reliever Wentz, scoring 2 of the 3 inherited runners, but that was all the offense the Yanks would get. Rodon was looking for his 5th solid start in a row, and got it, but was typically hit for back-to-back solo HRs by Gonzales and Reynolds, and after getting one more out, Boone pulled him, and he finishes the season 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA. In the 7th, Kahnle got ahead of Cook 0-2, but let him work a long at bat for a full count and then a single. Two batters later, Reynolds crushed his 2nd HR of the game into the netting atop Monument Park, and that was it for the scoring. The Pirates got shutdown relief from 4 relievers, including ex-Yankees Santana and Chapman, retiring 14 in a row with 5 K’s, and coming away with the 4-2 win. The loss dropped the Yanks to 26 over again, at 93-67, and ended all hope of getting homefield for the World series if they get there to face the Dodgers.
In other games significant to the playoff chase:
The Tigers got four solid innings from bulk reliever Hunter and two in the 5th and two more in the 7th to beat the White Sox, 4-1 in Detroit. Hunter got the win to get to 6-1 on the season, reliever Shuster gave up one run in the 5th on a wild pitch and second run on a sac fly, taking the loss and falling to 2-5. Foley came in to get the last out with the tying run in the on-deck circle for his 28th save.
The Astros got 5 shutout innings from Ronel Blanco, who, in typical form, gave up just one hit, and got 3 runs off Cleveland starter Joey Cantillo in 3 2/3, and coasted to a 5-2 win in Cleveland. Blanco got the win to improve to 13-6, Canillo took the loss to fall to 2-4. Caratini and Dezenzo hit back to back solo HRs in the 5th for the Astros for their final margin.
In his last start of the regular season, Max Fried nearly took of the MLB lead in complete games and shutouts by throwing 8 2/3 scoreless innings against the Royals, allowing just 3 hits, and striking out 9, but tired with 2 outs in the 9th, walking Witt and giving up a double to Massey to put Sal Perez at the plate as the tying run, but closer Raisel Iglesias got Perez to flyout to Laureano in medium deep left center to end it, 3-0 Braves. Fried got the win to get to 11-10 on the season. Royals starter Brady singer gave up just a two-run HR to Braves’ catcher Murphy in six innings for the loss, falling to 9-13. The Perez flyout earned Iglesias his 33rd save.
Sean Manaea had pitched like an ace for the Mets for much of the 2nd half of the season, but Mets’ nemesis Rhys Hoskins got him for a grand slam in the first and the Brewers added runs in the 2nd and 4th, knocking out Manaea. The Mets tried to rally with 2 in the 3rd on a Vientos HR and two more in the 8th, but fell short, 8-4. Ex-Yankee Montas could only get through 4 innings, so Joe Ross got the win in relief with 3 scoreless innings to get to 3-6 on the year. Manaea loss left him at 12-6. Trevor Megill bailed Hoby Milner out of a 1st and 3rd, two outs jam with the Brewers up 7-4 by getting Torrens to flyout, then pitched a 1-2-3 9th innings for his 21st save.
The O’s got 2 in the 2nd on an O’Hearn HR and broke it open with 4 in the 8th, coasting to a 7-2 win over the Twins. Cade Povich finally threw another good game, shutting out Minnesota for 5 2/3, getting the win to climb to 3-9 for the year. Pablo Lopez gave up just the O’Hearn HR in his 5 2/3, but it was enough to saddle him with the L, dropping to 15-10.
The Padres got to Merrill Kelly for 4 in the 1st on 4 hits, a walk, and a hit batsmen, and made it stand up for a 5-3 win. Yu Darvish made it through 5 1/3, allowing all three Padres runs, but still got the win, getting to 7-3 on the year. Kelly took the loss to drop to 5-1. Robert Suarez gave up just a walk in the 9th to earn his 36th save.
The Mariners beat the A’s, 2-0, Bryan Woo and 4 relievers combining on a 5-hit shutout, striking out 14. Garver and Raleigh hit solo HRs off of Sears in the 2nd and 3rd for the Mariners’ runs. Woo got the win to finish at 9-3; Sears took the loss to wind up at even .500, 11-11. Troy Taylor struck out 2 in the 9th, getting his first career save.
In the AL, the Mariners’ fate was sealed before their win, once the Tigers won and they couldn’t create a three-way tie with the Tigers and KC, they had no tiebreaker way of earning a Wild Card. The Twins’ loss eliminated them as well. The Tigers’ win paradoxically won a playoff spot for the Royals as well as themselves by eliminating the Mariners. It also gave the White Sox the all-time MLB record for losses in a season at 121. The Tigers are now a game up in the battle for the 2nd Wild Card with two to play, the O’s have clinched the first Wild Card.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:42:17 GMT -5
In the NL, the Padres win clinched the first Wild Card by beating Arizona, and the Mets and Braves are in a flat-footed tie at 87-71, while the D’backs are tied but behind by percentage points at 88-72. Despite the disparate records, the wins and losses balance and each team have a magic number (and tragic number) of 4 vs. the others. Right now with the lowest winning percentage, Arizona is the odd man out, but that can’t hold, Mets and Braves will get to 162 games by playing that makeup doubleheader Monday unless things are settled without it. The tiebreakers are:
1. Braves over D’backs by virtue of beating them 5-2 in the season’s series.
2. Mets over D’backs by beating them 4-3 in the season’s series.
3. Braves currently lead the Mets 6-5 in the season’s series with the doubleheader outstanding.
If all three teams wind up tied, then the Braves have the upper-hand because they beat Arizona and lead the Mets, and if they’re still up on the Mets head to head after the double-header, they get the 2nd wild card, and the Mets get the 3rd because they beat Arizona. I believe in just about any scenario where the three teams are tied, Braves and Mets make it in, because even if the Mets sweep the Braves in the double header, and the three teams are tied at 83-79, both the Mets and Braves would be 11-9 against the other two, while the D’backs would be 5-9. In that scenario the two team tie-break is applied to the Braves and Mets with Mets winning on head to head, and then the Braves win the tiebreak over the D’backs for the 3rd wild card as before.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:44:09 GMT -5
In other games today with playoff implications…well, there are only three…
The Mets’ 2nd game in Milwaukee at 7:10 pm. Jose Quintana (10-9, 3.74 ERA) starts for the Mets; reliever Jared Koenig will open for the 6th time this season; he’s 5-4 with a 2.51 ERA.
The Royals’ 2nd game in Atlanta at 7:20 pm. Seth Lugo (16-9, 3.03 ERA) starts for KC, Reynaldo Lopez (8-5, 2.03 ERA) goes for the Braves.
The Padres 2nd game in Arizona at 8:10 pm Ex-Yankee Randy Vasquez (4-7, 5.18 ERA) starts for San Diego. Eduardo Rodriguez (3-4, 5.56 ERA) goes for Arizona.
And in a 25 minutes at the Stadium, it’s Skenes vs. Gil. See you then.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:45:18 GMT -5
Now comes The Saturday Leaders™ for September 28th, and the final time this season...
Among AL hitters...Aaron Judge leads the AL in bWAR at 10.9. Bobby Witt, Jr. of the Royals is 2nd 9.4. Gunnar Henderson of the O's is 3rd at 9.0. Jarren Duran of the Red Sox is 4th at 8.7. Juan Soto is 5th at 7.9.
Witt leads the AL in BAVG at .332, Vlad Guerrero of the Jays is 2nd at .326, and Judge is 3rd at .321. To take the batting title, Judge essentially needs 5 more hits than Witt in the last two games. For example, if Witt goes 0-8, he winds up at .328. Judge would then need to go 5-8 to wind up and .329 (and that assumes Guerrero doesn’t also have a last two great games. Juan Soto is in 9th at .288.
Judge still leads in OBA at .461, Soto is 2nd at .418, and Guerrero is 3rd at .398.
Judge still leads in slugging at .708; Witt is 2nd at .590, and Soto is 3rd at .571.
Obviously, Judge still leads in OPS at 1.169, and Soto is still 2nd at 0.989, but Witt is 3rd at 0.980
Witt is first in games played with 160. Anthony Volpe is in a 3-way tie for 2nd at 158 with Jarren Duran and Gunnar Henderson.
Duran leads in plate appearances with 727; Henderson is 2nd with 716. Soto is 3rd with 708, Judge is 6th at and Volpe is 8th with 684. It looks like he finishes in the top 10 if he starts and plays the last two games.
Duran has leads in at bats at 664. Marcus Semien of the Rangers is now 2nd at 641, and Volpe has dropped to 3rd at 634.
Soto has passed Witt for the lead in runs with 128, Witt is 2nd with 124 and Judge is 3rd at 122. Volpe has dropped out of the top 10 after failing to score a run this week.
Witt still leads in hits with 210, Guerrero is 2nd at 199, Duran is 3rd at 190. Altuve is 4th at 185. Judge is 5th at 180 and Soto is 10th with 165.
Judge still leads in total bases with 392. He’ll need 8 in the last two games to get to 400. Think 5 hits; 4 singles and a HR. Soto tied for 6th at 327.
Duran leads in doubles with 48, Witt is 2nd at 45, Judge is 6th at 36.
Duran still leads in triples at 14, and Witt is still 2nd with 11. Volpe tied for 4th with Henderson and Daulton Varsho of the Jays. Kyle Isbel of the Royals is all alone in 3rd with 8.
Judge still leads in HR with 58, and Anthony Santander of the O's is 2nd at 44. Soto is 3rd at 41.
Judge still leads in RBI with 144, Jose Ramirez of the Guardians is now 29 behind at 115. Brent Rooker of the A's is 3rd with 110. Witt is 4th at 109, Josh Naylor of the Guardians is 5th at 108 and tied with Soto.
Judge and Soto are still way out front, 1-2 in walks with 133 and 127. Henderson is a distant 3rd at 78.
Zack Gelof of the A's leads in batter K's with 185, Adolis Garcia of the Rangers is 2nd with 176. Cal Raleigh of the M's is tied for 3rd with Brent Rooker at 174. Caleb Cowser 172, Jose Siri 168 and Randy Arozarena 168, are now ahead of Judge in 8th at 166.
Jose Caballero of the Rays still leads in steals with 44, 3 ahead of Ramirez.
Randy Arozarena of the Mariners still leads in HBP with 22, Willi Castro of the Twins is 1 behind.
Vinnie Pasquantino leads with 13 sac flies. Alex Verdugo is 2nd at 10. Alejandro Kirk of the Jays is 3rd with 9. Gleyber Torres is in a 4-way tie for 4th with 8, together with Diaz and Taylor Ward of the Angels and Witt. Austin Wells is tied for 9th with three other players
Diaz and Judge are still tied for the AL lead in GIDP with 22. Giancarlo Stanton is tied for 6th with 4 other players.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:46:16 GMT -5
In the NL:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads the NL in bWAR at 9.1. It's now obvious he's the MVP because of Lindor's injury and his incredible finish to the season. Matt Chapman is now 2nd at 7.0. Francisco Lindor of the Mets is in 4th
at 6.7, just behind of Ketel Marte of the D'backs at 6.8.
Luis Arraez of the Padres has the lead in BAVG, as he should, as .314, now just 5 points ahead of Marcell Ozuna of the Braves.
Ohtani leads in OBA at .390; Ozuna is 2nd at .384.
Ohtani still leads in slugging at .651, Marte is a distant 2nd at .558
Ohtani leads in OPS at 1.041, Ozuna is 2nd at 0.942
Nick Castellanos of the Phils now leads the NL in games with 160, Willie Adames of the Brewers is by himself in 2nd at 159.
Ohtani now leads in plate appearance at 721 and De LA Cruz is 2nd at 687, tied with Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies. Tovar also leads in at bats with 647, and Arraez is in 2nd at 6134
Arraez still leads in hits with 199, 5 ahead of Ohtani..
Ohtani still leads in runs scored with 133, Corbin Carroll of the D'backs is still 2nd at 120.
Ohtani has blown up the race in RBI, he’s now at 130, and Adames is now 19 behind.
Ohtani still leads in total bases with 408, so he, and not Judge, is the first MLB player in 23 seasons to get to 400. He’s now 78 ahead of Ozuna, who is 2nd.
Tovar has finally passed Alec Bohm for the lead in doubles with 45, Bohm is 1 behind.
Corbin Carroll of the D'backs still leads in triples at 14, Mike Yastrzemski of the Giants is 2nd at 9, but is tied with De La Cruz
Ohtani has still leads in HR with 54, and that race is over, he’s now 15 ahead of Ozuna.
Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies still leads in BB with 104, Ohtani is 2nd at 80.
De La Cruz of the Reds continues to be way out front with 207 strikeouts with 215, 15 ahead of Tovar and 20 ahead of Schwarber. De La Cruz is also still well ahead with 65 steals; Ohtani’s made an enormous “kick” but is still 8 back.
Jurickson Profar is tied with Joe Pederson of the D'backs for the NL lead with 18 HBP
Eugenio Suarez of the D'backs leads in sac flies with 11, 2 ahead of teammates Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll, 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, and still tied with Ozuna.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:47:22 GMT -5
Among AL pitchers:
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads in pitcher bWAR at 6.3. Seth Lugo of the is 2nd at 5.2
Skubal leads in ERA is 2.39. Ronel Blanco of the Astros has jumped ahead of teammate Framber Valdez and into 2nd at 280. Valdez is now at 2.91
Skubal is leads in wins with 18, two ahead of Lugo, Jose Berrios of the Jays are and Carlos Rodon Corbin Burnes of the Orioles and Pablo Lopez of the Twins are tied for 5th with 1t5, along with Valdez and Luis Gil.
Brayan Abreu of the Astros is tied for the lead in games pitched with 78, together with T.J. McFarland of the A's.
George Kirby leads in starts with 33, Carlos Rodon is one of 12 pitchers tied for 2nd at 32.
Kevin Gausman of the Jays is still the only AL pitcher with 2 complete games; 10 others are tied for 2nd with 1. Gausman is one of five pitchers in the league with a shutout; the other four are today’s A’s starter Joey Estes, Ronel Blanco of the Astros, and Tanner Houck of the Red Sox, and Keider Montero of the Tigers.
Lugo leads in innings pitched at 204 2/3. Logan Gilbert of the Mariners is 2nd at 203.
Skubal leads in K's with 228; Cole Ragans of the Royals is 5 behind.
Ragans has gained the lead in K/9 innings at 10.77, Skubal is 2nd at 10.69.
Logan Gilbert leads in WHIP at 0.906, Skubal is 2nd at 0.922.
Ronel Blanco is back in first with just 6.13 hits per 9 innings. Gilbert is 2nd at 6.52.
George Kirby of the M's leads in BB per 9 innings at 1.08; Zack Eflin of the O’s walked 5 in his start against the Yanks and this race is over, Eflin is now at 1.31.
Kirby has the lead in K/BB ratio at 7.78, Eflin is 2nd at 6.51 Nestor Cortes is 9th at 4.15.
Tanner Houck of the Red Sox still leads in fewest HR per 9 innings at 0.55. Valdez is 2nd at 0.66.
Gil leads the league in walks allowed at 76. Marcus Stroman is tied for tenth at 60.
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians still leads in saves with 47. Josh Hader of the Astros is 2nd with 34 and Kirby Yates of the Rangers is 3rd with 32. Clay Holmes is still 4th at 29. Maybe Jason Foley and Mason Miller catch Holmes before the season ends.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 28, 2024 11:48:02 GMT -5
On the NL side:
Chris Sale of the Braves now leads in bWAR at 6.3. Zack Wheeler of the Phils is 2nd at 5.9, just ahead of Hunter Greene’s lower 5.9.
Sale leads in ERA at 2.38, Zack Wheeler of the Phils is 2nd at 2.56.
Sale leads in wins with 18, 2 ahead of Wheeler.
Wheeler leads in WHIP at 0.96, Sale is 2nd at 1.013.
Wheeler leads in H/9 innings at 6.32. Dylan Cease has passed Sean Manaea into 2nd at 6.51. Manaea is now 3rd at 6.64.
Sale res now leads in K's at 225, Dylan Cease of the Pad is 2nd at 224 Wheeler is 3rd at 213.
Sale leads in K's per 9 innings at 11.40; Ex-Yankee Sonny Gray of the Cards is now 2nd at 10.98 and Cease is now 3rd at 10.65.
Logan Webb of the Giants continues to lead in games started with 33, but he's tied with Cease.
Webb still leads in innings with 204 2/3. Aaron Nola for 2nd at 194 1/3. Wheeler is 3rd at 193 2/3.
Miles Mikolas of the Cards of the Cubs still leads in fewest BB per 9 innings at 1.31. Shota Imanaga in 2nd in BB per 9 at 1.45.
Imanaga still leads in K/BB ratio at 6.21 and Sale is 2nd at 5.77.
Sale leads in fewest HR/9 at 0.456; Webb is 2nd at 0.484. Christopher Sanchez, is 3rd at 0.545.
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 76 games pitched, one ahead of his teammate Ryan Walker.
Ryan Helsley of the Cards leads the NL and all of MLB in saves with 49, 11 ahead of Kyle Finnegan for the NL lead.
If I had to call the major awards now, I'd choose Judge and Ohtani as the MVPs and Skubal and Sale as the Cy Young winners.
And that wraps up the Saturday Leaders™ for this season. See you in a 20 minutes for the game.
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