TWiB Notes -- April 22 - 28
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:57 pm
A couple of bits of tid to kick off the new week whilst we wait for games to start on the far side of the country.
-- The Chicago White Sox are 3-18 to date and have scored a total of 45 runs in those 21 games which higher math tells me
is 2.14 per game or less than half what is average in a typical season for the sport as a whole [2023 = 4.62 RS/G/Team]
Oakland is the only team also under 3.0/G (2.86) and the only one not at least a full R/G ahead of CHW (MIN is 28th at 3.35)
So the team in 28th place is scoring at nearly a 60% higher clip!!!
But at least their pitching suxx. They currently sit 2nd worst in RA/G and the worst is Colorado so that barely counts.
Makes one wonder how they won those three games [3-2 v ATL; 7-5 v CLE; 2-1 v KCR]
- Jack Leiter got sent down after getting hit hard in his ML debut, but he's not the only prospect off to a tough start, or even the
only ML scion, or even the only Jack(son). Baltimore's Jackson Holliday is rampaging through the league at .033/.096/.033
That's 1-fer-30 (a single) w/2 BBs and 16 Ks. Hang with 'em, kid.
- There certainly didn't appear to be many teams wanting to go multiple years on 2x CY winning FA Blake Snell over the winter.
And now there probably aren't many who are sorry about their caution. After three starts Snell has allowed 15 ER on 18 hits over
11-2/3 innings for SFG [11.57 ERA; 1.97 WHIP]. If SF sticks with a straight rotation we could see him in the day game on Wed.
- This week starts out with the Braves hosting the Marlins for three while the Phils will be in Cincinnati for four, both starting tonight.
- And finally the week is already off to a good start as Oakland blanked the Yanx 2-0. Not quite sure why Game One of a four-game
series on a Monday was scheduled for 1:00 (10 AM for A's fans) but it was. It was also the Yanx second 2-0 loss in three days.
They got 4-hit over 10 innings by TOR on Saturday (and couldn't even score the Manfred Man runner) and 3-hit today.
Most thought (including me) that, particularly without Gerritt Cole, the Yanx pitching would be a bigger issue than their run
scoring but they're currently 3rd best in RA/G but right around ML average in RS/G
-- The Chicago White Sox are 3-18 to date and have scored a total of 45 runs in those 21 games which higher math tells me
is 2.14 per game or less than half what is average in a typical season for the sport as a whole [2023 = 4.62 RS/G/Team]
Oakland is the only team also under 3.0/G (2.86) and the only one not at least a full R/G ahead of CHW (MIN is 28th at 3.35)
So the team in 28th place is scoring at nearly a 60% higher clip!!!
But at least their pitching suxx. They currently sit 2nd worst in RA/G and the worst is Colorado so that barely counts.
Makes one wonder how they won those three games [3-2 v ATL; 7-5 v CLE; 2-1 v KCR]
- Jack Leiter got sent down after getting hit hard in his ML debut, but he's not the only prospect off to a tough start, or even the
only ML scion, or even the only Jack(son). Baltimore's Jackson Holliday is rampaging through the league at .033/.096/.033
That's 1-fer-30 (a single) w/2 BBs and 16 Ks. Hang with 'em, kid.
- There certainly didn't appear to be many teams wanting to go multiple years on 2x CY winning FA Blake Snell over the winter.
And now there probably aren't many who are sorry about their caution. After three starts Snell has allowed 15 ER on 18 hits over
11-2/3 innings for SFG [11.57 ERA; 1.97 WHIP]. If SF sticks with a straight rotation we could see him in the day game on Wed.
- This week starts out with the Braves hosting the Marlins for three while the Phils will be in Cincinnati for four, both starting tonight.
- And finally the week is already off to a good start as Oakland blanked the Yanx 2-0. Not quite sure why Game One of a four-game
series on a Monday was scheduled for 1:00 (10 AM for A's fans) but it was. It was also the Yanx second 2-0 loss in three days.
They got 4-hit over 10 innings by TOR on Saturday (and couldn't even score the Manfred Man runner) and 3-hit today.
Most thought (including me) that, particularly without Gerritt Cole, the Yanx pitching would be a bigger issue than their run
scoring but they're currently 3rd best in RA/G but right around ML average in RS/G