11 June 2016

You Can't Believe This...

Matt Kemp has worked 4 walks this season and fanned 61 times. That's how a guy who pounds 15 home runs in 60 games still produces an OPS under .700.

The Cubs have won by far the most games in the Majors this year, but if you were to name an NL All-Star team right now they wouldn't have a single starter. In fact, the only player you could make a case for would be Dexter Fowler in center field.

The 40-man roster of the Atlanta Braves has hit 25 home runs this season. A washed up outfielder named Mark Trumbo has hit 20.

The world is upside down: Seattle is second in the Majors with 92 homers. The Cardinals are second in NL with 82.

The boom and bust Orioles have hit 3 triples. Twenty-four individual players have 3 or more, including speedsters Jay Bruce and Jonathan Lucroy with 5 each.

Red Sox base runners have been thrown out five times while stealing 43 bases. Astros right fielder George Springer has been thrown out six times while stealing four bases.

Clayton Kershaw has allowed six bases on balls while whiffing 122 batters. Mike Pelfrey, Yordano Ventura and Clay Bucholz have combined for three fewer strikeouts while walking 91.

Kershaw, Jake Arrieta, Noah Syndegaard and Johnny Cueto have allowed 16 HR combined, the same number as Max Scherzer.

Who's this year's best hitting rookie? You've been hearing about Trevor Story's home run binge, Aledmys Diaz's league-leading batting average and Nomar Mazzara's shiny future. But the rookie most tearing the cover off the ball is 33-year-old Korean Dae Ho Lee. The giant Mariners' first baseman is hitting .301/.339/.592 with 10 homers in 41 games.

You may have heard that Cincinnati Reds' relievers should be arrested for arson. They have closed out eight saves in 20 chances as a team.
Jeanmar Gomez & Mark Melnacon each have each also had 20 save chances. Each has converted 19 of them. Indeed, 19 individual pitchers have more saves than entire Reds bullpen.

On top of that, the Reds have the Majors' worst starter -- Alfredo Simon. His record: 2-6, 9.11. In 52 innings he's allowed 76 hits, 27 BB, and 14 HR. The league is hitting .338 against him. He's 2.2 losses worse than a Minor Leaguer the Reds could pick up at a quarter of the price.

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