2023-24 Top 50 Free Agents With Predictions
2023/11/2023-24-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions.htmlThe left-handed hitter cut his strikeouts to a career-low 23.9% clip, walked at a massive 15.2% rate, and led all qualified batters in slugging percentage. … Ohtani connected on 22 homers in 114 games to win the 2018 AL Rookie of the Year.
Dodgers Add Anthony Banda To Active Roster
2024/05/dodgers-add-anthony-banda-to-active-roster.htmlAs for Feyereisen, the 31-year-old's return from shoulder surgery has been an uneven one, as he's allowed a 6.00 ERA and 4.81 FIP across nine appearances thanks in part to an elevated 13.2% walk rate. … In 16 innings of work in the majors this season, Knack has posted a 2.81 ERA despite a meager 16.9% strikeout rate and three home runs allowed during that time.
Twins Designate Jay Jackson For Assignment
2024/05/twins-designate-jay-jackson-for-assignment.htmlIn 22 1/3 innings of work, Jackson has posted a 6.75 ERA with a 4.49 FIP despite a solid 24% strikeout rate and a decent 8.3% walk rate. … Much of the damage against Jackson has come via the long ball, as the veteran has already allowed a whopping four homers this season.
The Journeyman Outfielder Flourishing With The Cubs
2024/05/the-journeyman-outfielder-flourishing-with-the-cubs.htmlIn 118 games with the Yankees and Giants across the 2020-21 seasons, his power production completely evaporated, leaving him with a paltry .203/.306/.291 slash line despite a still-strong 12.3% walk rate. … He made the most of the opportunity and posted 3.1 fWAR in just 87 games as he slashed a whopping .277/.361/.504 with 13 home runs in just 296 trips to the plate.
Cardinals Notes: Liberatore, Gallegos, Middleton
2024/05/cardinals-notes-liberatore-gallegos-middleton.htmlThe news comes on the heels of a difficult start for Liberatore earlier this week where he allowed four runs on five hits and two walks in 3 1/3 innings of work against the Angels while striking out just one. … While he was striking out a respectable 27.1% of batters faced, Gallegos's walk rate ballooned to 14.6% and he allowed an whopping five home runs in those nine innings of work.
Rays Acquire Richard Lovelady From Cubs
2024/05/rays-acquire-richard-lovelady-from-cubs.htmlLovelady has a 49.8% grounder rate at the Major League level, as well as solid strikeout (22.7%) and walk (8.8%) rates. … The home run ball has presented some problems for Lovelady and he isn't a particularly hard thrower, yet some elements to his game hint at the potential for more consistent effectiveness.
Hal Steinbrenner Comments On Possible Juan Soto Extension
2024/05/hal-steinbrenner-comments-on-possible-juan-soto-extension.htmlHe hit 22 home runs in 116 games while drawing walks in 16% his plate appearances. … He currently has 169 home runs in his career and an 18.7% walk rate, while striking out just 16.9% of the time.
Dodgers Select Elieser Hernandez
2024/05/dodgers-select-elieser-hernandez.htmlHe typically posted strong strikeout and walk rates and found some success between 2020-21. … Hernandez always struggled with the home run ball, though, and he was tagged for a 6.35 ERA while allowing nearly three homers per nine over 20 appearances in 2022.
White Sox Acquire Corey Julks From Astros
2024/05/white-sox-acquire-corey-julks-from-astros.htmlHis 12.8% walk rate is a few points higher than the 9.5% rate he had in 2022. … He put himself on the radar with a strong 2022 season, hitting 31 home runs and stealing 22 bases in 130 Triple-A games.
Journeymen Taking Advantage Of Playing Time With Athletics
2024/05/journeymen-taking-advantage-of-playing-time-with-athletics.htmlBut in 632 Triple-A plate appearances over 2021 and 2022, he hit 48 homers and walked at a 13.3% clip, leading to a .271/.383/.614 line and 149 wRC+. … The A's have been trading away all their best players in recent years and now are naturally giving a lot of playing time to their prospects, either the homegrown variety or the ones they traded for.
Gleyber Torres’ Early-Season Power Drought
2024/05/gleyber-torres-early-season-power-drought.htmlWhile there are a few months to turn things around, he's amidst a rough opening to his walk year. … He didn't hit his first home run of the season until May 2 and hasn't collected multiple hits in a game since April 29.
Tim Dierkes’ MLB Mailbag: Severino, Blue Jays, James Wood
2024/05/tim-dierkes-mlb-mailbag-severino-blue-jays-james-wood.htmlIn a sense it's good that he's done so, because as with last year's disaster season, his strikeout and walk rates have remained unimpressive. … I think a pretty big correction is coming, because a portion of Severino's success comes from a .250 BABIP and 8.3% home run per flyball rate.
Orioles Claim Corbin Martin, Recall Kyle Stowers
2024/05/orioles-claim-corbin-martin-waivers-brewers.htmlHe's limped to a 6.71 earned run average in that time, fanning a well below-average 19% of his opponents against a weighty 13.6% walk rate. … The lefty-swinging 26-year-old is out to a .240/.315/.541 start in Norfolk this season and has already socked 11 home runs in 165 trips to the plate.
Cardinals Notes: Matz, Liberatore, Marmol
2024/05/cardinals-rumors-oli-marmol-job-security-john-mozeliak.htmlHe did so with diminished strikeout and walk rates relative to his '22 levels but also with a resurgent 44.8% grounder rate that helped in mitigating some of the home run troubles he'd experienced in his first year with St. … Louis is tied with the White Sox for the game's fewest home runs (29).
The Opener: Lee, Wood, Pitchers’ Duel
2024/05/the-opener-lee-wood-pitchers-duel.htmlHe's struck out just 17.7% of batters faced against an elevated 10.2% walk rate and has already surrendered a whopping six home runs in just 39 1/3 innings of work. … He'll be challenged by a Cubs lineup that recently returned both Cody Bellinger and Seiya Suzuki from the injured list, while Imanaga will face a stacked Braves lineup featuring heavy hitters such as Ronald Acuna Jr., Austin Riley, and current NL home run leader Marcell Ozuna.
Red Sox Activate Brayan Bello From Injured List
2024/05/red-sox-activate-brayan-bello-from-injured-list.htmlMeanwhile, his walk rate has ticked up from 8.4% to 9.7% and his groundball rate has dropped more than five points after sitting at a strong 51.2% last season. … He's struck out a respectable 23.6% of batters faced and generated groundballs at a 51.3% clip during that time, although a whopping 19% of his fly balls leaving the yard for home runs stands out as a potential red flag in an otherwise impressive early-season performance.
Cubs Activate Kyle Hendricks From Injured List
2024/05/cubs-to-activate-kyle-hendricks-on-sunday.htmlWhile his 6.6% walk rate is more or less in line with his career norms, he's allowed a whopping eight home runs this season en route to a ghastly 12.00 ERA and 7.72 FIP in 21 innings of work. … May 11: The Cubs plan to activate right-hander Kyle Hendricks from the 15-day injured list tomorrow, manager Craig Counsell told reporters (including Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun Times) following tonight's game.
Pirates Designate Roansy Contreras, Place Ke’Bryan Hayes On 10-Day IL
2024/05/pirates-designate-roansy-contreras-place-kebryan-hayes-on-10-day-il.htmlContreras also spent some time going fully back to the drawing board with the Pirates' Complex League team, trying to work out the mechanical problems that led to such issues a drop in his strikeout rate, an increase in his walk rate, and a minor velocity drop on his fastball. … Hayes has only hit one home run after he hit 15 taters in 2023, and his Isolated Power total of .078 is less than half of his .182 ISO from last year.
Nationals, CJ Abrams Had “Substantive Discussions” About Extension
2024/05/nationals-cj-abrams-had-substantive-discussions-about-extension.htmlWhile his hard-contact and walk rates are a little subpar, Abrams' strong .363 wOBA is actually lower than his .381 xwOBA. … Abrams is hitting .264/.329/.521 with seven home runs over his first 156 plate appearances, along with eight stolen bases in 10 attempts and an NL-best four triples.
Pirates Acquire Daulton Jefferies From Giants
2024/05/pirates-acquire-daulton-jefferies-from-giants.htmlHis work in Triple-A this year has been much better, with a 3.44 earned run average in 18 1/3 innings, striking out 22.7% of batters faced while giving out walks jst 6.7% of the time. … He was punched out 34.2% of the time in Single-A last year but also drew walks at a 16% clip and hit 20 home runs.
Astros Claim Alex Speas, Designate Corey Julks
2024/05/astros-claim-alex-speas-designate-corey-julks.htmlHe tossed 28 1/3 innings at that level with a walk rate of 11.3%, but was able to work around that by striking out 40.9% of batters faced, leading to an earned run average of 0.64. … Those free baserunners have led to him being burned by four home runs, which is why he has a 12.08 ERA so far this year.
Checking In On 2024’s Reliever-To-Rotation Experiments
2024/05/checking-in-on-2024s-reliever-to-rotation-experiments.htmlA career-low 19.9% strikeout rate is a red flag, but Hicks' 8.2% walk rate is lower than the league average and a career-best mark as well. … The uptick in grounders is one reason that Lopez is yielding a career-low 0.51 homers per nine innings.
Athletics Outright Lázaro Armenteros
2024/05/athletics-outright-lazaro-armenteros.htmlSplitting his time between High-A and Double-A last year, he continued to strike out in a third of his plate appearances but offset that somewhat with a 14.9% walk rate. … He's hit some home runs and stolen some bases along the way, but those punchouts have sapped his prospect stock.
The Hot Start Of Trevor Williams Raises Interesting Questions
2024/05/the-hot-start-of-trevor-williams-raises-interesting-questions.htmlHis 8% walk rate was around league average but he struck out just 16.8% of batters faced and allowed 34 home runs. … He's getting ground balls at a 49% rate and hasn't yet allowed a home run this season.
Angels Acquire Luis Guillorme, Transfer Anthony Rendon To 60-Day IL
2024/05/angels-to-acquire-luis-guillorme.htmlOverall, that trio of campaigns saw Guillorme post production that was 7% better than league average off the bench while striking out just 15.4% of the time and walking at an excellent 12.4% clip. … Guillorme's overall offensive performance was capped by an extreme lack of power that saw him hit just three home runs in 559 trips to the plate from 2020-22.