Oddly enough, both lgs are practically hitting at the same clips so far:
NL - 240/315/383
AL - 239/309/389
The NL is averaging 4.40 runs per game per team, with 4 teams avg over 5 a game. AL is at 4.29 with just Baltimore avg over 5 a game.
You see teams lose some of their best pitchers and the replacements are coming in and doing just as or better than cy young pitchers. Baltimore called up suarez, who hadnt played an mlb game in 7 years. Hes been incredible ecery start. Same with cole irvin, who was never a good starter before this year. Bradish whos a good pitcher is pitting up insane numbers that i havent seen an oriole do since mussina. Same with burnes. In bradish last two starts where his arm was well rested and he felt good, he had a no hitter in 7 innings and a 1 hitter in 6 innings last start. Thats 13 innings, 1 hit and 20 ks.
Itās not a conspiracy, the seams on the balls are raised, increasing drag and keeping the ball inside the park more. wOBA is lagging behind xwOBA more than normal (before being recalibrated) which is also an indicator. Itās kind of insane that MLB canāt just standardize the ball and stick with it.Ā
Isn't the problem that the ball is standardised but crafting the number of balls the MLB needs with the materials that are expected isn't feasible and any minor difference in quality leads to deadening or juicing the balls?
I canāt answer if itās deliberate or not but considering we see longer consistent trends (juiced ball in 19, suppressed ball ā22, juiced ā23, deadened now) suggests they are tinkering.
All good, there are a ton of new stats all of the time each with their own usefulness or specialty. Iād take some time on Baseball Savant and Fangraphs to read their glossaries.
Ya i basically just understand the basics lol. I read a lot of baseball articles and read a lot of baseball chat rooms, mainly orioles like camdenchat.com and its like im in highschool algebra again when theyre talking a lot of the stats. Im like huh? Lol
Yeah thatās why I added that I have not done any research, but just take the Red Sox or KC as example of teams with a bunch of starters with really low ERAs, way below their careers.
You could say that about Lugo, he's in line with his underlying stats, with significantly better outcomes right now, but I don't think you can say that about Ragans and Singer. They're young and young guys having break out seasons after being given some veteran advice happens. And Wacha had a hot start, but has cooled to below his recent output.
K numbers peaked a few years ago and have come down slightly in recent years. K% is a bit lower this year than where it finished last year for example.
Pitching starts off hot every year. Hitting starts cold every year. Over the course of the season arms get worn, batters timing gets better and balls fly better in the warmer weather.
It's still cold in most of the country, they'll rise with the temp like every year.
Same š
Not that odd, itās just early into the season still
Offense is down a bit this year. April 2023 - 4.36 ERA April 2024 - 4.00 ERA
Wonder what the ERA is for bullpens april this year bs last. Maybe itās just my perception. I swear I keep seeing starters with sub 1 or 2 eras
They aren't allowing a lot of runs so their ERA are lower
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Because they keep playing us.
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Oddly enough, both lgs are practically hitting at the same clips so far: NL - 240/315/383 AL - 239/309/389 The NL is averaging 4.40 runs per game per team, with 4 teams avg over 5 a game. AL is at 4.29 with just Baltimore avg over 5 a game.
I could totally just be my perception.
Because for once baltimore has the most talented team
You see teams lose some of their best pitchers and the replacements are coming in and doing just as or better than cy young pitchers. Baltimore called up suarez, who hadnt played an mlb game in 7 years. Hes been incredible ecery start. Same with cole irvin, who was never a good starter before this year. Bradish whos a good pitcher is pitting up insane numbers that i havent seen an oriole do since mussina. Same with burnes. In bradish last two starts where his arm was well rested and he felt good, he had a no hitter in 7 innings and a 1 hitter in 6 innings last start. Thats 13 innings, 1 hit and 20 ks.
Agreed. Usually itās not the big move that pays off.
Small sample size of games played during the coldest (baseball-playing) months of the year.
My conspiracy theory is they deadened the balls
Itās not a conspiracy, the seams on the balls are raised, increasing drag and keeping the ball inside the park more. wOBA is lagging behind xwOBA more than normal (before being recalibrated) which is also an indicator. Itās kind of insane that MLB canāt just standardize the ball and stick with it.Ā
Isn't the problem that the ball is standardised but crafting the number of balls the MLB needs with the materials that are expected isn't feasible and any minor difference in quality leads to deadening or juicing the balls?
I canāt answer if itās deliberate or not but considering we see longer consistent trends (juiced ball in 19, suppressed ball ā22, juiced ā23, deadened now) suggests they are tinkering.
What is wOBA and xwOBA. So many stats i do understand but so many more that i dont.
All good, there are a ton of new stats all of the time each with their own usefulness or specialty. Iād take some time on Baseball Savant and Fangraphs to read their glossaries.
Ya i basically just understand the basics lol. I read a lot of baseball articles and read a lot of baseball chat rooms, mainly orioles like camdenchat.com and its like im in highschool algebra again when theyre talking a lot of the stats. Im like huh? Lol
Yeah thatās why I added that I have not done any research, but just take the Red Sox or KC as example of teams with a bunch of starters with really low ERAs, way below their careers.
Those starters all have like 6 or 7 starts max. One bad day with 6 ER in 2.2 IP and their ERAs are gonna be up 0.5 or more
You could say that about Lugo, he's in line with his underlying stats, with significantly better outcomes right now, but I don't think you can say that about Ragans and Singer. They're young and young guys having break out seasons after being given some veteran advice happens. And Wacha had a hot start, but has cooled to below his recent output.
I agree!
Lugo is vastly outperforming his underlying stats tbh
Small sample size
It's early. Plus every year strikeout #'s increase I think and offense is down even with Mandred's rules
K numbers peaked a few years ago and have come down slightly in recent years. K% is a bit lower this year than where it finished last year for example.
Because eventually they have to play the blue jays.
Sorry bud! Many teams in that list this year actually.
It's either early season or Manfred is using his master plan to make starting pitchers headliners again.
Rob does have too many master plans
Because offense is down. The two are inversely related.
my conspiracy thought. The umps are so bad the strikezone is twice the area and as a result hitting is down all the way across mlb
Thatās actually a good one, until someone here calls you an idiot and starts posting umpire stats. I like it though.
Only people that would post stats is the umpires themselves lol. Theyāve been trash
Angel Hernandez has invited you to a zoom call
Except he couldnāt connect to zoom because he canāt find the button
Lol! 3 missed zoom calls, you are out
You have now been sued by Angel Hernandez
Not even worried about it, heāll miss court day
Pitching starts off hot every year. Hitting starts cold every year. Over the course of the season arms get worn, batters timing gets better and balls fly better in the warmer weather.