Popping some 95 (mph) in live BP. Theyre figuring it out. More to the point, weve made it through the first month of the MLB season. That included an 0-for-16 drought leading into the current homestand. On Friday, the Phillies moved above .500 for the first time this season. If Tucker is helping to carry a shorthanded and top-heavy Astros offense. There was a problem saving your notification. Is it over? Here are the current leaders for the longest hitting streak in 2023. WebWelcome to the New Home of HitStreak! Thats what it is, and like Ive been saying, every clubs going to hit one.". Two people have matched Aguirre-Hunns game-record of 51, but no one has passed it. The last thing I want to do is offended anybody.". Data Provided By He pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-outs jam, in the second, retiring Robbie Grossman on a popout, striking out Brad Miller and getting Josh Smith on a grounder to the right side. Once someone gets to 38 (about two-thirds of the way), he pays closer attention. Stephen Nesbitt: February 2008 If they reach 45, Klayman watches every at-bat of that days picks. What I know from my exhaustive research is that most of the lineup is hitting well, and that many of them were acquired at costs far below their production. Its hard because you face a guy maybe twice and then you face the bullpen two times, and the (velocity) coming out of the bullpen is hard, Albert Pujols said. SN, Exit the elevator on the way to the home clubhouse at Dodger Stadium and youll pass through a room full of glistening trophies. A hitting streak can also be terminated by the last game of the season, although records are kept for streaks that overlap two seasons as well. What theyve see so far from the former opening day starter is encouraging. Tim Laker, Seattles Former Employee of the Month. Pujols had a 30-game hitting streak in 2003, Lou Brock reached 26 in 1971. WebStolen Bases When the runner advances one base unaided by a hit, a putout, an error, a force-out, a fielder's choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch, or a balk. Hes hitting the ball hard to all sides of the field. You have to stay on top of your game.. We probably should get on that.. Yes, you are reading the work of a two-time McDonalds employee of the month. Acua is leading the majors in steals (13) and tied for second in hits (38). At a time when the Yankees rotation is desperate for stability, Cole has been rock solid. Of qualified hitters in Major League Baseball, no one has a lower OBP over the last seven days than Corey Seager. They were hidden underneath my first drivers license and a bandana I dont ever remember wearing. After a rough start to the month of May hitting just .051 through his first 46 May plate appearances hes turned it around of late and a dearth of strikeouts will certainly help. On the mound, hes striking out more than a third of his batters and has an ERA of 1.85. Keep up to date on who is pitching -- and how well they're expected to do -- with our forecaster, which provides a rolling 10-day outlook of every team's probable starting pitchers with game score projections. Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Current Hit Streaks Through Games of All of those hurt feelings kinda just faded away. There was a possum in a broadcast booth. In this 28-inning scoreless streak, his strikeout-walk ratio is 41-1. Gambling problem? CHICAGO -- Trey Mancinienjoyed an ego-boosting round of batting practice on the first day back at Wrigley Field last week. Its a bump in the road. Better enjoy him while you can! So, take this award, I have other blurbs to write! Time to treat him like we do the organization that employs him: Well believe his era has actually ended only after it happens. Fantasy Alarm is the home of expert MLB Fantasy content. Los Angeles, has the longest active hit streak at the moment, while prospects. can run, sure, but this isnt Banana Ball where you can steal first base. Hes struck out just once in his last 17 at-bats, and during this stretch, he has the fourth-highest average exit velocity. Los Angeles Trea Turner has the longest active hit streak at the moment, while prospects Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodrguez are gaining traction at the games highest levels. In this 28-inning scoreless streak, his strikeout-walk ratio is 41-1. Mistakes here and there," Texas starting pitcher Jon Gray said. Hes hitting the ball hard to all sides of the field. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty). WebVisit ESPN to view 2023 MLB stat leaders. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}. Cincinnati (10-15) completed a three-game sweep of AL West-leading Texas (14-10), the first series sweep for the Reds since last July 8-10 over Tampa Bay. If you click on a link on this site which takes you to a bookmaker or casino and you subsequently open an account, Fantasy Alarm may receive a commission. I was right. Shelton was hired to manage a rebuild. That was the cruelest fate of all time, Klayman said. Manager Bruce Bochy estimated Garver might need another four weeks Jung left after two innings with a bruised left hand when he was hit by a pitch. Pujols thinks how Goldschmidt finished last season and started this season has opened eyes to a longer streak Pujols believes Goldschmidt had in his career. We have a great culture going right now, Arnold said Sunday. He will have 30 days available to him on the rehab assignment, and the Cardinals will gain a clearer picture of his timetable after seeing how he recovers Monday. Derek Shelton (Charles LeClaire / USA Today), Jarred Kelenic (Eric Hartline / USA Today), Corbin Burnes let loose with his frustrations, one of the more heinous streaks in club history,, Hader programmed his own voice into the device, edited out the anti-John Fisher banners from a highlight video. "He's been a really good hitter for a really long time. Musial pinch-hit late in a Cardinals win and delivered a double for his 3,000th hit. Then Ichiro got hit by Kenny Rogers in the eighth, one inning after the Mariners had hit Curtis Granderson with a pitch. All rights reserved. Suzukis 0 for 3 day ended Bob Paradises luck in Beat the Streak at 48 games nine short of winning the big prize. Its time to take a look at some current hit streaks across Major League Baseball, as well as some hot and cold hitters over the last week or so. In 1941, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio both had stellar seasons. The Nationals best players so far this season Keibert Ruiz (.747 OPS), Josiah Gray (2.67 ERA), MacKenzie Gore (3.00 ERA) and Mason Thompson (1.89 ERA) and their top prospects are primarily players acquired in the series of trades that gutted the Nationals post-World Series roster: Juan Soto, Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, Daniel Hudson, et al. I dont think a lot of people were giving him the credit he deserved, Pujols said. As long as they get hits, the streak stays alive. The 2023 Tampa Bay Rays tied the record for the longest MLB winning streak to open a season. Because deGrom now sits on the injured list with ominously worded right forearm tightness. Hed be a good bet to be the Rangers top employee every month, if only he could stay healthy. It was getting really tense and I couldnt take the pressure anymore, she said. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. I know this genre of analysis is so easy a caveman could do it, but just look at all the red on his Statcast page. In any case, hitting streaks tend to be given a lot of publicity when they reach 20 or so games and can create sustained excitement for a time even if the teams involved are out of the pennant race. The mixing and matching of pitchers. Hes progressed really well, manager Oliver Marmol said. Chicago won 7-5. His command is on point, his WHIP 0.873, his opposing batting average .195. In 1950, Stan Musial had a 30-game hitting streak. In a 5-3 defeat to the Padres on Wednesday night, Mancini delivered a game-tying home run in the fourth inning. CINCINNATI -- Nick Senzel hit a game-ending, two-run homer in the ninth inning, stopping Cincinnatis longest homerless draught in 32 years and giving the Reds a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and their first series sweep since last July. It was a great experience, though, he said. He is a keep-runs-off-the-board guy, though, whose ground-ball rate of 56.1 percent is seventh-best in baseball and whose 4.5-percent homer-to-flyball rate is 13th. professor, says the odds can vary dramatically depending upon a few key factors, most notably the number of at-bats. You put some people in the stands and a different uniform that ticks up a bit.. When the Cubs traveled to Oakland on the last road trip, Ross gave the 33-year-old Mancini two days off to allow the first baseman a mental break. Worth every penny of the $162 million. His .115 OBP is magnified by going just 3-for-26 during this cold stretch without a single walk. Now, all that has changed. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. The Coliseums resident possum wrangler? Until then, and with the help of his girlfriend, Angela Sanzica, Aguirre-Hunn had gone mostly with his gut, like an old-school manager picking players he just felt good about. Beat the Streak, on the other hand, appears to be a more vexing challenge, requiring stamina and knowledge rather than simply luck. He is being shifted more this year than in years past, which is something to note, but most of his batted ball metrics and peripherals are in line overall with years past. I feel you getting ahead of me. I think Nolan and Mullins have the Heres our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 20-26). Whatever happened to the DiMaggio blog guy? Pujols is the 10th player in Major League Baseball history with that many games. Do you have a sports website? On Saturday, Gausmans gem led the Jays to a 10-inning win over the Mariners in Toronto. He has just one hit in his last 17 at-bats with a whopping 10 strikeouts, and through 28 games this year, he has a massive 38.5 percent strikeout rate! ZB, Hunter Greene was the No. Gregg Klayman invented Beat the Streak, a game where contestants try to beat DiMaggios 56-game streak by picking players who they think will get a hit that day. I guess the honor belongs to Oaklands waiver-claim turned likely every-team-has-to-have-one All-Star, Brent Rooker. Hes hitting .375 over the last week with two home runs, five RBI, four runs scored and one stolen base. USA TODAY. NG, He had neither the best first half (Adam Duvall), second half (Jarren Duran) or full month of April (Alex Verdugo), but Winckowski gets this award as an attaboy for Bostons best bounceback. As one hitting streak comes to an end, another continues for Cardinals 'remarkable' Goldschmidt. Weve got to get back to where we are. DiMaggio batted .408 during his streak and walked in only 8.5 percent of his plate appearances, a notch below his career rate of about 10 percent. And instead of having it say things like You are soooo good-looking and Being 5-11 is still considered tall, he has himself tell, uh, himself where to throw which pitch. If the number of at-bats is reduced to three, then the figure soars to approximately one winner every 17 billion combined attempts. Donovan's two-run double broke a tie in the 10th inning of Saturday's game game and sent the Cardinals to a victory. The store was later demolished and rebuilt two blocks away. So, it's basically more just judging the success of the at-bat on how well I committed to the plan and stay with it, rather than just the end result.". At first the prize was $100,000. WebBaseball Musings Day By Day Database, Current Hit Streaks Through Games of 05/05/2021. A visiting batter is preferable because if the home team is winning, it wont bat in the ninth inning, so there are fewer opportunities to get a hit. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Only four players have more than his nine home runs. The analytics. For fantasy purposes, temper expectations as he wont keep this up and he doesnt face lefties, but on heavy right-handed weeks, Pederson is a near must-start. Outside of that, he hasnt done much for fantasy managers, but if your fantasy baseball team is hurting in batting average, look to see if Arraez is still hanging around in free agency. That was certainly not on Nicks mind in that at bat. Goldschmidt is the eighth Cardinal since 1955 to reach base in at least 40 consecutive games, and it has been done nine other times. Just leave the mascots alone. SN, There are several players we could highlight here, from Bryan Reynolds (the forever Bucco) to Andrew McCutchen (the once and future Bucco) to Drew Maggi (the feel-good Bucco), but theres something worth saying about the skipper at the helm. I mean, weve got a lot of baseball left. Inside are trinkets and mementos that meant so much to me once upon a time that I could never bring myself to throw them away. Everything at this stage of the season -- whether a hot streak or cold spell -- warrants the small-sample disclaimer being applied. After reaching 20, he would choose four candidates and ask Sanzica, who says she knows virtually nothing about sports, to pick two of them. Granted, their NG, This may seem familiar, but the Diamondbacks right-hander has gone streaking again. Donovan acknowledged writing the tweets and addressed them directly to reporters in the Cardinals' clubhouse. MLB after one wild month: Five trends that will hold up until October. I didnt want to be responsible if he lost it.. Hes not striking out a ton, and hes putting the ball in play, but a .221 BABIP in the month of May isnt going to do you any favors. In his first full season, the 25-year-old first baseman has been the Royals best hitter. Hes dragging them closer to offensive competence with each bloop and base hit. The person with the longest streak at the end of the year wins a prize, originally $5,000, and now $10,000, which is what Aguirre-Hunn took home in 2019. In a 5-3 defeat to the Padres on Wednesday night, Mancini delivered a game-tying home run in the fourth inning. Stop me if youve heard this before, but the guy pitches and hits. That said, an early-April funk can play with a player's psyche, especially someone trying to make a good impression on a new fan base like Mancini. There is a debate among sabermetricians on whether hitting streaks are meaningful or not. He didnt have time to put on cleats as he made his 3,000th appearance in the majors. He stretched that to 41 consecutive with a fourth-inning single in Saturdays evening game. On this date in 1920, the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Braves played a 26-inning game in under four hours. But at the same time, you realize you're only 20 games in. Its an odd choice.. It couldnt come at a better time. ZB, Joel Luckhaupt (@jluckhaupt) April 29, 2023, (Top photo of Jorge Mateo: G Fiume / Getty Images). After a rough start to the month of May hitting just .051 through his first 46 May plate appearances hes turned it around of late and a dearth of strikeouts will certainly help. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. This teams opening day payroll was $73.1 million, according to Cots Baseball Contracts, 28th in the 30-team league. He's in a really good space. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL). Gregg Klayman, a senior vice president at M.L.B., invented the game soon after he began working there in 2000. But the charts and readouts pointed to LeMahieu. Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. "Obviously today it was a really big home run to get us back in there, tie it up. Cardinals rookie Brendan Donovan apologized late Saturday shortly after two tweets he wrote as a teen using homophobic slurs circulated on social media. So, as unpopular as this pick may be (Gray is more than worthy, too), April goes to Rizzo. During the streak, he hit .424 (42-for-99) with a .482 on-base percentage and a .869 slugging percentage. The eight games without a long ball were the most for the Reds since 1991. You get a veteran guy whos won a World Series and been around young pitchers, veteran pitchers, prospects, non-prospects. No one had even asked. Thats not workplace-appropriate conversation, buddy. We knew it was going to come," Reds manager David Bell said. The homer was DeJongs fourth since his demotion to Triple-A. Thanks! Major League Rule 10.24, covering streaks, https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Hitting_streak&oldid=1164669, Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE. Ryan has a stout 0.816 WHIP that ranks fifth in the majors, behind only Tyler Wells, deGrom, Kershaw and Zac Gallen. Nick Lodolo was a first-rounder as well. Hes throwing the four-seamer more than ever and getting less quality contact on it than ever. NG, Your best ability is availability, they say. May is coming up, Pasquantino said, so weve got that going for us. NG. He has an .896 OPS and seven homers at the plate, including a dinger that hung in the air for seven full seconds on Sunday. The start would be the spring equivalent of his second outing in exhibition games. But Pasquantino is speaking loudly. He is being shifted more this year than in years past, which is something to note, but most of his batted ball metrics and peripherals are in line overall with years past. Before this madcap game of MadLibs goes fully off the rails I think wed better just get going. Sitting in the Cubs' dugout that same afternoon, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer felt it was only a matter of time before Mancini got things rolling again within Chicago's lineup. 9 hitter in the majors. TJ Friedl's sacrifice fly put the Reds ahead 3-2 in the bottom half. Goldschmidts 25-game hitting streak would be a club record for two other franchises (Tampa Bay and Oakland). Goldschmidt won the NLs Player of the Month award. Expert recap and game analysis of the Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays MLB game from April 25, 2023 on ESPN. I pulled out the box the other day looking for a lede and a couple metal pieces, maybe one inch by three, I was sure Id kept. Merrifield, of course, got a hit that day. St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt looks on at second base after hitting an RBI double that scored Harrison Bader during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Chicago. In his past two starts, Gausman shut down the Yankees in New York (7 IP, 11 Ks, 3 hits) and the Mariners (7 IP, 13 Ks, 6 hits) for 14 shutout innings. A right fielder in name only during the Phillies run to the World Series last season, Castellanos was more like a bookmark, holding the spot until a real fielder arrived. The game made its debut on April 2, 2001, the same day as the first games for Suzuki and Albert Pujols, the players who have been picked more than anyone else over the years. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Based on that, she wonders if it might take another 20 years to get a winner. One of the great honors of my life. But to go from being the worst team in baseball in 2022 to an eh, not awful 10-17 record early in 2023 is a sizable W. More important than the record is who has powered those wins. We know Trout will be around a while, but the big question for the Angels this season (beyond Will they make the playoffs?) is whether theyll let their Employee of the Month wind up working for someone else. He had a good system, too, alternating a group of 10 hot hitters. Other than marrying my wife, it was the best thing that ever happened to me.. Here are the incredible stats from this marathon matchup. (A quick aside: Hader is only 5-foot-11? One day you might click on Shohei Ohtani against the Red Sox, and the next day its Pete Alonso against the Reds. Their ascent continues, with a run differential of plus-43 that ranks fourth in the bigs. In fact, he might even opt out. On Thursday, Yandy Daz, the first baseman, hit his fourth home run and second baseman Brandon Lowe hit his fifth in five straight starts talk about streaks. I know guys are pissed off, he told the Kansas City Star last week. Expert recap and game analysis of the New York Yankees vs. Texas Rangers MLB game from April 27, 2023 on ESPN. MLB Hit Streaks Whos Hot Something went wrong Hes BAAACK! "Some things havent gone our way, but were going to keep fighting.. Later in the week, the Denver Police Department tracked the tackler down and he was charged with assault and disturbing the peace. The first baseman said he has been trying to center his focus more on the process than the results -- a mental switch he needed to flip. Even more impressive, given his injury history in recent seasons, he leads the NL in innings pitched at 38. The Cardinals have determined theyd like to get the lefty innings in the minors before his next major-league start. Anyone can read what you share. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Jim Albert: "Great Streaks", and response by Trent McCotter, Edward Beltrami and Jay Mendelsohn: "More Thoughts on DiMaggio's 56-Game Hitting Streak", in. Senzel hit a full-count slider off the yellow padding along the top of the left-field wall, ending the Reds' streak of 79 innings without a home run since Kevin Newman's second-inning drive against Tampa Bay on April 17. Try a week on us. Nick Groke, When Corbin Burnes let loose with his frustrations over a lost arbitration case in February after his own team essentially argued why hes not good enough (MLB contract arbitration is so awkward) it seemed like a crack was about to open in Milwaukee. "It was a matter of time. Just ahead of Pujols is Cal Ripken Jr. (3,001), Willie Mays (3,005), and Eddie Murray and Musial, both at 3,026. I really believe if I stuck with my gut, I would have made 57, Aguirre-Hunn said. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Im not joking! Coming into the year, Nathaniel Lowe was a guy I loved in drafts. Like the fellow who got to 51 games and then chose Ezequiel Carrera, who was having a good first six weeks of the season, but proved to be a .262 hitter in his short career. ZB, Thought about awarding this to Miguel Cabrera for the farewell-tour bit, but ol E-Rods April is not to be trifled with. pic.twitter.com/3Fe2HYO6yz, First of all, dont do that. Mancini said it has helped that the Cubs have had strong starts this season from the likes of Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson, Ian Happ, Patrick Wisdom, Cody Bellinger and Suzuki. In his 16th season, the vaunted left-hander is sitting on a 1.89 ERA. A hitting streak is a stretch of consecutive games in which a batter records at least one hit. He hasnt stolen a base since May 16th, folks. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. NG, Historically, Cole has been a very good pitcher with a very big problem: the home run. On the fateful day his gut told him to pick Whit Merrifield, who always seemed to get a hit against the Tigers, who happen to be Aguirre-Hunns favorite team. He apologized. Honorable mention goes to outfielder Ramn Laureano, whose throw from right field against the Reds was so obscene that broadcasting it should have triggered an FCC violation. Theres a small cardboard box thats made every move with me since I left home for college. Better find some wall space, because here comes another one. If he gets on base, fine, he can help your fantasy team as he is a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts on the year, but for the season, he has just a .282 OBP, and over the last week, that OBP is at .111. AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP--Sports. Pujols had a 30-game hitting streak in 2003, Lou Brock reached 26 in 1971. Earthworms quaked. The odds of that are really astronomically small.. Now, hes sitting on a streak of 28 scoreless innings that dates back to April 4. Making it even more painful was that Aguirre-Hunn, 34, had changed his strategy once he got to 50. Add infield shifts to the mix and relievers who throw 100 miles per hour in the latter few innings, and it is hard for everyone to get a hit these days. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. His average exit velocity is down a bit, sure, but look where its at of late compared to years past, and youll see that this is merely an outlier. And we've got a lot of those type of guys in our lineup. Current Hit Streaks. In his past two starts, Gausman shut down the Yankees in New York (7 IP, 11 Ks, 3 hits) and the Mariners (7 IP, 13 Ks, 6 hits) for 14 shutout innings. Brad Mills' sacrifice fly off Lucas Sims (1-0) tied the score in the ninth. "A guy like Trey," Hoyer said, "all it takes is one right swing, one good at-bat.". The wind was blowing out and the veteran took full advantage, launching a pair of home runs off the left-field video board and sending another baseball bouncing to Waveland Ave. I think what you have seen since he came to the Cardinals is his numbers are getting noticed and now people are really talking about him.. Todays players are encouraged to walk. Then the calendar turned to 2023 and, suddenly, Mateo is out here batting .347 with a 1.062 OPS, six homers and 10 steals. CHICAGO The last Cardinal to string together a hitting streak as long as 25 games did so almost 20 years ago, and he sat at his locker this weekend listing all the reasons its as difficult as ever to keep a streak going. The self-talk helps his performance, he says. WebThe following is a list of notable individual player streaks achieved in Major League Baseball. He has just one hit in his last 17 at-bats with a whopping 10 strikeouts, and through 28 games this year, he has a massive 38.5 percent strikeout rate! "He looks really good -- has for a couple days now," Ross said. He departed after the team offered him a one-year contract instead of the multi-year deal, Ken Rosenthal wrote. As with many such games, an insurance company stands ready to make the ultimate payoff if it ever happens. Read More In his past two starts, Gausman shut down the Yankees in New York (7 IP, 11 Ks, 3 hits) and the Mariners (7 IP, 13 Ks, 6 hits) for 14 shutout innings. Here are this weeks power rankings, plus our pick for an Employee of the Month for each team. SN. I cant tell you if that sort of batted-ball profile is sustainable. For an 11-16 team with no prospect pipeline? you scream. Cincinnati's comeback Tuesday was its first from a deficit as large as six runs since a 7-6 win over Arizona on July 19, 2012, in Cincinnati. 2 overall pick. The Giants (or guys who are supposed to be the Giants ) are spread all over Mexico City pic.twitter.com/0PgWmX6TKS, Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 29, 2023, Instead Giants fans may yell at me; I can never tell what will set you guys off lets give it to president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi. His is the longest since Matt Holliday reached in 47 consecutive from the end of 2014 to 2015. It's not an ideal start, but there's a lot of baseball left to be played and you can't do anything about what's already happened.". Like Everyone Else, They Failed. Copyright: ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. The second is a beautifully balanced blend of the other two. Employee of the Month: Team president David Kaval. His ground-ball rate soared as high as 66 percent. Rather than trying to cover every pitch in every count. It is possible, and even probable, she said, that someone will win the game one day, as long as people keep playing it enough. Get a streak of 57 together and you win. Jack Flahertys return to the Cardinals rotation appears on the horizon, an approaching reality, as he begins his rehab assignment Sunday with a start for Class AA Springfield. Who leads all MLB Batters in HRs, Batting Average & more? Through his first 14 games this season, Mancini was hitting at a .196 clip with a .470 OPS. This is a problem for many pitchers with premium velocity a squared-up 98 mph four-seamer goes a long way but especially for Cole. Four years ago, rookie Luis Arraez took the field for Players Weekend wearing the nickname La Regadera on the back of his Twins jersey. Feel-good story Mauricio Dubn appears to have a similar clubhouse effect, and I was tempted to choose him after his 20-game hit streak came to an end, until I read this: In Atlanta, Dubn told a small group of reporters he isnt wearing the same boxers during every day of his hitting streak.

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