D-Backs thrash Los Angeles

-

 Even more impressive than the Rangers thumping Baltimore was the 84-win Diamondbacks beating the snot out of the Dodgers. In three games, the team from Arizona outscored the 100-win team 19-6! They had great pitching performances out of Merril Kelly, Zac Gallen, and Brandon Pfaadt, whereas the three Los Angeles starters (Clayton Kershaw, Bobby Miller and Lance Lynn) all got thumped. I was watching the highlights for game three, and I saw something particularly interesting. In yesterday's game, Gabriel Moreno hit a homer, but it was a foul ball. When they called him back, he hit a longball to left-center on the very next pitch. The Arizona offense hit a combined 9 bombs, including four in the last game, all in the third inning, scoring all of their runs for that game. Maybe they are a team to be reckoned with. They will meet either the Phillies or the Braves in the NLCS.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The LOOGY

-
      I didn't know what a LOOGY was until a few months ago. It was then that I figured out that it was not phlegm, but an acronym.  Left-handed One  Out GuY      LOOGY. Pretty simple, right? Alas, the LOOGY has gone extinct due to overhunting and habitat loss from Rob Manfred. The semi-new rules state that when a pitcher comes into the game, he must face three batters or finish an inning. So unless your LOOGY comes in with two outs and  gets the batter out, then he no longer exists.      Anyway, LOOGYs were pretty cool and also quite useful for platoon advantage if you have a left-handed batter sandwiched amidst a bunch of righties, which I can imagine happened quite often. If you were in a big spot when said lefty came up to bat, the LOOGY was your man. But you wasted a reliever, especially if you were throwing Billy Wagner to get one out. Then you're out one of the greatest closers to ever live, and you put yourself in that predicament.      A great example of a LOOGY in bas
Read more

Commentary on the Cy Young Awards

-
  The last award to come out that I am writing about is the Cy Young Award. I notice that this one is wrong a LOT of the time. Let's see if they were right on at least one of them, and, if there is a miracle, both of them. NL: Winner: Blake Snell Runner up: Logan Webb Third: Zac Gallen  Fourth: Spencer Strider Fifth: Justin Steele     Is this even a contest? The player in the top five with an ERA closest to Blake Snell's is off by a massive 81 points! This happens to be number five, Justin Steele, who had a 3.06 ERA in his breakout 2023 campaign. While there were a key things that the 2-5 choices had (Logan Webb leading the league in innings pitched and shutouts, Zac Gallen tied in shutouts, Spencer Strider leading in wins, and Justin Steele with the second lowest ERA in the top five and a .762 win percentage), it's not even close. Snell had a 2.25 ERA, 234 Ks, and a league leading 182 ERA+.  AL: Winner: Gerrit Cole Runner-up: Sonny Gray Third: Kevin Gausman Fourth: Kyle Br
Read more

THE TOP PLAYERS FOR 2024

-
      As we get even nearer to the start of the 2024 MLB season, we wonder who will be the best players. I am going to answer that question to the best of my ability.      There are some players who have been solid for many seasons, some who have had the recent rise to stardom, and some who have just come out of nowhere. Let's get started, shall we? CATCHERS AL: Adley Rutschman, BAL NL: JT Realmuto, PHI     Adley Rutschman is a young man of about 26, and has already emerged as one of the best catchers in the game today. He has plate discipline, pop, and defense, as well as age. He is a very solid young player, and seems able to stick around for a long time.     JT Realmuto is entering his age 33 season and has been in the Majors for ten years. In that time, he has made an impressive name for himself as quite possibly the best catcher in his time. He holds a career 34% caught stealing rate, a massive 9% above the average! He has three all-star appearances, three silver sluggers, and
Read more