“Knocking Down The Door” is a weekly column highlighting minor leaguers who are making a case for a major league promotion. Listed below are the names of this week’s picks and the player’s team, age, level(s), prospect ranking, and last 1-2 weeks of statistics.
I’m sure you’ve already heard that it’s hard to be a speed junkie because stolen bases are so passe. But some teams are still running and while I’d rather have a fast player than a slow one, when it comes to the stolen base game, a team’s intent can often be just as important as an individual’s actual speed. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the lesser-owned players on the teams that have attempted the most thefts so far in 2022 and see if we can stack the probabilities in our favor. Read the rest of this entry »
Every week, I try to go through each team’s lineups and when I get to the Rays, I just want to quit. It allows a mess and there needs to be a reason behind the actions. My plan was to just dig in until I found a better answer than a shrug. I feel somewhat confident with my answer, but now need to find and track starters with reverse platoon splits.
I’m going to start with these two guidelines.
With those disclaimers out of the way, here is how the lefty lineup is determined. Read the rest of this entry »
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A few thoughts on the pitchers from Wednesday’s games:
FOR STARTERS
| # | Name | Team | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | TBF | ERA | WHIP | W | vFA (pi) | vSI (pi) | SwStr% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristian Javier | HOU | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 1 | 93.5 | 18% | |
| 2 | Erick Fedde | WSN | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 1 | 92.9 | 11% | |
| 3 | JP Sears | NYY | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 93.6 | 11% | |
| 4 | Aaron Ashby | MIL | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0.00 | 1.24 | 0 | 94.9 | 96.6 | 10% |
| 5 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 1 | 92.4 | 92.5 | 5% |
| 6 | Lucas Giolito | CHW | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1 | 93.7 | 16% | |
| 7 | Julio Urias | LAD | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 0 | 93.9 | 7% | |
| 8 | Dylan Bundy | MIN | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 1.59 | 1.06 | 0 | 89.5 | 89.9 | 12% |
| 9 | Glenn Otto | TEX | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 1.80 | 1.00 | 1 | 93.6 | 93.8 | 7% |
| 10 | Yu Darvish | SDP | 6.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 2.70 | 0.75 | 0 | 96.4 | 95.9 | 9% |
| 11 | Jakob Junis | SFG | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 1 | 90.3 | 9% | |
| 12 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 3.00 | 1.67 | 0 | 93.6 | 93.1 | 7% |
| 13 | Ryan Feltner | COL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 0 | 94.9 | 93.6 | 11% |
| 14 | Luis Castillo | CIN | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 1 | 96.6 | 96.7 | 10% |
| 15 | Tyler Wells | BAL | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3.60 | 1.00 | 0 | 93.9 | 16% | |
| 16 | Rich Hill | BOS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3.60 | 0.60 | 0 | 87.8 | 83.3 | 5% |
| 17 | Robbie Ray | SEA | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 4.50 | 1.33 | 0 | 94 | 24% | |
| 18 | Rony Garcia | DET | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 4.50 | 1.25 | 0 | 93.3 | 9% | |
| 19 | Drew Rasmussen | TBR | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 5.40 | 1.60 | 1 | 95.8 | 10% | |
| 20 | Reid Detmers | LAA | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7.50 | 1.00 | 0 | 93.4 | 14% | |
| 21 | Charlie Morton | ATL | 4.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 8.31 | 2.31 | 0 | 95.1 | 94.5 | 10% |
| 22 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 87.5 | 87 | 3% |
| 23 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | 4.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10.38 | 2.31 | 0 | 92.6 | 91.9 | 7% |
| 24 | Zach Thompson | PIT | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12.00 | 2.33 | 0 | 92.4 | 92 | 8% |
| 25 | Cody Poteet | MIA | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 15.00 | 2.33 | 0 | 95.3 | 95.5 | 10% |
| 26 | Thomas Szapucki | NYM | 1.1 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 60.75 | 7.50 | 0 | 94.6 | 8% |
The 2022 version of Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.
The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save.)
Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.
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I see that the MLB At Bat app has personalized the experience for Phillies fans pic.twitter.com/gy2YFhYWRw
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A few thoughts on the pitchers from Monday’s games:
(lighter edition due to some unforeseen schedule changes on my end)
| # | Name | Team | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | TBF | ERA | WHIP | W | vFA (pi) | vSI (pi) | SwStr% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Anderson | LAD | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 1 | 90.1 | 88.8 | 21% |
| 2 | JT Brubaker | PIT | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0 | 92.7 | 92.7 | 7% |
| 3 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1.29 | 0.57 | 1 | 93 | 12% | |
| 4 | Adrian Houser | MIL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 1.50 | 0.83 | 0 | 94.8 | 93.8 | 6% |
| 5 | Chad Kuhl | COL | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 2.08 | 2.08 | 0 | 92.8 | 92.3 | 3% |
| 6 | Chris Archer | MIN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 2.25 | 1.25 | 0 | 93.7 | 11% | |
| 7 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | 6.2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 2.70 | 1.20 | 1 | 96.2 | 95.4 | 17% |
| 8 | David Peterson | NYM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 1 | 93.1 | 92.3 | 10% |
| 9 | Nick Martinez | SDP | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 3.60 | 1.60 | 0 | 93.1 | 93.1 | 9% |
| 10 | Luis Garcia | HOU | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3.60 | 1.40 | 0 | 93.8 | 9% | |
| 11 | Jordan Lyles | BAL | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 4.05 | 1.05 | 1 | 91.6 | 90.8 | 13% |
| 12 | Miles Mikolas | STL | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 4.05 | 0.90 | 0 | 93.5 | 92.5 | 10% |
| 13 | José Berríos | TOR | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 4.26 | 1.11 | 0 | 93.4 | 93.1 | 9% |
| 14 | Drew Smyly | CHC | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 4.76 | 1.06 | 1 | 91.2 | 15% | |
| 15 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 5.63 | 0.88 | 0 | 97.5 | 16% | |
| 16 | Elvin Rodriguez | DET | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 7.20 | 1.40 | 0 | 93.5 | 5% | |
| 17 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.44 | 1.50 | 1 | 87.9 | 13% | |
| 18 | Alex Cobb | SFG | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 9.00 | 1.67 | 0 | 94.6 | 94.3 | 11% |
| 19 | Vladimir Gutierrez | CIN | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 93.5 | 7% | |
| 20 | Zach Davies | ARI | 3.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9.82 | 2.73 | 0 | 88.9 | 7% | |
| 21 | Joan Adon | WSN | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 11.57 | 2.36 | 0 | 94.3 | 94.5 | 4% |
| 22 | Zach Logue | OAK | 4.2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 13.50 | 2.14 | 0 | 89.5 | 12% | |
| 23 | Tucker Davidson | ATL | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16.88 | 3.00 | 0 | 93.6 | 11% | |
| 24 | Zack Greinke | KCR | 3.2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17.18 | 2.45 | 0 | 88.6 | 10% |
