Brewers (Zastryzny) vs Cubs (Steele): 7/24/24, 1:20pm

[Underachiever]

As bummed as I am about Hoskins’ performance as a Brewer, I choose to believe he will have a Winker-like improvement in year 2 after his return from injury. It’s all I got.

[CheezWizHed]

17 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

.235 BABIP in LAA suggests some bad luck 🙂

BABIP isn't a stat you can simply "stop" and use.  If I were playing in the MLB, my BABIP would also be low, but I can assure you that it wouldn't be because of "luck". 😉

If his BABIP is low, you need to go look at his hit stats (line drive %, launch angle, exit velocity, etc..).  If all he is doing is hitting weak ground balls, a low BABIP isn't luck. 

Huira in LAA this year:

• average EV: 82.2 (90.1 career)
• Launch Angle: 6.3 (15.5 career)
• Barrel: 0% (13.6 career)
• Hard Hit %: 23.5% (43.6% career)
• Ground Ball 64.7% (39.5% career)

Yeah, his BABIP is earned, not luck. 

[Brian]

17 hours ago, liveforoctober said:

I wonder how close to selling the Cubs are now?

Craigs Quotes. 

It was just one of those nights where they had some good at-bats and we couldn't make the next pitch or get the next out. 

[Frisbee Slider]

4 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

BABIP isn't a stat you can simply "stop" and use.  If I were playing in the MLB, my BABIP would also be low, but I can assure you that it wouldn't be because of "luck". 😉

If his BABIP is low, you need to go look at his hit stats (line drive %, launch angle, exit velocity, etc..).  If all he is doing is hitting weak ground balls, a low BABIP isn't luck. 

Huira in LAA this year:

• average EV: 82.2 (90.1 career)
• Launch Angle: 6.3 (15.5 career)
• Barrel: 0% (13.6 career)
• Hard Hit %: 23.5% (43.6% career)
• Ground Ball 64.7% (39.5% career)

Yeah, his BABIP is earned, not luck. 

He also somehow didn’t draw any walks in 27 PA.

[sveumrules]

6 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

He also somehow didn’t draw any walks in 27 PA.

Zero in 27 PA is extreme, but lack of walks was always an issue for Keston too. From 2019-22 he posted an 83 BB%+ which ranked 170th out of 247 batters with at least 1,000 PAs over that stretch.

Of course his 160 K%+ ranked 246th (or 2nd depending on how one looks at it), and his ISO+ of 124 came in at 67th.

Hiura got the 3TO label a lot, but he was really more like 1.5TO with the lack of walks and good but not truly top level power.

[wiguy94]

1 hour ago, sveumrules said:

Zero in 27 PA is extreme, but lack of walks was always an issue for Keston too. From 2019-22 he posted an 83 BB%+ which ranked 170th out of 247 batters with at least 1,000 PAs over that stretch.

Of course his 160 K%+ ranked 246th (or 2nd depending on how one looks at it), and his ISO+ of 124 came in at 67th.

Hiura got the 3TO label a lot, but he was really more like 1.5TO with the lack of walks and good but not truly top level power.

Who was the worst in K%+? Gallo?

[sveumrules]

3 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

Who was the worst in K%+? Gallo?

Yup. Tight at the top with Gallo 161 K%+, Hiura 160 K%+, Sano 159 K%+ all just fractions and/or rounding errors apart.