Official 2021 Major League Baseball (News, Notes & Scores around the League)

[Lou]

Ok, so "people" weren't defending him.

[mmc]

 

[T.G.]

Houston Baptist Huskies...

LOL.

I'm sure Houston is a hot bed for Huskies.  That's like calling Cal, Cal Polar Bears.

[Lou]

7 hours ago, True Grich said:

Houston Baptist Huskies...

LOL.

I'm sure Houston is a hot bed for Huskies.  That's like calling Cal, Cal Polar Bears.

That goes for pretty much any school and their mascot. 

[T.G.]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

That goes for pretty much any school and their mascot. 

True, I even thought that when I posted, but it just struck me as funny at the time.

BTW, I saw some anteaters roaming around Irvine yesterday.

At least UC Santa Cruz got it right…

[Angel Oracle]

At least LB State was founded

in 19”49”.

[Stradling]

YES!  

[Angel Oracle]

Rondons!

[Angel Oracle]

Hadn’t realized that Rondon showed some power in 2018 with the ChiSox.

107 PAs, 6 doubles, 6 HRs, .750 OPS

Fell off big time though in 2019, .543 OPS in 157 PAs.

The MLB PAs this weekend are his first since 2019.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[JustATroutFan]

Stanton is 0 for 12 with eight strikeouts, which is a lot even for him, since coming off the IL...and getting booed by the Yankees fans once again. He currently has 1,450 strikeouts in the Major Leagues. If Stanton plays 162 games for every single regular season for the next six seasons (not counting 2021), he would have just over 2,600 strikeouts if he continues averaging 192 strikeouts a season, which is his average number of strikeouts per-162 games. Wait, that would mean that Reggie would no longer be the career strikeout leader by a batter. 

[JustATroutFan]

Miggy has grounded into his 329th career double play in the regular season, moving him past Aaron after being in a tie for forth most all-time in most double plays by a batter. Not shocking for a guy who has never been known for his speed. 

[Angels 1961]

28 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Miggy has grounded into his 329th career double play in the regular season, moving him past Aaron after being in a tie for forth most all-time in most double plays by a batter. Not shocking for a guy who has never been known for his speed. 

Member of Dodgers holds record

[Lou]

The Yankees have scored 13 runs in their last 7 games.

[Angels 1961]

Tampa 16 out of 17, how do they do it. Highest priced pitcher is Chris Archer at 6.5 mill.

[Angel Oracle]

Rich Hill is ridiculous at age 41.

10 starts, 52 innings, 3.63 ERA, 1.02 WHIP

[JustATroutFan]

Lindor still has an OPS under .600 to go along with an OBP under .300 as we head into the third month of the 2021 regular season. This guy is a mess right now. I don't see him ever living up to that contract that the Mets handed out to him. He was never an elite hitter. A very good hitter (was), yes. 

[Taylor]

On 5/31/2021 at 6:12 AM, Lou said:

That goes for pretty much any school and their mascot. 

Go Waves!

[Taylor]

On 5/31/2021 at 8:36 AM, Stradling said:

YES!  

Is this the OG Rondon who was part of the Huston Street trade?

[Taylor]

15 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Rich Hill is ridiculous at age 41.

10 starts, 52 innings, 3.63 ERA, 1.02 WHIP

If only Pujols could have performed well at age 41

 

In 2018.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Is this the OG Rondon who was part of the Huston Street trade?

Pretty sure it is. 

[Angel Oracle]

9 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Pretty sure it is. 

It is THE Rondon.

[Redondo]

MLB hitters striking out with lowest averages, dullest games in decades

The major league batting average rose slightly in May, though it remained at its lowest level in 53 years.

Hitters batted .239 in May, up from .232 in April and the lowest average for May since .237 in 1972, the Elias Sports Bureau said Tuesday.

The .236 average for the season through May 31 is the lowest since .229 in 1968 — the last season before the pitcher's mound was lowered from 15 inches to 10.

May's .315 on-base percentage was up from .309 in April but the lowest for May since .314 in 2015. The .312 through May 31 is the lowest since .309 in 1972.

In an era of dominance on home runs, slugging percentage did not decline as much. The .397 percentage in May was the lowest since .395 in 2014 and the .393 percentage for the season through May 31 was the lowest since .392 in 2014.

Strikeouts exceeded hits by 838 in May after topping them by 1,091 in April, Elias said. Strikeouts had never exceeded hits over a full calendar month before May 2018.

Strikeouts have averaged 8.99 per team per game, on pace to set a record for the 13th consecutive full season — up from 8.81 two years ago and nearly double the 4.77 in 1979. Strikeouts already are 1,929 ahead of hits, just three years after exceeding hits for the first time over a full season.

Hits have averaged 7.78 per team per game, the second-lowest behind 7.75 in 1908 during the dead-ball era.

Seattle is hitting .205, on track to break the record low of .211 set by the 1910 Chicago White Sox.

There have been six no-hitters, by San Diego’s Joe Musgrove (April 9), Carlos Rodón of the Chicago White Sox (April 9), Baltimore’s John Means (May 5), Cincinnati’s Wade Miley (May 7), Detroit’s Spencer Turnbull (May 18) and the New York Yankees’ Corey Kluber (May 19). In addition, Arizona’s Madison Bumgarner had a seven-inning hitless game in a doubleheader on April 25 that is not recognized as a no-hitter by Major league Baseball.

One more no-hitter would match 1990, 1991, 2012 and 2015 for the most since 1900, one shy of the record eight in 1884 — the first season overhand pitching was allowed.

Home runs have averaged 1.13 per team per game, down from 1.28 last year and the lowest since 2015's 1.01.

 

[JustATroutFan]

Makes it feel like Trout's .333 batting average so far this regular season is .353 just knowing that the league batting average this season is .236. Years from now, MLB fans should be in extra awe of Trout's greatness just knowing that he put up many great seasons (2012-2015 and 2018) at the plate in tough hitting environment. I would love to know what Trout's career slash line would be up to this point if he had played in the steroids era. Might have his career OPS go up to 50 points. 

[Lou]

No, it makes Trout's .333 BA seem like it's .333 

[m0nkey]

On 5/25/2021 at 6:00 PM, m0nkey said:

Jacob degrom is hitting .471 and has an ERA of 0.80

It is June and degrom is hitting .450 and has an ERA of 0.71