The Official 2023 MLB Season Thread

[BTH]

7 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

When will the Halos ever have a POBO?

It sure ain’t Crapino.

Probably not with Arte running things.

[Stradling]

 

[Jay]

That's the answer: just change Minasian's title to POBO & GM.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[m0nkey]

Great trade, Billy!

[Chico]

I was looking at team hitting stats in MLB this year at the 145 game mark and was wondering where the Angels stood on homers and striking out.

Angels are fourth in MLB in homers with 209 in 146g. (Braves are #1 with 288, far ahead of the rest and will certainly be the only team to top 300HR over a full season)

With strikeouts, the Angels are fifth highest in MLB at 1,346. (Twins at the top with 1,488). There is not one team with under 1,000 strikeouts in 146 games.

I looked further to compare the game with MLB in 1980 and found that the top HR team was the Brewers with 203 (the least was the Mets with 61 homers all year) and the top team that struck out the most was the Cubs with 912. The team with the least amount of strikeouts was Texas with 589. All in 162 games. 

Not one team got over 203 HRs and not one team had over 1,000 strikeouts. 

I guess they really do swing for the fences more, and they strike out a ton more. It's tiring to watch the HR/SO parade.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/team

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1980.shtml

[jsnpritchett]

Lorenzen has a 7.96 ERA since the no-hitter and has given up 48 baserunners in 26 innings since then.

 

 

[Tank]

7 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Lorenzen has a 7.96 ERA since the no-hitter and has given up 48 baserunners in 26 innings since then.

oh man, that's brutal.

[jsnpritchett]

Giolito went 7 shutout innings against the Rangers tonight.  K'ed 12, only gave up 2 H and 1 BB.

Guardians are up 12-0 and are about to end the Rangers' 6-game winning streak.  I guess Bochy sucks as a manager again now.

[jsnpritchett]

This didn't feel like it deserved its own thread, but I wanted to post it somewhere.  Let's just say Pujols looks a little more mature than your average high school senior here...

 

[m0nkey]

Adam Wainwright entered today with a 7.95 ERA but threw 7 shutout innings against the first place brewers and picked up career win number 200.

[m0nkey]

On 9/14/2023 at 12:40 PM, jsnpritchett said:

Lorenzen has a 7.96 ERA since the no-hitter and has given up 48 baserunners in 26 innings since then.

 

 

First game out of the pen:

0.1 IP, 3 hits, 3 walks, 4 ER

[Tank]

27 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

First game out of the pen:

0.1 IP, 3 hits, 3 walks, 4 ER

he threw 32 pitches before getting an out.

[Slegnaac]

11 hours ago, Tank said:

he threw 32 pitches before getting an out.

[Angelsjunky]

Ronald Acuna is up to 39 HR, 67 SB. Dude is going to be the first 40-70 guy. 

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Ronald Acuna is up to 39 HR, 67 SB. Dude is going to be the first 40-70 guy. 

Bobby Witt, Jr. is at 29/48.  Could easily get to 30/50.  Crazy stat years for quite a few guys.

[Angelsjunky]

Braves hitters by home runs:

52 Olson

39 Acuna

36 Riley

35 Ozuna

31 Albies

21 Rosario

20 Murphy

18 Harris

17 Arcia

The team has 291 HR, third highest all-time after two 2019 teams: the Twins (307) and Yankees (306). 291/151 games = 1.93 HR per game, which is just ahead of the Twins' pace.

[Angelsjunky]

The Braves also have a team .501 SLG, which is the highest all-time. The Astros in 2019 were at .495, the Twins also in 2019 were at .494.

[jsnpritchett]

23 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

The Braves also have a team .501 SLG, which is the highest all-time. The Astros in 2019 were at .495, the Twins also in 2019 were at .494.

[Angelsjunky]

One more: The Braves have a team 125 wRC+ which is tied for the best all time with the...1927 Yankees. Yup, the Braves' offense is as good as the legendary '27 Yankees.

[Taylor]

On 9/18/2023 at 4:46 PM, jsnpritchett said:

This didn't feel like it deserved its own thread, but I wanted to post it somewhere.  Let's just say Pujols looks a little more mature than your average high school senior here...

 

And he was 24 years old.

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Taylor said:

And he was 24 years old.

[CaliforniaYankee]

How many more  games will the Angels lose before the end of the season? 

Its almost, tragically, one of the few things we have left to root for.

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaYankee said:

How many more  games will the Angels lose before the end of the season? 

Its almost, tragically, one of the few things we have left to root for.

They are doing a damn poor job of it tonight. 

[Angels 1961]

Root for San Diego they are sneaking up.