I see that Wash is sticking with Michael Young….
Rangers-Orioles Wild Card Talk
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Jim, I’m not going to get drawn into the larger discussion again. (“Hail to the Buckeyes valiant….”) But when I look at the bottom of the 4th, I see Baltimore getting out of a 3rd-and-1st, 1-out jam largely because Joe Saunders struck out Mike Napoli. Now, Saunders ranked 74th of 88 qualifiers in SO/9 this year, and this was a high-K year for him; last year he was 90th of 93. I find in his record no special ability for this particular situation: With 3rd-and-1st this year, he allowed 11 hits in 24 ABs (no sac flies), with 2 Ks.… Read more »
John, in answer to your question…yes very possibly so indeed. Attitudes of a team definitely have an effect on new team members, I don’t think there’s any question about it–as long as those new members are of the right frame of mind to begin with. But to some specific replies. First, the striking out of Napoli was very big, given what he did in big games last year. Don’t you think he deserves some credit for rising to the occasion? The pitch he struck him out on was a terrific pitch. But he then had to get Soto as well,… Read more »
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So, is Joe Nathan the new Ron Perranoski?
His career postseason line: 9 IP, 9 ER, 14 H, 8 BB, 11 SO, 2.44 WHIP. And he’s let in 3 of 5 inherited runners.
As a closer in the postseason, he’s saved 1, blown 1, and lost another.
Out of 9 games, there were 4 where he allowed 2+ runs, plus 2 others allowing 1+ inherited runners. In another game, he walked the only man he faced. In 7 of 9, his WPA was negative.
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Thinking about how far the O’s have come in one year: – Plus 24 wins over all. – vs. AL East went from 28-44 to 43-29 (season series mark was 0-3-1 last year, 2-0-2 this year — no division foe beat ’em). – vs. .500+ teams went from 38-65 to 44-43 (yes, that’s 26 fewer games, but never mind that). Then looking at their 2011 record against the contenders over the last 35 games: – Yankees, 4-4 – Rays, 3-3 – Red Sox, 5-2 – Angels, 2-1 (they were fighting for the division & wild card) – Tigers, 2-2 (in… Read more »
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About one-run records … This little study has surely been published many times before, but I ran through it as an exercise in using the Situational Records tool and Excel, so here are my results: I looked at teams from 1901-2011 that won at least 2/3 of their games: (1) in all games (37 teams); and (2) in one-run games (49 teams). Then I looked at their records the year before and the year after. And here is the unweighted average of each set of winning percentages: .667 or better in ALL games: – Year before: .624 (equivalent to 101-61)… Read more »
Nolan Ryan was pitching for the Astros against the Phillies in the eighth inning of the Game 5 of the 1980 NLCS with a 5-2 lead and 6 outs from the franchise’s first World Series appearance. He botched up a come-back grounder and etc, etc – the Astros lost a heartbreaker 8-7 in 10 innings. So, there is something absolutely delicious seeing the look on his fat face when the incredulous turn of events over the past two seasons befell his stinking Rangers. Condign punishment Saint Nolan. And pretty soon your team is going to get old and expensive and… Read more »