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July 14, 2024

Pieces of Eight

The Oakland Athletics hit eight home runs to beat the Phillies 18-3. It was the most home runs in a game for the team this century:

The last team to hit at least eight home runs in a game were the Cincinnati Reds in September of 1999, when they hit nine against the Phillies. The MLB record is 10 home runs, set by the Blue Jays in 1987.
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Three Oakland batters produced multi-home run games. Seth Brown and Brent Rooker hit two each, while leadoff man Lawrence Butler hit three. Butler in his second season, owns .211 BAs in both years, but up his slugging percentage this year from .341 to .406. He’s the seventh player with a three-home run game this season. There were 15 in total in 2023.

Oakland is now 37-61 on the season, ten wins better than at 98 games in 2023. They could still win 100 games. 🙂

September 18, 2022

Best Batter Today

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Aaron Judge of the Yankees stays on top of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings as he doubles and walks in a 4-1 Milwaukee win. That raises Judge’s batting average to .312, and puts him in third place, four points behind Luis Arraez and three points behind Xander Bogaerts. An American League triple crown looks a lot more likely today.

Judge’s home run pace stays at 64 HR for the season, but his most likely total drops to 61. The probability of him hitting at least 62 home runs now stands at 0.403, still very good.

Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers stays in second place with a two for five night, as he continues to lead the NL with a .331 BA. The Dodgers beat the Giants 7-2 for the team’s 100th win of the season.

Yordan Alvarez of the Astros homered again as he goes one for four in an 8-5 Athletics win. He remains in third place. HIs teammate, Alex Bregman, posts a two for four night with a double for fifth place. Nathaniel Lowe of the Rangers reaches base three times on two singles and a hit by pitch to move into fourth place.

On a day that that didn’t see much offense (6.71 runs per game), three players tie for best game score of the day at 72. Amed Rosario of the Guardians went four for eight with a home run and four RBI in the game two win over the Twins. He reached on an error in the bottom of the fifteenth inning, and the run that scored won the game. That puts the Twins seven games out in the division, and likely ends the very nice run Minnesota experienced this year.

Seth Brown of the Athletics posted a two for four with a double, home run, and walk in the victory over the Astros. Brown is the type of hitter we see a lot of lately. He does a poor job of getting on base, but generates great power. Of the 186 hits in his career, 94 have gone for extra bases.

Rodolfo Castro of the Pirates goes three for four with a double, home run, and RBI in a 5-1 Mets win. He’s another Seth Brown. Castro’s short career, his slash line stands at .230/.289/.439 with 20 of his 49 hits going for extra bases, half of those home runs. In a more pitching dominant era, teams appears willing to trade outs for extra-base hits.

September 5, 2022

Best Batter Today

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For the second day in a row there is a bit of a shakeup at the top of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. Aaron Judge of the Yankees remains on top after a three for five day in a 2-1 win over the Rays. Judge singled, doubled, and homered, scoring both Yankees runs as they manage to prevent a sweep extend their shrinking AL East lead to five games. With 53 home runs, Judge is on a pace for 64 homers for the season, with his most likely outcome at 60. The probability of him hitting at least 62 home runs rises to 0.25, or 1 in 4.

Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals goes one for five with a double to remain in second place. He now leads the batting race by nine points, hiking his probability of winning the triple crown to 0.053. The Cardinals downed the Cubs 2-0.

Jose Altuve of the Astros moves into third place as he singles, doubles, and homers in four trips to the place, the Houston downing LAnaheim 9-1. His teammate, Alex Bregman, sits in fifth place as the Astros rested him.

Rounding out the top five is Mookie Betts of the Dodgers in fourth place. Betts doubled twice in the 9-4 win over the Padres. The Dodgers magic number I believe is nine games, as they hold the tie-breaker over San Diego.

The best game score of the day belongs to Seth Brown of the Athletics, a 79. He goes three for four with a single and two home runs in the 5-0 win over the Orioles. Brown is another example of a player who is all power. In his age 27 season, he is hitting .227 with a .292 OBP, but 43 of his 93 hits have gone for extra bases. Once again, teams seem to be willing to pay a high price in outs for power.

August 5, 2022

Best Batter Today

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Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals uses a doubleheader to move up to second place in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings. He goes three for eight on the day with a home run and a walk to move about nine points behind the idle Aaron Judge of the Yankees. The two go head to head this weekend in St. Louis. The Cardinals sweep the twin bill from the Cubs by scores of 4-3 and 7-2. Milwaukee and St. Louis are now tied for first place in the NL Central.

Yordan Alvarez of the Astros goes one for two with two walks in a 6-0 win over the Guardians. Justin Verlander picks up his 15th win of the season in that game, and has an outside shot at 25 wins.

Fourth place belongs to Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, one for four in a 5-3 win over the Giants. Austin Riley rounds out the top five as he draws a walk in four trips, the Mets taking the game 6-4.

Seth Brown of the Athletics uses a perfect day at the plate to post a game score of 78, the highest on Friday. Brown homered, singled and walked three times in an 8-7 win over the Angels, as all seven Angels runs score on solo home runs. Brown needed a good day at the plate, as the 5 for 5 raised his OBP to just .293.

July 22, 2022

Best Batter Today

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Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers sits atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings after a a one for two night with a home run and two walks in a 9-6 win over the Dodgers. Freeman’s game score of 66 ties with three others for best of the day.

One of those he tied was Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, who returned to the starting lineup in game two of the doubleheader against the Yankees. He picked up where he left off, going two for four with a double and a home run to help win the game 7-5. Alvarez also picked up a hit in game one as a pinch hitter as Houston sweeps the day. Houston is now just 2 1/2 games behind New York for the best record in the AL.

Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals, as well as Juan Soto of the Nationals did not play. They rank three, four, and five respectively.

The other two 66 game scores go to Seth Brown of the Athletics and Marcus Semien of the Rangers. Brown goes two for four with a double and a home run in game one of a doubleheader against the Tigers, Detroit taking the game 7-2. Power is his forte, as he owns a career .225 BA but a .443 slugging percentage. The teams split on the day. Semien goes two for three with a double and a walk as Texas beats Miami 8-0. Semien collected twenty extra-base hits since June 1 after accumulating just eleven in April and May.

September 4, 2019

The Anti-TTO Hitter

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Seth Brown of the Oakland Athletics is off to a great start to his career, hitting .448/.484/.690 after eight games. I like to see if there is anyone on the road to a .400 BA in more than ten at bats. That is a rare feat. Brown is unlike most hitters today based on his small sample size. He came to the plate 31 times. He struck out five times, which is a fairly low rate for today’s game. He walked once (and was hit by a pitch). His .690 slugging percentage does not include a home run; he doubled three times and tripled twice, five of his 13 hits going for extra bases.

Brown is not a prospect. At seasonal age 26 he is already into his prime years. He actually had a normal walk rate and hit a bunch of home runs in the minors. Most of his power was from doubles and triples, however. He’s making the most of his opportunity right now, and maybe that helps the A’s make the playoffs.