MLB Daily Notes: July 8, 2022
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Joniver had the sickest DraftKings lineup I’ve ever seen last night, it was really amazing. He went heavy on the Braves (Acuna, Olson, Contreras - they all homered) and Yankees (Donaldson, Torres, Judge - lots of points there as well), and somehow he played Blake Snell who scored 35 points while striking out 11.
If I had Blake Snell right now (wish I did cause I dropped him last week!), I would be trading him so fast. Not only does he have major issues with command, walks, and health - he also has those insane bags under his eyes.
Carlos Santana is super ultra mega hot, which means we should abandon the idea of hotness altogether and just remove the word from the dictionary - like find a new word to describe the sun - I don’t wanna hear it anymore.
That’s all the time I have, plenty more interesting data points below - check ‘em out - talk to ya later!
CSW% Leaders - Yesterday
1. Blake Snell (SD): 19.4 SwStr%, 36.1 CSW%
2. Shane McClanahan (TB): 12.6 SwStr%, 35.8 CSW%
3. Aaron Ashby (MIL): 9.7 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
4. Charlie Morton (ATL): 15.2 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
5. Jon Gray (TEX): 10.2 SwStr%, 32.7 CSW%
6. Paul Blackburn (OAK): 12.8 SwStr%, 32.6 CSW%
7. Chris Bassitt (NYM): 13.1 SwStr%, 32.3 CSW%
8. Lucas Giolito (CWS): 10.6 SwStr%, 31.9 CSW%
9. Pablo Lopez (MIA): 16.1 SwStr%, 31.2 CSW%
10. Michael Feliz (BOS): 11.5 SwStr%, 31.1 CSW%
Top Pitcher JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Blake Snell - 6.0 IP - 89.25 JA Points
2. Luis Castillo - 7.0 IP - 68.25 JA Points
3. Keegan Thompson - 5.67 IP - 63.5 JA Points
4. Tarik Skubal - 5.67 IP - 55.0 JA Points
5. Shane McClanahan - 6.0 IP - 54.75 JA Points
6. Reid Detmers - 6.0 IP - 50.75 JA Points
7. Aaron Civale - 6.67 IP - 48.75 JA Points
8. Pablo Lopez - 5.0 IP - 47.0 JA Points
9. Charlie Morton - 6.67 IP - 46.5 JA Points
10. Lucas Giolito - 6.67 IP - 43.0 JA Points
Pitcher JA Scores - Season
1. Spencer Strider (ATL) - 8 GS - 57.26 JA Points
2. Corbin Burnes (MIL) - 17 GS - 54.88 JA Points
3. Shane McClanahan (TB) - 17 GS - 54.82 JA Points
4. Dylan Cease (CWS) - 17 GS - 52.91 JA Points
5. Brandon Woodruff (MIL) - 11 GS - 52.62 JA Points
6. Shohei Ohtani (LAA) - 14 GS - 50.41 JA Points
7. Max Scherzer (NYM) - 9 GS - 49.92 JA Points
8. Carlos Rodon (SF) - 16 GS - 45.81 JA Points
9. Gerrit Cole (NYY) - 17 GS - 45.81 JA Points
10. Cristian Javier (HOU) - 12 GS - 45.29 JA Points
Velo Changes - Yesterday
Chris Bassitt's SL velo (10 pitches) UP 4.3mph to 82.6
Reid Detmers's SL velo (36 pitches) UP 3.9mph to 86.8
Tyler Anderson's FC velo (13 pitches) UP 2.2mph to 87.5
Nestor Cortes's SL velo (15 pitches) UP 2.1mph to 79.6
Blake Snell's CU velo (27 pitches) UP 1.7mph to 82.5
Nestor Cortes's FC velo (18 pitches) UP 1.7mph to 88.3
JT Brubaker's CU velo (31 pitches) UP 1.6mph to 81.8
Aaron Civale's CU velo (27 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 76.9
Chris Bassitt's CU velo (34 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 73.2
Pitch Mix Changes - Yesterday
Aaron Ashby's FF usage (13.9%) up 10.9 points
Adam Wainwright's FF usage (22.3%) up 13.2 points
Chad Kuhl's CU usage (31.0%) up 20.7 points
Chris Bassitt's CU usage (34.3%) up 24.3 points
Connor Seabold's CH usage (31.0%) up 10.4 points
Erick Fedde's SI usage (50.7%) up 14.0 points
JT Brubaker's CU usage (31.0%) up 16.1 points
Keegan Thompson's SL usage (13.5%) up 11.0 points
Lucas Giolito's SL usage (36.2%) up 10.9 points
Luis Castillo's FF usage (41.7%) up 13.1 points
Pablo Lopez's CU usage (14.0%) up 10.0 points
Reid Detmers's SL usage (39.6%) up 23.0 points
Shane McClanahan's CH usage (36.8%) up 13.4 points
Zac Gallen's FF usage (65.1%) up 16.4 points
CSW% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Shohei Ohtani - 76 TBF, 39.9% CSW%
Shane McClanahan - 94 TBF, 38.4% CSW%
Dylan Cease - 93 TBF, 35.1% CSW%
Corbin Burnes - 102 TBF, 34.9% CSW%
Spencer Strider - 85 TBF, 34.4% CSW%
Shane Bieber - 104 TBF, 33.2% CSW%
Robbie Ray - 74 TBF, 33.1% CSW%
Framber Valdez - 79 TBF, 32.8% CSW%
Noah Syndergaard - 78 TBF, 32.8% CSW%
Charlie Morton - 100 TBF, 32.8% CSW%
K% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Shohei Ohtani - 76 TBF, 44.7% K%
Cristian Javier - 89 TBF, 43.8% K%
Spencer Strider - 85 TBF, 40.0% K%
Dylan Cease - 93 TBF, 38.7% K%
Shane McClanahan - 94 TBF, 38.3% K%
David Peterson - 91 TBF, 35.2% K%
Robbie Ray - 74 TBF, 35.1% K%
Blake Snell - 94 TBF, 34.0% K%
Corbin Burnes - 102 TBF, 33.3% K%
Gerrit Cole - 100 TBF, 33.0% K%
K-BB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Shohei Ohtani - 76 TBF, 38.2% K-BB%
Spencer Strider - 85 TBF, 35.3% K-BB%
Cristian Javier - 89 TBF, 34.8% K-BB%
Shane McClanahan - 94 TBF, 34.0% K-BB%
Dylan Cease - 93 TBF, 29.0% K-BB%
David Peterson - 91 TBF, 27.5% K-BB%
Yu Darvish - 81 TBF, 25.9% K-BB%
Robbie Ray - 74 TBF, 25.7% K-BB%
Charlie Morton - 100 TBF, 25.0% K-BB%
Corbin Burnes - 102 TBF, 24.5% K-BB%
GB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Framber Valdez - 79 TBF, 65.9% GB%
Sandy Alcantara - 118 TBF, 64.4% GB%
Andre Pallante - 96 TBF, 62.3% GB%
Alex Cobb - 81 TBF, 61.9% GB%
Taijuan Walker - 99 TBF, 60.6% GB%
Shane McClanahan - 94 TBF, 59.3% GB%
Kyle Wright - 99 TBF, 58.3% GB%
Mitch Keller - 93 TBF, 57.1% GB%
David Peterson - 91 TBF, 56.0% GB%
Nick Martinez - 74 TBF, 55.2% GB%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Pitchers - Last 3 Weeks
David Peterson - 91 TBF, 35.2 K%, 7.7 BB%, 56.0% GB%
Luis Castillo - 104 TBF, 29.8 K%, 7.7 BB%, 53.2% GB%
Shane McClanahan - 94 TBF, 38.3 K%, 4.3 BB%, 59.3% GB%
Hot Pitcher Tracker - Last 3 Weeks vs. Career
Shane McClanahan - +4.0% CSW%, -1.8 BB%
Patrick Corbin - +2.7% CSW%, -2.2 BB%
Josiah Gray - +3.0% CSW%, -4.7 BB%
Carlos Rodon - +2.0% CSW%, -3.0 BB%
Spenser Watkins - +2.3% CSW%, -3.5 BB%
Bryse Wilson - +5.1% CSW%, -5.3 BB%
Patrick Sandoval - +2.3% CSW%, -1.8 BB%
Multiple Barrels
Alec Bohm (PHI) 3 PA, 3 Swings, 2 Barrels, 2 HR
Alex Bregman (HOU) 5 PA, 5 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
George Springer (TOR) 6 PA, 10 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Kris Bryant (COL) 5 PA, 4 Swings, 2 Barrels, 2 HR
Randal Grichuk (COL) 4 PA, 5 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Top Hitter JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Kris Bryant - 5.0 PA - 78.0 JA Points
2. Aaron Hicks - 5.0 PA - 62.0 JA Points
3. Alec Bohm - 3.0 PA - 60.0 JA Points
4. Bryan De La Cruz - 4.0 PA - 53.0 JA Points
5. J.D. Martinez - 5.0 PA - 49.0 JA Points
6. Manny Machado - 5.0 PA - 48.0 JA Points
7. Shohei Ohtani - 5.0 PA - 45.0 JA Points
8. Juan Soto - 4.0 PA - 43.0 JA Points
9. Mike Trout - 5.0 PA - 42.0 JA Points
10. Josh Rojas - 5.0 PA - 41.0 JA Points
Hitter JA Scores - Season
1. Yordan Alvarez (HOU) - 308.0 PA - 151.69 JA Points
2. Alejandro Kirk (TOR) - 275.0 PA - 130.04 JA Points
3. Aaron Judge (NYY) - 349.0 PA - 122.06 JA Points
4. Juan Soto (WSH) - 355.0 PA - 116.85 JA Points
5. Luis Arraez (MIN) - 317.0 PA - 114.07 JA Points
6. Jose Abreu (CWS) - 352.0 PA - 112.39 JA Points
7. Paul Goldschmidt (STL) - 359.0 PA - 109.75 JA Points
8. Will Smith (LAD) - 286.0 PA - 108.81 JA Points
9. Kyle Tucker (HOU) - 311.0 PA - 107.52 JA Points
10. Yandy Diaz (TB) - 306.0 PA - 105.36 JA Points
Hardest Hit Balls
Luis Robert (CWS) - 111.4mph - home_run
Christian Yelich (MIL) - 110.3mph - field_out
Jonathan Schoop (DET) - 110.0mph - single
Harold Ramirez (TB) - 110.0mph - field_out
Luis Robert (CWS) - 109.9mph - single
Yordan Alvarez (HOU) - 109.7mph - double
Cal Raleigh (SEA) - 109.7mph - foul
Alek Thomas (ARI) - 109.3mph - single
D.J. LeMahieu (NYY) - 109.3mph - single
Christian Yelich (MIL) - 109.1mph - field_out
Last 3 Weeks - Brl% Leaders
Yordan Alvarez - 65 PA, 38 BIP, 11 Brls, 28.9 Brl%
Shohei Ohtani - 80 PA, 52 BIP, 14 Brls, 26.9 Brl%
Kyle Schwarber - 76 PA, 49 BIP, 13 Brls, 26.5 Brl%
Julio Rodriguez - 85 PA, 63 BIP, 16 Brls, 25.4 Brl%
Diego Castillo - 52 PA, 32 BIP, 8 Brls, 25.0 Brl%
Luke Voit - 72 PA, 38 BIP, 9 Brls, 23.7 Brl%
Franmil Reyes - 63 PA, 36 BIP, 8 Brls, 22.2 Brl%
Adam Duvall - 54 PA, 33 BIP, 7 Brls, 21.2 Brl%
Aaron Judge - 81 PA, 48 BIP, 10 Brls, 20.8 Brl%
Anthony Rizzo - 54 PA, 29 BIP, 6 Brls, 20.7 Brl%
Last 3 Weeks - Contact% Leaders
Luis Arraez - 90 PA, 136 Swings, 94.1 Cont%
Yandy Diaz - 82 PA, 127 Swings, 92.9 Cont%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa - 50 PA, 73 Swings, 91.8 Cont%
Bryson Stott - 57 PA, 94 Swings, 91.5 Cont%
Tony Kemp - 61 PA, 119 Swings, 90.8 Cont%
Wander Franco - 56 PA, 102 Swings, 89.2 Cont%
Daniel Vogelbach - 69 PA, 83 Swings, 89.2 Cont%
Nicky Lopez - 52 PA, 89 Swings, 88.8 Cont%
Yuli Gurriel - 66 PA, 121 Swings, 88.4 Cont%
Alex Verdugo - 75 PA, 129 Swings, 87.6 Cont%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Hitters - Last 3 Weeks
Francisco Lindor - 76 PA, 19.7 K%, 14.5 Brl%
Julio Rodriguez - 85 PA, 18.8 K%, 25.4 Brl%
Rowdy Tellez - 70 PA, 12.9 K%, 17.6 Brl%
Shohei Ohtani - 80 PA, 20.0 K%, 26.9 Brl%
Yadiel Hernandez - 55 PA, 14.5 K%, 14.0 Brl%
Hot Hitter Tracker - Last 7 vs. Career
Bo Bichette - +3.5% Contact%, +3.3 mph exit velo, -9.1 Chase%
Matt Chapman - +6.0% Contact%, +4.9 mph exit velo, -6.3 Chase%
Brendan Rodgers - +9.7% Contact%, +4.9 mph exit velo, -8.7 Chase%
Jonathan Schoop - +5.3% Contact%, +4.6 mph exit velo, -8.8 Chase%
Kris Bryant - +20.0% Contact%, +3.2 mph exit velo, -4.8 Chase%
Jeimer Candelario - +4.5% Contact%, +4.2 mph exit velo, -7.3 Chase%
Dylan Moore - +8.1% Contact%, +6.0 mph exit velo, -10.1 Chase%
Isiah Kiner-Falefa - +7.9% Contact%, +5.0 mph exit velo, -3.1 Chase%
Super Ultra Mega Hot Hitters - Last 15 Days
Carlos Santana - 0.388 xwOBA, 11.8% Brl%, 75.0% Contact%, 23.9% Chase%, 19.2% K%
George Springer - 0.424 xwOBA, 12.8% Brl%, 77.1% Contact%, 20.8% Chase%, 9.4% K%
Jose Altuve - 0.421 xwOBA, 12.2% Brl%, 80.0% Contact%, 24.8% Chase%, 10.2% K%
Juan Soto - 0.442 xwOBA, 10.3% Brl%, 75.8% Contact%, 18.2% Chase%, 16.0% K%
Marcell Ozuna - 0.39 xwOBA, 14.6% Brl%, 79.8% Contact%, 21.7% Chase%, 19.3% K%
Riley Greene - 0.375 xwOBA, 13.6% Brl%, 75.4% Contact%, 20.8% Chase%, 22.7% K%
Cold Hitters - Last 2 Weeks
Patrick Wisdom - 35.0% Whiff%, 69.7% Weak%, 0.9 Cold Rating
Javier Baez - 33.7% Whiff%, 70.6% Weak%, 0.897 Cold Rating
Oneil Cruz - 33.7% Whiff%, 70.4% Weak%, 0.892 Cold Rating
Orlando Arcia - 33.8% Whiff%, 69.6% Weak%, 0.888 Cold Rating
Bligh Madris - 34.7% Whiff%, 68.2% Weak%, 0.871 Cold Rating
Nelson Velazquez - 37.5% Whiff%, 66.7% Weak%, 0.87 Cold Rating
Jorge Mateo - 41.9% Whiff%, 65.2% Weak%, 0.868 Cold Rating
Luis Robert - 31.0% Whiff%, 71.4% Weak%, 0.861 Cold Rating
Jonathan India - 36.1% Whiff%, 66.7% Weak%, 0.861 Cold Rating
Albert Almora Jr. - 27.3% Whiff%, 76.9% Weak%, 0.818 Cold Rating
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