MLB Daily Notes: Saturday, August 27
Introduction / Explanation For New Readers
CSW% Leaders - Yesterday
1. Shane Bieber (CLE): 19.4 SwStr%, 36.6 CSW%
2. Yusei Kikuchi (TOR): 21.8 SwStr%, 36.4 CSW%
3. Gerrit Cole (NYY): 14.5 SwStr%, 35.5 CSW%
4. Bailey Falter (PHI): 15.5 SwStr%, 35.2 CSW%
5. Johnny Cueto (CWS): 7.8 SwStr%, 34.4 CSW%
6. Alex Wood (SF): 18.3 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
7. Spencer Strider (ATL): 17.6 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
8. Kyle Bradish (BAL): 17.7 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
9. Mike Minor (CIN): 10.5 SwStr%, 32.4 CSW%
10. Justin Steele (CHC): 17.0 SwStr%, 31.8 CSW%
Top Pitcher JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Shane Bieber - 7.33 IP - 84.75 JA Points
2. Gerrit Cole - 7.33 IP - 77.75 JA Points
3. Mike Minor - 7.0 IP - 73.25 JA Points
4. Kyle Bradish - 8.0 IP - 65.5 JA Points
5. Spencer Strider - 6.0 IP - 55.75 JA Points
6. Freddy Peralta - 6.0 IP - 55.25 JA Points
7. Bailey Falter - 6.0 IP - 45.5 JA Points
8. Joe Ryan - 6.0 IP - 43.5 JA Points
9. Reid Detmers - 5.0 IP - 39.0 JA Points
10. Zach Thompson - 5.0 IP - 38.25 JA Points
Pitcher JA Scores - Season
1. Spencer Strider (ATL) - 16.0 GS - 55.78 JA Points
2. Corbin Burnes (MIL) - 25.0 GS - 52.25 JA Points
3. Shane McClanahan (TB) - 24.0 GS - 51.93 JA Points
4. Shohei Ohtani (LAA) - 21.0 GS - 50.44 JA Points
5. Dylan Cease (CWS) - 25.0 GS - 49.6 JA Points
6. Carlos Rodon (SF) - 25.0 GS - 49.46 JA Points
7. Gerrit Cole (NYY) - 26.0 GS - 48.61 JA Points
8. Blake Snell (SD) - 17.0 GS - 46.3 JA Points
9. Max Scherzer (NYM) - 18.0 GS - 46.08 JA Points
10. Cristian Javier (HOU) - 19.0 GS - 44.96 JA Points
Velo Changes - Yesterday
Reid Detmers's SL velo (31 pitches) UP 2.9mph to 88.0
Chris Bassitt's SL velo (14 pitches) UP 2.2mph to 80.9
Bailey Falter's CU velo (21 pitches) UP 2.0mph to 78.1
Jared Koenig's SI velo (35 pitches) UP 1.8mph to 90.5
Chad Kuhl's SI velo (24 pitches) UP 1.6mph to 94.2
Mike Minor's SL velo (29 pitches) UP 1.6mph to 86.8
Mike Minor's CU velo (18 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 80.3
Tyler Alexander's SL velo (13 pitches) DOWN -1.6mph to 76.6
Zach Thompson's CU velo (27 pitches) DOWN -1.6mph to 75.6
Johnny Cueto's SI velo (15 pitches) DOWN -2.1mph to 89.4
Gerrit Cole's CU velo (14 pitches) DOWN -2.3mph to 80.7
Johnny Cueto's FF velo (19 pitches) DOWN -2.4mph to 89.2
Freddy Peralta's CU velo (21 pitches) DOWN -2.4mph to 74.0
Pitch Mix Changes - Yesterday
Bailey Falter's FF usage (36.6%) up 17.9 points
Bailey Falter's CU usage (29.6%) up 18.9 points
Chris Bassitt's SI usage (45.5%) up 13.8 points
Freddy Peralta's CU usage (25.6%) up 12.4 points
Glenn Otto's SI usage (37.5%) up 11.5 points
Jared Koenig's SI usage (60.3%) up 24.0 points
Jose Quintana's FF usage (51.2%) up 15.5 points
Kyle Bradish's SL usage (51.0%) up 24.6 points
Logan Gilbert's CH usage (22.2%) up 14.4 points
Reid Detmers's SI usage (11.4%) up 10.1 points
Ryan Yarbrough's SI usage (28.4%) up 10.1 points
Shane Bieber's FC usage (32.3%) up 20.1 points
Tommy Henry's FF usage (64.0%) up 10.5 points
Tyler Anderson's FF usage (51.2%) up 14.0 points
Yusei Kikuchi's SL usage (56.4%) up 28.2 points
Zach Thompson's CU usage (32.9%) up 15.1 points
CSW% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Drew Smyly - 93 TBF, 40.3% CSW%
Nick Lodolo - 95 TBF, 38.6% CSW%
Jacob deGrom - 86 TBF, 38.1% CSW%
Aaron Nola - 110 TBF, 35.2% CSW%
Framber Valdez - 82 TBF, 34.6% CSW%
JT Brubaker - 94 TBF, 34.0% CSW%
Matt Manning - 101 TBF, 33.6% CSW%
Shane Bieber - 106 TBF, 32.5% CSW%
Zac Gallen - 94 TBF, 32.4% CSW%
Carlos Rodon - 94 TBF, 32.3% CSW%
K% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Jacob deGrom - 86 TBF, 46.5% K%
Andrew Heaney - 79 TBF, 35.4% K%
Zac Gallen - 94 TBF, 34.0% K%
Blake Snell - 88 TBF, 33.0% K%
Carlos Rodon - 94 TBF, 33.0% K%
Drew Rasmussen - 79 TBF, 32.9% K%
Justin Steele - 90 TBF, 32.2% K%
Spencer Strider - 83 TBF, 30.1% K%
Aaron Nola - 110 TBF, 30.0% K%
Gerrit Cole - 100 TBF, 30.0% K%
K-BB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Jacob deGrom - 86 TBF, 44.2% K-BB%
Andrew Heaney - 79 TBF, 31.6% K-BB%
Carlos Rodon - 94 TBF, 30.9% K-BB%
Drew Rasmussen - 79 TBF, 30.4% K-BB%
Blake Snell - 88 TBF, 28.4% K-BB%
Zac Gallen - 94 TBF, 27.7% K-BB%
George Kirby - 101 TBF, 26.7% K-BB%
Aaron Nola - 110 TBF, 26.4% K-BB%
Justin Steele - 90 TBF, 24.4% K-BB%
Lance Lynn - 95 TBF, 24.2% K-BB%
GB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Framber Valdez - 82 TBF, 70.6% GB%
Logan Webb - 105 TBF, 68.5% GB%
Marcus Stroman - 98 TBF, 65.8% GB%
Dane Dunning - 91 TBF, 64.1% GB%
Shane McClanahan - 101 TBF, 62.3% GB%
Graham Ashcraft - 80 TBF, 61.4% GB%
Shane Bieber - 106 TBF, 60.0% GB%
Max Fried - 80 TBF, 58.3% GB%
Zac Gallen - 94 TBF, 57.1% GB%
Ranger Suarez - 101 TBF, 56.5% GB%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Pitchers - Last 3 Weeks
Drew Rasmussen - 79 TBF, 32.9 K%, 2.5 BB%, 45.1% GB%
George Kirby - 101 TBF, 28.7 K%, 2.0 BB%, 47.1% GB%
JT Brubaker - 94 TBF, 28.7 K%, 5.3 BB%, 49.2% GB%
Justin Steele - 90 TBF, 32.2 K%, 7.8 BB%, 53.7% GB%
Justin Verlander - 72 TBF, 29.2 K%, 2.8 BB%, 46.9% GB%
Kyle Wright - 72 TBF, 27.8 K%, 4.2 BB%, 55.1% GB%
Ryan Yarbrough - 70 TBF, 27.1 K%, 5.7 BB%, 50.0% GB%
Shawn Armstrong - 52 TBF, 34.6 K%, 5.8 BB%, 48.4% GB%
Sonny Gray - 66 TBF, 31.8 K%, 6.1 BB%, 46.3% GB%
Zac Gallen - 94 TBF, 34.0 K%, 6.4 BB%, 57.1% GB%
Hot Pitcher Tracker - Last 3 Weeks vs. Career
Matt Manning - +6.8% CSW%, -2.8 BB%
Lance Lynn - +2.4% CSW%, -3.0 BB%
Zac Gallen - +3.3% CSW%, -1.8 BB%
Justin Steele - +2.1% CSW%, -1.8 BB%
Corey Kluber - +2.4% CSW%, -3.2 BB%
Carlos Rodon - +2.7% CSW%, -4.1 BB%
Charlie Morton - +3.5% CSW%, -2.1 BB%
JT Brubaker - +4.8% CSW%, -3.5 BB%
Dean Kremer - +6.5% CSW%, -2.9 BB%
Michael Wacha - +4.0% CSW%, -1.8 BB%
Jakob Junis - +5.5% CSW%, -2.5 BB%
Drew Hutchison - +2.0% CSW%, -4.3 BB%
Andrew Heaney - +4.8% CSW%, -3.6 BB%
Max Fried - +3.3% CSW%, -3.7 BB%
Erasmo Ramirez - +6.1% CSW%, -2.3 BB%
Ross Stripling - +5.8% CSW%, -4.0 BB%
Multiple Barrels
Gary Sanchez (MIN) 4 PA, 8 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
Jo Adell (LAA) 5 PA, 9 Swings, 2 Barrels, 2 HR
Jose Abreu (CWS) 4 PA, 9 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Mookie Betts (LAD) 6 PA, 14 Swings, 2 Barrels, 2 HR
Top Hitter JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Mookie Betts - 6.0 PA - 77.0 JA Points
2. Jo Adell - 5.0 PA - 67.0 JA Points
3. Matt Olson - 5.0 PA - 61.0 JA Points
4. Nathaniel Lowe - 4.0 PA - 59.0 JA Points
5. Rowdy Tellez - 5.0 PA - 56.0 JA Points
6. Aaron Judge - 4.0 PA - 55.0 JA Points
7. Austin Riley - 5.0 PA - 51.0 JA Points
8. Mark Mathias - 4.0 PA - 51.0 JA Points
9. Yandy Diaz - 5.0 PA - 49.0 JA Points
10. A.J. Pollock - 4.0 PA - 44.0 JA Points
Hitter JA Scores - Season
1. Aaron Judge (NYY) - 530.0 PA - 137.81 JA Points
2. Juan Soto (SD) - 513.0 PA - 136.84 JA Points
3. Yordan Alvarez (HOU) - 442.0 PA - 136.47 JA Points
4. Paul Goldschmidt (STL) - 519.0 PA - 113.29 JA Points
5. Freddie Freeman (LAD) - 547.0 PA - 112.98 JA Points
6. Alejandro Kirk (TOR) - 418.0 PA - 110.91 JA Points
7. Will Smith (LAD) - 446.0 PA - 98.83 JA Points
8. Yandy Diaz (TB) - 465.0 PA - 98.32 JA Points
9. Alex Bregman (HOU) - 517.0 PA - 97.33 JA Points
10. Jose Ramirez (CLE) - 510.0 PA - 91.92 JA Points
Hardest Hit Balls
Giancarlo Stanton (NYY) - 118.0mph - grounded_into_double_play
Gary Sanchez (MIN) - 116.1mph - foul
Austin Riley (ATL) - 114.9mph - field_out
Jo Adell (LAA) - 112.2mph - home_run
Matt Olson (ATL) - 112.1mph - double
Michael Harris II (ATL) - 111.9mph - double
Carlos Correa (MIN) - 111.7mph - foul
Pete Alonso (NYM) - 111.6mph - foul
Nathaniel Lowe (TEX) - 111.4mph - single
Seiya Suzuki (CHC) - 111.3mph - field_out
Last 3 Weeks - Brl% Leaders
Nick Pratto - 56 PA, 30 BIP, 7 Brls, 23.3 Brl%
Albert Pujols - 47 PA, 35 BIP, 8 Brls, 22.9 Brl%
Kyle Schwarber - 64 PA, 39 BIP, 8 Brls, 20.5 Brl%
Brian Anderson - 48 PA, 25 BIP, 5 Brls, 20.0 Brl%
Michael Massey - 64 PA, 42 BIP, 8 Brls, 19.0 Brl%
Emmanuel Rivera - 65 PA, 43 BIP, 8 Brls, 18.6 Brl%
Jarren Duran - 50 PA, 27 BIP, 5 Brls, 18.5 Brl%
Jo Adell - 57 PA, 27 BIP, 5 Brls, 18.5 Brl%
Rowdy Tellez - 63 PA, 38 BIP, 7 Brls, 18.4 Brl%
Shohei Ohtani - 74 PA, 44 BIP, 8 Brls, 18.2 Brl%
Last 3 Weeks - xwOBA Leaders
Albert Pujols - 47 PA, 0.524 xwOBA
Nathaniel Lowe - 82 PA, 0.454 xwOBA
Aaron Judge - 81 PA, 0.453 xwOBA
Vinnie Pasquantino - 58 PA, 0.43 xwOBA
Paul Goldschmidt - 85 PA, 0.428 xwOBA
Matt Olson - 89 PA, 0.427 xwOBA
Juan Soto - 68 PA, 0.424 xwOBA
Christian Walker - 80 PA, 0.413 xwOBA
Alex Bregman - 80 PA, 0.413 xwOBA
Rowdy Tellez - 63 PA, 0.399 xwOBA
Last 3 Weeks - Contact% Leaders
Luis Arraez - 71 PA, 123 Swings, 95.9 Cont%
Nick Madrigal - 67 PA, 119 Swings, 94.1 Cont%
Jose Iglesias - 61 PA, 101 Swings, 92.1 Cont%
J.P. Crawford - 73 PA, 132 Swings, 91.7 Cont%
Nico Hoerner - 82 PA, 137 Swings, 90.5 Cont%
Steven Kwan - 78 PA, 114 Swings, 89.5 Cont%
Isaac Paredes - 55 PA, 104 Swings, 89.4 Cont%
Brendan Donovan - 47 PA, 65 Swings, 89.2 Cont%
Ildemaro Vargas - 62 PA, 102 Swings, 89.2 Cont%
Ketel Marte - 53 PA, 86 Swings, 88.4 Cont%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Hitters - Last 3 Weeks
Albert Pujols - 47 PA, 17.0 K%, 22.9 Brl%
Andrew Vaughn - 74 PA, 17.6 K%, 14.0 Brl%
Emmanuel Rivera - 65 PA, 20.0 K%, 18.6 Brl%
Juan Soto - 68 PA, 16.2 K%, 14.6 Brl%
Lars Nootbaar - 84 PA, 14.3 K%, 14.5 Brl%
Matt Olson - 89 PA, 14.6 K%, 15.9 Brl%
Nathaniel Lowe - 82 PA, 18.3 K%, 15.3 Brl%
Paul Goldschmidt - 85 PA, 17.6 K%, 15.5 Brl%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - 82 PA, 12.2 K%, 14.5 Brl%
Hot Hitter Tracker - Last 7 vs. Career
Brendan Rodgers - +8.2% Contact%, +4.3 mph exit velo, -15.2 Chase%
Andrew Benintendi - +11.6% Contact%, +4.4 mph exit velo, -4.2 Chase%
Jake Fraley - +5.3% Contact%, +6.6 mph exit velo, -3.1 Chase%
Michael Harris II - +5.1% Contact%, +8.3 mph exit velo, -10.3 Chase%
Jose Trevino - +3.5% Contact%, +4.6 mph exit velo, -28.3 Chase%
Eloy Jimenez - +9.3% Contact%, +3.7 mph exit velo, -14.5 Chase%
Josh Bell - +5.6% Contact%, +5.7 mph exit velo, -4.8 Chase%
Ha-Seong Kim - +9.2% Contact%, +9.6 mph exit velo, -14.7 Chase%
Seby Zavala - +12.5% Contact%, +3.5 mph exit velo, -11.3 Chase%
Lane Thomas - +7.2% Contact%, +4.4 mph exit velo, -5.0 Chase%
Super Ultra Mega Hot Hitters - Last 15 Days
Alex Bregman - 0.394 xwOBA, 12.2% Brl%, 82.7% Contact%, 18.6% Chase%, 8.3% K%
Christian Walker - 0.415 xwOBA, 14.6% Brl%, 75.8% Contact%, 24.6% Chase%, 16.1% K%
Corey Seager - 0.387 xwOBA, 10.6% Brl%, 80.4% Contact%, 24.7% Chase%, 13.3% K%
Jake Fraley - 0.392 xwOBA, 13.9% Brl%, 81.6% Contact%, 17.9% Chase%, 19.2% K%
Lars Nootbaar - 0.379 xwOBA, 13.2% Brl%, 75.0% Contact%, 23.5% Chase%, 17.7% K%
Matt Olson - 0.458 xwOBA, 19.2% Brl%, 80.3% Contact%, 23.3% Chase%, 14.9% K%
Paul Goldschmidt - 0.41 xwOBA, 15.9% Brl%, 77.2% Contact%, 23.6% Chase%, 19.0% K%
Sean Murphy - 0.402 xwOBA, 12.2% Brl%, 78.0% Contact%, 24.3% Chase%, 15.0% K%
Cold Hitters - Last 2 Weeks
Jose Barrero - 40.0% Whiff%, 72.0% Weak%, 0.927 Cold Rating
Michael A. Taylor - 35.0% Whiff%, 76.9% Weak%, 0.927 Cold Rating
Paul DeJong - 43.6% Whiff%, 70.0% Weak%, 0.907 Cold Rating
Oneil Cruz - 45.0% Whiff%, 69.2% Weak%, 0.893 Cold Rating
P.J. Higgins - 36.7% Whiff%, 70.0% Weak%, 0.877 Cold Rating
Jeremy Pena - 37.9% Whiff%, 68.8% Weak%, 0.859 Cold Rating
C.J. Abrams - 27.8% Whiff%, 85.2% Weak%, 0.841 Cold Rating
Seth Brown - 29.6% Whiff%, 74.1% Weak%, 0.84 Cold Rating
Jared Walsh - 43.7% Whiff%, 65.0% Weak%, 0.821 Cold Rating
Mike Yastrzemski - 28.0% Whiff%, 75.0% Weak%, 0.819 Cold Rating
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