MLB Daily Notes: Saturday, May 14
No time for chit-chat today, here are the notes and everything else.
I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to get this post out tomorrow morning, but it’s not for sure. Projections & updated reports should be there just fine though. Happy weekending!
CSW% Leaders - Yesterday
1. Pablo Lopez (MIA): 20.2 SwStr%, 43.4 CSW%
2. Gerrit Cole (NYY): 19.6 SwStr%, 39.2 CSW%
3. Tyler Mahle (CIN): 15.7 SwStr%, 35.3 CSW%
4. Framber Valdez (HOU): 8.6 SwStr%, 33.3 CSW%
5. Kevin Gausman (TOR): 15.3 SwStr%, 32.7 CSW%
6. Chase Silseth (LAA): 12.3 SwStr%, 32.1 CSW%
7. Dane Dunning (TEX): 10.2 SwStr%, 30.7 CSW%
8. Drew Smyly (CHC): 9.8 SwStr%, 30.4 CSW%
9. Griffin Jax (MIN): 12.0 SwStr%, 30.0 CSW%
10. Max Fried (ATL): 15.5 SwStr%, 29.9 CSW%
Top Pitcher JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Pablo Lopez - 7.0 IP - 94.5 JA Points
2. Gerrit Cole - 6.33 IP - 68.25 JA Points
3. Kevin Gausman - 7.0 IP - 62.25 JA Points
4. Max Scherzer - 7.0 IP - 55.0 JA Points
5. Tyler Mahle - 6.0 IP - 53.25 JA Points
6. Corbin Burnes - 6.67 IP - 53.0 JA Points
7. Chase Silseth - 6.0 IP - 52.5 JA Points
8. Framber Valdez - 7.67 IP - 46.0 JA Points
9. Zach Davies - 5.67 IP - 35.75 JA Points
10. Eduardo Rodriguez - 6.67 IP - 34.25 JA Points
Pitcher JA Scores - Season
1. Shane McClanahan (TB) - 7.0 GS - 57.96 JA Points
2. Dylan Cease (CWS) - 7.0 GS - 56.61 JA Points
3. Shohei Ohtani (LAA) - 6.0 GS - 55.98 JA Points
4. Carlos Rodon (SF) - 6.0 GS - 55.36 JA Points
5. Alex Cobb (SF) - 5.0 GS - 54.71 JA Points
6. Corbin Burnes (MIL) - 7.0 GS - 53.83 JA Points
7. Kevin Gausman (TOR) - 7.0 GS - 51.79 JA Points
8. Lucas Giolito (CWS) - 5.0 GS - 51.44 JA Points
9. Garrett Whitlock (BOS) - 4.0 GS - 50.32 JA Points
10. Freddy Peralta (MIL) - 6.0 GS - 47.87 JA Points
Velo Changes - Yesterday
Mitch Keller's SL velo (26 pitches) UP 1.6mph to 88.6
Daulton Jefferies's CH velo (20 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 87.3
Jordan Lyles's CH velo (12 pitches) DOWN -1.5mph to 85.7
Kyle Freeland's SL velo (12 pitches) DOWN -1.6mph to 83.5
Vince Velasquez's SL velo (22 pitches) DOWN -1.9mph to 83.1
Kyle Freeland's CU velo (15 pitches) DOWN -2.5mph to 78.3
Kyle Freeland's SI velo (15 pitches) DOWN -2.6mph to 88.1
Pitch Mix Changes - Yesterday
Dane Dunning's SI usage (48.9%) up 10.2 points
Daulton Jefferies's SI usage (42.0%) up 10.1 points
Drew Rasmussen's FC usage (48.7%) up 16.9 points
Eduardo Rodriguez's FC usage (34.6%) up 16.0 points
Josiah Gray's SL usage (40.4%) up 21.1 points
Kevin Gausman's FS usage (43.9%) up 10.8 points
Kyle Gibson's CU usage (11.6%) up 10.4 points
Logan Webb's SI usage (44.2%) up 11.4 points
Mitch Keller's SL usage (32.5%) up 13.6 points
Yu Darvish's SL usage (43.4%) up 26.1 points
Zack Greinke's SL usage (31.7%) up 11.2 points
CSW% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Shane McClanahan - 93 TBF, 36.5% CSW%
Gerrit Cole - 102 TBF, 36.0% CSW%
Lucas Giolito - 89 TBF, 35.7% CSW%
Corbin Burnes - 99 TBF, 35.1% CSW%
Dylan Cease - 88 TBF, 34.5% CSW%
Joe Musgrove - 82 TBF, 33.7% CSW%
Aaron Nola - 97 TBF, 33.2% CSW%
Kevin Gausman - 102 TBF, 33.0% CSW%
Pablo Lopez - 98 TBF, 32.6% CSW%
Dane Dunning - 99 TBF, 32.6% CSW%
K% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Dylan Cease - 88 TBF, 44.3% K%
Shane McClanahan - 93 TBF, 36.6% K%
Corbin Burnes - 99 TBF, 35.4% K%
Lucas Giolito - 89 TBF, 34.8% K%
Gerrit Cole - 102 TBF, 33.3% K%
Max Scherzer - 100 TBF, 32.0% K%
Aaron Nola - 97 TBF, 32.0% K%
Kevin Gausman - 102 TBF, 31.4% K%
Logan Gilbert - 89 TBF, 30.3% K%
Pablo Lopez - 98 TBF, 29.6% K%
K-BB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Dylan Cease - 88 TBF, 36.4% K-BB%
Corbin Burnes - 99 TBF, 31.3% K-BB%
Shane McClanahan - 93 TBF, 31.2% K-BB%
Kevin Gausman - 102 TBF, 29.4% K-BB%
Aaron Nola - 97 TBF, 28.9% K-BB%
Gerrit Cole - 102 TBF, 28.4% K-BB%
Lucas Giolito - 89 TBF, 28.1% K-BB%
Max Scherzer - 100 TBF, 28.0% K-BB%
Pablo Lopez - 98 TBF, 24.5% K-BB%
Luis Garcia - 134 TBF, 22.4% K-BB%
GB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Framber Valdez - 107 TBF, 67.9% GB%
Dakota Hudson - 95 TBF, 62.3% GB%
Shane McClanahan - 93 TBF, 61.1% GB%
Logan Webb - 102 TBF, 57.1% GB%
Austin Gomber - 90 TBF, 55.6% GB%
Kyle Gibson - 84 TBF, 55.4% GB%
Martin Perez - 95 TBF, 54.9% GB%
Aaron Sanchez - 82 TBF, 54.4% GB%
Alex Wood - 88 TBF, 54.0% GB%
Miles Mikolas - 103 TBF, 53.2% GB%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Pitchers - Last 3 Weeks
Aaron Nola - 97 TBF, 32.0 K%, 3.1 BB%, 47.6% GB%
Corbin Burnes - 99 TBF, 35.4 K%, 4.0 BB%, 49.2% GB%
Gerrit Cole - 102 TBF, 33.3 K%, 4.9 BB%, 49.2% GB%
Kevin Gausman - 102 TBF, 31.4 K%, 2.0 BB%, 50.0% GB%
Luis Garcia - 134 TBF, 27.6 K%, 5.2 BB%, 49.4% GB%
Nick Martinez - 63 TBF, 27.0 K%, 7.9 BB%, 51.2% GB%
Pablo Lopez - 98 TBF, 29.6 K%, 5.1 BB%, 50.0% GB%
Shane McClanahan - 93 TBF, 36.6 K%, 5.4 BB%, 61.1% GB%
Multiple Barrels
Andrew Benintendi (KC) 6 PA, 8 Swings, 3 Barrels, 1 HR
Josh Donaldson (NYY) 5 PA, 10 Swings, 3 Barrels, 1 HR
Aaron Judge (NYY) 5 PA, 8 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
Brendan Rodgers (COL) 5 PA, 10 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
Dansby Swanson (ATL) 4 PA, 9 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
J.D. Martinez (BOS) 5 PA, 5 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Tommy Pham (CIN) 5 PA, 7 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Tyler Naquin (CIN) 4 PA, 8 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Top Hitter JA Scores - Yesterday
1. Aaron Judge - 5.0 PA - 62.0 JA Points
2. Tommy Pham - 5.0 PA - 60.0 JA Points
3. Sam Hilliard - 5.0 PA - 60.0 JA Points
4. Travis Demeritte - 5.0 PA - 58.0 JA Points
5. Josh Donaldson - 5.0 PA - 58.0 JA Points
6. Ha-Seong Kim - 5.0 PA - 57.0 JA Points
7. Ryan Jeffers - 4.0 PA - 54.0 JA Points
8. Royce Lewis - 4.0 PA - 53.0 JA Points
9. Andrew Benintendi - 6.0 PA - 53.0 JA Points
10. Bryce Harper - 5.0 PA - 52.0 JA Points
Hitter JA Scores - Season
1. Yordan Alvarez (HOU) - 111.0 PA - 155.32 JA Points
2. Mike Trout (LAA) - 120.0 PA - 147.33 JA Points
3. Taylor Ward (LAA) - 102.0 PA - 146.27 JA Points
4. Freddie Freeman (LAD) - 138.0 PA - 137.39 JA Points
5. Aaron Judge (NYY) - 134.0 PA - 137.31 JA Points
6. Jose Ramirez (CLE) - 137.0 PA - 135.47 JA Points
7. Juan Soto (WSH) - 150.0 PA - 125.07 JA Points
8. Carlos Santana (KC) - 81.0 PA - 104.69 JA Points
9. Ben Gamel (PIT) - 113.0 PA - 99.47 JA Points
10. Kyle Tucker (HOU) - 128.0 PA - 96.25 JA Points
Hardest Hit Balls
Aaron Judge (NYY) - 114.6mph - single
Giancarlo Stanton (NYY) - 114.6mph - single
Royce Lewis (MIN) - 114.0mph - field_out
Kyle Schwarber (PHI) - 113.8mph - home_run
Trey Mancini (BAL) - 113.7mph - nan
Gary Sanchez (MIN) - 113.1mph - home_run
Tyler Naquin (CIN) - 112.7mph - double
Paul Goldschmidt (STL) - 112.3mph - single
J.D. Martinez (BOS) - 111.6mph - single
Willi Castro (DET) - 111.4mph - double
Last 3 Weeks - Brl% Leaders
Mike Trout - 79 PA, 44 BIP, 15 Brls, 34.1 Brl%
Aaron Judge - 76 PA, 46 BIP, 15 Brls, 32.6 Brl%
Giancarlo Stanton - 69 PA, 47 BIP, 14 Brls, 29.8 Brl%
Ronald Acuna Jr. - 46 PA, 22 BIP, 6 Brls, 27.3 Brl%
Joey Gallo - 49 PA, 25 BIP, 6 Brls, 24.0 Brl%
Yordan Alvarez - 79 PA, 51 BIP, 12 Brls, 23.5 Brl%
Byron Buxton - 58 PA, 34 BIP, 8 Brls, 23.5 Brl%
Ryan Jeffers - 44 PA, 26 BIP, 6 Brls, 23.1 Brl%
Willy Adames - 84 PA, 52 BIP, 12 Brls, 23.1 Brl%
Joc Pederson - 45 PA, 31 BIP, 7 Brls, 22.6 Brl%
Last 3 Weeks - Contact% Leaders
Michael Brantley - 64 PA, 111 Swings, 91.9 Cont%
Austin Meadows - 72 PA, 123 Swings, 91.9 Cont%
Steven Kwan - 55 PA, 81 Swings, 91.4 Cont%
Luis Arraez - 47 PA, 86 Swings, 90.7 Cont%
Miguel Rojas - 57 PA, 109 Swings, 88.1 Cont%
Jeff McNeil - 66 PA, 142 Swings, 88.0 Cont%
Ty France - 85 PA, 172 Swings, 87.8 Cont%
D.J. LeMahieu - 73 PA, 129 Swings, 87.6 Cont%
Wander Franco - 76 PA, 157 Swings, 87.3 Cont%
Mookie Betts - 79 PA, 126 Swings, 87.3 Cont%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Hitters - Last 3 Weeks
Brendan Rodgers - 48 PA, 14.6 K%, 15.4 Brl%
Carlos Correa - 48 PA, 18.8 K%, 14.3 Brl%
Christian Yelich - 81 PA, 18.5 K%, 19.3 Brl%
Corey Seager - 75 PA, 14.7 K%, 14.5 Brl%
Freddie Freeman - 78 PA, 11.5 K%, 16.1 Brl%
George Springer - 77 PA, 16.9 K%, 14.5 Brl%
Gleyber Torres - 60 PA, 13.3 K%, 14.3 Brl%
Jazz Chisholm - 70 PA, 20.0 K%, 15.7 Brl%
Josh Donaldson - 65 PA, 20.0 K%, 19.5 Brl%
Juan Soto - 80 PA, 20.0 K%, 18.5 Brl%
Justin Turner - 68 PA, 14.7 K%, 14.8 Brl%
Leury Garcia - 47 PA, 19.1 K%, 15.8 Brl%
Max Kepler - 67 PA, 16.4 K%, 16.7 Brl%
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