Young Want to stay up to date on all of the latest blogs, news, and Picks on The Sports Geek? Glenn rarely swings and misses at anythinghis swing and miss rate was only 6%. So, for example, a 10 is a must-start rating, while a 1 should be avoided (if possible); a 1-2 is poor, 3-4 is fair, 5-6 is average, 7-8 is very good and 9-10 is excellent. Commentary. : Dont let Elko get his arms extended. an RBI-single through the left side. Evan Longoria (3B, SF) is a veteran bat worth using when lefties are on the mound: .364 BA, 1.264 OPS, 1.57 Eye in 44 AB. Making that leap, we can simply just add their stats together to create Adam Hays or Austin Duvall, right? Click here to get started. A pitcher who can throw breaking balls for strikes and out of the zone will have much more success. His production and plate approach are nearly identical when lefties are on the mound, too (.935 OPS, 0.50 Eye in 85 AB). Tatis broke his left wrist on Oct. 3, 2021, and was on the cusp of returning when he was Their best Triple-A outfield prospect, Matt Wallner, is a left-handed hitter, as are their two most-used Triple-A outfielders, Cave and Mark Contreras. : Bring in a lefty who can consistently spin a breaking ball. The story is noticeably different than the actual splits that we see for both gentlemen in the first chart above. Saturday's bout against Cleveland, which has a bottom-five offense versus lefties this season, will be Detmer's most favorable matchup yet. Fernando Tatis Jr. was set to play his first game for San Diego after missing the 2022 season because of an injury and drug suspension. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez pitched two scoreless innings. Of course, that all ignores the fact that he actually hit better in Detroit (.469 SLG/.807 OPS) as a Tiger than he did on the road in Detroit grays (.450 SLG/.760 OPS). But with two strikes, his slider can be filthy, and that makes his fastball play better as well. Kavadas hit .648 (13-for-19 with five home runs and two doubles) on 139 fastballs thrown when he was ahead in the count. Paying attention is probably the most important takeaway. Digging deeper, he's someone you really want to have in your lineup when lefties are on the mound: .348 BA, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 1.089 OPS, 0.55 Eye in 69 AB. These Glad you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing it! Cora has historically preferred to alternate lefties and right-handed hitters, especially near the top of the lineup. Staff flamethrower: Tidwell has touched 98-99 mph multiple times. In wins over Mercyhurst, Pitt-Johnstown and Glenville State, Taylor went 11-for-16 (.688) with a .722 on base percentage. The industry's #1 analytical weekly e-mail newsletter is ABSOLUTELY FREE! Baseball HQ is intended for entertainment purposes only. Corner Infield - Patrick Wisdom (R), 28%, Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals (LHP Kris Bubic): Bubic is one of the more hittable hurlers on the slate. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. A 64 205 lb left-handed hitter, Montgomery fits the new mold of enormous humans playing shortstop. by Retrosheet. The team leads the National League in runs scored (5.05) and wRC+ (105, tied with San Francisco). Your email address will not be published. Some guys are set it and forget it, but we cant have a full team of studs in competitive leagues and often have spots where we have options. He generates plenty of ground balls. Bednars slider can be hit when he catches too much of the plate, but when hes breaking it off at its best, hitters are swinging and missing at pitches that may end up bouncing. Additionally, you can subscribe to Baseball America's newsletter and receive all of our rankings, analysis, prospect insight & more delivered to your inbox every day. Our AI predicts that the Chicago Blackhawks will Come check out today's game as the Los Angeles Kings take on the Winnipeg Jets! As fun as statistics are, they can always be used to tell a story and that is what we did here. Thats roughly in line with their performance against southpaws the last three seasons, when they finished eighth in the majors in wRC+ each year. document.getElementById( "ak_js" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The 34-year-old has been piling up multi-hit games recently, bringing his batting average up near .300, and it's well over .300 against lefties this year. He hasnt seen exceptional velocity this year (only 34 pitches above 93 mph this year and none above 94). First Base -- Connor Joe (R), 13%, Colorado Rockies vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (RHP Zac Gallen): Speaking of Coors Field bats, Joe is another slugger to try to get into your lineup. At the end of the day, the Build-A-Hitter concept is interesting and there surely are times where it has merit, but we must be careful as it is not a one size fits all. How He Does It: Tidwell not only possesses one of the best names in the Super Regionals, he also has one of the best fastballs (as measured by velocity). He picked up hits on 50 of those fastballs (another 10%). How He Does It: Like a lot of three-quarter arm slot righthanders, Bednar loves to pitch in the 1:30-7:30 corridor (think of a clock face). Jason Castro (C, HOU) is a second catcher worth targeting in deep leagues. Unless they are on the same team, theres a good chance the other guy is facing a righty. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Among the 498 fastballs hes seen, he took 41% of them (205) for a ball. J.A. Expense ratio: 0.03 percent. Teams: Dodgers (87-51) at Cardinals (69-67). 1 Overall Draft Pick From Bears, Tommy Fury Pulls Off Betting Upset, Stops Jake Paul Hype Train, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Swinging strike three. Ronald Acua Jr. Arguably the best fantasy hitter in baseball. That might yet be what happens soon enough, anyway. Sometimes relievers come out of nowhere and are either new or previously werent good but suddenly are different. Showalter praised Troy Miller following the right-handers 1 / scoreless innings against Houston. Lots of high-end hurlers can sometimes make streaming bats difficult, but there are still enough low-end arms in hitter-friendly parks on Saturday that we can exploit. When he located it in the bottom third, they hit .186/.186/.297. With the ability to select which games a player starts; we can take two unheralded guys (say Adam Duvall and Austin Hays) to build an all-star hitter (maybe Aaron Judge). Coming into the season you knew two things about the Cleveland roster: One, that its pitching was likely to be very good. Calculating Bill James game scores: A pitcher starts with 50 points, gets a point for each out, two points for each inning completed after the fourth, and one point for each strikeout. So when a hitter gets ahead in the count, he cant expect a fastball. Michael Brantley, Houston Astros Copyright 2023. Top-50 for now, with Top-30 upside. (Ethan). He is, quite simply, mashing. And it pairs very well with a big-breaking curve that is pretty unhittable as long as he keeps it down. Analysis. We have created an all-star with a little homework and hustle through the season! Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Hitter ratings account for the opposing starting pitcher's past history (three years' worth as well as past 21 days) as well as ballpark factors. Overall, hitters hit only .167 against his changeup with no extra-base hits. How He Does It: A graduate transfer from Furman, Bertrand has worked seven or more innings in eight of his 13 starts and has three complete games. How He Does It: Irvin is a smallish (6 feet, 180 pounds) lefty who wont light up a radar gun. (This parks a joke, he once said.) Outfield -- Joc Pederson (L), 50%, Atlanta Braves at Baltimore Orioles (RHP Matt Harvey): The Braves are using Pederson in a strict platoon, which means he'll be in the lineup on Saturday against Harvey. Catcher Eric Haase hit his second homer of the spring, a 426-footer that hit off the scaffolding to the right of the batter's eye in dead center. Staff flamethrower: A number of DBU pitchers touch 96-97 mph including Hamel, Ray Gaither, Rhett Kouba and Luke Trahan. In those first 20 lefty starts against them, the Dodgers hit multiple home runs off the starter just twice. Tempt him with sliders down and away out of the zone and pitchers can find some successof the 110 pitches thrown well out of the zone down and away he swung and missed at 20% of them. Weighted on-base average (wOBA) is the primary statistic used in the calculation. Acquiring Trea Turner at the trade deadline helped in many ways, but especially so against southpaws. WebThe Padres are taking a flier on the 29-year-old left-handed hitter, who has batted .201/.274/.398 for three teams over the past four seasons. Boston Red Sox (Hit Score: 8) 6 6. But maybe that 38% is also underselling it, too. Its a great pitch for him in pitcher counts because its either a ball or a swinging strike. Time will tell whether that absurd strikeout rate will eventually transfer to the majors but, for now, he's a name to remember. He can sometimes get beat by quality velocity, but he also took a 95 mph Blade Tidwell fastball out to straight center field. Chris Taylor at SS, Dustin May makes spring debut. Williams didnt allow an extra-base hit on his slider all season and it means that righthanded hitters are in real trouble. He hits balls out of the zone. The other combined no-hitter came in an effort from Shelby Walters and Claire Davidson against NC State on May 7, 2021. Swinging strike three. The culprit has been some deep struggles against LHers: .357 OPS, 0.17 Eye in 75 AB. A wRC+ of 110 is 10% above league average and a wRC+ of 90 is 10% below league average. In fact, since that was also the case in his brief stint as a Cub in 2019 (1.162 OPS at home, .822 OPS on the road), one might argue that Castellanos just likes playing at home, no matter where that home is, better than anywhere else. But wait! Hitters hit .357/.364/.929 against Maddens fastballs in the upper third of the strike zone. The numbers below are splits based on the starter rather than our traditional splits by pitcher. Both his production (.848 OPS) and batting eye (0.45 Eye) soar against righty bats. Reid Detmers (L), 5%, Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland: After getting roughed up by the Athletics and Dodgers in his first two big-league starts, Detmers rebounded his last time out, holding the Astros to just one run over six frames, adding six strikeouts. Despite coming in Castellanos old Detroit home, Reyes pulled it down the line a mere 357 feet on a day where four balls went out to left field. How Do You Attack Him? He's a truly elite bat against lefties: .341 BA, 1.219 OPS, 2.60 Eye in 44 AB. On 31% of Kopps in-zone sliders, the hitter took it for a strike. Now, again, we're talking about 102 plate appearances, total, which would be enough to hand-wave away except for the fact that Soler had an OPS 203 points higher as a DH in 2020, and 202 points higher in 2019 as a DH than he did in right, and 231 points higher in 2018, and really it's just been like this for his entire American League career -- .914 OPS as a DH, .719 as an outfielder -- and since the glove is poor anyway, maybe the Royals might just consider letting him be a bat-only player full-time? However, is it really that simple? All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, (See his career .632 OPS against right-handers.) Feltner, 26, debuted in 2021 -- living at the top of the strike zone, but at times hitters took advantage. You just have to dig and find that diamond in the rough. Kyle Higashioka (C, NYY) might seem like a second catcher you want to avoid, even in deep leagues (.186 BA, .678 OPS in 86 AB). Keegan hits balls in the zone. 70 innings x 2 over a full season is a lot more helpful than doing it in August and only getting 30 combined ip. Triston McKenzie (R), rostered in 51% of ESPN leagues, Cleveland vs. Los Angeles Angels: McKenzie's results have been a little uneven since joining Cleveland's rotation. Sure, his strikeouts are at a career-high 24%, but with production like this, who cares? The concept in the simplest form is intriguing, but you are much better off grabbing somebody with strong numbers and letting the rest fall into I place. All rights reserved. There are a few keys reasons why I went with Hays: Teel showed a significant platoon advantage against righties, but struggles against lefties. The Yankees right-handed batters have performed BETTER against righties than lefties, and by a significant margin. And I have to agree. His fastball is hittable, but he rarely gets himself in situations where hes throwing it behind in the count to hitters looking for it. Since Wilmer Flores, also a righty hitter who hits lefties well, is an awkward platoon partner, Gabe Kapler would surely like to see noted righty masher La Stella offer a little more than the 83 OPS+ he's contributed so far. Web25 players are tied for the best career batting average against left-handed pitchers, with an average of 1.000. How Do You Attack Him? 2. There are so many combinations on the pitching side of the equation. How Do You Attack Him? Historical performance (annual over 5 years): 9.2 percent. Anthony Rendon. WebThe New York Mets starting lineup will be put to the test in their first road trip of the 2023 regular season. Take how much he produces against LHers: .344 BA, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 1.190 OPS in 61 AB. How He Does It: Marceaux is a true three-pitch pitcher who doesnt allow hitters to subtract a pitch or an area of the strike zone. This is the general direction I was heading above. Agree 100%. Staff flamethrower: Leiter and Rocker have both touched 98-99 mph this year. Lets check out those splits below. If the pitchers ahead, youre likely dead. And he hasn't reached his ceiling yet. Against left-handed-hitting Ji Hwan Bae, he threw four-seam, changeup, four-seam, changeup, four-seam and, on 3-2, a curveball. He had nine hits with six extra-base hits (including three home runs) against the 88 changeups he saw. Staff flamethrower: Evan Justicecan touch 97-98 mph. He took a strike (21%), swung and missed (14%) or fouled one off (16%) a significant amount of the time. How He Does It: Beck has a real knack for working down and in on lefthanded hitters and down and away from righthanded hitters. Commentary. Only 12% of those fastballs were put in play. Its a pair of mid-30s veterans who you probably thought were well past their primes in Longoria and Buster Posey. He can go down and in to righthanded hitters and he has to throw changeups down and away to lefties to keep them from sitting on his slider, but at his best, hes going to throw enough fastballs up and in to righthanded hitters to keep them from focusing on his bread and butter: sliders off the plate. So why are submarine/sidearm pitchers having more success against opposite handed hitters than Many hitters have strong splits which is seen in major league lineup construction and pinch hitter selection. He hits fastballs. Jones has shown no issues in catching up to velocity. Middle Infield -- Josh Rojas (L), 44%, Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies (LHP Kyle Freeland): There's no platoon advantage here, but I'm not sure it matters, especially at Coors Field. He hits changeups. This exercise can help you adjust your daily lineups accordingly, and can also help you spot guys who may be one adjustment away from taking a big step forward. Gambling problem? Staff flamethrower: Williams also is East Carolinas hardest-throwing pitcher and one of the hardest-throwing pitchers in college baseball. Throwing a changeup to Melendez is often doing him a favor. Did you focus on a guy whos good against lefties (like Hays)? Hitter Profiles: Build-A-Hitter (Do Splits Matter? For every rule, there's an exception. How He Does It: Williams can light up radar guns and he carries that mid-90s velocity deep into his starts. If youre playing in a super regional, no one said it was going to be easy. Yep, I see it now bigbear. The Padres are taking a flier on the 29-year-old left-handed hitter, who has batted .201/.274/.398 for three teams over the past four seasons. The record was previously held by Barry Bonds & Ken Griffey Jr. with 21. That his current home fuels homers more than anywhere else -- there have been 745 more homers hit in Reds games at home as compared to Reds games on the road since GABP opened -- merely makes it look even more stark, even if this current split isn't likely to maintain. Detroit's first-rounder worked to ingratiate himself throughout West Michigan's clubhouse. Davis, FACTS/FLUKES: Machado, Gallen, McMahon, Lauer, Longoria, FACTS/FLUKES: Jansen, J. Bez, S. 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If you pitch him backwards, you have a shot as he will struggle at times with changeups and breaking balls in the zone. No part of the site may be reproduced or retransmitted without written permission of the publisher. Rojas has been an above-average hitter against lefties (110 wRC+), and he's been unstoppable since the break, dropping a .469/.552/.735 line. Boston Red Sox But that doesnt mean we cant at least have a little fun with some of baseballs wildest splits over the first month-plus, cant we? Hitters generally are less effective with two strikes, but against Hamel, they become a pitcher at the plate. The second game of the series figures to be interrupted a few times by lengthy ovations, with beloved former Cardinals legend Albert Pujols starting at first base for the Dodgers. He does not have dominating stuff, but teams have to earn baserunners against himhe walked three batters combined in his final five starts. That is, currently, the largest split between hitting from the same player at a different position in baseball. That's the case in Saturday's matchup against Lyles, saddled with a 7.46 second-half ERA. Gilbert, meanwhile, has stumbled to a 5.97 ERA since the All-Star break. Soler seems to be that player. One of the nations 10 largest banks, Capital One was the third largest issuer of Visa and Mastercard credit cards in 2021. Down and away in the strike zone is his happy place. Maybe we are able to turn around a pretty little profit with that limited draft day investment. Hes not as effective against curveballs (.250/.276/.571), but he did hit three doubles and two home runs off curves. That's not the largest gap in baseball so far -- Rangers outfielder David Dahl has a slightly larger one, but since he's not performing much overall we're highlighting Eaton here -- and almost certainly this doesn't actually mean much of anything, especially because it's not true over Eaton's career. Having roster depth and being able to take advantage of daily lineup configurations is helpful. In 2021, just 17 qualified batters (13.1%) were switch-hitters, right in line with the league-wide average over the last decade. The 26-year-old was acquired in the trade that sent Jacob Barnes to Toronto in 2021. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Millersville University left fielder Bren Taylor totaled 11 hits in three Millersville wins, and on Tuesday, he was named the PSAC East Hitter of the Week. Of the 52 changeups he threw in the middle of the zone or higher, only one was turned into a single. If you can bust Elko up and in, he can be pitched to effectively. Brentons biggest goal is to deliver readers with the picks and advice that can build their bankroll. Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:24 PM ET, Park Factors How He Does It: Kopps has a mid-80s cutter/slider that hitters know is coming, but it doesnt matter. (Probably, anyway. He's wasted little time getting back into the swing of things, going 3-for-3 with a homer in his third start back. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. Baseball America rated LAs prospect group third overall in the sports, behind the Orioles and D-backs. Because hell throw his changeup to righties and lefties, he has a weapon to challenge hitters in and out. Staff flamethrower: Griff McGarry can touch 98-99 mph. He hit .571 on fastballs on the outer third of the strike zone (24-for-42 on 98 pitches) and he hit over .400 on fastballs on the inner third. Hamels slider has tilt and bite. Overall, there is not nearly the advantage that we first anticipated could exist. And if he gets to two strikes, hes likely to throw his effective slider, which he can spin in or out of the zone. Really, go back and look at that first chart, Duvall hit .178 with 6 homers against lefties last season. And two, that its lineup, aside at least from Reyes and Jos Ramrez, was probably going to be very weak. Second Base -- Kolten Wong (L), 45%, Milwaukee Brewers vs. Washington Nationals (RHP Paolo Espino): Wong doesn't excel at any one thing, but he does have a little power, some speed, and bats leadoff in a great park for left-handed hitters. Last year, Ozuna was one of the best hitters in baseball overall, and especially so against lefties, when he mashed a .356/.463/.867 line against them. Our AI predicts that the Winnipeg Jets Come check out today's game as the Seattle Kraken take on the St. Louis Blues! WebAgainst left-handed-hitting Ji Hwan Bae, he threw four-seam, changeup, four-seam, changeup, four-seam and, on 3-2, a curveball. Thats not entirely due to the fact that Great American Ball Park is baseballs number one home run field, but it seems likely its not totally unrelated, either. Jung did not do a lot of damage with pitches down and away, hitting .158/.227/.316 on balls in that location this year. Both are tiny sample sizes, but if you play in a really deep, competitive league, these kind of nuggets can help you. Alex Verdugo (LF, BOS) looks like a thumper against RHers (.331 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBI, .959 OPS in 166 AB), and he does it without sacrificing his plate skills (10% bb%, 89% ct%, 1.00 Eye). Throw a slider down and away and he can yank it with power, but throw a fastball down and away and hell just as happily drive the ball to the opposite field. The veteran's stuff hasn't changed, so there's obviously still risk here, but that risk is lowered against the offensively challenged Pirates, the worst team in baseball versus left-handed pitching (76 wRC+). Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) 2022 performance: -18.2 percent. Our AI predicts that the Calgary Flames will Come check out today's game as the Chicago Blackhawks take on the Arizona Coyotes! Hes got the most hits in the National League. Hitters swung and missed those out-of-zone sliders 34% of the time. Finding relievers who do that with sp eligibility is the key. Web9/1/2021 Hello, and welcome back to Hitter List, where every week during the regular season Ill be sharing updated rankings for the top 150 hitters in baseball. The funny thing is, there's long been a "DH penalty" in baseball, in that most batters perform worse as designated hitters than they do as fielders. The longer you wait, the less roi you get from them. In those same hitter counts, Kavadas hit .167 (1-for-6 with one home run) on 80 breaking balls and changeups. Copyright 2023 Baseball America Enterprises. Good questions. After Roman Quinn, the best option is Andrew Knapp, and even he has been 19% worse than league-average against LHP in his career. If a hitter is ahead of Hamel in the count, they hit .378/.541/.778. While you arent able to create a stud you can play with splits when setting your lineups using venue, pitching match up, etc. All rights reserved. Jared Walsh (1B/RF, LAA) has blossomed in a full-time role in the LAA lineup. Hitters swung and missed at only 4% of his fastballs. He worked efficiently, throwing 19 of 23 pitches for strikes, and worked around two hits from the Orioles. Our content, rankings, member blogs, promotions and forum discussion all cater to the players that like to create a new fantasy team every day of the week. Longoria, so far, has taken 38% of his plate appearances against lefty pitchers, which would be the highest of is career, and well above his 28% career mark, as well as the 27% he had in 2020. As you'd expect, there's a very strong correlation there, because when a player performs well, his team is then more likely to win. The goal was to find a guy available late in the draft with matching positional eligibility. Cedric Mullins II (CF, BAL) is in the midst of a breakout season (.323 BA, .955 OPS in 266 AB). They should look to guard the outer third of the plate, as Williams doesnt come in on their hands very often. And most of alla tradition of winning. The Dodgers performance against lefties has still lagged behind their overall production. His strong 2021 came with a chase rate of 29%, while his lesser seasons all have chase rates near 35%. But he can be over-aggressive. Weve all spent years cautioning against reading too much into early season stats, because they rarely ever end up looking the same at the end of the year. Left-handed starters had a 3.14 ERA against the Dodgers, but lefty relievers struggled to the tune of a 5.00 ERA against LA. Ive been working Staff flamethrower: Eric Cerantola can touch 98-99 mph and may brush 100 mph on his best days. Lefties dont need to worry about his changeup, but his combination of fastballs to all four quadrants of the strike zone and curveballs low and away dont make for easy swings for lefties. WebTrea Turner and Albert Pujols have been two of the Dodgers best hitters against left-handed pitchers in 2021. Nearly half the time, the pitch ends up outside of the strike zone, but in 2021 hitters swung against those out-of-zone sliders 43% of the time. Barrero batted .303/.378/.532 with 17 dingers and 15 steals in 80 games between Double- and Triple-A. Overall, this isn't really about contact; his strikeout rate is about the same both home and road. The future Hall of Famer has excelled in a very specific role, and one that is sorely needed by Los Angeles punishing left-handed pitching. beloved former Cardinals legend Albert Pujols starting at first base for the Dodgers, .234/.311/.423 and a 100 wRC+ against lefties, Pujols blast from the past helps Dodgers in the present, Betts, Heyward homer in rain-shortened win. 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