Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (April.29) – Updated MLB Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings

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Jose Fernandez simply dominated the Atlanta Braves. He pitched 8 shutout 2 hit innings, striking out 8 and walking 2. He also made an amazing fake throw to draw off a runner from third and record an out at the plate. The best baseball show in Miami won the game, 9-0.

Lyle Overbay got two RBI singles, including one in the 11th inning that gave the Brewers a 5-4 lead they would not give up against the Cardinals.

John Lackey threw another solid game, going 8 innings, letting up 2 runs and walking just 1. He got the decision for Boston’s 7-4 win against Tampa Bay.

Mike Zunino collected 4 hits, driving in a run and scoring another, leading the Mariners to a 6-3 win against the Yankees.

They owned baseball on April.29, 2014.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Carlos Santana went 2-4, driving in 3 including a 2 run homer for the Indians. The Angels would win, 6-4.

Yadier Molina got on base 3 times and crushed a 3 run homer that put the Cardinals up early. The Brewers would win 5-4 in 11 innings.

So Lets Update The Yearly Totals When We Factor In Yesterday’s Heroics:

Players with Multiple Votes:

 

Leaders for the National League Hitter

Troy Tulowitzki - 2 1/2

Justin Upton – 2 1/2

Ryan Braun - 2

Starlin Castro - 1 1/2

Dee Gordon – 1 1/2

Matt Holliday – 1 1/2

Andrew McCutchen – 1 1/2

Joey Votto- 1 1/2

 

Leaders for the National League Pitcher

Jose Fernandez – 3

Johnny Cueto - 2 1/2

Tim Hudson - 2 1/2

Andrew Cashner - 2

Stephen Strasburg, – 2

Adam Wainwright, – 2

Alex Wood – 2

Gerrit Cole – 1 1/2

Cliff Lee – 1 1/2

Tanner Roark – 1 1/2

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 1 1/2

 

Leaders for American League Hitter

Josh Donaldson – 3

Mike Trout - 3

Jose Abreu - 2

Kyle Seager – 2

Albert Pujols - 1 1/2

 

Leaders for American League Pitcher

Chris Archer - 2

Mark Buehrle - 2

Martin Perez – 2

Garrett Richards – 2

Scott Feldman – 1 1/2

Sonny Gray - 1 1/2

Felix Hernandez – 1 1/2

Corey Kluber – 1 1/2

Jon Lester – 1 1/2

Justin Masterson - 1 1/2

Chris Sale – 1 1/2

Jason Vargas - 1 1/2 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day:

Henderson Alvarez, Pedro Alvarez, Homer Bailey, Brandon Belt,  Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Xander Bogaerts, Emilio Bonifacio, Jackie Bradley Jr., Miguel Cabrera, Matt Cain, Bartolo Colon, Yu Darvish, Ike Davis,  Chris Denorfia, Matt Dominguez, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury,Todd Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Yovani Gallardo, Carlos Gomez, Alex Gonzalez, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Jason Hammel, Aaron Harang, Ryan Howard,Phil Hughes, John Jaso, Dillon Gee, Scott Kazmir, Howie Kendrick, Clayton Kershaw, Ian Kinsler, Tom Koehler, John Lackey, Mike Leake, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Ryan Ludwick, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Leonys Martin, Victor Martinez,  Joe Mauer, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Bud Norris,  Jake Odorizzi, Lyle Overbay, Angel Pagan, A.J. Pierzynski, Rick Porecllo, David Price, Alexei Ramirez, Aramis Ramirez,  Hanley Ramirez, Jimmy Rollins, Robbie Ross Jr., Carlos Ruiz, Hector Sanchez, Carlos Santana,  Alfredo Simon, Yangervis Solarte, Grady Sizemore, Dan Straily, Giancarlo Stanton,  Masahiro Tanaka, Julio Teheran,  Dan Uggla,  Scott Van Slyke, Yordano Ventura, Dayan Viciedo   Delmon Young, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino 

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB:

Jose Altuve, Mike Aviles,Josh Beckett, Carlos Beltran,  Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter, Jason Castro, Brandon Cumpton, Tyler Flowers,  Paul Goldschmidt,Adrian Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Raul Ibanez, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Jason Kubel, Adam LaRoche, Russell Martin, Yadier Molina,  Miguel Montero, Justin Morneau, Charlie Morton, David Murphy, Gerardo Parra, Dustin Pedroia, Brayan Peña,,Hunter Pence,  Salvador Perez, A.J. Pollock, Colby Rasmus, Todd Redmond, Anthony Rendon, Danny Salazar, Jeff Samardzija, Hector Santiago,  Max Scherzer, James Shields, Kurt Suzuki,  Mark Trumbo, David Wright, Christian Yelich, Ryan Zimmerman,

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 29, 2014

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Why MLB teams are shifting on defense more than ever

Few MLB teams use defensive shifts as often as Houston, which has benefited from its implementation.

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The count was 2-and-0 to Mike Trout on April 4 in Houston, and when he looked up, he couldn't believe what he saw: The Astros had shifted their infield to put three infielders on the pull side. "Me? The way I hit?" Trout said. "I was surprised."

Trout's approach to hitting is based on letting the ball travel and hitting the ball up the middle or over the second baseman's head. What did the Astros know about the centerfielder of the Los Angeles Angels to cause such a shift that was so odd it shocked Trout himself?

The answer is, not much. Trout is only 22 years old. Until then, he had put the ball in play on 2-and-0 counts only 34 times in his young career. In those counts, he did not profile as a pull hitter: He hit the ball up the middle 17 times, to the pull field 13 times and to the opposite field four times.

The Astros again overshifted their infielders against Trout in another at-bat when the count went to 3-and-1. The career sample size for that count was a little bigger -- 51 balls in play -- but that spray chart showed even less of an indication of a pull-happy hitter: 30 pitches hit up the middle on 3-and-1 counts, 11 pitches pulled and 10 pitches hit the other way. Still, the Astros, armed with more sophisticated data about Trout, moved their infielders.

"It's working," said Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow, whose team deploys more shifts than any club in baseball. "We feel confident the evidence is very convincing when we analyze how we use our innovative defensive alignments. We believe our data shows we're on the right path."

The Houston pitcher facing Trout was Jerome Williams. Trout flied out to centerfield in both of the at-bats with Houston deploying the count-specific shift. But the results are not so important. What is important is what those seemingly odd shifts represent: Defensive positioning has become one of the biggest changes to how baseball is played since the designated hitter was adopted in 1973. What may seem strange quickly is becoming common.

Baseball likes to hold on to this quaint if incorrect notion that the sport is so timeless that someone from a century ago could sit down to watch a game today and enjoy fairly the same game he saw when night baseball or games west of St. Louis never existed. The adoption -- no, the flat-out overnight embracing -- of defensive shifts blows up such a romantic idea. Anybody from just 10 years ago has to look at the way baseball is played today and find defensive positioning to be wholly different. The takeaway now is this: My goodness, we were playing defenders in the wrong place for 150 years!

It's easy for even a casual fan to notice this revolution, but Baseball Info Solutions has provided the raw data for confirmation. In just three seasons, from 2011 to 2013, teams more than tripled the number of times they used a shift on balls put into play (from 2,358 shifts to 8,134). And the numbers from this April indicate another large leap is happening this season. Many clubs are hiring the equivalent of a "defensive coordinator" to plan and arrange the many versions of the shifts.

The defensive overshift has become standard operating procedure. Why? It's the data, of course. The more data that is collected and analyzed, the more teams are shifting. And the more influence data collectors have in front offices, the more the manager and coaches are simply middle managers making use of the information.

But it's more than just data collecting that is growing. It's also the faith in the data. Trout may have pulled only 13 3-and-1 pitches in his entire major league career, but the Astros trusted that Trout would pull the pitch -- trust that also involved confidence that Williams can execute an inside pitch with precision and that Trout is more likely to pull the ball when he hits it on the ground.

Is such faith in numbers justified? Are defensive shifts really (if you want to play along with a hypothetical parlor game) "saving runs?" That's the key question, of course. The answer is less obvious than you think. Think of defensive shifting as an immature industry: It still is evolving, as is the offensive approach against it.

The shift does seem to work especially well against dead-pull hitters, but not as well overall as you might think. You would think that all this data and all this shifting would make life increasingly difficult for hitters -- that we would be seeing a marked improvement in the rate of how defenses turn batted balls into outs, and a sharp downturn in batting average on balls on play. But we're not.

Teams turn 68.9 percent of batted balls into outs this year. That's down not just from last year (69.2%), but also down from 1984 (69.9%), 1974 (70.2%) and 1964 (70.5%). Likewise, batting average on balls in play this year (.296) is higher than what it was 30 years ago (.286), 40 years ago (.282) and 50 years ago (.279).

It sounds counterintuitive. But shifts are not a fad; teams are convinced they work, and overall, they do. But how can it be that the Yankees, who along with the Astros shift more than any other team, were a more efficient defensive team back in 1990, with a 95-loss outfit under Bucky Dent and Stump Merrill, than they were last year or have been this year?

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David Ortiz is a pull hitter. You knew that even without the data. Just watch the Red Sox play a few games and you can see that Ortiz prefers to pull pitches, though he also is apt to hit the ball the other way against some lefthanders and in many RBI situations. But years ago, no one was certain exactly how often and when he pulled the ball. Life was good for Ortiz back when opponents relied more on advance scouting reports and institutional memory than sophisticated data to position their defense.

Then the Tampa Bay Rays hired Joe Maddon.

In 2006, in what was his first trip to Fenway Park in his first month on the job, Maddon broke out a defensive alignment he had kicked around in his head in his years as a coach with the Angels. When Ortiz came up, Maddon stationed six players in the outfield -- four of them, including the third baseman, spread among normal outfield depth, and the shortstop and second baseman positioned on the grass in short rightfield, behind the infield cutout. Maddon would admit privately there was some gimmickry to the alignment; Ortiz was wearing out the American League, and the manager figured the trickery might play with his head. But it also was based on Ortiz's spray charts, which showed that he rarely hit a groundball to the left side.

Life at the plate would never be the same for Ortiz. Maddon's defensive strategies first drew chuckles, but when Tampa Bay won the 2008 pennant, Maddon and the Rays suddenly looked more like geniuses than tricksters. From 2007 to 2008, the Rays improved by 31 wins, and the third year of their defensive positioning system -- they were using data-based shifts routinely -- deserved much of the credit.

How much did Tampa Bay improve on defense? The answer could be found in Defensive Efficiency, which measures the percentage of balls in play that a team turns into outs. From 2007 to 2008, the Rays improved from last in the league in Defensive Efficiency (.652) to first (.708), an extraordinary leap.

The rest of baseball noticed. The shift, especially against obvious pull hitters such as Ortiz, became more common and more extreme. Look at how deeply the emergence of shifts against Ortiz changed his career:

David Ortiz Batting Average When Pulling the Ball

AB H AVG 1997-2007 1,078 481 .446 2008-14 728 250 .343

"The first time I really noticed it was with Joe Maddon," said Ortiz, who entered this week with 2,045 career hits. "I'd probably have like 2,600 or 2,700 hits without the shift. It's just something that I learned not to worry about. It's just common now. Some teams, they play me so deep with the second baseman, there was a game against Baltimore where I hit a flyball and the second baseman caught it two steps from the warning track."

Ortiz is far from alone. Shifts are deployed much more often against lefthanded hitters than righthanded hitters, especially the prototypical sluggers like Ortiz. And in those cases, the shifts appear to be working very well.

Check out this chart, which shows the year-by-year batting average for all MLB lefthanded hitters when they hit the ball to the opposite field and when they pull it:

Batting Average by MLB Lefthanded Hitters

Avg. to opposite field Avg. when pulled 2014 .322 .337 2013 .307 .373 2012 .317 .364 2011 .309 .378 2010 .333 .399 2009 .333 .401 2008 .334 .410

While the batting average to the opposite field for lefties has gone down slightly (overall batting averages have been trending down), it absolutely has cratered when lefties pull the ball. Shifts appear to be working very well against lefthanded pull hitters.

"That makes sense," Luhnow said. "That's the group with the highest concentration of shifts used against them."

2014′s Top 5 Home Runs AL + NL, HR Streaks (2 Active) + Multi HR Games:

Heading into play last Thursday night, fantasy players and everyone surrounding the Mariners was wondering what had happened to 3B Kyle Seager. He has nailed 5 HRs in his last 4 games, and is now hitting for a .798 OPS – with 13 RBI in 79 AB on the young season. The last 2 years, Seager has hit 20 and 22 HRs respectively – and been the only player on the squad to have decent RBI totals.

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With only 6 games being played last night, there were not too many HRs hit for the contests.

This has left the MLB with 2 current players with HR streaks. 

Those players both have clubbed HRs in back to back games, and they are Giants SS Brandon Hicks and Seattle Mariners 3B Kyle Seager, who hit 3 HRs over the Saturday and Sunday games – and has 5 Tater-Trots in the last 4 games.

Seager had exactly zero Home Runs, before squaring 2 baseballs up last Thursday at home versus the Houston Astros, He was blanked by the Rangers on Friday, before doing yard work on Saturday.

Sunday saw the man have his 2n 2 HR game out of 4 contests.

Brandon Hicks has been filling in at 2B while Marco Scutaro has been recovering various injury. ailments. With his HR last night, it brought his season total up to 4, and also marked the second straight game with a Round Tripper. So far in 2014, he has hit .226/.369/.509 – with 10 runs scored in 19 Games Played. Hicks, signed with SF as a Free Agent last winter after spending time with the Mets and A’s prior to that.

For Games Played Through Apr.28, 2014

Top 5 HR Leaders AL

Jose Abreu, White Sox – 10

Albert Pujols, Angels – 9

Jose Bautista, Blue Jays – 7

Brian Dozier, Twins – 7

Josh Donaldson, Athletics – 7

Nelson Cruz, Orioles – 7

Top 5 HR Leaders NL

Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers – 8

Mark Trumbo, D’Backs – 7

Brandon Belt, Giants – 7

Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins – 7

Justin Upton – Braves – 7

Multi HR Games in MLB 2014

Ryan Braun – Brewers (3 HR Game) – April.8th

Ryan Braun – Brewers (2 HR Game) – April.19th

2nd Multi HR game of the year.

Jhonny Peralta, Cards (2) – Apr.27th

Kyle Seager, Mariners (2) – Apr.27th

2nd Multi HR game of the year

Starlin Castro, Cubs (2) – Apr.27th

Jose Abreu, White Sox – (2) Apr.25th

3rd Multi HR game of the year for Abreu

Josh Donaldson, Athletics (2) – Apr.24th

Nelson Cruz, Orioles, (2) – Apr.23rd

Mike Morse, Giants (2) – Apr.23rd

Kyle Seager, Mariners (2) – Apr.23rd

Hector Santiago, Giants (2) – Apr.23rd

Albert Pujols, Angels (2) including 500th HR Apr.22

Charlie Blackmon – Rockies – Apr.21

Wil Myers, Rays (2) April.19th

Ryan Hanigan, Rays (2) April 19th

6th teammates to do the feat this year

Howie Kendrick, Angels (2) – Apr.19

Neil Walker, Pirates (2) – Apr.14th

Gaby Sanchez, Pirates (2) – Apr.14th

5th teammates to do 2 HRs in a same game

Evan Gattis, Braves (2) – Apr.14th

Dan Uggla, Braves (2) – Apr.14th

- 4th teammates to both do it this year in the same game.

Ben Zobrist, Rays (2) – April 13th

Brian McCann, Yankees (2) – Apr 12th

Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins (2) – April 12th

Jose Abreu, White Sox (2) – April 10th (2nd time this year.)

Justin Upton – Braves (2) – April.10

Russell Martin – Pirates (2) – April.9th

Pedro Alvarez, Pirates (2) Multi HR Game Apr.9th

3rd teammates to do this in the same game

Corey Hart – Mariners (2) – April 8th

Avisail Garcia, White Sox (2) – April 8th

Jose Abreu, White Sox (2) – April 8th

2nd teammates to do this in the same game.

Jason Castro, Astros (2) – April.8th

Matt Kemp, Dodgers – (2) Multi HR Game Apr.06

Hanley Ramirez, Dodgers – (2) Multi HR Game Apr.06

1st teammates to do this in the same game this year.

Nolan Arenado, Rockies (2) Multi HR Game Apr.5

Pedro Alvarez, Pirates (2) Multi HR Game Apr.4

Lucas Duda, NY Mets (2) Multi HR Game Apr.4

Todd Frazier, Reds, (2) Multi HR Game Apr 3rd.

Jose Bautista – Blue Jays (2) Multi HR Game Apr 2nd

Brad Miller, Mariners – (2) Multi HR Game Apr 1st

Freddie Freeman – Braves (2) Multi HR Game Apr 1st

Alejandro De Aza – White Sox (2) – Multi HR Game Mar.31st.

HRs Streaks (Games Consecutive in MLB)

***Denotes Active Streak.

4 Games

Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers Apr.09 – Apr.13

Mark Trumbo, D’Backs – 4 Games – Apr.03 – Apr.08

Melky Cabrera, Blue Jays  – 4 Games – Apr.04 – Apr.08

3 Games

Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers Apr.24 – Apr.26

Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies – Apr.22 – Apr.25

Andrew McCutchen, Pirates – Apr.21 – Apr.23

Charlie Blackmon, Rockies – Apr.20 – Apr.23

Torii Hunter, Tigers -  Apr.04 – Apr.06

Carlos Beltran, Yankees, April.12 – Apr.16

2 Games

***Brandon Hicks, Giants Apr.27 – Apr.28

***Kyle Seager, Mariners Apr.26 – Apr.27th

Juan Francisco, Blue Jays, Apr.25 – Apr.26

Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Apr.25 – Apr.26

Justin Upton – Braves, Apr.25 – Apr.26

Josh Donaldson, Athletics - Apr.24 – Apr.25

Mike Morse, Giants – Apr.23 – Apr.25

Adam Dunn, White Sox – Apr.22 – Apr.24

Jose Abreu, White Sox – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Nelson Cruz, Orioles, – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Brett Lawrie, Blue Jays – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Mike Moustakas, Royals – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Chris Colabello, Twins – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Chris Carter, Astros – Apr.22 – Apr.23

Mike Napoli, Red Sox – Apr.21 – Apr.22

Nolan Arenado, Rockies – Apr.21 – Apr.22

Matt Dominguez, Astros – Apr.21 – Apr.22

Ryan Howard, Phillies – Apr.20 – Apr.21

Michael Brantley, Indians – Apr.20 – Apr.21

Mark Reynolds,  Brewers – Apr.19 – Apr.20

Ryan Braun – Brewers – April.19th – Apr.20

Albert Pujols, Angels – Apr.18th – Apr.19th

3rd consecutive streak for Pujols (2 games each time for all 6 HRs)

Sean Rodriguez, Rays – Apr.17 – Apr.18

Zach Walters, Nationals – Apr.15 – Apr.16

Evan Gattis, Braves – Apr.14 – Apr.16

Brett Lawrie, Blue Jays – Apr.13 – Apr.15

Neil Walker, Pirates – Apr.14 – Apr.15

Todd Frazier, Reds – Apr.14 – Apr.15

Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals – Apr.14 – Apr.15

Juan Uribe, Dodgers – Apr.13 – Apr.15

Ryan Howard, Phillies, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Andrelton Simmons, Braves, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Garrett Jones, Marlins, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Joey Votto, Reds, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Devin Mesoraco, Reds, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Wilin Rosario, Rockies, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Albert Pujols, Angles, Apr.13 – Apr.14

-2nd consecutive streak for Pujols.

Yoenis Cespedes, Athletics, Apr.13 – Apr.14

Colby Rasmus, Blue Jays, Apr.12 – Apr.13

Josh Donaldson, Athletics, April.12 – Apr.13

Raul Ibanez, Angels, April.12 – Apr.13

Freddie Freeman, Braves, Apr.12 – Apr.13

Alfonso Soriano, Yankees, Apr.11 – Apr.12

Justin Upton, Braves, Apr.10 – Apr.11

Albert Pujols, Angels – Apr.08, Apr.09

Brian Dozier, Twins – Apr.09, Apr.10

 Travis Snider, Pirates – Apr.09, Apr.10

Pedro Alvarez, Pirates – Apr.09, Apr.10

Jayson Werth, Nationals – Apr.09, Apr.10

 Kelly Johnson, Yankees – 2 Games Apr.08, Apr.09

Derek Norris, Athletics – 2 Games – Apr.08 – Apr.09

Josh Hamilton, Angels – 2 Games – Apr.04 – Apr.05

Chase Utley, Phillies – 2 Games – Apr.04 – Apr.05

Jay Bruce, Reds – 2 Games – Apr.03 – Apr.04

Nelson Cruz, Orioles – 2 Games Apr.1 – Apr.03

Seth Smith, Padres  – 2 Games Mar.30 – Apr.1

Brandon Belt, Giants – 2 Games – Mar.31 – Apr.1

Jhonny Peralta may only be hitting .193 to start the 2014 campaign, but his 2 HR effort on Sunday night gave him 6 on the season so far. The April HRs were the most by a St. Louis SS since 2003 when Edgar Renteria was on the team. Peralta was inked to a 4 YRs/$54 MIL deal prior to the 2014 year by the Cards, despite coming off of a 50 Game PED suspension for having dealt with the Biogenesis clinic in Florida.

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