Month: May 2022

I did the Siri has benefited greatly from a high BABIP, where as McCormick has been hurt by a low BABIP. McCormick walks more and strikes out less, has more power, and a higher projected batting average.

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I figured the likeliness to get on base, and the contact rate and power of our hitters to determine what should yield the most runs, if all of the guys played the rest of the season like they have until this point.

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It Would be:

1. Altuve His .400 wOBA tops the team, making him the most likely to reach base.
2. Yordan (or Brantley if you’re a traditionalist) he would bat .293 based on current projections with a 14.7% walk rate, and the second highest wOBA on our team, he is our best batter, and modern metrics suggest putting them second
3. Brantley (or Yordan for traditionalists) hits the ball in play 77% of the time, would be great at moving over runners on base, 5th wOBA on team, lacks power, Walks more than he strikes out
4. Tucker 4th highest wOBA, 4th highest ISO, Good combo of power, and puts the ball in play 68% of the time. Great for driving in runs
5. Bregman .340 wOBA, right behind Tucker, a slightly higher projected Batting Average, But has less power, I’d rather him potentially lead off the second than bat with 1 on and 2 out, Very Good Walk to Strikeout ratio
6. Peña (this is a coin toss between him and Yuli) 3rd Highest wOBA is good, but he strikes out a lot 1/4 of the time, as well as my projected average is only .265 because his BABIP luck is insane so far, I may be punishing him a bit much because he has good speed, that’s why I gave him the spot over Yuli
7. Yuli I project him to improve to .268 BA from this point onward, but he only has a wOBA of .280, and is slightly below average in power. If we could get the Yuli from last year, that would be great. But this year’s Yuli, while still looking productive, seems to have his age catching up to him he has also slipped to 9th in wRC+
8. McCormick Siri has benifited greatly from a high BABIP, where as McCormick has been hurt by a low BABIP. McCormick walks more and strikes out less, has more power, and a higher projected batting average.
9. Martin (Machete) Maldonado a lower wOBA than Castro, a higher projected average, a higher ISO, a lower walk rate, but also a lower strikeout rate. he also puts the ball in play almost 18% more than Castro. Simply put, with a man on, and less than 2 outs you want Maldonado at the plate, not Castro.