Around Baseball 2023

[Jonn]

Well thank goodness it was only back tightness.

[Pendleton]

Austin Adams is the most unhittable no-name veteran pitcher in baseball. He's only stayed healthy enough to throw 109.1 innings across parts of 7 seasons in the bigs, but has racked up a baffling 166 Ks and allowed just 64 hits (.170 career BAA). This season, he landed with the DBacks on a minor league deal, and in his first 12.1 innings since being called up, he's somehow managed to collect 7 holds on the back of 18 strikeouts.

 

Is there another pitcher who doesn't have anything close to elite status, who has mowed down MLB batters at the same rate for their entire career? He walks too many, which probably puts him into the effectively wild rather than dominant category, but I still found his numbers to look like quite an outlier.

 

Edit - Ok I went and figured it out, here are the top 10 all time career K/9 for pitchers who have at least 100 MLB innings:

 

Josh Hader 15.09

Edwin Diaz 14.81

Aroldis Chapman 14.75

Dellin Betances 14.45

Felix Bautista 14.38

Craig Kimbrel 14.33

Devin Williams 14.07

James Karinchak 13.94

Spencer Strider 13.88

Austin Adams 13.66

 

Dude is 10th all time in career K/9 and couldn't land a major league deal this past off season....

Edited July 12, 2023 by Pendleton

[John_Havok]

Austin Adams is the most unhittable no-name veteran pitcher in baseball. He's only stayed healthy enough to throw 109.1 innings across parts of 7 seasons in the bigs, but has racked up a baffling 166 Ks and allowed just 64 hits (.170 career BAA). This season, he landed with the DBacks on a minor league deal, and in his first 12.1 innings since being called up, he's somehow managed to collect 7 holds on the back of 18 strikeouts.

 

Is there another pitcher who doesn't have anything close to elite status, who has mowed down MLB batters at the same rate for their entire career? He walks too many, which probably puts him into the effectively wild rather than dominant category, but I still found his numbers to look like quite an outlier.

 

Edit - Ok I went and figured it out, here are the top 10 all time career K/9 for pitchers who have at least 100 MLB innings:

 

Josh Hader 15.09

Edwin Diaz 14.81

Aroldis Chapman 14.75

Dellin Betances 14.45

Felix Bautista 14.38

Craig Kimbrel 14.33

Devin Williams 14.07

James Karinchak 13.94

Spencer Strider 13.88

Austin Adams 13.66

 

Dude is 10th all time in career K/9 and couldn't land a major league deal this past off season....

 

Take those same names and show their career BB/9, that should answer the question.

[Pendleton]

Take those same names and show their career BB/9, that should answer the question.

 

Yeah he's too wild to make a case that he's truly elite, just found it him to be an interesting outlier nonetheless.

 

The most impressive part of that list by far, is that Strider manages to be top 10. All guys that are/were elite RP ahead of him.

[John_Havok]

Yeah he's too wild to make a case that he's truly elite, just found it him to be an interesting outlier nonetheless.

 

The most impressive part of that list by far, is that Strider manages to be top 10. All guys that are/were elite RP ahead of him.

 

Yeah, Adams is a guy thats been really wild from the getgo, and i can forsee the argument stating Aroldis is just as bad right now... which is true, but Aroldis is also coming off virtually his whole career of being utterly dominant with that same K rate and BB rate under 4 ... it's only recent seasons he's bean near 6 BB/9 so he's definitely going to be getting more rope than a guy who comes up for 5 innings strikes out 10 but also walks 8.

[Brownie19]

Oliver Drake came to mind, but his K/9 isn't nearly as sexy.

[Terminator]

I’m still pissed off that you guys think extending Keibert Ruiz for 8 years is a good move

 

Really chaps my ass

 

Bumping this because Ruiz has been worth -1.0 WAR so far this year.

[Brownie19]

Bumping this because Ruiz has been worth -1.0 WAR so far this year.

 

He was a case study on why moving Moreno when we could was certainly an option...catchers often take time to develop.

[G-Snarls]

[jaysblue]

 

Crazy that the Rays have lost both Springs and Rasmussen until next season, and even McClanahan is on the IL.

 

But the Rays will be fine. Can't say that about other teams.

[Laika]

Crazy that the Rays have lost both Springs and Rasmussen until next season, and even McClanahan is on the IL.

 

But the Rays will be fine. Can't say that about other teams.

 

Will they be fine?

 

They still need to win in the playoffs. They better hope McClanahan, Glasnow, and Bradley remain healthy and effective until then. If they lose two of them, then they need Eflin to be an Ace and they need to win bullpen games in the postseason.

 

Go Rays Go!

 

This happens all the time with their glass cannon SP corps.

[John_Havok]

Will they be fine?

 

They still need to win in the playoffs. They better hope McClanahan, Glasnow, and Bradley remain healthy and effective until then. If they lose two of them, then they need Eflin to be an Ace and they need to win bullpen games in the postseason.

 

Go Rays Go!

 

This happens all the time with their glass cannon SP corps.

 

Also doesnt seem to impact them in the regular season since they can rotate an army of healthy and competant but not stellar relievers in and out all season long, but can't do that in the playoffs due to roster restrictions.

[jaysblue]

Will they be fine?

 

They still need to win in the playoffs. They better hope McClanahan, Glasnow, and Bradley remain healthy and effective until then. If they lose two of them, then they need Eflin to be an Ace and they need to win bullpen games in the postseason.

 

Go Rays Go!

 

This happens all the time with their glass cannon SP corps.

 

Well they have until this point so far.

 

McClanahan, Eflin, Glasnow and Bradley is still a pretty darn good rotation if everyone is healthy. In the Postseason, that rotation is more than fine.

[Spanky__99]

Oof... there's up to 6 games with a possible rainout tonight.

[BTS]

Oof... there's up to 6 games with a possible rainout tonight.

 

Faaaaack

[Spanky__99]

Faaaaack

 

Fantasy nightmare, man.

[wilko]

Fantasy nightmare, man.

 

f***ed my proline!

[G-Snarls]

Oof... there's up to 6 games with a possible rainout tonight.

 

Glad we're at the dome tonight!

[Jimcanuck]

Oof... there's up to 6 games with a possible rainout tonight.

 

Maybe a cancellation from heat too

 

Feels like 106 deg. F in Dallas

[G-Snarls]

Maybe a cancellation from heat too

 

Feels like 106 deg. F in Dallas

 

Phoenix next few days as high as 115-118 F

 

Glad the DBacks are coming to us LOL

[BTS]

Just saw on the Padres broadcast that Harper hasn't homered in 36 games.

[jaysblue]

Just saw on the Padres broadcast that Harper hasn't homered in 36 games.

 

He's been very disappointing this season. Nothing close to an elite player.

[Stangstag]

Just saw on the Padres broadcast that Harper hasn't homered in 36 games.

 

Probably still recovering from the TJs. I have like 0 doubt he’ll return to being the power hitter he’s always been next year.

[Jonn]

The fact that he's playing and returned as quickly as he did is amazing in itself. He's still rocking a .384 on base with an OPS around .800. They could be doing much worse.

[Jimcanuck]

It gives Jim time to look over his fantasy rosters and ponder what he can to avoid getting bounced in the 1st round continually

 

Dude i was in the LOD finals last year

[Jimcanuck]

Machado with another tater, 8 in his last 10 games.

[Omar]

Machado with another tater, 8 in his last 10 games.

 

Heating up for the Jays.

[G-Snarls]

Pache needs another elbow surgery

 

Though go for him since he got traded

[Terminator]

 

[G-Snarls]

If the Rockies get lucky AND the Nationals go full tank mode they MIGHT not finish dead least in the National League