|
Team |
Rec |
|
| 1 |
Texas |
17-6 |
SP Yu Darvish’s last 3 starts: 21.2IP, 13H, 9BB, 2ER, 24K, 3-0 record |
| 2 |
LA Dodgers |
16-7 |
CF Matt Kemp now has 12HRs – only 4 players have hit more in March/April in MLB history |
| 3 |
Washington |
14-8 |
SP Gio Gonzalez’s last 3 starts: 20IP, 0ER, 6H, 4BB, 21K |
| 4 |
St. Louis |
14-8 |
SP Lance Lynn has 32 swings and misses & opponents are hitting .119 against his fastball. Will he stay in the rotation when Chris Carpenter returns? |
| 5 |
Tampa Bay |
15-8 |
Rays have won 8 of their last 9, including series win at the Rangers |
| 6 |
NY Yankees |
13-9 |
Washed up? SS Derek Jeter is 1st Yankee in history to have 30+ hits in the team’s first 16 games |
| 7 |
Atlanta |
14-9 |
3B Chipper Jones is tied for the active lead in HR (5) hit on a players’ birthday. Jones hit one on his 40th last Wednesday |
| 8 |
Baltimore |
14-9 |
3B Wilson Betemit hit his 1st career walk-off HR against Oakland Sunday |
| 9 |
Toronto |
12-11 |
SP Brandon Morrow broke his 75-game start streak with at least 1BB. Was the longest active streak to start a career (23 is now longest) |
| 10 |
NY Mets |
13-10 |
C Josh Thole became the 327th player to homer of of Rockies SP Jamie Moyer – Moyer had given up 10 HR before Thole was born (October 1986) |
| 11 |
Cleveland |
11-9 |
SP Ubaldo Jiminez’s last 3 starts: 17IP, 21H, 11BB, 10ER, 10K |
| 12 |
San Francisco |
12-10 |
3B Pablo Sandoval’s 20-game hit streak to start the season was the 2nd longest since 1980 (Renteria – 23 in 1996) |
| 13 |
Seattle |
11-13 |
LF Chone Figgins already has 2HR – his first season since 2009 with more then 1 |
| 14 |
Cincinnati |
11-11 |
Reds have won 3 straight series, but haven’t closed the gap on the 1st place Cardinals |
| 15 |
Colorado |
11-11 |
1B Todd Helton’s game-tying grand slam Sunday was his first as a pinch hitter since 1997 |
| 16 |
Arizona |
12-11 |
Brandon Allen was 1st player to hit a walk-off HR in his 1st AB for a team since 1984 |
| 17 |
Oakland |
11-13 |
SP Tommy Milone gave up his 1st HR to a left-handed batter Monday (2 to David Ortiz) in 31.2IP |
| 18 |
Chicago Sox |
11-11 |
DH Adam Dunn hit his 370th career home run Sunday, tying him with Gil Hodges for 70th all-time |
| 19 |
Milwaukee |
11-12 |
LF Ryan Braun is the first player (home or visitor) to have a 3-HR game at Petco Park |
| 20 |
Boston |
11-11 |
DH David Ortiz over the last week: .320 avg, 4HR |
| 21 |
Detroit |
11-11 |
Offense is struggling (9 straight games scoring 4 runs or less), and SP looks suspect behind ace Verlander |
| 22 |
Philadelphia |
11-12 |
3B Pete Orr hit his 1st HR since 2009 Monday – both were off of Chris Volstad |
| 23 |
Pittsburgh |
10-12 |
Only 1 player in Monday’s lineup had a homerun this season |
| 24 |
Houston |
9-14 |
Monday’s game vs the Mets was the1st time in MLB history that 7 different pitchers faced 7 consecutive batters |
| 25 |
Miami |
8-14 |
Marlins scored only 6 runs on 28 hits during 6-game losing streak |
| 26 |
Kansas City |
6-15 |
Royals catchers have a combined 10 doubles this season – most in the majors |
| 27 |
LA Angels |
8-15 |
The Angles are farther out of 3rd place then 14 other teams are out of 1st |
| 28 |
San Diego |
7-17 |
P Anthony Bass has already struck out more batters (27 to 24) then he did last season, in less innings pitched (48.1 to 27.1) |
| 29 |
Minnesota |
6-16 |
Twins’ -37 run differential is the worst in MLB |
| 30 |
Chicago Cubs |
8-15 |
Cubs are 5-4 over last 9 games since starting 3-11 |
