Braves sluggers, Ohtani, red-hot Reds among 10 standout stats
Here’s our weekly take a look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the final week in baseball (June 15-21).
Braves hit lengthy homers: The Braves have hit 16 450-plus-foot homers this 12 months, together with a 456-footer from Matt Olson final Thursday, 474 ft from Travis d’Arnaud on Friday and 453 ft from Michael Harris II on Sunday. No different staff has greater than six (Rockies/Angels). It’s tied for the third-most such residence runs by a staff in a single season underneath Statcast (2015), with the 2018 Rockies, behind solely the 2021 Rockies (19) and ‘16 Rockies (17).
Grand milestones: Chris Taylor hit his one centesimal profession homer final Thursday – a game-tying grand slam within the sixth inning. He’s the primary participant with a grand slam for each his first and one centesimal profession residence runs. He’s the twenty fifth with a grand slam for his one centesimal and one among 211 with a grand slam for his first. But he’s the one one on each lists.
Acuña with a document: On Friday, Ronald Acuña Jr. stole his thirtieth base of the season, to associate with 15 homers he already had. He reached these marks at a document tempo. He turned the primary participant with no less than 15 residence runs and no less than 30 stolen bases in his staff’s first 70 video games of a season since no less than 1900.
Racking up Ok’s: Lance Lynn had fairly the efficiency on Sunday, putting out 16 batters. That tied Jack Harshman on July 25, 1954, for essentially the most in a recreation in White Sox franchise historical past. He generated 33 swings and misses, tied for fourth-most in a recreation within the pitch-tracking period (2008, together with the postseason), behind solely Jacob deGrom (9/6/20: 35), Danny Duffy (8/1/16: 35) and Clayton Kershaw (9/2/15: 35).
40-40: Julio Rodríguez notched his fortieth profession stolen base on Sunday in that very same recreation in opposition to the White Sox, and he’d already reached 40 profession homers. It was simply his two hundredth profession recreation, marking the second-fewest to succeed in no less than 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in AL/NL historical past. Only Fernando Tatis Jr. obtained there in fewer video games, at 185.
For 5: Luis Arraez had five-hit video games on Friday and Monday, and had already recorded one other such recreation in June. He’s simply the fourth participant with three five-hit video games in a calendar month since 1900, becoming a member of 1984 Dave Winfield in June, 1922 Ty Cobb in July and 1921 George Sisler in August. The solely gamers with greater than three five-hit video games in a season in that span are 2004 Ichiro Suzuki, 1993 Tony Gwynn, 1948 Stan Musial and 1922 Cobb, with 4 every.
The Sho by no means stops: Last 12 months, Shohei Ohtani turned the primary participant to complete high 15 in MLB in each homers hit and pitching strikeouts in a season for the reason that mound was moved to its present distance in 1893 (pending the inclusion of Negro Leagues stats). Through his Wednesday begin, he’s at present high three in MLB in every: first in residence runs, third in batters struck out. Ohtani can be the primary participant to have a share of the MLB lead in homers hit and batting common allowed (min 70 IP) on the finish of any given day since 1900, per the Elias Sports Bureau – and it’s been true for a number of days now.
Giant comebacks: The Giants put collectively a handful of comebacks en path to a 10-game win streak, their longest since 2004, earlier than a loss Thursday. They now have six comeback wins when trailing by no less than three runs this season, surpassing their whole from 2022. And they’ve 12 comeback wins when trailing by a number of runs this season, matching their whole from 2022.
Valuable rookie: Corbin Carroll is second within the NL in OPS getting into the weekend at .955, shut behind solely Freddie Freeman at .961. Only one rookie has led his league in OPS since 1900: Fred Lynn in 1975, when he turned the primary participant to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the identical season.
Streaking: The energized Reds enter the weekend having gained 11 straight video games. Their 11-game win streak is tied for the fifth-longest in franchise historical past, behind solely 1899 (14 video games), 1890 (13), 1957 (12) and 1939 (12), per Elias. They’re the second staff to win no less than 11 straight in a season after shedding no less than 100 video games, becoming a member of the 1890 Louisville Colonels, who had each an 11- and 12-game streak, additionally per Elias.
