Fun early season numbers

[Tryptamine]

Let's start with Chris Davis who has been possessed by the ghost of Babe Ruth:

.382BA .470OBP .818SLG 1.288OPS with 6HR and 20RBI already.

 

Matt Harvey:

29IP .93ERA 10H 9BB 32K .66WHIP

 

Coco Crisp:

.345BA .441OBP .759SLG 1.200 OPS (only a .306BABIP)

 

Justin Upton:

.311BA .377OBP .820SLG 1.197OPS with 9HR (only a .286BABIP)

 

Paul Maholm:

20.1IP 0ERA 11H 5BB 20K .79WHIP

 

On the Ugly side:

 

Matt Kemp:

.182BA .217OBP .255SLG .471OPS

 

Matt Cain(7.15)/Cole Hamels(6.46)/David Price's(6.26) ERAs qualify as the 4th, 5th and 6th worst of qualified starters so far. Edinson Volquez, Brett Myers and Julio Teheran are the only ones worse.

[sneakypower]

Coco Crisp is 2nd in baseball for hitter fWAR

 

following him in order are Brandon Crawford, Todd Frazier, Jed Lowrie, Daniel Murphy

[Hairyducked Idiot]

After today's game, Rick Porcello has 3 HRs, 3 Ks and 3 BBs in 13 IP, for a 2.08/9 ratio in all of them.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

After two homers today, Bryce Harper is at .371/.426/.758.

[Tryptamine]

Chris Davis with another HR and his OPS is now up to 1.353. Absolutely ridiculous.

[TruffleShuffle]

After two homers today, Bryce Harper is at .371/.426/.758.

 

and he's 20 [expletive] years old.

 

if we're going to be bad, it'd be nice for a high draft pick to turn into a genuine superstar.

[Sammy Sofa]

After two homers today, Bryce Harper is at .371/.426/.758.

 

and he's 20 [expletive] years old.

 

if we're going to be bad, it'd be nice for a high draft pick to turn into a genuine superstar.

 

Not gonna happen.

[sneakypower]

After two homers today, Bryce Harper is at .371/.426/.758.

 

and he's 20 [expletive] years old.

 

if we're going to be bad, it'd be nice for a high draft pick to turn into a genuine superstar.

 

Not gonna happen.

Gray couldn't turn into a superstar?

[Sammy Sofa]

Come on, man; we were just talking about Bryce Harper. No, Gray obviously isn't going to be Bryce Harper. If we're going to quibble over the semantics of a word as nebulous as "superstar," fine, whatever; he could be one, but he's clearly not going to be anywhere near the one we're talking about.

[TruffleShuffle]

i think baez and soler have that potential. it's unlikely, but they could be among the top 3 at their positions, regular 5+ war players, which i'd consider a superstar. obviously both are extraordinarily unlikely to be like harper, who looks like he'll be one of the best players in the game for a decade.

[Derwood]

Jason Giambi is hitting around .185 but has an OPS of .900

[TruffleShuffle]

i was amazed when i looked at a box score and saw that giambi was still playing.

[Post Count Padder]

John Buck thinks he's Mike Piazza.

 

Also Jason Grilli has 8 saves and 15 Ks in 9 innings and a 0.00 ERA.

[SouthSideRyan]

Also Jason Grilli has 8 saves and 15 Ks in 9 innings and a 0.00 ERA.

 

And we wouldn't give him a 3rd year.

[Cubswin11]

JUSTIN UPTON

[Tracer Bullet]

BJ Upton k'ing in over 33% of his ABs

[SouthSideRyan]

Cubs starters are 12 for 13 in stolen base attempts.

[Clem Fandango]

JUSTIN UPTON

 

11 Home Runs

16 RBI

 

10 of his 11 home runs have been solo shots. His brother and Heyward have been doing an awful job of setting the table for him.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Carlos Villanueva's LOB% is 100%.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I feel that Chris Davis was one of the names discussed as possible 1B options in the 2012 offseason. Not sure if it was ever more than media speculation though.

[Clem Fandango]

BJ Upton k'ing in over 33% of his ABs

 

J.P. Arencibia is at 39% and leads the AL in home runs

[sneakypower]

BJ Upton k'ing in over 33% of his ABs

and he's (30%) currently not even in the top-15 for K frequency

 

Colby Rasmus is striking out in 43% of his PAs, and Chris Carter's also above 40%

[Formerly Snayke]

Rick Ankiel has 26 strikeouts to zero walks. He also has five homers.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Luis Valbuena leads the Cubs in fWAR.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

So, who's hitting the most line drives this year? Why, this stalwart top four:

 

Garrett Jones

Alex Gonzalez

Jedd Gyorko

James Loney