Bob Nightengale: "Is MLB's ball juiced? McCullers kept the game close by stranding runners at second and third in the fourth inning. The Yankees had also set the monthly record in August. Associated Press: "Changing times: Baseball rife with new rules, approaches". Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Anthony Castrovince: "19 bold predictions for MLB in 2019". Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. He hasn’t pitched on three consecutive days since June 28-30 last year -- something the Astros could call on him to do in this series -- but he pitched both ends of a Aug. 29 doubleheader this season, tossing two perfect innings with four strikeouts for two saves -- against the A’s. “I was 100% [certain] that I can make that out,” Paredes said later. As has now become an annual tradition, in January MLB proposed some rule changes for the upcoming season, although these needed agreement from the Players' Association. In this section Probable Pitchers ... 2020 Regular Season Stats 2020 Spring Training Stats 2019 Regular Season Stats 2019 Sortable Team Stats Statcast Leaders Baseball Savant Top Prospect Stats Offseason Leagues Glossary. AL Central: Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota The young relievers that manager Dusty Baker leaned on in Game 1 all donned orange, but other than closer Ryan Pressly, they were fairly green. News. Eight of his 10 pitches in the seventh inning were fastballs, including all five to Tommy La Stella. The Players Association came back with its own list of proposals, including universal usage of the designated hitter and forcing a three batters faced minimum per pitcher (barring injury). American League The young relievers that manager Dusty Baker leaned on in Game 1 all donned orange, but other than closer Ryan Pressly, they were fairly green. Compared to Oakland bullpen's MLB-best 2.72 ERA in the regular season, Houston’s 'pen inexperience looked like a potential difference in the series. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Paredes, however, was confident. The final totals were 6,776 homers, an 11% increase over the previous high mark, and 42,823 strikeouts. Hard-throwing Josh James, who pitched in nine postseason games last year, remains fresh, as does lefty Brooks Raley. Fittingly, Paredes came out firing fastballs -- 95, 96 and 97 mph -- to strike out Khris Davis to begin the inning. For an Astros team that has played in five of the last six postseasons, advancing to two World Series, there’s a key difference this year -- their bullpen is almost entirely new. Previous Season Next Season. The 2019 Major League Baseball season was the twentieth season in which the two major leagues, the National League and the American League, are consolidated into a single entity under the authority of the Commissioner, Rob Manfred. The actual rule changes for the major leagues were announced on March 14th. Find out more. For a second, Astros reliever Enoli Paredes looked like he might panic as he slipped fielding Marcus Semien’s comebacker with two outs in the seventh inning. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Gabe Lacques: "12 sobering numbers to know as pitchers, catchers - most of them - report to spring training". With Oakland’s 9-1-2 hitters due up in the bottom of the seventh and Houston’s lead up to 8-5, Baker stuck with Paredes. He was protecting a three-run lead, but the middle of Oakland’s lineup loomed if Semien reached base. This page was last edited on 20 January 2020, at 14:45. Though two runs in the ninth stretched the lead to five, Pressly retired the bottom of the lineup in order. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Anthony Castrovince: "Here are some bonkers stats from a wild season". Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. 2019 MLB Team Pitching Staffs. Home run totals were completely unprecedented: there were 1,135 homers hit during May, the most hit in a month in major league history, displacing August of 2017, when there were 1,119. Pinch-hitter Chad Pinder’s groundout advanced Semien for Mark Canha’s sacrifice fly and a 5-3 A’s lead, but that was it. World Series Champion: Washington Nationals, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, October 17, 2:04AM. Now, we conclude the player rankings (a summary will run tomorrow) with the best… Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Among the early trends of the season were a clear drop in attendance across the board, and a continued move towards a style of play dominated by home runs and strikeouts. AL West: Houston • Los Angeles • Oakland • Seattle • Texas, National League Five innings came in a piggyback outing at Minnesota for Framber Valdez, who will start against the A’s in Game 2 on Tuesday. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 2019 MLB Team Pitching Staffs. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Team's starters sorted by GS+CG, closers by SV+GF/3, bullpen by G-GS+GF. In a development similar to what had gone on the previous off-season, the free agent market was again slow, with the the two biggest names, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, still unsigned as February began. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. It might have been emblematic for the way a lot of Astros fans were feeling as Houston erased an early deficit and pulled away for a 10-5 win over the A's to open the American League Division Series on Monday at Dodger Stadium. Home runs are being hit at record pace and pitchers just want the truth". Gabe Lacques: "MLB rule changes are wise – but be careful what you wish for". We present them here for purely educational purposes. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. For an Astros team that has played in five of the last six postseasons, advancing to two World Series, there’s a key difference this year -- their bullpen is almost entirely new. Are you a Stathead, too? Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Join our linker program. Regular Season. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Pitching. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. AVG Salary: $7,051,557. He overcame a leadoff walk for a clean inning, capped by strikeouts of Matt Olson and Davis. 2019 MLB Season; ... Baseball-Reference Bullpen. Those changes included the long talked-about introduction of a pitch clock in order to speed up the pace of play, and changes to the use of the disabled list to make it less flexible. Gabe Lacques: "Which MLB teams are actually trying to win in 2019?". Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. NFL Week 5 Betting Recap: Point Spread, Over/Under Results & Analysis (2020) The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Bob Nightengale: "MLB proposes rules changes including return to 15-day DL, pitch clock". The season also featured the first-ever regular season games to be played in Europe, with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees meeting in London, England on June 29th and 30th. Are you a Stathead, too? After the A’s hit three homers in four-plus innings off Lance McCullers Jr., Houston's bullpen delivered five hitless innings with one walk and five strikeouts. It was the third straight season over 40,000, a total that had never been reached before 2017. Paredes leads way in five flawless innings from the Astros' bullpen. At age 26, both would have been the object of bidding wars in past years; they represented just the tip of the iceberg, though, as some 90 free agents were also still looking for jobs. There had also been more homers hit in April than ever before that month, although this was skewed by the fact there were also more games played in April than ever. Richard Justice: "Nine things we learned in the first half". “[Catcher] Martin [Maldonado] was calling the pitches. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The exception was the slider that struck out Robbie Grossman. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. MLB betting stats for 2020 including bullpen ERA, umpire stats, and team numbers broken out by American League and National League. On September 11th, the 6,106th homer of the year was hit, topping the former record of 6,105 set in 2017. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Join our linker program. 2019 Positional Power Rankings: Bullpen (No. 2020. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. More league info. The 2019 Major League Baseball season opened on March 20th with a two-game series between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
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