No competitive roster in baseball has been more decimated by the injury bug, but in typical Rays fashion, no organization was better prepared. A quintet of offensive linchpins from last year's 100-win team - Manuel Margot, Wander Franco, Kevin Kiermaier, Brandon Lowe and Mike Zunino - have started a combined 307 out of 775 potential games this season. They’ve been without ace Tyler Glasnow for nearly the entire season while he recovered from Tommy John surgery. The Tampa Bay Rays have had the third-most IL days of any team in baseball. A team that plans accordingly by prioritizing depth throughout the organization can withstand the inevitable bumps, bruises and tears that pop up over the course of the six-month marathon of a season. Five projected playoff teams - the Rays, Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies and Mets - have accumulated more total days on the injured list than the White Sox. Injuries are an unavoidable part of any team’s season. 196 with just seven taters through the end of August, while Grandal has been the third-least valuable MLB player (by bWAR) with at least 300 plate appearances, behind just Darin Ruf and Kole Calhoun. Before finally heating up in September, Moncada was hitting. This offense is dangerous when it clicks, and it was a breath of fresh air after a string of games void of this offensive potential.Grandal and infielder Yoan Moncada (oblique, quad and hamstring issues), in particular, have seen their on-field production suffer as a result of their injuries, with both hitters drastically underperforming from full-season projections. The South Side Sluggers recorded an astonishing 18 hits. Longest hit: Four pitches after the hardest hit came the White Sox’s José’s three-run home run, traveling 411 feet. Toughest out: Brian Goodwin’s second inning line out is a hit 84% of the time. 050 xBA created a home run for that ball that traveled 358 feet - talk about playing to the strength of the ball park for the home team. Looking at the Statcast metrics, its 91.9 exit velocity, 32-degree launch angle, and. Luckiest hit: Corey Dickerson squared up a solid pitch against Cease in the seventh and sent the pitch over the right field wall for a no-doubt home run. Weakest contact: Corey Dickerson’s fifth inning pop out left his bat at 58.9 mph. Hardest hit: Luis Robert wasted no time and got the night started by driving the first pitch of the game to center field with an exit velocity of 110.7 mph. 164 WPA propelled the Sox to this Tuesday evening victory! 168 WPA play and all that they would need to win the ball game.ĭylan Cease was straight-up dealing! His. José Abreu’s three-run home run to open the scoring in the first inning gave the South Siders a. Tasked with the five-out save and having to throw 39 pitches, Liam Hendriks recorded his 29th save while facing a 1.54 pLI. double play to leave the inning unscathed, Sox up 5-1. Liam walked the bases loaded, but he forced a 3.13 LI Vladimir Guerrero Jr. However, after nine pitches, he left, and Liam Hendriks came into the game. He allowed two baserunners, while recording an out. Michael Kopech came into the eighth in relief of Dylan Cease. On the bright side, he struck out six, to zero walks.īerríos’ abbreviated, 68-pitch outing (which Cease accomplished through exactly five innings) breaks down like this: Baseball Savant Through three innings of work, the Jays’ José gave up nine hits and four runs. José Berríos knew it was not his night by the fifth pitch of his outing, when José Abreu launched a three-run shot to open the game’s scoring. The 95 pitches he tossed looked like this: Baseball Savant Truly personifying the number on his back. He struck out seven and is emitting confidence and ease on the mound. Through seven innings, Cease gave up four hits, one run (a. The offense, pitching, and defense complemented one another very well in this series-tying victory.ĭylan Cease has really solidified his official nickname of Dylan SHEESH! He’s doing it all, and he’s doing it really well. After losing an incredibly winnable game to open the series against the Toronto Blue Jays in Canada, on Tuesday the Chicago White Sox came out hot to guarantee themselves a win right from the first pitch of the game to the last.
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