1876 - Hot Title race and record hunting
Posted 01-16-2017 at 05:15 AM by TheEquinox
I thought I'd post another update out of sequence, because there are some things worth reporting.
51 out of 60 games are played and we've got the most exciting title fight in the NL so far:
When the Chicago White Stockings' pitcher Al Pratt returned from his injury, they were able to close the gap and turned the National League decision into a triple fight this year. Our own pitcher, Yin Xù got a little better into the second half of the season which helped our general performance and kept us on par with Chicago and Cincinnati.
In the American League, the Baltimore Orioles were able to maintain their performance so far, moving them in a serious contender position against the Cleveland Blues, mainly due to Dick Higham's great season, leading the AL in RBI and also former Boston's backup 3B, Edward Netro's batting skills, who leads the AL in batter WAR.
The challenge this season seems to be harder than ever before, with weekly lead changes and NL teams going on alternating winning streaks.
But not only the teams are fighting for glory, there's also a hot record race going on. Levi Meyerle busted four season records so far, and a fifth one is still possible:
The batting AVG, On-Base, Slugging and On-Base + Slugging records have fallen already, and if Levi can keep up his pace, Chicago's legendary catcher Cal McVey might also lose his RBI season record in the end.
Here's a quick comparison of the MLB's greatest hitters so far:
The numbers are in Levi's favour here, but Cal isn't that far away. I'd love to see him in our team sooner or later, but I guess Chicago wouldn't give him away cheaply. Probably the price would be too high to make it worthwhile, but I'll certainly keep him on my shortlist.
I'm going to conclude this post with a message that shows how great Levi really is at the moment:
I'll return with the regular season results...
51 out of 60 games are played and we've got the most exciting title fight in the NL so far:
When the Chicago White Stockings' pitcher Al Pratt returned from his injury, they were able to close the gap and turned the National League decision into a triple fight this year. Our own pitcher, Yin Xù got a little better into the second half of the season which helped our general performance and kept us on par with Chicago and Cincinnati.
In the American League, the Baltimore Orioles were able to maintain their performance so far, moving them in a serious contender position against the Cleveland Blues, mainly due to Dick Higham's great season, leading the AL in RBI and also former Boston's backup 3B, Edward Netro's batting skills, who leads the AL in batter WAR.
The challenge this season seems to be harder than ever before, with weekly lead changes and NL teams going on alternating winning streaks.
But not only the teams are fighting for glory, there's also a hot record race going on. Levi Meyerle busted four season records so far, and a fifth one is still possible:
The batting AVG, On-Base, Slugging and On-Base + Slugging records have fallen already, and if Levi can keep up his pace, Chicago's legendary catcher Cal McVey might also lose his RBI season record in the end.
Here's a quick comparison of the MLB's greatest hitters so far:
The numbers are in Levi's favour here, but Cal isn't that far away. I'd love to see him in our team sooner or later, but I guess Chicago wouldn't give him away cheaply. Probably the price would be too high to make it worthwhile, but I'll certainly keep him on my shortlist.
I'm going to conclude this post with a message that shows how great Levi really is at the moment:
I'll return with the regular season results...
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