Andrew Greckel made a run at the HR title but Tork and last year's teammate Voit were too much.
James Hays of course led in wins, whiffs, ERA and WAR and is not human. It was a pretty anti-climatic end to the season with nothing at stake on the final day and barely anything on the final weekend.
Final team stats:
Our defense was dreadful but the pitching was so good it didn't matter. #1 in bullpen and rotation ERA, and it's odd that they ended up almost identical. The offense was much-improved this year with guys like Kirilloff, Rutschman and Greckel bouncing back to be the kind of hitters they had shown to be in the past while
Kelly Crumpton was an improvement over Carter Kieboom at 3B. We were 75-30 after a mediocre start over the first two months.
Individual batting stats:
Ed Howard was the surprise leader in WAR, as he's one of the few decent gloves we have and stole 31 bases to augment his pretty good hitting.
Andrew Greckel had monster numbers but his total lack of defensive value kept his WAR down, and look at
Yoelqui Cespedes: 2.6 WAR in only 58 games. We didn't miss Wander in the second half, but will we miss him in the playoffs?
Individual pitching stats:
I've already talked ad nauseum about
James Hays so I won't anymore. Instead I'll talk up what great seasons mere mortals
Joe Ryan and
Dustin May had. Although we had to give up Randy Arozarena for him, May was more than worth that deal as he turned in 4 fine seasons for us with over 13 WAR in total. He's a free agent this winter, and we won't be able to afford him. Ryan meanwhile does have one more year of arbitration left and we'll gladly bring him back and hope 2026 was an outlier year with all the homers allowed. And not too many teams can boast three legitimate closers in Castillo, Hall and Uehara.
