Updated Projections - Game 60 of 162
Going nowhere fast
Composition of Projections:
2024 Actuals: 37.0%
Preseason Projections: 63.0%
The Astros are 26-34, in 3rd place in the American League West, 7.5 games behind the Seattle Mariners.
Fangraphs projects an 82-80 finish, 2nd place in the AL West, gives the Astros a 19.8% chance of winning the Division and a 33.2% chance of making the playoffs.
Season Projections
Stress Index
The goal is to capture the stress put on a pitcher, rather than just a number of pitches.
The calculation is really simple: Number of pitches x aLI, where aLI is the average leverage index.
Biggest Play
Top 8, runner on second, 1 out, 3-3. Jose Miranda doubled to shortstop (Liner). Manuel Margot scored.
Astros win probability went from 45.6% to 23.0.0% (-22.6%).
Listen to Parker and Marty discuss the Astros first 50 games
The Home Run Project
Victor Caratini: 105.2 MPH exit velo, 28-degree launch angle, 417 feet, 0.42 LI.
Alex Bregman: 102.0 MPH exit velo, 29-degree launch angle, 395 feet, 1.43 LI.
The Grumpy Ump
Under: 35 Over: 21 Push: 4
9 consecutive unders.
NOTE: OVERALL FAVOR column is changed to reflect Astros only. In other words, a +0.24 in favor of Yankees is reflected as -0.24 here.
Information, except for O/U, courtesy of umpscorecards.com, just presented in a way that is easier for my brain to process.
Projected Standings and Luck Rankings
Luck Rankings
Teams at top are “luckiest”, teams at bottom are “unluckiest”.
Astros near “unluckiest” team in MLB.
The Astros are 5-13 in one-run games.
This is the percentage of a team’s winning percentage that can be attributed to “luck”, either positive (green) or negative (red).
Example: At one point the Astros win % was .439 and my numbers say they “should” have been at .493, a difference of .054.
.054/.439 = 12.3% (rounded), which is the Astros luck rating, which is negative in this case.
In general, you expect the teams at bottom to regress positively (towards 0.00) and teams at top to regress negatively (to 0.00).
Stat(s) of the Day
Quality Starts
Across the league teams win close to 70% of games where their team’s starter throws a quality start.
It is closer to 80% if your pitcher has a quality start and the other team’s pitcher does not throw a quality start.
Simply put, it’s indicative of “keeping your team in the game”.
Saves and Such
Everyone knows saves and blown saves. Shutdowns and Meltdowns are a Fangraphs stat that I find very useful.
Justin Verlander
JV has 5 quality starts in 8 starts on the season.
Verlander has an ERA of 3.26 with an xERA of 3.51, a FIP of 4.57 and an xFIP of 4.58.
A BABIP of .244 suggests a bit of good luck for JV.
Clutch
MLB Power Rankings
On a scale where 100.00 = 81 wins. In other words, a power number of 110.00 means you would be expected to win 110% of the “average team” (81 wins) which equals 89 games.
These rankings consider runs scored, runs given up AND wins and losses.
50.00 = 40.50 wins
75.00 = 60.75 wins
100.00 = 81.00 wins
125.00 = 101.25 wins
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