Updated Projections - Game 68 of 162
Ronel
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Composition of Projections:
2024 Actuals: 42.0%
Preseason Projections: 58.0%
The Astros are 31-37, 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 21.2% chance of winning the Division and a 38.6% chance of making the playoffs.
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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 straightforward: Number of pitches x aLI, where aLI is the average leverage index.
Biggest Play
Top 5, runners on second and third, 2 outs, 1-1. Alex Bregman singled to third (Grounder). Trey Cabbage scored. Mauricio Dubon scored on error. Alex Bregman Error by Matt Chapman.
Astros win probability went from 51.4% to 74.3% (+22.9%).
The Home Run Project
No home runs last night.
The Grumpy Ump
Under: 40 Over: 24 Push: 4
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 | Expected Wins | Luck
Luck Rankings
Teams at top are “luckiest”, teams at bottom are “unluckiest”.
Astros are currently “unluckiest” team in MLB.
The Astros are 5-14 in one-run games.
The number below 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 was the Astros luck rating, which was negative in this example.
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.
Framber Valdez
Framber has 6 quality starts in 10 starts on the season.
Valdez has an ERA of 3.53 with an xERA of 3.75, a FIP of 3.83 and an xFIP of 3.29, along with a BABIP of .280.
Framber’s BB% of 7.1% is in the 63rd percentile, while his K% of 19.8% is in the 32nd percentile and is the lowest of his career by far.
Opponents are batting .137 off his curveball which is his put away pitch (24.6% PutAway%).
Arrighetti’s ERA by Start
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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