Independent baseball analysis by Ignacio González. Exploring player value, contracts, historic teams, awards and legacies through data and storytelling.
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2/3 — The exercise:
Using the 2022–2025 champions as a reference, I ranked this year’s playoff teams against all 30 MLB clubs and weighted four categories:
50% hitting — wRC+
25% pitching — FIP−, entire staff
20% baserunning — BsR
5% fielding — FRV
The picks:
AL champion: Rays
NL champion: Brewers
World Series champion: Brewers 🏆
Milwaukee scored 88.8, ahead of the Dodgers (78.6) and Rays (76.2). Those are index scores, not championship probabilities.
Yes, I deliberately left the 2021 Braves out of the reference group. They ranked 12th, 13th, 14th, and 13th in those categories… and won anyway 😂
They’re also the perfect reminder of how much this exercise can miss.
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DYK: Luis Aparicio led the American League in stolen bases in each of his first nine seasons (1956-64).
He is the only player to ever lead a league in any category for nine straight seasons.
In 1984, Aparicio was elected to the Hall of Fame, becoming the first Venezuelan-born player to be enshrined in Cooperstown. #HHM
ALT Luis Aparicio poses in a gray Chicago White Sox road uniform, circa late 1960s.
Bench Coach Notes retweeted
DYK: Ronald Acuña Jr. has the most stolen bases by any player in a 40-home run season. Acuña swiped 73 bags in 2023 when he slugged 41 home runs in the first 40/40 season in MLB since 2006.
Acuña slugged his 200th career home run earlier this month. He became the fastest player (904 games) to reach 200 HR and 200 SB.
Acuña also had 2 HR and 2 SB to help lead Team Venezuela to the 2026 World Baseball Classic championship. #HHM
ALT Ronald Acuña Jr. shouting with excitement as he sits up at home plate after a headfirst slide. He wears a gray Braves uniform and blue batting helmet.
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Peter Bendix, Presidente de Operaciones de Béisbol de los #Marlins sobre Javier Sanoja: “su temporada fue increíble. Nos mostró que es un jugador de todos los días en Grandes Ligas y que podría ser una súper estrella”.
