Thursday, November 9, 2023

Rookie OPS+ for SO greater than 149 includes Yankees Judge and Volpe.

Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpe just won the American League Gold Glove award as the best fielding shortstop.

Strike Outs by 2023 rookie batters compared to Aaron Judge, rookie SO record holder. Friday, October 6, 2023

Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpe was similar (to Doyle): dWAR 2.4, oWAR 1.7. Volpe's 21 HR were his only positive in the batter's box.

dWAR:
Volpe was third in AL
Doyle was fifth in NL.

Both Volpe and Doyle play key fielding position but if their batting does not improve, they will lose their starting positions and likely their spot on a MLB roster when their fielding slips.

Lots of SO must be offset by lots of HR.

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For single seasons, a rookie, in the regular season, requiring Strikeouts >= 150, sorted by descending Adjusted OPS+.

https://stathead.com/tiny/y1IdP

32 rookie batters. Five had OPS+ less than 100, league average. Three of the five were rookies in 2023.


Among the top batters, two went on to MVP awards: Bryant and Judge. How likely is it that active batters at the bottom will remain starters much longer? Win MVP?

An old saying: you can't steal first base.

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