My post yesterday — you know, the compassionate post for our downtrodden (or downtrodding, more like) Alleghenys — has had 18 views as of this morning. More than half of those were by someone other than me. That means it was a popular post, with its empathy and raw BP estimates of how the first week in August has gone for us.
So I thought I’d update those raw estimates this morning. The fact that the Wolverines had a great day yesterday is mere coincidence.
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Haviland: 200 PA, .236, .320, .461; 61.0 ip, 12 er, 1.77 era. Est; W 4, L 2
Old Detroit; 229 PA, .296, .374, .522; 45.3 ip, 15 er, 2.98 ERA. Est. W 4, L 2.
DC: 165 PA, .338, .380, .591 (+ reps) ; 32 ip, 6 er, 1.69 (+ reps). Est W 4, L 2. (The Balk added 1 ip and 3 er yesterday — and at least 6 replacement innings, so they may have suffered a negative win/2 loss day, which would put them at 3 – 3 for August.)
Cottage: 293 PA, .260, .348, .446; 53.7 ip, 24 er , 4.02 ERA. Est W 3.5, L 2.5. (21 innings Sunday, even though they came with 10 earned runs, eliminated any replacements.)
Portland: 317 PA, .230, .321, .421; 56.3 IP, 28 ER, 4.47 ERA. Est. W 3 L 3.
Flint Hill: 292 PA, .207, .276, .316; 63.7 ip, 19 er, 2.69 ERA. Est. W 2.5, L 3.5. (I am putting the Tornadoes just above the Alleghenys because the T’s have more flexibility to exclude their weakest hitters from action.)
Pittsburgh: 259 PA, .226, .297, .396; 61.3 ip, 28 er, 4.11 ERA. Est. W 2.5, L 3.5. (The Alleghenys OPSed 1.127 as a team Sunday, and got 6 scoreless innings from their relievers — it’s possible they could be better than 2.5 wins in August)
Kaline: 285 PA, .243, .285, .388; 44.7 ip, 26 er, 4.28. Est. W 2.5, L 3.5
Peshastin: 213 PA, .260, .333, .536; 42 ip, 25 er, 5.36 ERA (+ reps). Est: W 2.5, L 3.5.
Canberra: 242 PA, 284, .332, .498; 40.3 ip, 31 er, 6.92 ERA. Est W 2, L 4.
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Top August Hitters
Canberra: Tim Beckham: 24 AB, 14 h, 3 2b, 1 3b, 3 hr, 1 bb, .583, .600, 1.167. (I think I did Saturday’s draft wrong.)
Old Detroit: Willson Contreras: 22 AB, 10 h, 1 2b, 5 hr, 1 bb, .455, .478, 1.182.
Portland: Paul Goldschmidt: 23 AB, 10 h, 1 2b, 1 3b, 3 hr, 1 bb, .435, .462, .957. (Second best? Manny Machado: 1.138 OPS in August. I think I did my August 1 fire sale to the Rosebuds wrong.)
Peshastin: Joey Gallo: 21 AB, 7 h, 5 hr, 1 bb, .333, .391, 1.048.
Flint Hill: Daniel Murphy: 15 AB, 7 h, 2 2b, 2 hr, 1 bb, .467, .500, 1.000.
DC: Andrew Benintendi: 13 AB, 6 h, 2 2b, 1 hr, 4 bb, 1 hbp, .462, .611, .846.
Kaline: Danny Valencia: 19 AB, 8 h, 1 2b, 1 3b, 2 hr, .421 .409, .895.
Haviland: Daniel Nava: 12 AB, 5 h, 1 2b, 1 3b, 1 hr, 1 w, .417, .462, .917.
Pittsburgh: Cody Bellinger: 25 AB, 6 h, 4 hr, 1 bb, .240, .269, .720.
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Top August Pitchers
Haviland: Yu Darvish: 7 ip, 0 er. (I am pretty sure I did Saturday’s draft wrong.)
DC: Jeremy Hellickson: 7 ip, 0 er. (I think I did last winter’s Rule 5 draft wrong.)
Kaline: Jhoulys Chacin: 7 ip, 0 er.
Pittsburgh: Cory Kluber: 9 ip, 1 er. (I think I did my July 1 fire sale to the Pears wrong.)
Old Detroit: Clayton “Mirage” Richard: 6 ip, 0 er (The mirage part is because he surrendered 4 unearned runs, but who cares about that?)
Flint Hill: Dinelson Lamet: 5.7 ip, 0 er. (Oh, so that’s why he traded for Lamet.)
Portland: Jimmy Nelson: 14 ip, 3 er.
Peshastin: Danny Salazar: 7 ip, 1 er. (NOT fellow Indian Carlos Carrasco: 7.3 ip, 10 er!)
Canberra: Dellin Betances: 3 ip, 0 er. (Kangaroo starters in August range from 4.50 ERA to 13.50. It’s not pretty.)