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Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.283 — Jose Altuve batting against MacKenzie Gore. 0.280 — Luis Arraez batting against Jameson Taillon. 0.277 — Amed Rosario batting against Clarke ...
Games of the Day
Justin Verlander of the Astros returns to the mound Friday night against the Nationals and MacKenzie Gore. Verlander allowed fourteen hits in seven minor league innings during his rehabilitation ...
Best Batter Today
The top five of Baseball Musings Batter Rankings remain unchanged, as none of those players were in action on Thursday. Juan Soto of the Yankees, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers, Yordan Alvarez of th...
Friday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Knee to Know
Doctors diagnosed Rafael Devers with a bone bruise on his knee. It’s not clear he’ll go in the illjured list. Meanwhile, slugger Tyler O’Neill was placed on IL as he covers from his head la...
Games of the Day
Today’s schedule is light, but the best pitching matchup takes place in Boston, as Carlos Carrasco faces opener Brennan Bernardino. Carrasco owns a 3.55 ERA despite allowing a ton of base runne...
Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.287 — Amed Rosario batting against Griffin Canning. 0.287 — Harold Ramirez batting against Griffin Canning. 0.280 — Luis Arraez batting against Jam...
Best Batter Today
Juan Soto of the Yankees solidifies his spot at the top of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a perfect day at the plate in a 6-4 comeback win over the Blue Jays. Soto collects two walks a...
Thursday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Outs for Houck
Tanner Houck pitches the first complete game of his career and the first for the Red Sox in almost two years as he shuts out the Guardians 2-0. Houck threw just 94 pitches, 69 for strikes, and di...
Defense on Display
The Brewers pitchers issued just two walks and three strikeouts as they defeated the Padres 1-0. The Padres managed five hits, so the Padres went five for 27 on balls in play. FanGraphs showed th...
Gunning for the Twins
Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles finishes a very good three-game series against Minnesota, going two for four today with a home run. He wound up seven for thirteen in the series, homering in each ...
Games of the Day
It’s an unusual Wednesday as the latest start comes at 7 PM EDT. If you’re a baseball aficionado, you can spend from noon on watching games and still get to bed at a decent hour on the east c...
Two Trends
In looking at MLB batter splits for this season, two things stand out to me. The first is that the composite batting order is rather well constructed. The major put a lot of on-base percentage at...
Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.291 — Jose Altuve batting against Max Fried. 0.286 — Michael Harris II batting against J.P. France. 0.283 — Marcell Ozuna batting against J.P. Fran...
Best Batter Today
Mookie Betts of the Dodgers returns to the top five of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a vengeance. He went five for five with two doubles in a 6-2 win over the Nationals. His 81 came i...
Wednesday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
One for Bauer
One of the women who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual misconduct gets indicted on fraud charges.
Erskine Passes
For the second time this week, a pitcher who threw two no-hitters died. Carl Erskine died today, Tuesday, at the age of 97. He spent his career with the Dodgers: Erskine had his best season in 19...
Herzog Passes
Former manager, GM, and Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog died: A crew-cut, pot-bellied tobacco chewer who had no patience for the “buddy-buddy” school of management, Herzog joined the Cardinals in...
Games of the Day
The Giants continue their series at the Marlins with Jordan Hicks against Ryan Weathers. So far, the conversion of Hicks from a reliever to a starter worked well. He pitched eighteen innings in t...
Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method Yields these top picks: 0.323 — Freddie Freeman batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.319 — Shohei Ohtani batting against Patrick Corbin. 0.318 — Mookie Betts batting against Pa...
Best Batter Today
Monday’s games shook up the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings a bit. Jose Altuve of the Astros continued his hot hitting to move into fourth place on the list. He went three for four in a 6-1 Br...
Tuesday Update
The Day by Day Database is up to date.
Voice Retires
John Sterling, radio voice of the Yankees since 1989, retired today due to health reasons. I’m sorry his health is not good. I first heard Sterling when I was an Islanders fan in the 1970s. Whe...
Holtzman Passes
Former pitcher Ken Holtzman, author of two no-hitters, died Sunday: Ken Holtzman, a former left-handed pitcher who threw two no-hitters with the Cubs and won three straight World Series champions...
Lots of Walks
It struck me that the six runs the Padres scored on fourteen walks Sunday night against the Dodgers seemed low. Looking at all games from 2021 on, the linear regression provides the formula runs ...
Games of the Day
The Yankees visit the Blue Jays in an early AL East battle. As expected, the division is a good one, with the Toronto in last place with a .500 record, four games behind New York. Luis Gil takes ...
Weekly Look at Offense
Every Monday Baseball Musings compares scoring in the current season to the same number of full weeks from the previous year. Offense is down slightly from two weeks into 2023, with the 2024 seas...
Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.290 — Nolan Arenado batting against Ross Stripling. 0.281 — Trea Turner batting against Cal Quantrill. 0.280 — William Contreras batting against Jo...