Baseball IQ Weekly Recap (10/04 - 10/11)
News from Around The League
Aaron Judge mis-judged (heh) the location of the outfield wall when trying to rob a home run (SB Nation)
The Postseason is a Two-Strike Game, and Other Observations from the MLB Playoffs (FiveThirtyEight)
Homers are Still the Key to Winning in the Playoffs (Baseball Savant)
Exploring Extreme Ballparks Past (this is the opposite of “news”, but I’ve been thinking about ballpark effects a lot lately and this was a fun read) (Hardball Times)
Longest Hits This Week (in Ft.)
Giancarlo Stanton, 458.0 (video)
Luke Voit, 453.0 (video)
Chad Pinder, 453.0 (video)
Ramon Laureano, 449.0 (video)
Jose Altuve, 440.0 (video)
Hardest Hits This Week (in MPH)
Giancarlo Stanton, 118.3 (video)*
Giancarlo Stanton, 114.8 (video)
Sean Murphy, 114.0 (video)
Kevin Kiermaier, 112.6 (video)
Chad Pinder, 111.8 (video)
*This was also the longest hit of the week
Best Games This Week (By Total xwOBA)
Carlos Correa, OAK vs. HOU 2020-10-05 (box score)
Luke Voit, NYY vs. TB 2020-10-08 (box score)
Michael Brantley, HOU vs. OAK 2020-10-08 (box score)
Ramon Laureano, HOU vs. OAK 2020-10-08 (box score)
Randy Arozarena, TBA vs. NYA 2020-10-05 (box score)
This chart uses xWOBA to account for good or bad luck based on fielding and other factors.