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Update: 4-20-2024
Coming into the last week of games for April, and the East’s pitching continues to lead the way:
In the East, Colorado is on top a large part to pitching, as their team batting ave is a measly .223. M Kelly has not allowed an earned run in any start, and is 3-0. K Gausman is 2-0 with a 2.25 era. The Bayou Saints are second in the East, and J DeGrom hasn’t even won a game yet. He’s 0-1 with a 2.66 era, and if he gets untracked the Saints will certainly be a beast…. For 10 more innings. N Hoerner is batting a phenomenal .338, scoring 13 runs with 12 batted in. Hell’s Kitchen is over .500, and S Alcantara is certainly cooking with a 3-0 record and 0.46 era. All last season I was writing how Alcantara was dragging the team down, pitching way below his card, and this season he seems to make me eat my words. B Miller, the rookie, has co-ace honors as he is 2-1 with a 3.65 era. Lindenhurst, a pre-season playoff favorite among the pundit class, is 6-9 despite a 3.95 team era and .255 team batting ave. Is this the snakebit team of 2024? (Last year my own Swingers could have been construed as “snakebit,” since it was marked to at least finish 2nd in the West, if not it’s winner). If this continues, I feel for you, Ken.
In the West, the teams are a little behind, but the Cardinals are outplaying everyone. Today, Vatican City can be found “blessing the wine” at D'Jais, otherwise known as "guido-central." One big guido is J Soler, who has 23 rbi for the month despite hitting just .225. He’s pretty clutch, hitting behind A Riley (.317 ave) and C Walker (.313 ave). What’s scary is S Strider hasn’t even relaxed yet, as he’s 2-2 with a pretty bad 5.63 era. Order a couple shots at the bar, Spencer, and forget this month. Yes, yes, the Rockers are still in the playoff hunt, and I’m sure I’m going to get an earful when I play him face to face next month for disparaging his pitching staff. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Rocky intentionally built his team so that his pitching staff gives up more homeruns (29), than his position players hit (26). Who am I to question a winning strategy? As long as he’s got M Betts hitting .345 with 7 homers, 13 rbi and 16 runs scored, the team will be a threat. Woodland Hills finds itself under .500 because the team has only 3 out of it’s 14 hitters batting over .229. What happened to the youth movement that produced a .250 team ave last year? The 2024 Chompers are barely above the Mendoza line with a .203 team ave.
NOTE: The stats listed in this site are the results of the games listed on the schedule page in BOLD as already
being played. Game scores listed but not bolded means the games have been reported, but the league hasn’t
been updated yet. I usually do this update at least once a week on weekends.
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 2024 EmpLg--Apr 16 Series Date: 4/27/2024
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN
2024 VAT 13 7 R.Palacio HOL .467 J.Soler VAT 8 J.Soler VAT 23
2024 RRK 9 6 L.Arraez HOL .444 M.Betts RRK 7 A.Riley VAT 15
2024 HOL 3 2 S.Frelick WHL .433 A.Riley VAT 6 J.Walker VAT 13
2024 WHL 4 6 T.Estrada JER .400 OTHERS TIED W 5 M.Betts RRK 13
2024 JER 4 6 L.Wade Jr PUN .379 R.Palacio HOL 13
2024 FLO 2 8
WINS SAVES ERA
2024 COL 10 5 M.Kelly COL 3 E.Phillip BAY 5 S.Gray HOL 0.00
2024 BAY 13 7 S.Alcanta HKW 3 J.Hader COL 5 M.Kelly COL 0.00
2024 HKW 8 7 OTHERS TIED W 2 D.Bednar HKW 5 S.Alcanta HKW 0.46
2024 LBB 6 9 J.Hicks WHL 4 M.Tonkin LBB 0.56
2024 LON 5 10 OTHERS TIED W 3 N.Martine FLO 0.57
2024 PUN 3 7
CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS
L.Nootbaa BAY 7 M.Harris LBB 9 S.Strider VAT 32
G.Hampson LBB 5 H.Kim LBB 8 T.Walker BAY 28
T.O'Neill HKW 4 OTHERS TIED W 4 Z.Gallen BAY 28
J.McNeil LBB 4 K.Senga RRK 27
OTHERS TIED W 3 OTHERS TIED W 25
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
A.Riley VAT .343 35 12 9 5 4 M.Kelly COL 9 3 0 1 8 0 100
J.Baez HKW .379 29 11 6 2 2 M.Mikolas COL 7 4 0 0 5 0 100
F.Freeman HKW .371 35 13 5 2 2 B.Williamson VAT 6 1 0 2 3 0 100
M.Olson COL .286 21 6 2 4 1 A.Puk VAT 6 3 0 1 5 0 000
J.Walker VAT .400 25 10 4 4 0 M.Strahm BAY 8 5 0 2 9 0 200
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS
L.Nootbaar BAY .227 22 5 2 4 0 L.Ortiz WHL 7 11 12 9 5 3 000
D.Fletcher HKW .200 25 5 1 3 1 J.Luzardo PUN 7 10 8 3 4 2 010
J.Sanchez VAT .231 26 6 2 2 1 J.Irvin RRK 7 11 8 4 4 4 010
T.Stephenson HKW .208 24 5 3 2 1 S.Wilson VAT 6 15 10 4 6 3 100
B.Nimmo BAY .200 25 5 3 5 1 M.Lorenzen PUN 8 10 8 2 2 5 010
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report
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