Top 5 best pitchers in the first two weeks of the 2019 MLB season

Hey y’all how is everyone doing on this fine ass Thursday. I hope everyone is getting pumped for Friday tommorow and is planning out there weekend now. So in baseball news my New York Yankees got swept by the Houston Astros in 3 games at Minute Maid park in Houston Texas. The Yankees have now fallen to a 5-7 record while the Houston Astros have risen to a 8-5 record. But there is some good news for my Yankees. And that is that there veteran and star left handed pitcher CC Sabathia is set to make his 2019 MLB season debut on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox at home against former New York Yankees Starting Pitcher Ivan Nova. CC had entered into 2019 MLB season on the DL due to the fact that he needed extra time to recover from heart surgery that he had in the offseason. CC has also announced in February that 2019 is going to be his last season in the MLB. CC first made his MLB debut back in 2001 with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 20. Since then CC has gone on to pitch in the MLB for a total of 18 years ( and will soon go into his 19th season in the MLB). In his time in the MLB CC has pitched for a total of three teams. The Cleveland Indians for 8 years from 2001-2008, the Milwaukee Brewers for one year in 2008 and the New York Yankees since 2009. So since it has now been two weeks since the official start of the 2019 MLB season on Thursday March 28th. ( I’m not counting the two game international series in Japan between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners on March 20th and 21st). So while we are not even a month into the 2019 MLB season a lot has still happened and a lot has happened pitching wise in the past two weeks. And I definitely want to talk about all of it. So enough chitchat how about we jump right into this. So without further adieu here are the top 5 best pitchers in the first two weeks of the 2019 MLB season.

1. Cleveland Indians Starting Pitcher Mike Clevinger: Okay first guy on the list is the one and only Mike Clevinger. Mike currently is on the DL after having strained a muslce in his right shoulder in his previous start last sunday against the toronto blue jays. Mike is expceted to miss 6-8 weeks. Mike definitely had a great year in 2018 and so far excluding the injury he had really been pitching phenominally well in the first two weeks of the 2019 MLB season. Since the start of the 2019 MLB season mike has pitched and started in two games with the tribe. And has pitched a total of 12 innings with them as well. Getting a 1-0 record, a 0.00 ERA, 22 strikeouts and a 0.50 WHIP. Along with a 52.4 strikeout percentage, 16.50 strikeouts per every 9 innings pitched, a 5.50 strikeout to walk ratio, a 0.41 FIP, a 1.76 SIERRA, a 1.18 xFIP and a 0.8 WAR in 2 games pitched with the Cleveland Indians this year.

2. Tampa Bay Rays Starting Pitcher Blake Snell: Okay the second guy on the list is the one and only Tampa Bay Rays ace Blake Snell. Blake is coming off an absoutetly spectacuaorly exceptational 2018 Season where he not only made it to his first all star game. But also won the 2018 AL Cy Young award and led the AL in both wins and ERA. And so far in the very young 2019 MLB season blake is still pitching at a cy young winner caliber. Blake currently has pitched and started in a total of 3 games and has pitched a total of 19.0 innings as well. Getting a 2-1 record, a 2.84 ERA, 27 strikeouts and a 0.89 WHIP in those apperances.Blake has also put up an absolutely amazing 38.6 stikeout percentage, along with 12.79 strikeouts per every 9 innings pitched, a 9.00 strikeout to walk ratio, a 3.45 FIP, a 2.21 SIERRA, a 2.16 xFIP and a 0.3 WAR in 3 games pitched with the Tampa Bay Rays this season.

3. New York Mets Starting Pitcher Jacob Degrom: Okay the third guy on the list is the one and only Jacob Degrom. Jacob really had a phenominal season in 2018 winning the 2018 NL Cy Young Award, led the MLB in ERA and made it to his second all star game apperance in 2018 with the Mets. Jacob was also by far the only good player in the 4th place 77-85 2018 New York Mets. So far this season Jacob has pitched and started in 3 games with the and has has pitched a total of 17 innings with the Mets. Getting a 2-1 record, a 3.18 ERA, 27 strikeouts and a 1.18  WHIP. Jacob also put up an outstanding 39.7 strikeout percentage, a 9.00 strikeout to walk ratio and 14.29 strikeouts per every 9 innings pitched. Jacob also got a rock solid 2.75 FIP, a 2.27 SIERRA, a 2.31 xFIP and a 0.5 WAR in 3 games pitched with the New York Mets this season.

4. Detroit Tigers Relief Pitcher Shane Greene: Okay the second to the last pitcher in this list is the one and only Tigers Reliver Shane Greene. Shane started off his MLB career in pinstripes havinging been drafted by the New York Yankees in the 15th round of the 2009 MLB draft. Shane made his MLB debut with the Yankees back in 2014 and oddly I remember his time with the Yankees extremely vividly despite the fact that it was 5 years ago. So far this season Shane has pitched in a total of 8 games and 8.0 innings with the Tigers. Getting a 0-0 record, a 0.00 ERA, 8 saves, 8 save opportunities, 7 strikeouts and a 0.38 WHIP. Shane also put up a stellar 25.0 strikeout percentagem a 7.00 strikeout to walk ratio and 7.88 strikeouts per every 9 innings pitched. Along with a rock solid 2.10 FIP, a 3.02 SIERRA, a 3.73 xFIP and a 0.3 WAR in 8 games with the Detroit Tigers this year. Shane also made history this season when on April 7th against the Kansas City Royals he recorded his 7th save. Becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to records 7 saves in a teams first ten games since saves became an official MLB stat in 1969

5. Milawaukee Brewers Relief Pitcher Josh Hader: Okay last but not least is the one and only Josh Hader. Josh is coming of a red hot 2018 season with the Brewers making it to his first all star game and winning the 2018 NL reliever of the year award. Despite the fact that the 2019 MLB season is just 2 weeks old josh has already made histrory. Josh pitched his first and the first immaculate inning ( striking out three batters on 9 pitches) of the 2019 season. He did it against the St Louis Cardinals on March 30th at The Milwaukee Brewers home stadium Miller park in Milwaukee Wisconsin. So far this season Josh pitched in a total of 5 games and 7.2 innings with the Milwakee Brewers. Getting a 0-0 record, a 0.00 ERA, a 0.26 WHIP, 13 strikeouts 5 saves and 5 save opportunities. Josh also currently has an out of this world 52.0 strikeout percentage, a 13.00 strikeout to walk ratio and 15.26 strikeouts per every 9 innings pitched. Along with a 0.10 FIP, a 0.96 SIERRA, a 2.04 xFIP and a 0.8 WAR in 5 games with the Brewers this year.

top 5 best hitters so far into the very early 2019 MLB season

Hey Yall, how is everyone doing on this fine ass Sunday night? I don’t know about you but I am definitely dreading going back to work tomorrow. But I thought before I did that I would do some blogging. So today my Yankees finished a three-game sweep against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. There first road series of the 2019 season. And let’s just say they really did a lot of damage against the O’s. In the three-game series, the Yankees hit 14 home runs against the Orioles at Camden Yards. And 7 game from today’s 15-3 win against them. 3 of the 7 home runs came from Gary Sanchez.

Who recorded his 11th multi-home run game in his MLB career and now currently has 6 home runs for this season. So we are now 10 days into the 2019 MLB season ( i am not including the two-game international series in Japan between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners on March 20th and 21st). So while not to much has happened so far there still is a lot to talk about and that’s what I intend to do right now. So enough chitchat how about we jump right into this. So without further adieu here are the top 5 best hitters so far into the very early 2019 MLB season

1.  Milwaukee Brewers Left Fielder Christian Yelich: Okay the first guy on the list hasn’t quite gotten the whole regression memo that a lot of star athletes get after having a bomb ass season. Christian Yelich is coming off of an amazing 2018 season where in his first season with the Milwaukee Brewers after having spent the previous 5 seasons with the Miami Marlins from 2013-2017. Last Year in his first year with the Brewers Christian not only made it to his first all-star game. But also hit for the cycle, not just once but twice in the same season against the same team as well ( the Cincinnati Reds once on August 29th and then the second one on September 17th), Christian also won both the 2018 NL Hank Aaron Award and the NL Batting champion title.

Along with winnig his second silver slugger award in 2018. And last but not least he was named the 2018 NL MVP.  So far into the very young 2019 season, Christian has played in 10 games and has had 29 at-bats with the Brewers. Getting 13 hits, 11 runs, 5 HRs, 13 RBIs, 1 stolen base, 4 doubles, 0 triples 32 total bases, 9 extra base hits, 12 weighted runs created, 209 weighted runs created plus, 7.0 weighted runs above average and 0.2 weighted stolen bases. Christian has also put up an absolutely amazing .333/.476/.818 slash line.

Along with a 1.294 OPS, a .485 isolated power, a 4.8-speed score, a .292 BABIP, a .520 WOBA and a 0.7 WAR so in 10 games with the Milwaukee Brewers this season. Christian also made baseball history this season when on march 31st this year against the St Louis Cardinals in the 4th game of the Brewers season he hit his 4th consecutive home run in 4 straight games. Becoming the 6th player in MLB history to hit a home run in each of his teams first 4 games of the regular season. Christian also hit his 100th career home run against the Chicago Cubs today at miller park against Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks.

2.  Los Angeles Dodgers First Baseman/Outfielder Cody Bellinger: Okay second guy on the list is the one and only Cody Bellinger. The 2017 NL rookie of the year is now in his third season in the MLB and is coming of a great 2018 season. Not nearly as good as his all 2017 season where he won the aforementioned NL rookie of the year award and made it to his first all-star game. But still a pretty damn good season. Cody was named the 2018 NLCS MVP and helped lead the Dodgers to the 2018 world series where just like in 2017 they lost the series.

Falling short to the Boston Red Sox in 5 games and losing the series 4 games to 1. So far in the very young 2019, MLB season Cody has played in 9 games and has gotten 40 at-bats with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Getting 17 hits, 13 runs, 6 HRs, 17 RBIs, 1 stolen base, 1 double and 1 triple, 38 total bases, 8 extra base hits, 14 weighted runs created, 250 weighted runs created plus, 9.0 weighted runs above average and -0.2 weighted stolen bases. Cody also currently has a pretty rock solid .425/.452/.950 slash line. As well as a 1.402 OPS, a .525 isolated power, a 7.0-speed score, a .393 BABIP, a .579 WOBA and a 0.9 WAR in 9 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers this season.

3.  Seattle Mariners Shortstop Tim Beckham: Okay the third guy on the list is the one and only Mariners Shortstop Tim Beckham. Tim is currently in his 6th MLB season ( he made his MLB debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013 and also missed the entire 2014 season with the Rays due to a torn ACL that he suffered after the 2013 season). Tim is in his first season with the Seattle Mariners. So far Tim has gotten off to a fantastic start with Mariners in the freshly new 2019 MLB season. Tim has played in 10 games and has gotten 39 at-bats with the Mariners since the start of the 2019 regular season.

And in those games and at-bats. Tim has gotten 16 hits, 11 runs, 4 HRs, 11 RBIs, 0 stolen bases, 5 doubles, 0 triples, 33 total bases, 9 extra base hits, 13 weighted runs created, 287 weighted runs created plus, 8.2 weighted runs above average and -0.5 weighted stolen bases. Tim also currently has a stellar .410/.477/.846 slash line. As well as a 1.323 OPS, a .436 isolated power, a 3.0-speed score, a .444 BABIP, a .546 WOBA and a 1.1 WAR as of right now for the Seattle Mariners for the current 2019 MLB season

4.  Oakland Athletics Designated Hitter/Left Fielder Khris Davis: Okay so the second to last guy on the list is the one and only Khris “Krush” Davis. Khris is known for two things in the MLB hitting. Banging out home runs like Stephen King does best-selling books and being a beacon of consistency in a rather inconsistent and hectic world. Since the 2016 season, Khris currently leads the MLB in home runs with a 138 HRs from 2016 to now. As for his amazing consistency for the past 4 previous seasons from 2015-2018 Khris has put up exactly a .247 batting average in each of those seasons.

Khris also put up a .244 batting average in the 2014 season. So while I don’t ever condone sports gambling/betting. If you are going to make a sports bet. I think that it would be a pretty safe bet to put money on what Khris’s batting average will be at the end of the 2019 MLB regular season. Khris is coming off of an outstanding 2018 season. Where he leads the entire MLB in home runs with 48. he also won the Edgar Martinez Award in 2018 for the best-designated hitter in the American League. So it is safe to say that Khris is coming off of a monster year in 2018. And from the looks of it, Khris has been able to extend his monster year into the 2019 season.

As of now Khris has played in 12 games and has had 41 at-bats since the start of the 2019 season with the A’s. Getting 10 hits, 6 runs, 5 HRs, 10 RBIs, 0 stolen bases as well 0 doubles or triples either, 25 total bases, 5 extra base hits, 7 weighted runs created, 135 weighted runs created plus, 1.3 weighted runs above average and 0.0 weighted stolen bases. Khris also has at the moment a not too shabby .222/.300/.556 slash line. Khris has also put a pretty great .856 OPS, a .333 isolated power, a 0.2-speed score, a .167 BABIP, a .347 WOBA and a 0.2 WAR in 11 games with the Athletics this season

5.  Philadelphia Phillies Right Fielder Bryce Harper: Okay last but not least on this list is the one and only Bryce Harper. Bryce is in his first season with the Phillies after having spent his previous 7 seasons from 2012-2018. Bryce is coming off a solid 2018 season where he made it to his 6th all-star game and won the 2018 home run derby. So far Bryce has plated in 8 games and has gotten 26 at-bats with the Phillies.

Getting 10 hits, 6 runs, 3 HRs, 5 RBIs, 1 stolen base, 3 doubles, 0 triples. 22 total bases, 6 extra base hits, 11 weighted runs created, 248 weighted runs created plus, 6.9 weighted runs above average and 0.0 weighted stolen bases. Bryce has also put up a spectacular .417/.393/.595 slash line. Along with a 1.479 OPS, a .500 isolated power, a 0.8-speed score, a .583 BABIP, a .580 WOBA and a 0.7 WAR as of right now with the Philadelphia Phillies.