COMMENTARY
The Mets had a pretty decent week, and I attribute it to my decision to remove Julio Urias from my active roster…huge improvement in digital clubhouse chemistry and overall karma…respect women, dude…still 19 games behind Adam Symonds’ Phillies, however…feats and failures are below, but there’s a nice symmetry to 3 players hitting 3 homers this week…the whole world is turning into Jose Altuve…Cubs are probably pretty safe with a 7.5-game lead with a month to go, but the Brewers have picked up 5 games over the last 30 and have to feel good about taking 2 of 3 from the division-leaders this week…Miami is scuffling but is a dangerous spoiler and they took 2 games from Tampa this week…Tampa still leads the league in wins and win percentage…and is 7 games ahead of the actual club…Ben is having himself a year…Padres have the best NL west record over the last 10 games and helped themselves this week in the NL wildcard dogfight…Dodgers still have the best record over the last 20 and hold the largest lead of any first-place team…the Astros jumped Texas with a perfect week to take a 2 game lead in the AL West…right now, the top 3 teams in the AL west would make the playoffs…Joey Meneses of Washington has a 23-game hitting streak, tops in the league…Michael Harris III of the Astros and TJ Friedl of the Reds are each at 21…Tyler Holton of Detroit hadn’t allowed a run in 24 appearances and the run ended on August 25th….Devin Williams of the Brewers hasn’t allowed a run in 21 appearances and the streak is active…the Reds‘ roster leads the league in total vowels with 530, but the Oakland roster has the longest average player name (first and last combined) at over 11.9….in true Oakland fashion, they aren’t doing it with superstars like Christian Encarnacion-Strand (28), but with steady consistency up and down the roster….way to go, Justin Armbreuster (18) and Christian Walker (16)…
FEATS AND FAILURES
Adam Duvall (Arizona) hit 8 RBI (on 8/28/2023 against Los Angeles)
Luis Castillo (Seattle) struck out 11 batters (on 8/28/2023 against Oakland)
Luis Campusano (San Diego) hit 3 homers (on 8/28/2023 against St. Louis)
William Contreras (Milwaukee) hit 3 homers (on 8/29/2023 against Chicago (CC))
Elly De La Cruz (Cincinnati) struck out 4 times (on 8/30/2023 against San Francisco)
Patrick Bailey (San Francisco) struck out 4 times (on 8/31/2023 against San Diego)
Alejandro Kirk (Tampa Bay) struck out 4 times (on 9/1/2023 against Cleveland)
J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia) hit 3 homers (on 9/1/2023 against Milwaukee)
J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia) hit 8 RBI (on 9/1/2023 against Milwaukee)
Heston Kjerstad (Baltimore) struck out 4 times (on 9/2/2023 against Arizona)
Shawn Armstrong (Tampa Bay) struck out 11 batters (on 9/2/2023 against Cleveland)
Jose Caballero (Seattle) struck out 4 times (on 9/2/2023 against New York (NYM))
Kyle Tucker (Arizona) struck out 4 times (on 9/3/2023 against Baltimore)
Jonathan Schoop (Oakland) struck out 4 times (on 9/3/2023 against Anaheim
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