Pitching on 3 Days Rest (Updated 10/30)
Updated to show Chris Carpenter’s amazing Game 7 WS clinching win.
So What Are My Chances?
Looking at the Rangers chance to take the series, Looks like 63%.
As seen on CBS Sports Eye on Baseball
How the Rangers and Cardinals Pitching Fare this Postseason
Is C.J. Wilson tired, because he sure doesn’t look like an ace, but on the flip side, Colby Lewis has been able to step up.
Let’s see how our Game 1 Starters, Carpenter and Wilson will do today.
As seen on Beyond the Boxscore
Who’s Heating Up In October?
A look at the greatest postseason jumps in OPS. This was all after David Freese’s out of his mind postseason this year. We’ll see if he can continue this trend. Also interesting to note, Chris Young seems pretty playoff proven to get better, but maybe it’s just Diamondback players heating up at the right time, since there were others on this list, but didn’t qualify since they didn’t have enough regular season plate appearances (see Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan Roberts)
As seen on CBS Eye on Baseball
A Graphic Look at World Series Appearances
Taking a look at World Series history, how many back to back champions have there been? Since 1990, only the Blue Jays (92-93) and the Yankees (98-00) have done such a feat. In fact, even making it to the fall classic back-to-back is an accomplishment in itself, so the Rangers making it again this year convinced me to take a further look.
Looks like winning the second time around isn’t all that rare. My beloved Oakland A’s won in 1989 after losing in 1988 and 1990. With the series tied at 1-1, lets see how they do.
As seen on Beyond the Box Score
A Look at World Series Droughts
Before I remembered that The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in 2006 with a regular season record of 83-78, I was wondering when both of these teams won the crown. Tied with the Astros with the second longest active drought, the Rangers have never won a title in their 50 years of existence, right behind the beloved and cursed Chicago Cubs (103)
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Are You Going to Watch the World Series?
“Game 6 of the NLCS was tuned in by fewer people than the season premiere of the Walking Dead on AMC. It could have been the fact that the game was on TBS or that it was decided pretty quickly as Shaun Marcum gave up four first-inning runs, but either way it’s not a good omen for the World Series ratings.
Another bad sign for the World Series ratings is that it’s the Rangers and Cardinals playing — neither of which really back in the viewers like the Yankees or Red Sox. Here’s a look at the ratings for the last 10 World Series.” from Eye on Baseball Blog on CBS Sports
Missing Out of Baseball’s Biggest Stage
“Only Bobby Abreau (2,247) and Miguel Tejada (2,118) have played more regular-season games than the Rangers’Adrian Beltre (1,959) without having appeared in a World Series. With the Rangers’ Game 6 victory on Saturday, Beltre will have his name taken off that list. Adam Dunn (1,570) and Vernon Wells (1,524) have played the most regular-season games without a postseason appearance.” C Trent Rosecrans, Eye on Baseball
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Postseason Pitching - All Time and Active Leaders
Lets take a look at all-time career pitching performances, as well as active pitchers still in the league. Two of em are still pitching this postseason, Colby Lewis who pitched only 5.2 innings last nite with a 6.35 ERA, and Chris Carpenter, pitching tonight, and looking to follow up to his dominant series winning performance last Friday against the Phillies.
Data via baseball-reference.com
Cost Per Win v2
Not based off of Marginal Wins/Cost this time around.
