Two Weeks after Opening Day

We’re through two weeks of baseball, and we’re definitely hyped for the rest of the 2019 MLB season.

95. Next on my list is the young stud pitcher Jose Berrios. He really only blossomed last year, pitching in 32 games, posting an ERA to forget, 3.84. He had a record better than the NL Cy Young winner, 12-11. He pitched about 192 innings and because so much pitching he gave up 25 homers and 159 hits, the hits were low, allowing less and he allowed about .83 hits per inning, which is good for a pitcher who just got the starting role. His walks numbers were a little high, averaging 2.9 BB/9. Not the best but hey, this kid’s got a promising career ahead of him.

94. David Price – a pitcher who was drafted in the first round for the Rays lived up to his drafting. Since about 2017, his value has went down, he hasn’t performed in the best way. He is 33, not too old but in the years that he’s been in the Cy Young discussion, he’s been voted at least top 6. Maybe what’s holding him back from being a good pitcher is his injury in 2017 that sidelined him for almost the whole season. His ERA has gone up a lot and he’s giving up a lot of runs. He was always insane at not giving up homers, over his career, he allowed 0.9 HR/9. I don’t know why he can’t have a good season, he has the stuff, he’s definitely got the run support, this could be a comeback season.

93. Miles Mikolas is an overall good pitcher. He had a great season last year but that doesn’t mean anything. He needs to be consistent, like Jacob DeGrom. He won Cy Young and followed up with 24 Ks in 2 starts. Miles, was voted sixth in NL Cy Young voting and was 18-4, most wins in the NL. He had a 2.83 ERA, not the best, but OK. He pitched 200 innings and gave up 186 hits, a lot for both categories. He led the NL in hits allowed. Before he went to Japan, he was throwing all over the place and was a mop-up man in the back of the bullpen. Then, he went to Japan for four years and they gave him a special potion or something and he is on point. This year he pitched 10 innings and has a 7.20 ERA and given up 12 hits. He will have a great career only if he is consistent.

92. This guy who I’m about to size up is an absolute beast when he steps up to the box. Jesus Aguilar is a slugger who just goes up to the box going double, homer or K. That’s literally him. He’s one of the best at what he does. His BA was never really high, a .274 last season, maybe trying to build himself into a more versatile player. He hit 35 homers last year and drove in 108. Probably the best XBH/power hitter on his team, not the best hitter though, that’s Yelich. He had 265 TBH, he doesn’t draw a truck load of walks so that just proves how insane he is at swinging the bat. His slugging percentage will only go up as this will be his breakout year, mark my words. I think he should maybe 40 spots higher on this list.

91. German Marquez was signed with high hopes by the Rockies. The Rockies need a solid ace and Marquez tried to fill that role but he hasn’t really. He struck out 230 batters, obviously a career high. For some reason, every pitcher I’ve written about has had trouble with control. Marquez had 57 walks and beaned 8 guys. His stamina is a weak spot, he should be able to go more innings and no complete games in his career. He has gotten better from 2017 to 2018 a lot. His winning percentage went down but last season he had more opportunities than the season before. He only had five more hits last season than the season before and he pitched 34 more innings, I’m speechless. Even though he’s improved, he deserves that spot.

As for this season’s highlights – Peter Alonso hit his first homer in the first four games as a Met, sounds like a normal stat, buuuuut, that’s the fastest in Mets history. David Wright did it in five, Michael Conforto in 7, Daryl Stawberry in 8. Also, Jacob DeGrom has hit as many homers as he allowed in his last 42 innings, the Mets are shaping up for this season. Let me just start off by saying that Cody Bellinger is an absolute god, leading MLB in homers, runs and RBIs, now that’s hard. Bellinger has probably a top five sweetest swings in baseball, ohhhhhh, that’s a nice swing. He has a .425 batting average, .452 OBP and a .950 slugging percentage (which is also leading the bigs). The Dodgers are going up and they will be the best team in baseball. Off topic though, I want to see the Phillies take on the Dodgers, I just wanna see that so bad. Bryce v Cody, Buehler v Nola, that’s gonna be a great game. Yelich had a great game, hitting his 100^th homer, what a season last season for the 27 year old, I think he will follow up with an even greater game. The beginning of what I’m about to say is a little weird, so just bear with me, new Red Derek Dietrich hit a 2-run homer in the second inning that went 436 feet. After he swung and made contact, he took a few seconds to admire the shot, Pirates’ pitchers Chris Archer didn’t like it. Next meeting between the two of them, in the fourth, Archer throws a pitch behind his back and then the benches clear, Puig obviously in the middle. Trout homered in the fourth straight game, Trout is really looking like the best player in baseball now. He was shaky in the first couple of games and then, four games, five homers including a grand slam. Gary Sanchez is back to looking like his usual self, hitting dingers, having a 3-homer game and becoming the AL homer leader. The Red Sox are really tanking so far this season. The World Series champs are 3-8, they have no one injured and they’re still losing. The Yanks, they have their roster injured but they won 15-3 against the Orioles with a Wal-Mart cashier, a kid on the street selling lemonade and a guy working at Burger King. Wait, Bryce Harper can steal, yeah, his first stolen base comes against the Twins and even if it’s Harper, it’s Willians Astuildo throwing, he’s a hitter, not a thrower.  

Good fight today Mets, never giving up and losing 12-9 after being down 11-1. Zack Wheeler and the bullpen didn’t perform at their best today but it’s ok as the Amazins have now won 2/3 of their games.

See you next week.