Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Four Quarters of 2010

Sometimes it gets a little mind-numbing, to take each game at face value, and ignore the trends that an entire season can provide. So let's look at how the season has gone so far - 25 games at a time.

Batting Stats





Time FrameW-LRuns/GmAvg/SLG/OBPK:BB rateXBH%
G1-258-172.9.235/.281/.3233.3226.0%
G26-509-163.1.226/.282/.3262.3426.9%
G51-7512-134.3.248/.306/.3752.2331.4%
G76-10012-133.9.248/.320/.3821.7330.3%


Pitching Stats





Time FrameW-LRunsAll/GmERA/WHIPK:BB rateInher. Run%
G1-258-175.04.42/1.452.0839%
G26-509-164.74.40/1.482.0933%
G51-7512-135.54.95/1.571.8540%
G76-10012-134.64.19/1.322.9127%


A couple of things we should note:

*The Astros haven't gone through a 25-game span where they've actually averaged more runs per game than their opponent.

*They were 12-13 when posting their worst numbers as a pitching staff (helped by almost half of the inherited runners scoring. Thanks, bullpen.), and they were 12-13 when posting their best numbers as a pitching staff.

*Over the last 50 games, the Astros are 24-26.

Since June 1, here are your updated NL Central standings:

Milwaukee: 27-24
Cincinnati: 26-24
St. Louis: 25-23
Houston: 24-25
Chicago: 22-27
Pittsburgh: 14-33

The problem is, from the start of the season to May 31, the standings were as such:

St. Louis: 30-22
Cincinnati: 30-22
Chicago: 24-18
Milwaukee: 21-30
Pittsburgh: 21-31
Houston: 17-34

Typically, the Astros got off to such a lousy start, and don't have much to work with in the first place, that this season is pretty much done. So Astros: Pretty please, with a cherry on top. Trade the players.