MLB 2014 season thread

Tigers 20 hits and 5 homers at Cleveland, and still going.

 

Werth just hit one very far off Fausto Carmona Roberto Hernandez. Costas followed with this stat:

Werth is the only outfielder 35 or older with an OPS of .800 or higher.

Ten years ago there were 10 such outfielders.

 

Great stat, Costas.

A.J. Ellis hitting .191 but because of 43 walks his OBP is .330 -- same as leadoff batter Dee Gordon.

 

Fausto has given up 3 homers in 2.1, including two in the same inning to Asdrubel and Denard.

3-2 Nats top-3, every run via the homer; Kemp a 2-run job.

 

And Ryan Braun only hits half as many homers as he used to!

What a drag it is turning 30.

 

The extremely sharp downturn of the MLB aging curve is one of those amazingly fascinating stories that never seems to get enough coverage. 30 is the new 37

 

Cardinals rally against the Pirates and take over sole possession of first place in the NL Central for the first time this year. Brewers one game back, and Pirates three back. It's gonna be a hell of a September.

 

If the Brewers lose tomorrow, they'll have the worst record in the NL Central since their 20-7 start.

 

With Ellis batting 8th probably a lot of unintentional, intentional walks there. Although he deserves credit for not chasing bad pitches.

 

I know they're 22-32 since their high-water mark of 19 over .500.

 

Ellis has always had good on-base kills. It's really the one good thing he does as a hitter.

 

Gregory Polanco called back up:

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/02/pirates-recall-gregory-polanco-from-triple-a/