It's from an ESPN article to wish for a Dodgers Astros world series. It's a bit in depth for the casual fan but you'd like it. The Astros advanced stats are ridiculous being they're often the best ever in baseball history. On one team. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20273239/why-all-root-astros-dodgers-world-series Why we should all root for an Astros-Dodgers World Series Root for your favorite team. That's your first rooting priority, always. But after that, let me suggest what your next rooting priority might be for the next few months: Root to see the Dodgers' pitchers face the Astros' batters in the World Series. My case for this comes down to one number: 136. That's the best OPS+ in baseball, which is held by the Houston Astros, and it means that adjusted for ballpark, the Astros' offense has been roughly 36 percent better than the league average. That's also the best ERA+ in baseball, held by the Los Angeles Dodgers, meaning their pitching has been roughly 36 percent better than the league average. Those numbers might not mean much to you -- somebody's got to be at the top of a leaderboard -- but they put the Dodgers and Astros on course for a potentially historic World Series matchup. No team in at least the past century has had an OPS+ of 136. (The Murderers' Row-era Yankees managed 127 in 1928.) And only one team in the past century -- the 1926 Philadelphia A's -- has had an ERA+ as high as 136. OK, maybe my case doesn't come down to one number. To appreciate the Astros and the Dodgers, there are a lot of numbers that are useful. Like: Jose Altuve, 175 Aaron Judge, 171 George Springer, 167 Carlos Correa, 166 Marwin Gonzalez, 165 Those are the OPS+ leaders among all qualified major leaguers. If Aaron Judge knocks off a 1-for-16 stretch, the Astros might arguably have the four best hitters in baseball this year. (At least until Mike Troutreaches our minimum-playing-time threshold.) No team has ever had four qualified batters with an OPS+ of 165 or higher. No team has ever had threebatters with an OPS+ of 165 or higher. No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 160 or higher. No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 150 or higher. No team has ever had four batters with an OPS+ of 145. Or even 141. To find a team that fielded four elite batters, you must drop the definition of "elite" all the way to 140. And only two teams managed even that: The 2003 Red Sox, with Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Trot Nixon and Bill Mueller, and the Big Red Machine of 1976, with George Foster, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and Ken Griffey. Marwin Gonzalez, whom you'll recall from that list right up there that I was just freaking out about, has most often batted seventh in this lineup. (As recently as three weeks ago, he started a game in the eighth spot.) By OPS+, Marwin Gonzalez, the Astros' fourth-best hitter, is having a better season at the plate than Vladimir Guerreroever had. Better than Cal Ripken, Paul Molitor or Orlando Cepeda ever had.
Bregman hit a game tying bottom 9 two out two strike triple on Sunday then scored the winning run right after. Leading off tonight second ab he hits a bases clearing triple to tie the game 3-3. He has 9 straight games with an extra base hit which is the longest in the league this year. It's also the second longest in astros history. He's been the second best hitter on the team since the ASB.
Are the Astros in a mini slump? Just checked any they are losing 7-1 in the 8th. They lost last night too when Keuchel got hammered for10 hits and 8 runs in only 4 innings.
