John Grochowski | For the Sun-Times
Hitting .275/.335/.562 with 11 home runs, Robert ranks 29th among major-league qualifiers with a .377 weighted on-base average.
Willson Contreras liked hitting at Wrigley Field, but the ballpark is no longer the extreme hitters’ park it was in the 1960s and ’70s.
Through games of Sunday, scoring is up when compared to March and April of 2022. So are singles, batting average and stolen bases. The average game times of 2 hours, 36 minutes are down from 3:03 in 2022.
Their average of 5.76 runs per game (through Sunday) is impressive, but it’s unlikely to be sustainable
Opposing hitters have launched their way to a .449 slugging percentage and have barreled 10.3% of batted balls in the Sox’ first 16 games.
dWAR, other metrics take into account that all positions aren’t created equal.
Baseball by the Numbers: Teams have to do a better job of putting more balls in the air.
The 28-player list includes leading returning vote-getter Scott Rolen, top newcomer Carlos Beltran and Alex Rodriguez, whose support has been limited by his admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
With an AL-record 62 home runs and a 207 weighted runs created plus, Judge turned in one of the best offensive seasons since Barry Bonds last ran roughshod over major-league pitching.