Some early season fun facts for Cardinals

[ramfandan]

Disclaimer: The stats below are for entertainment purposes only . Not responsible for future changes lol

1) First place in NL Central (4-2 record )
2) MLB team rankings (all 30 teams ) :
.298 BA 3rd
.381 OBP 1st
.498 SLG 3rd
.879 OPS 3rd

3) 42 runs in 6 games 7 runs per game
4) 11 HR's in 6 games nearly 2 HR's per game
5) C Herrera sets franchise record . In 144 years, Only C ever to hit 3 HR's in one game

So there are 5 fun facts ! Go Cards !

[An Old Friend]

Through 6 games, they have the 3rd lowest K-rate in the league at just 18.5%. Only San Diego (15.9%) and Arizona (17.4%) are lower. They're also 5th highest in walk rate at 11.3%.

They have the 6th lowest pull percentage and 2nd highest opposite field percentage - using the whole field.

Plate discipline...
Per Sports Info Solutions, the Cardinals have the 2nd lowest chase rate (28.8%) in baseball. They also have the 2nd highest zone contact rate (88.4%).

So... they're showing great plate discipline overall with strong swing decisions and fantastic in zone contact rates - i.e. they're hitting the best pitches to hit at a high frequency.

Hope they can keep it up, early returns are extremely promising.

[82birds]

thx you two.
those ARE fun facts.
too bad next 6 games won't be the same but they nevertheless could be good (wins)

[ramfandan]

thx you two.
those ARE fun facts.
too bad next 6 games won't be the same but they nevertheless could be good (wins)

Exactly .. no way the Cardinals will continue the 7 runs per game pace. I pointed out a couple days ago that only 3 teams of the 30 MLB averaged 5.0+ runs per game in 2024.. D'Backs, Yankees, Dodgers all were in the 5 range with Arizona being No .1
Cards were about 4.15 per game (2th ranked ) last year. Like to see 1/2 run improvement .. a 4.5 would rank about 13th

[thetank2]

It looks like our OF will be a strength.

[RamFan08NY]

thx you two.
those ARE fun facts.
too bad next 6 games won't be the same but they nevertheless could be good (wins)

I can see Nado, Baker, WC, and Herrera having a fun weekend with the green monster.

[thetank2]

thx you two.
those ARE fun facts.
too bad next 6 games won't be the same but they nevertheless could be good (wins)

I can see Nado, Baker, WC, and Herrera having a fun weekend with the green monster.

Expect a few HRs from our OFers.

[BrummerStealsHome]

Through 6 games, they have the 3rd lowest K-rate in the league at just 18.5%. Only San Diego (15.9%) and Arizona (17.4%) are lower. They're also 5th highest in walk rate at 11.3%.

They have the 6th lowest pull percentage and 2nd highest opposite field percentage - using the whole field.

Plate discipline...
Per Sports Info Solutions, the Cardinals have the 2nd lowest chase rate (28.8%) in baseball. They also have the 2nd highest zone contact rate (88.4%).

So... they're showing great plate discipline overall with strong swing decisions and fantastic in zone contact rates - i.e. they're hitting the best pitches to hit at a high frequency.

Hope they can keep it up, early returns are extremely promising.

THIS. It sounds like (so far) our hitting coach is encouraging good fundamentals in plate approach. I like it.

[BrummerStealsHome]

By the way, the MLB batting average is only .230. It's usually lower early in the season but it's even lower than last year. The Cards' .298 looks even better.

[Detroit Louie]

New batting coach, new heights in batting. Correlation is not necessarily causation, and of course it is a miniscule sample size, but this is very encouraging.

[Alex Reyes Cy Young]

New batting coach, new heights in batting. Correlation is not necessarily causation, and of course it is a miniscule sample size, but this is very encouraging.

Well said