Hello everyone.
With the transaction deadlines and roster behind us mostly resolved, it’s time to make the final cracks to determine the team you should do everything you can and who should avoid as much as possible.
The saving throw version has been picked for a long time, and finding valuable streaming is the fastest way to change when you enter the championship game. But, as Kenny Rogers calls Lothario, it’s also about when to fold. As the seasons decrease, the range of your available launchers must be as much as compared to the information at the beginning of the season, given that you are using more information. Obviously, this first requires more knowledge about team crime than in May, but the decision makers should be your own personal situation, too.
We are no longer in the barbaric times of spring and early summer; if you are looking for a championship in mid-August, you can’t just throw away all reasonable starts. The closer we get to the end, the more specific you may need to hone the categories you need to push, or perhaps sacrifice anything you can afford. This could mean opening up your availability range for a team that is sneaking around the dump (such as the Dodgers vs. LHP), or screwing it almost all the time to avoid using a force surgical instrument (Toronto vs. RHP).
First, we will do what we do with the right-handed first, using April to June to divide the season into two (inevitably) arbitrary samples and after July as our border. We will also use the rated Runs as the jump point, but let’s first confirm the limitations of using team running scores with specific hands. IE. Its black and white are not as suggested by the numbers, given inherited runners, pitcher switches, etc.
[restrict]Anyway, here are the current crimes and how they scored in both of our periods and are sorted by the total runs this season:
I mean, it tells us something (who is soaring, is crashing), but considering that some teams perform differently with different handheld pitchers, that doesn’t give us a lot of information. With that in mind, it’s time to stretch things out.
Here is the overall performance of the team over our two periods and how they performed against each hand of the pitcher:
Ah, now we have some lighting including but not limited to:
- Toronto is opposing everyone, but murdering right-handed
- Arizona and Tampa Bay generally fell down, but the bottom fell RHP.
- Cleveland has been terrible all season but has been second since early July compared to LHP.
- Detroit has gone from one of the best teams in baseball with LHPS to one of the worst teams.
- Pittsburgh is still terrible to the world – then, forever, forever.
OK, now that we already have the bird’s vision, let’s drill further to better inform our streaming decisions, starting with how the team handles the people on the right. However, before we find some targets, make sure we avoid using any mines. What should we do?
Completely official level, stupid.
Layer: Don’t be trivial
Toronto Blue Jays
As mentioned earlier, the Blue Jays are just a straightforward fool in Canada. I’m not even kidding. Here are the 19 right-handed starters they have faced since early July:
This is not a matter of trade prospect improvement, as Toronto basically only adds France, not just people with loads.
Here is the whole damn team:
| Name | PA | human Resources | r | RBI | k% | avg | OBP | SLG | action | ISO | Wauba | WRC+ |
| George Springer | 73 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11% | .438 | .507 | .719 | 1.226 | .281 | .519 | 242 |
| Nathan Lukes | 98 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9% | .253 | .320 | .506 | .825 | .253 | .352 | 126 |
| Bo Bichette | 101 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 14% | .379 | .416 | .505 | .921 | .126 | .401 | 160 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 107 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 13% | .348 | .439 | .587 | 1.026 | .239 | .435 | 184 |
| Addison Barger | 100 | 7 | 18 | 26 | twenty two% | .315 | .354 | .609 | .962 | .293 | .400 | 159 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 57 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9% | .313 | .404 | .333 | .737 | .021 | .330 | 111 |
| Ernie Clement | 93 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9% | .279 | .308 | .419 | .726 | .140 | .313 | 100 |
| Joey Loperfido | 59 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 27% | .382 | .424 | .582 | 1.006 | .200 | .434 | 183 |
The Blue Jays are on the basis of the base, hitting the power, rarely hitting. This combination should not be bound; I repeat it and don’t be trivial.
Upcoming RHP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Cade Horton, Colin Rea, Jacob DeGrom, Nathan Eovaldi
Chicago Bear
Just ran to score, and the Bears looked like they went from one of the best offenses in baseball with RHP to something more mediocre. But that’s where the observation of the total running can get you along the willful path.
They haven’t scored that much since early July, but most of the stuff under the hood looks similar to what they used to be. Although their overall power metrics have been reduced a bit (.450 SLG to .419 SLG, .191 ISO to .177 ISO), Chicago’s HR per PA rate of 0.36 is only slightly lower than the 0.38 hours per PA. Although the .319 WOBA is down with .337 Woba, their expected figures (.347 Xwoba to .339 Xwoba) say that they have not changed much.
This may not be the level of avoiding trivia like we have seen in Toronto, but I won’t be too brave, especially if the weather in Wrigley just happens to lift the ugly head. The Cubs have been the fifth offensive vs RHP throughout the season, hitting the power, but are still proposing elite non-trophy (K% ranked fourth, SWSTR% ranked eighth)
This is not the secret to potential trivial matters.
Upcoming RHP: Andre Pallante, Sonny Gray, Jose Berrios, Kevin Gausman, Max Scherzer, Braxton Ashcraft, Mike Burrows
Houston Astronauts
As far as running is concerned, the Astros are in the middle of the race throughout the season, but since early July, the Astros’ score has improved modestly compared to RHP. Especially in the power sector, it increases from .026 hours to .030 HR/PA, and from .133 ISO and .389 SLG to .168 ISO and .435 SLG.
This will make them even more dangerous, though.
One of them is Carlos Correa; however, he is more like facing LHP. However, there is also a recent return of Jeremy Pena’s “addition” for his 2025 cuts to RHP.322/.376/.490, including 141 WRC+ and .374 Woba.
But they both pale compared to the real trade schedule steal.
Jesus.
The latest Astro, Jesus Sanchez, is probably one of the worst hitters for baseball against left-handed pitchers. Don’t believe me? bet:
Occupation & LHP: 362 PA – .177/.225/.283, .224 WOBA, 36 WRC+, 33%k%
Let me tell you.
There is no doubt that he has not made any progress in 2025 and is currently over 59 PA in height with .178 WOBA and 5(!) WRC+. But my man Jesus can still defeat those rights:
2025 vs RHP: 304 PA – .284/.345/.465, .349 WOBA, 123 WRC+, 19%k%
Astros has been greatly improved, VS RHP, just got the best batsman, and a right shaping expert, appreciates the crushing aggravation and polishing ball preference.
Sounds like the perfect combination of trivia avoidance strategies.
Upcoming RHP: Luis Gil, Dustin May, Walker Buehler, Brandon Young
Layer: It’s trivial
Pirates in Pittsburgh
We can also start with faithfulness (less). The Pirates have been one of the worst teams in baseball with RHP throughout the season, and there is no reason to think anything will change.
Select a category, any category, you may find Pirates in the last one with RHP. Pittsburgh is ranked 29th in WOBA (27th to 30th), Xwoba (22 seconds to 30th), SLG (29 to 30th) (29 to 30th) and ISO (30th to 30th) at 30th, 26th, 26th (22 to 30th). But, hey! At least they only have k% of 24th place!
Do you want more details? Beautiful. How have they performed since early July with RHP:
| Name | PA | avg | OBP | SLG | action | ISO | Wauba | WRC+ | k% |
| Tommy Pham | 79 | .310 | .380 | .493 | .873 | .183 | .374 | 141 | 19% |
| Andrew McCutchen | 87 | .197 | .299 | .303 | .601 | .105 | .275 | 72 | twenty four% |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 81 | .269 | .296 | .308 | .604 | .038 | .268 | 68 | 16% |
| Bryan Reynolds | 98 | .215 | .255 | .323 | .578 | .108 | .254 | 58 | 32% |
| Oneil Cruz | 90 | .229 | .267 | .422 | .688 | .193 | .292 | 84 | 27% |
| Jack Suwinsky | 44 | .118 | .318 | .324 | .642 | .206 | .300 | 90 | 32% |
| Spencer Horwitz | 100 | .272 | .330 | .380 | .710 | .109 | .314 | 99 | 17% |
| Nick Gonzalez | 101 | .245 | .287 | .319 | .606 | .074 | .269 | 68 | 20% |
| Henry Davis | 56 | .087 | .218 | .109 | .327 | .022 | .173 | 2 | 29% |
Whenever your streaming scout strategy is “as long as you can surpass Tommy Pham**”, you may be in a strong state.
*Please, no one told Tommy Pham I said something negative to him… Nick doesn’t want to open up people.
Upcoming RHP: Nick Martinez, Zach Little
Arizona Rattlesnake
The Rattlesnakes were already drowsy before the deadline sell-off, but with the transport of Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez, things only get even more terrifying as their power vacuum continues to open up.
By June, Arizona reached 98 hours with RHP, scrambling Angels for the league lead. However, since early July, someone has hit the opposition switch – the Diamondback hit only 22 hours with RHP, with .032 hours per PA (down from .041 HR/PA).
Staying away from home runs alone, its other power rates show the same drop in SLG (.463 SLG to .418 SLG) and Xwoba (.344 Xwoba to .310 Xwoba).
While there are many responsibilities to pass on, the biggest loophole is obvious:
Josh Naylor vs RHP: 266 PA – .310/.390/.493, .378 WOBA, 144 WRC+
Eugenio Suarez vs RHP: 325 PA – .271/.335/.582, .387 WOBA, 150 WRC+
This Mathin’ isn’t too hard – you probably won’t see a lot of improvement when your two best batsmen VS RHP (outside Corbin Carroll) are traded and replaced by unreliable youngsters.
I hope Arizona continues to struggle and hammer them with a streamer until they prove otherwise.
Upcoming RHP: Bradley Blalock, Tanner Gordon, Nathan Eovaldi, Jack Leiter, Merrill Kelly, Bradley Blalock (@Col), Tanner Gordon (@col), Anthony Molina (@col)
Cleveland Guardian
As mentioned earlier, Cleveland has been sneaky with LHP since early July, so you may want to be more careful when trying to use a failed stream.
But not with rights! The Guardians, like Pittsburgh, Ohio, were bad for RHP until June and have remained terrible since July. Consistency, your name is Cleveland*.
*Don’t be confused with consistency, a crazy dancer in the Cleveland airport, the recent Google comment flocked to: “Cheap drinks, great lap dances, demand Serena.”
From start to finish, currently, guardian obp (.298 obp to .305 obp), .385 SLG (.385 slg to .385 slg), .301 Woba (.300 woba woba to .303 woba) and 7.4%brl%brl%brl%brl%to 6.6%brl%brl%brl%to 6.6%).
That’s not to say their lineup doesn’t have RHP-Punishers. After all, Jose Ramirez (.395 woba vs RHP) remains. But since July 1, there are Kyle Manzardo (.391 WOBA and 154 WRC+ vs RHP), Steven Kwan, while not his former self, is still using 104 WRC+ since early July, while Bo Naylor (only 60 PA)’s WOBA and 127 WRC+.
But the streaming media you choose can make a lot of hay, which is the lower half of the lineup involving many Gabriel Arias (.289 Woba, 84 WRC+ RHP for 2025), Nolan Jones (.286 Woba, 82 wrc+) and Brayan Rocchio (Brayan Rocchio (Brayan Rocchio) not to mention a guy full of only (at best) like Austin Hedges, David Fry and Angel Martinez.
And don’t be too greedy, but we may end up seeing the return of Jhonkensy Noel, and in the streaming right, that’s just a good thing. In his short career (54 PA), Noel cut .154/.185/.288, with 0.206 WOBA and 27 WRC+.
As long as you don’t expect a lot of strikeouts – one of Cleveland’s troublesome rosters that pile up KS – Guardians should remain a good streaming target for the rest of the season.
Upcoming RHP: Sean Burke, Davis Martin, Janson Junk, Eury Perez, Edward Cabrera, Erick Fedde, Spencer Strider
