The Bats Heating Up While Others Hit the Brakes
Who climbed and who cooled over the past week.
It's a week of small tugs in both directions. A few Mets bats found a rhythm, a couple of quiet stars cooled off, and one Ray slipped a tier. Nothing seismic, but the current is worth reading.
Cooling on the mound
Of the strongest arms, the ones who shed the most form this week.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto gave back five points of form to 80, still an elite 2.85 ERA and 0.91 WHIP for the Dodgers. J.T. Ginn fell harder, down eight to 57, the bigger dent even if the name is quieter.
J.T. Ginn
Athleticsform 65→57 (-8)›ERA 3.67 · WHIP 1.25 · IP 103GS 18 · 7 W · 93 KFORM57average
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Los Angeles Dodgersform 86→80 (-5)›ERA 2.85 · WHIP 0.91 · IP 110.2GS 17 · 9 W · 106 KFORM80elite
Hot at the plate
The week's hottest hitters — top OPS over the last 7 days (min at-bats), with their game line.
James Wood led the home run climbers with three this week, pushing to 28 and lifting his OPS to .985, second only to Alvarez among elite bats. Alvarez and Ohtani each added a pair.
Brett Baty
4 G · 5-for-15 · 2 HR · 1 SB · 2 RBI1.108OPS·WK›AVG .224 · HR 5 · OPS 0.62632 RBI · 5 SBThis week: 4 G · 5-for-15 · 2 HR · 1 SB · 2 RBIOPS0.626average
Bryce Harper
4 G · 4-for-150.753OPS·WK›AVG .261 · HR 20 · OPS 0.86657 RBI · 5 SBThis week: 4 G · 4-for-15OPS0.866above avg
Francisco Lindor4 G · 3-for-15 · 1 HR · 2 RBI0.717OPS·WK›AVG .210 · HR 5 · OPS 0.65412 RBI · 2 SBThis week: 4 G · 3-for-15 · 1 HR · 2 RBIOPS0.654average
Kyle Schwarber4 G · 4-for-16 · 1 RBI0.607OPS·WK›AVG .254 · HR 32 · OPS 0.92559 RBI · 2 SBThis week: 4 G · 4-for-16 · 1 RBIOPS0.925elite
A.J. Ewing4 G · 4-for-17 · 1 RBI0.588OPS·WK›AVG .274 · HR 7 · OPS 0.78525 RBI · 9 SBThis week: 4 G · 4-for-17 · 1 RBIOPS0.785above avg
Cooling off
Hitters whose bat cooled most this week — shown with their 7-day line.
Otto Lopez, still the league's batting leader most of the year, went 0-for-12 over three games and shed 27 points of season OPS. Brandon Marsh and Corbin Carroll had cold weeks too, but these are dips, not slides.
Otto Lopez
3 G · 0-for-12.000 · 0.077 OPS this week›AVG .334 · HR 9 · OPS 0.87345 RBI · 17 SBThis week: 3 G · 0-for-12OPS0.873above avg
Brandon Marsh4 G · 1-for-14.071 · 0.259 OPS this week›AVG .297 · HR 15 · OPS 0.81946 RBI · 8 SBThis week: 4 G · 1-for-14OPS0.819above avg
Corbin Carroll
3 G · 0-for-12 · 1 SB.000 · 0.143 OPS this week›AVG .252 · HR 13 · OPS 0.82545 RBI · 10 SBThis week: 3 G · 0-for-12 · 1 SBOPS0.825above avg
Luis García Jr.
3 G · 1-for-11.091 · 0.258 OPS this week›AVG .284 · HR 20 · OPS 0.87168 RBI · 4 SBThis week: 3 G · 1-for-11OPS0.871above avg
Michael Harris II
3 G · 1-for-12.083 · 0.237 OPS this week›AVG .296 · HR 16 · OPS 0.81753 RBI · 6 SBThis week: 3 G · 1-for-12OPS0.817above avg
Changing colors
Players who moved up or down a tier on our scale this week.
Yandy Díaz was the only tier move that mattered, easing from elite to above-average. One color change on the whole board is a quiet week, which is its own kind of good news.
Yandy Díaz
Tampa Bay Rayselite → above avg
OPS 0.903→0.888›AVG .322 · HR 13 · OPS 0.88855 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.888above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.