The player with the best hits-in-a-game ratio so far this year is Juan Lagares of the Mets, hitting safely in 81% of his games this year. (38 games with a hit, 9 games with zero hits). But his at bats per game is awful, ranking at 132nd with 3.61 AB/G. He’s hit leadoff for the …
Juan Lagares has the best ratio for hitting safely in all games Read More »
Brock Holt is an exciting new choice to use in MLB’s Beat the Streak. Although his GH (Games with a Hit) is quite low, ranked at #146, that’s only because he hasn’t played any games. In fact, if you take his GH/GzH (Games with a Hit divided by Games with zero Hits), he has the …
Please use this blog post to discuss how you are doing in MLB’s Beat the Streak this year. Ideas for what to talk about: What’s your longest streak this year? Who stopped your streak? Excited about any players you are starting? What is your pick average? Leave your experiences in the comments. Thank you.
Travis Snider tops the list of players to not use for Beat the Streak. Currently he has 43 games without a hit. Since he’s played in 74 games this year, that means he’s gotten a hit in 42% of his games (that percentage is lowest so far in 2014). Not only does his .226 batting …
15 Worst players to use in Beat the Streak for July 2014 Read More »
Three players share the top spot with 66 games with a hit (GH). Daniel Murphy, Melky Cabrera, and Jose Altuve. Which of these three players should you prefer? You don’t want a player that will get lots of goose eggs in a game (going 0-for-4 or 0-for-3). I call these GzH (Games with zero Hits) …
The top 25 players to use for Beat the Streak in July 2014 Read More »
Alexei Ramirez of the White Sox is currently the best player to pick for Beat the Streak. He tops the list of games with a hit with 46. Alexei is also 3rd in the AL for batting average with .329 1st in games played 3rd in hits 8th in at bats One of the best …
If you want to pick two players for Beat the Streak in 2014, it’s Melky Cabrera of Toronto and Nolan Arenado of Colorado. Both players have the most games with at least one hit in 2014. Rk Player Games Tm ———————————— 1 Melky Cabrera 35 TOR 2 Nolan Arenado 35 COL ———————————— 3 Alexei Ramirez …
The 20 best Beat the Streak players for May 2014 Read More »
It’s fun looking at the list of 2014 MLB players with the most games with zero hits. Tied for first on the list this year are: Nate McLouth of Washington Nationals. Tony Gwynn of Philadelphia Phillies. Gregor Blanco of San Franscisco Giants. All with 25 games. The first Chicago Cub to appear on the list …
Don’t have time for a full fantasy baseball league? Beat the Streak is the game for you. If you miss making a day in making a pick for Beat the Streak, MLB no longer resets your streak. MLB is really nice to freeze your streak when you forget to make a pick. This encourages people …
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I’ve made my fancy database that takes in five different criteria and it spits out one number. Here’s the top five players to pick today: Joey Votto – Cin Drew Stubbs – Cin Matt Kemp – LAD Asdrubal Cabrera – Cel Jacoby Ellsbury – Bos
Asander’s strategy from April 27, 2011 Batter must be hitting around 300 with plenty of plate appearances so far this season. Must be facing a struggling pitcher, whose era is at least 5.00. Batter is on home turf, pitcher is away. Batters team is above 500 on the season, pitcher’s team below… I also like …
Beat the Streak Strategy #9: 300+ AVG / 5.00+ ERA / Home / Team .500+ Read More »
Simply the best Beat the Streak hitter EVER. Like ever ever. Of all time in baseball. Better than Pete Rose. Better than Stan Musial. Better than Lou Gehrig. It’s almost cheating to play Ichiro every day. But since he’s the best BTS player ever, it’s actually smart. I’m just not that smart, so I try …
[UPDATED JULY 12, 2013] This is very similar to the Beat the Streak Strategy #4: At least one hit per game percentage, but it’s a little simplier. It’s just how many games a player got at least one hit. I call this stat GH (Games with a Hit). The plan is simply to go down the …
Beat the Streak Strategy #7: Top 30 players / Games with a hit Read More »
Open one pack of baseball cards. Play ALL the hitters in that pack for one month. I did this for the month of April 2011. For the month of April, I’m played all the players in my 2011 Topps Opening Day pack. Here’s who I got: – Justin Morneau – Hunter Pence – Joey Votto …
Beat the Streak Strategy #6: One baseball card pack Read More »
In 2009 I developed the following strategy: Look at top 8 pitching staffs that has given up the most hits in the past 30 days. Look at those 8 teams those staffs are facing. Of those 8 teams, find team with the most hits in the past seven days Start with team that has most …
