Well, my streak is over at 39 games. It ended a couple of days ago. My attempt at 40 ended with Yandy Díaz going 0-for-4 against the Nationals on August 30. Díaz had two hard-hit balls, but none for hits. Pitcher Result EV (MPH) LA (°) Dist (ft) Irvin, Jake Grounded Into Double Play 103.8
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Bo Bichette got a hit, extending my streak in “Beat the Streak” to 36. The Milestone Mindset Every time my streak increases, it feels like a new milestone. Each time, it’s like wooo. Take a deep breath and keep going. I can’t believe I’ve gotten this far. There have been numerous close calls where I
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The formula is GWP+(H/PA). Games with Hit Percentage, plus Hits/PlateAppearances
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Are hitting streaks just luck, or does momentum matter? I analyzed 7,638 MLB hitting streaks from 2014–2024. One number jumped out: Players with a 15-game streak have a 75–90% chance of continuing.
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Please use this blog post to discuss how you are doing in MLB’s Beat the Streak this year.
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Beat the Streak is back! Pick a player every day to get a hit—break DiMaggio’s 56-game streak and win $5.6 million. I’m starting my streak with the worst possible picks. Check out my strategy.
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Christopher Morel is no longer MLB’s leader of hitless games this season (as a starter). Zack Gelof of the A’s is now on top (as of September 4, 2024). Who is Zach Gelof? When Zach Gelof burst out as a rookie last year, Topps Now produced four cards of him: Four Topps Now cards sounds
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I scraped the current leaderboards three weeks ago, and today, I scraped them again. After crunching the numbers, here’s what I found. 10+ game streaks 23% of the players with an active streak of 10+ games haven’t made a pick in at least three weeks. 15+ game streaks 964 have a 15+ streak84 haven’t made
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I’m trying to find the years for each of the longest streaks in Beat the Streak. If you have any information on the missing years and streak breakers, please let me know in the comments. Rank Name Games Year Streak breaker 1 Robert Mosley (kamea) 51 2017 Ezequiel Carrera 0-for-4 (May 15, 2017) 2 Roberto
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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