Weekly Hitter Rankings: City of Brotherly Runs

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Updated on August 10, 2020 12:35PM EST

Scoring has been way down for a couple reasons. One is something many have been curious about as early indications demonstrate the ball is incurring aerodynamics akin to 2018. This was reported by Rob Arthur in Baseball Prospectus.

The other factor is pitching is ahead of hitting, as demonstrated by a .277 league wide BABIP through Friday's games. BABIP is usually about .290 a couple weeks into the season, so there's precedent for hitting lagging pitching. The ball isn't the only explanation. If 50 more fly balls left the yard and 50 more were doubles instead of outs (both an exaggeration), the BABIP would still be just .285. This is a unique scenario, so much so everything is a candidate to buck usual trends.

As for the week, run scoring could pick up organically as the scheduled pitchers are rather weak. The Phillies are in good shape with seven games at home. They check in with a favorable index in all the charted categories, so both the powerful and speedy Phillies are in a great spot.

The Nationals are also ranked above average across the board, though they spend the week on the road.

The Cardinals, Indians, Royals, Yankees, Blue Jays and Marlins have only five games on the docket. Two off days for the Fish with so many to make up indicate they'll playing a bunch of doubleheaders down the line.

With the cancellation of the series between the Cardinals and Pirates, Pittsburgh won't play until Thursday and have

The Nationals are also ranked above average across the board, though they spend the week on the road.

With the cancellation of the series between the Cardinals and Pirates, Pittsburgh won't play until Thursday and have only four games total.

UPDATED: Sunday August 8, 11:55 PM ET

For the week Aug. 10-16

MLB Hitter Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

HR LHB/HR RHB - Average HR Park Factors
SB - Stolen Base Index
P LHB/P RHB - Opposing pitcher quality index
Runs - Runs scoring index

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	1	5	3	3	113	117	100	91	93	98	96	97	97
2	ATL	6	2	4	0	6	113	101	93	90	86	100	94	91	93
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	112	115	100	105	98	89	101	98	100
4	BOS	7	5	2	4	3	105	114	114	95	98	112	101	103	102
5	CHC	6	0	6	4	2	91	112	102	109	98	94	101	99	100
6	CHW	6	3	3	3	3	106	104	85	103	105	104	100	101	101
7	CIN	6	3	3	6	0	129	111	123	92	93	107	102	100	101
8	CLE	5	3	2	2	3	103	102	81	107	109	85	98	99	99
9	COL	6	2	4	6	0	116	125	91	103	104	103	103	104	104
10	DET	8	2	6	8	0	99	100	100	97	102	132	105	108	107
11	HOU	6	4	2	6	0	104	99	113	107	112	109	105	107	106
12	KC	5	1	4	0	5	106	108	92	101	100	76	94	94	94
13	LAA	6	1	5	6	0	87	98	97	98	97	101	98	98	98
14	LAD	7	2	5	4	3	104	97	118	105	102	117	106	104	105
15	MIA	5	3	2	3	2	99	90	100	100	106	75	95	96	96
16	MIL	7	1	6	3	4	110	114	130	92	84	114	101	98	100
17	MIN	6	2	4	3	3	120	109	118	111	103	100	106	102	104
18	NYM	7	1	6	4	3	105	121	95	106	101	103	103	103	103
19	NYY	5	1	4	5	0	146	125	78	106	109	85	103	102	103
20	OAK	6	0	6	0	6	73	86	114	103	107	102	97	100	99
21	PHI	7	4	3	7	0	107	123	110	105	110	121	107	111	109
22	PIT	4	0	4	0	4	129	111	80	105	92	59	94	87	91
23	SD	7	4	3	0	7	114	101	103	98	99	115	101	100	101
24	SF	6	2	4	3	3	82	87	130	81	81	93	90	90	90
25	SEA	6	2	4	0	6	105	100	121	105	106	95	101	101	101
26	STL	5	2	3	0	5	107	104	57	75	90	82	82	88	85
27	TB	7	2	5	0	7	90	107	102	88	93	115	94	98	96
28	TEX	6	2	4	3	3	111	113	104	109	109	99	104	104	104
29	TOR	5	1	4	5	0	109	109	75	98	99	88	96	96	96
30	WSH	7	3	4	0	7	109	113	135	112	112	125	109	110	110

Pitching Matchups

Team	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
ARZ	@Gray R	@Freeland L	@Senzatela R		Lamet R	Richards R	Patino R
ATL	@Nola R	@Happ L	@Tanaka R		@Lopez R	@Castano L	@Hernandez R
BAL		@Wheeler R	@Eflin R	@Arrieta R	Strasburg R	Corbin L	Scherzer R
BOS	Yarbrough L	Banda L	Snell L	Glasnow R	@Cole R	@Montgomery L	@Paxton L
CHC		@Clevinger R	@Carrasco R	Burnes R	Woodruff R	Houser R	Lindblom R
CHW	@Norris L	@Alexander L	@Boyd L		Wainwright R	Hudson R	Ponce de leon R
CIN		Bubic L	Junis R	Williams R	Brubaker R	Brault L	Holland L
CLE		Lester L	Hendricks R		@Turnbull R	@Norris L	@Alexander L
COL	Ray L	Gallen R	Weaver R		Allard L	Lynn R	Gibson R
DET	Keuchel L	Gonzalez L	Cease R	Flaherty R/Woodford R	Civale R	Plesac R	Bieber R
HOU	Webb R	Anderson L	Cahill R		Kikuchi L	Margevicius L	Sheffield L
KC		@Castillo R	@Miley L		@Odorizzi R	@Berrios R	@Dobnak R
LAA	Manaea L	Fiers R	Bassitt R		Buehler R	May R	Stripling R
LAD	Richards R	Perdomo R	Davies R	Paddack R	@Sandoval L	@Heaney L	@Teheran R
MIA		@Ryu L	@Pearson R		Wright R	Fried L	Newcomb L
MIL	Dobnak R	Alcala R	Maeda R	@Darvish R	@Chatwood R	@Mills R	@Lester L
MIN	@Houser R	@Lindblom R	@Lauer L		Keller R	Duffy L	Singer R
NYM	Corbin L	Scherzer R	Sanchez. R	Voth R	@Velasquez R	@Nola R	@Wheeler R
NYY		Toussaint R	Tomlin R		Eovaldi R	Brewer R	Perez L
OAK	@Teheran R	@Bundy R	@Canning R		@Cueto R	@Gausman R	@Webb R
PHI	Newcomb L	Cobb R	LeBlanc L	Means L	deGrom R	Matz L	Porcello R
PIT				@DeSclafani R	@Gray R	@Bauer R	@Castillo R
SD	@May R	@Stripling R	@Urias L	@Kershaw L	@Kelly R	@Bumgarner L	@Ray L
SEA	@Gibson R	@Minor L	@Lyles R		@Valdez L	@Javier R	@McCullers R
SF	@McCullers R	@Bielak R	@Greinke R		Montas R	Luzardo L	Manaea L
STL				@Nova R/Garcia R	@Giolito R	@Keuchel L	@Gonzalez L
TB	@Brewer R	@Perez L	@Godley R	@Hart L	@Roark R	@Anderson R	@Shoemaker R
TEX	Dunn R	Gonzales L	Walker R		@Marquez R	@Gray R	@Freeland L
TOR		Hernandez R	Yamamoto R		Chirinos R	Morton R	Yarbrough L
WSH	@Matz L	@Porcello R	@Oswalt R	@Peterson L	@Milone L	@Wojciechowski R	@Cobb R

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	1	5	3	3	113	117	100	91	93	98	96	97	97
2	ATL	6	2	4	0	6	113	101	93	90	86	100	94	91	93
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	112	115	100	105	98	89	101	98	100
4	BOS	7	5	2	4	3	105	114	114	95	98	112	101	103	102
5	CHC	6	0	6	4	2	91	112	102	109	98	94	101	99	100
6	CHW	6	3	3	3	3	106	104	85	103	105	104	100	101	101
7	CIN	6	3	3	6	0	129	111	123	92	93	107	102	100	101
8	CLE	5	3	2	2	3	103	102	81	107	109	85	98	99	99
9	COL	6	2	4	6	0	116	125	91	103	104	103	103	104	104
10	DET	8	2	6	8	0	99	100	100	97	102	132	105	108	107
11	HOU	6	4	2	6	0	104	99	113	107	112	109	105	107	106
12	KC	5	1	4	0	5	106	108	92	101	100	76	94	94	94
13	LAA	6	1	5	6	0	87	98	97	98	97	101	98	98	98
14	LAD	7	2	5	4	3	104	97	118	105	102	117	106	104	105
15	MIA	5	3	2	3	2	99	90	100	100	106	75	95	96	96
16	MIL	7	1	6	3	4	110	114	130	92	84	114	101	98	100
17	MIN	6	2	4	3	3	120	109	118	111	103	100	106	102	104
18	NYM	7	1	6	4	3	105	121	95	106	101	103	103	103	103
19	NYY	5	1	4	5	0	146	125	78	106	109	85	103	102	103
20	OAK	6	0	6	0	6	73	86	114	103	107	102	97	100	99
21	PHI	7	4	3	7	0	107	123	110	105	110	121	107	111	109
22	PIT	4	0	4	0	4	129	111	80	105	92	59	94	87	91
23	SD	7	4	3	0	7	114	101	103	98	99	115	101	100	101
24	SF	6	2	4	3	3	82	87	130	81	81	93	90	90	90
25	SEA	6	2	4	0	6	105	100	121	105	106	95	101	101	101
26	STL	5	2	3	0	5	107	104	57	75	90	82	82	88	85
27	TB	7	2	5	0	7	90	107	102	88	93	115	94	98	96
28	TEX	6	2	4	3	3	111	113	104	109	109	99	104	104	104
29	TOR	5	1	4	5	0	109	109	75	98	99	88	96	96	96
30	WSH	7	3	4	0	7	109	113	135	112	112	125	109	110	110

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	1	5	3	3	113	117	100	91	93	98	96	97	97
2	ATL	6	2	4	0	6	113	101	93	90	86	100	94	91	93
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	112	115	100	105	98	89	101	98	100
4	BOS	7	5	2	4	3	105	114	114	95	98	112	101	103	102
5	CHC	6	0	6	4	2	91	112	102	109	98	94	101	99	100
6	CHW	6	3	3	3	3	106	104	85	103	105	104	100	101	101
7	CIN	6	3	3	6	0	129	111	123	92	93	107	102	100	101
8	CLE	5	3	2	2	3	103	102	81	107	109	85	98	99	99
9	COL	6	2	4	6	0	116	125	91	103	104	103	103	104	104
10	DET	8	2	6	8	0	99	100	100	97	102	132	105	108	107
11	HOU	6	4	2	6	0	104	99	113	107	112	109	105	107	106
12	KC	5	1	4	0	5	106	108	92	101	100	76	94	94	94
13	LAA	6	1	5	6	0	87	98	97	98	97	101	98	98	98
14	LAD	7	2	5	4	3	104	97	118	105	102	117	106	104	105
15	MIA	5	3	2	3	2	99	90	100	100	106	75	95	96	96
16	MIL	7	1	6	3	4	110	114	130	92	84	114	101	98	100
17	MIN	6	2	4	3	3	120	109	118	111	103	100	106	102	104
18	NYM	7	1	6	4	3	105	121	95	106	101	103	103	103	103
19	NYY	5	1	4	5	0	146	125	78	106	109	85	103	102	103
20	OAK	6	0	6	0	6	73	86	114	103	107	102	97	100	99
21	PHI	7	4	3	7	0	107	123	110	105	110	121	107	111	109
22	PIT	4	0	4	0	4	129	111	80	105	92	59	94	87	91
23	SD	7	4	3	0	7	114	101	103	98	99	115	101	100	101
24	SF	6	2	4	3	3	82	87	130	81	81	93	90	90	90
25	SEA	6	2	4	0	6	105	100	121	105	106	95	101	101	101
26	STL	5	2	3	0	5	107	104	57	75	90	82	82	88	85
27	TB	7	2	5	0	7	90	107	102	88	93	115	94	98	96
28	TEX	6	2	4	3	3	111	113	104	109	109	99	104	104	104
29	TOR	5	1	4	5	0	109	109	75	98	99	88	96	96	96
30	WSH	7	3	4	0	7	109	113	135	112	112	125	109	110	110

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	1	5	3	3	113	117	100	91	93	98	96	97	97
2	ATL	6	2	4	0	6	113	101	93	90	86	100	94	91	93
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	112	115	100	105	98	89	101	98	100
4	BOS	7	5	2	4	3	105	114	114	95	98	112	101	103	102
5	CHC	6	0	6	4	2	91	112	102	109	98	94	101	99	100
6	CHW	6	3	3	3	3	106	104	85	103	105	104	100	101	101
7	CIN	6	3	3	6	0	129	111	123	92	93	107	102	100	101
8	CLE	5	3	2	2	3	103	102	81	107	109	85	98	99	99
9	COL	6	2	4	6	0	116	125	91	103	104	103	103	104	104
10	DET	8	2	6	8	0	99	100	100	97	102	132	105	108	107
11	HOU	6	4	2	6	0	104	99	113	107	112	109	105	107	106
12	KC	5	1	4	0	5	106	108	92	101	100	76	94	94	94
13	LAA	6	1	5	6	0	87	98	97	98	97	101	98	98	98
14	LAD	7	2	5	4	3	104	97	118	105	102	117	106	104	105
15	MIA	5	3	2	3	2	99	90	100	100	106	75	95	96	96
16	MIL	7	1	6	3	4	110	114	130	92	84	114	101	98	100
17	MIN	6	2	4	3	3	120	109	118	111	103	100	106	102	104
18	NYM	7	1	6	4	3	105	121	95	106	101	103	103	103	103
19	NYY	5	1	4	5	0	146	125	78	106	109	85	103	102	103
20	OAK	6	0	6	0	6	73	86	114	103	107	102	97	100	99
21	PHI	7	4	3	7	0	107	123	110	105	110	121	107	111	109
22	PIT	4	0	4	0	4	129	111	80	105	92	59	94	87	91
23	SD	7	4	3	0	7	114	101	103	98	99	115	101	100	101
24	SF	6	2	4	3	3	82	87	130	81	81	93	90	90	90
25	SEA	6	2	4	0	6	105	100	121	105	106	95	101	101	101
26	STL	5	2	3	0	5	107	104	57	75	90	82	82	88	85
27	TB	7	2	5	0	7	90	107	102	88	93	115	94	98	96
28	TEX	6	2	4	3	3	111	113	104	109	109	99	104	104	104
29	TOR	5	1	4	5	0	109	109	75	98	99	88	96	96	96
30	WSH	7	3	4	0	7	109	113	135	112	112	125	109	110	110