This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.
Every year, MLB likes to remind us that the season is a marathon, and not a sprint with an 11:05 AM EDT Patriots' Day game in Fenway Park. About an hour later, the Boston Marathon gets going in Hopkinton. The ballgame used to end at a time allowing fans to make the short walk to the finish line. However, the race is ending earlier and the games are taking longer (even with the pitch clock). I'll be around 35 miles away watching both finishes on my TV.
Anyways... speaking of the Red Sox, they are one of only four teams with seven games this week. Another is the White Sox, the visiting club for the Patriots' Day affair. The Brewers and Giants are the other pair, with the latter the only club on seven home games.
One reason I'm not running the marathon for the 62nd straight year is to prepare the Sunday night update, though I did walk it once for the Jimmy Fund.
Week of April 21 - 27
Team Hitting Rankings
| TM | GMS | vLHP | vRHP | HOME | AWAY | HR LHB | HR RHB | SB | P LHB | P RHB | RUNS | AVE LHB | AVE RHB | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARZ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 81 | 106 | 98 | 96 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 94 |
| ATL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 93 | 91 | 118 | 97 | 100 | 104 | 97 | 98 | 98 |
| BAL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 97 | 103 | 99 | 97 | 101 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 96 |
| BOS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 102 | 106 | 130 | 97 |
Every year, MLB likes to remind us that the season is a marathon, and not a sprint with an 11:05 AM EDT Patriots' Day game in Fenway Park. About an hour later, the Boston Marathon gets going in Hopkinton. The ballgame used to end at a time allowing fans to make the short walk to the finish line. However, the race is ending earlier and the games are taking longer (even with the pitch clock). I'll be around 35 miles away watching both finishes on my TV.
Anyways... speaking of the Red Sox, they are one of only four teams with seven games this week. Another is the White Sox, the visiting club for the Patriots' Day affair. The Brewers and Giants are the other pair, with the latter the only club on seven home games.
One reason I'm not running the marathon for the 62nd straight year is to prepare the Sunday night update, though I did walk it once for the Jimmy Fund.
Week of April 21 - 27
Team Hitting Rankings
| TM | GMS | vLHP | vRHP | HOME | AWAY | HR LHB | HR RHB | SB | P LHB | P RHB | RUNS | AVE LHB | AVE RHB | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARZ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 83 | 81 | 106 | 98 | 96 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 94 |
| ATL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 93 | 91 | 118 | 97 | 100 | 104 | 97 | 98 | 98 |
| BAL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 97 | 103 | 99 | 97 | 101 | 96 | 94 | 97 | 96 |
| BOS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 102 | 106 | 130 | 97 | 99 | 124 | 119 | 121 | 121 |
| CHC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 99 | 82 | 104 | 104 | 91 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| CHW | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 96 | 89 | 116 | 97 | 98 | 112 | 114 | 114 | 114 |
| CIN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 109 | 97 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 100 | 101 | 101 |
| CLE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 105 | 88 | 99 | 99 | 103 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| COL | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 98 | 103 | 81 | 96 | 100 | 86 | 94 | 96 | 95 |
| DET | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 91 | 79 | 99 | 103 | 105 | 96 | 99 | 99 |
| HOU | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 95 | 79 | 99 | 98 | 90 | 95 | 94 | 94 |
| KC | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 78 | 101 | 105 | 103 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 98 |
| LAA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 116 | 98 | 102 | 100 | 99 | 101 | 99 | 97 | 98 |
| LAD | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 109 | 117 | 90 | 98 | 98 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 78 |
| MIA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 99 | 90 | 88 | 95 | 92 | 93 |
| MIL | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 83 | 115 | 100 | 99 | 109 | 113 | 113 | 113 |
| MIN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 88 | 110 | 104 | 107 | 98 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| NYM | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 105 | 103 | 106 | 100 | 97 | 94 | 98 | 96 | 97 |
| NYY | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 109 | 102 | 104 | 97 | 99 | 105 | 98 | 98 | 98 |
| ATH | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 83 | 108 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| PHI | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 97 | 96 | 121 | 102 | 101 | 101 | 98 | 97 | 97 |
| PIT | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 122 | 118 | 109 | 100 | 101 | 82 | 97 | 97 | 97 |
| SD | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 89 | 92 | 93 | 97 | 99 | 109 | 96 | 97 | 97 |
| SF | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 77 | 101 | 101 | 97 | 103 | 115 | 113 | 113 |
| SEA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 106 | 98 | 103 | 102 | 106 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| STL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 97 | 86 | 103 | 100 | 105 | 98 | 97 | 97 |
| TB | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 90 | 87 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 97 | 93 | 94 | 94 |
| TEX | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 80 | 92 | 101 | 101 | 107 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
| TOR | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 107 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 92 | 96 | 95 | 95 |
| WSH | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 113 | 115 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
Pitching Matchups
| Team | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN |
| ARZ | Littell R | Bradley R | Rasmussen R | Sale L | Holmes R | Schwellenbach R | |
| ATH | Corbin L | Leiter R | Rocker R | Burke R | Cannon R | Martin R | |
| ATL | Fedde R | Matz L | Pallante R | @Gallen R | @Kelly R | @Pfaadt R | |
| BAL | @Parker L | @Williams R | @Gore L | @Jobe R | @Mize R | @Skubal L | |
| BOS | Cannon R | Miller R | Hancock R | Woo R | @Lively R | @Allen L | @Williams R |
| CHC | May R | Sauer R | Walker R | Luzardo L | Nola R | ||
| CHW | @Buehler R | @Ober R | @Festa R | @Lopez R | @Severino R | @Springs L | @Bido R |
| CIN | @Meyer R | @Cabrera R | @Alcantara R | @Freeland L | @Senzatela R | @Feltner R | |
| CLE | Schmidt R | Warren R | Rodon L | Houck R | Buehler R | Bello R | |
| COL | @Bubic L | @Lorenzen R | @Ragans L | Abbott L | Greene R | Lodolo L | |
| DET | Vasquez R | Pivetta R | Hart L | Young R | Morton R | Kremer R | |
| HOU | Gausman R | Bassitt R | Francis R | @Lugo R | @Wacha R | @Bubic L | |
| KC | Feltner R | Marquez R | Dollander R | McCullers Jr. R | Wesneski R | Valdez L | |
| LAA | Falter L | Heaney L | Mlodzinski R | @Paddack R | @Woods Richardson R | @Ryan R | |
| LAD | @Imanaga L | @Boyd L | Skenes R | Keller R | Falter L | ||
| MIA | Lodolo L | Martinez R | Singer R | @Gilbert R | @Castillo R | @Miller R | |
| MIL | @Ray L | @Hicks R | @Webb R | @Roupp R | @Mikolas R | @Liberatore L | @Gray R |
| MIN | Martin R | Iriarte R | Smith R | Hendricks R | Kikuchi L | Soriano R | |
| NYM | Nola R | Sanchez L | Wheeler R | @Irvin R | @Soroka R | @Parker L | |
| NYY | @Williams R | @Bibee R | @Ortiz R | Berrios R | Lucas L | Gausman R | |
| PHI | @Megill R | @Canning R | @Peterson L | @Rea R | @Brown R | @Taillon R | |
| PIT | @Soriano R | @Kochanowicz R | @Anderson L | @Yamamoto R | @Sasaki R | @Glasnow R | |
| SD | @Flaherty R | @Montero R | @Olson R | Baz R | Pepiot R | Littell R | |
| SEA | @Bello R | @Newcomb L | @Crochet L | Quantrill R | Gillispie R | Meyer R | |
| SF | Priester R | Quintana L | Peralta R | Myers R | deGrom R | Eovaldi R | Mahle R |
| STL | @Schwellenbach R | @Strider R | @Elder R | Patrick R | Priester R | Quintana L | |
| TB | @Pfaadt R | @Rodriguez L | @Burnes R | @King R | @Cease R | @Vasquez R | |
| TEX | @Bido R | @Sears L | @Ginn R | @Verlander R | @Ray L | @Hicks R | |
| TOR | @Brown R | @Blanco R | @Gusto R | @Carrasco R | @Fried L | @Schmidt R | |
| WSH | Kremer R | Sugano R | Povich L | Senga R | Holmes R | Megill R |
