Tater Talk (2047.06): Statatoes: the Spuds’ statistical feats of 2047

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Tater Talk (2047.06): Statatoes: the Spuds’ statistical feats of 2047

Post by woods » Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:52 pm

Image With one week left in the season and the Spuds long since eliminated, let’s be honest: there aren’t many reasons for fans to keep packing the stands in Boise. In fact, it takes some pretty in-depth research to find anything notable about the season the Spuds have produced so far.

But luckily for you, we’ve done the hard work, and dug up a few nuggets about the 2047 Spuds that you might not have known about.

We’ll start with Félix Román, whose 7.7 WAR season should surprise nobody. But between the home runs and the outfield acrobatics, what you might not have noticed is that he can still steal a few bases when he needs to. In fact, he recently achieved his eight consecutive 20/20 season. In the BBA, only Omaha’s Orlando Ordóñez has had more, who earlier this year achieved his ninth consecutive such season. Atlantic City’s Juan Rivera also has an active streak of 8. Also, interestingly, all three players began their streaks at the very start of their major league careers. So who can keep it going the longest? That’ll be a storyline to watch in the coming years.

Román also broke a record this season, namely the Boise career record for outfield assists. Román now has 134, moving him past Dennis French’s 125. You’d think by now, guys would learn not to run on him. But the numbers keep piling up, and it’ll soon put him on the list among the all-time BBA career leaders.

The active leader in outfield assists is Portland’s Luis Maldonado, with 232 to his name, though you might not count him, since he’s no longer playing in the BBA. The leading active major league player is Phoenix’s Abdelwahab Kamade, with 188. It seems like a sure bet that Román will take over the lead sometime in his career; the only question is how quickly.

We could talk about Félix Román all day, but for the sake of diversity, let’s move to other players on the team.

Ismael Alfonzo has seen an average 2.85 pitches per plate appearance, which is easily the lowest in the BBA for someone with as many at bats. The only other BBA player who comes close to his level of impatience is Louisville’s Lúcio Cuellar, at 2.89. The good news: you can’t strike out if you see less than three pitches per at bat. Alfonzo has only struck out 22 times all year.

Moving on to pitching performances, who expected Fernando Rangel to become a truly unstoppable force in the Spuds’ rotation? Since coming over in a deadline trade from Calgary, the sinkerballer who hadn’t a started a game professionally in seven years has locked down the fifth starter role. Boise has won all four of the games he has pitched, in part due to Rangel’s excellent efficiency and ability to keep the ball on the ground. His .266 BABIP with Boise, if extrapolated to a full season, would rank among the best in the league.

Finally, there’s an impressive thing to note about Kent Montoya. What could be impressive about a starter with a 12-15 win-loss record, you might ask? Well, he’s been very… shall we say, decisive. Of his 30 games started, he has gotten either the win or loss in 27 of them. The only other starting pitcher in the BBA with more combined decisions is Omaha’s Norio Hayashi, but he also has two more starts than Montoya.

So there you have it. The stats don’t fly off the page, they won’t earn these guys any MVP votes, but they’re all noteworthy in their own way. That’s how it goes with potatoes — you can always dig up something interesting if you dig deep enough.
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