10 stats on the Miami Marlins’ season through 40 games and where they’re heading

By wins and losses, the beginning of the 2022 season hasn’t gone the best way the Miami Marlins had hoped.

After 40 video games, they’re 18-22 heading right into a three-city highway that begins with a two-game set towards the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday and Wednesday, continues with three video games towards the Atlanta Braves Friday by way of Sunday and wraps up subsequent week towards the Colorado Rockies.

They’re eight-and-a-half video games behind the Nationwide League East-leading New York Mets.

Listed below are 10 stats — some team-centric, some individual-based — which have performed a job within the Marlins’ season thus far and will clarify the place the group is heading over the subsequent few months.

Situational information…

6-13 — File in one-run video games: No different group has performed as many one-run video games because the Marlins this season, with simply shy of half of their video games determined by the minimal consequence to this point. The Toronto Blue Jays are the subsequent closest, with 18 of their 41 video games being determined by a single run.

No different group has misplaced as many one-run video games because the Marlins this season, both. The Cubs, with 10 one-run defeats, are the subsequent closest group.

However with that comes a reminder: Not all one-run losses are created equal.

Of Miami’s 13 losses:

▪ Three have been walk-off defeats, featured Miami both tied or forward within the seventh inning or later, two of which the Marlins had the lead within the ninth inning and the third of which they have been tied after the seventh inning. There have been three further losses during which the opponent scored the game-tying or go-ahead run within the ninth inning.

▪ 5 have been video games during which Miami fell behind early and couldn’t rating sufficient to rally.

▪ 5 have been video games during which Miami scored fewer than three runs.

7-2 — File in blowout video games: A “blowout” for the aim of this statistic is outlined by Baseball Reference as a recreation during which a group wins by not less than 5 runs. Miami has three wins by eight runs, three by six runs and one by 5 runs this season in comparison with simply two blowout defeats (10-3 by the Philadelphia Phillies on April 16 and 9-3 by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Might 10) 1 / 4 of the best way by way of the season. Examine that to even a 12 months in the past, when the Marlins had 21 blowout losses.

11-5 — File towards divisional opponents: Miami is 5-1 towards the Washington Nationals, 3-1 towards the Phillies and 3-3 towards the Braves to this point this season. They don’t face the division-leading Mets for the primary time till a four-game set at Citi Discipline that begins June 17.

On the plate…

.710 — the Marlins’ total on-base-plus-slugging share mark: That is the Eleventh-best mark in baseball and represents a 40 level improve over the place the group completed a 12 months in the past when it had the second-worst OPS within the league.

However whereas the group’s OPS has improved, it hasn’t absolutely translated into the win-loss column. Why? Proceed on.

Situational hitting struggles: A couple of stats shall be lumped collectively on this one. The Marlins have performed a great job getting gamers on base however haven’t essentially been in a position to convey them dwelling effectively.

The numbers behind that: The Marlins have 390 plate appearances with runners in scoring place (twelfth in MLB) however have only a .226 batting common (twenty second in MLB), .671 OPS (twenty second in MLB) and .273 batting common on balls in play (twentieth in MLB) in these conditions.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. has been the Marlins’ greatest hitter with runners in scoring place, hitting .417 (10 for twenty-four) with 19 RBI and simply 4 strikeouts. Joey Wendle is subsequent at .412 (7 for 17), adopted by Jesus Aguilar (.321 common) and Jacob Stallings (.310 common). No different common within the lineup is hitting above .217.

.895 — Jorge Soler’s OPS in Might: After struggling mightily over the primary month of the season (.171 common, .587 OPS), Soler seems to be turning a nook in Might. He has six dwelling runs this month, tied for the seventh most in MLB. His 15 RBI are tied for fifteenth within the league. He has 5 multi-hit outings this month and has safely reached base not less than as soon as in all however three of his 17 appearances.

25: The variety of consecutive video games Brian Anderson has safely reached base. Anderson, who’s enjoying a utility position this 12 months by splitting time between third base and the outfield, has a .394 on-base share and 18 runs scored in that span.

On the mound…

3.31: The Marlins enter Monday with the fourth-best group ERA in baseball, behind solely the Los Angeles Dodgers (2.80), Houston Astros (2.84) and New York Yankees (2.96). They’re the one group with two beginning pitchers among the many prime 10 individually in ERA (Pablo Lopez is third at 1.57, whereas Sandy Alcantara is ninth at 2.11 after his complete-game effort on Sunday).

14: Complete high quality begins by Marlins beginning pitchers, tied for the Eleventh most in baseball. Alcantara (six) and Lopez (4) as soon as once more cleared the path for the Marlins right here as they kind one in every of baseball’s prime one-two beginning pitcher punches within the league to start out the season.

April 30: That’s the final time the Marlins have transformed a save. Miami is the one group that has but to document a save in Might, failing to take action in all three alternatives which have come up to this point this month after going 9 for 10 in save conditions in April.

Even with that, Miami’s bullpen has a 3.23 ERA that ranks sixth within the league.